Richard & Linda Thompson

This old house is falling down around my ears I'm drowning in a river of my tears When all my will is gone you hold me sway I need you at the dimming of the day You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide You know just where I keep my better side Wha

I was under the Calvary Cross The pale-faced lady she said to me I've watched you with my one green eye And I'll hurt you 'till you need me You scuff your heels and you spit on your shoes You do nothing with reason One day you catch a train Never lea

I packed my rags, went down the hill Left my dependents a-lying still Just as the dawn was rising up I was making good speed I left a letter lying on the bed From a man in need, it read You know it's so hard, It's so hard to find Well, well, well. Wh

When you're rocked on the ocean, rocked up and down, don't worry When you're spinning and turning round and around, don't worry You're just feeling sea-sick, you're just feeling weak Your mind is confused and you can't seem to speak It's just the mot

Those backstreet women, watch what you say You turn your back and they slide away They run next door, they give it all away Doing the slide The backstreet slide, the backstreet slide They're gonna get you, dead or alive Stab you in the back with a ki

High up above the crowd The great Valerio is walking The rope seems hung from cloud to cloud And time stands still while he is walking His eye is steady on the target His foot is sure upon the rope Alone and peaceful as a mountain And certain as the

She was there one minute And then she was gone the next Lying in a pool of herself With a twisted neck Oh, she fell from the roof to the ground There was glass lying all around She was broken in a hundred pieces When her body was found She used to li

This cruel country has driven me down Teased me and lied, teased me and lied I've only sad stories to tell to this town My dreams have withered and died Once I was bending the tops of the trees Kind words in my ear, kind faces to see Then I struck up

A man is like a rusty wheel On a rusty cart He sings his song as he rattles along And then he falls apart And we'll sing hallelujah At the turning of the year And we work all day in the old-fashioned way Till the shining star appears A man is like a

Dirty people take what's mine I can leave them all behind They can never cross that line When I get to the border Sawbones standing at the door Waiting 'till I hit the floor He won't find me anymore When I get to the border Monday morning, Monday mor

I hand you my ball and chain You just hand me that same old refrain I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire And I'm falling I wish I could please you tonight But my medicine just won't come right I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire And

I'm so tired of working everyday Now the weekend's come I'm gonna throw my troubles away If you've got the cab fare mister you'll do alright. I want to see the bright lights tonight Meet me at the station don't be late I need to spend some money and

Remember when we were hand in hand Remember we sealed it with a golden band Now your eyes don't meet mine, you've got a pulse like fever Do I take you for a lover or just a deceiver? Simple is simple and plain is plain When the game is up, ah don't r

I feel for you, you little horror Safe at your mother's breast No lucky break for you around the corner 'Cos your father is a bully And he thinks that you're a pest And your sister, she's no better than a whore Life seems so rosy in the cradle but I'

Let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more time Let me ride on the Wall Of Death one more time You can waste your time on the other rides This is the nearest to being alive Oh let me take my chances on the Wall Of Death You can go with the crazy peopl