Way Down In The Hole Steve Earle

When you walk through the garden You gotta watch your back Well I beg your pardon Walk the straight and narrow track If you walk with Jesus He's gonna save your soul You gotta keep the devil Way down in the hole He's got the fire and the fury At his

I remember holdin on to you All them long and lonely nights I put you through Somewhere in there I'm sure I made you cry But I can't remember if we said goodbye But I recall all of them nights down in Mexico One place I may never go in my life again

The first time I saw Carrie Brown She was so young and fair A voice like spring rain fallin' down and sunlight in her hair I'd never seen her face before so I asked all around Her daddy owns a grocery store and she lives in Bristol town Carrie darlin

Hey pretty baby are you ready for me It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma Town But no local yokel gonna shut me

Lonely are the free 'Cause there ain't that many of them They don't walk like you and me They just tumble in the breeze Lighter than a feather All together, separately That's how it's s'posed to be No matter where they wander From post to in between,

I had a melancholy malady Went to see the doctor and the doctor say Too bad, nothin' he could do He knew a man in Louisiana if I'm willin' to pay Laid my money on the barrelhead Man behind the bar began to shimmy and shake Can't lie, I reckoned I was

I work the graveyard shift - stay up all night long You'll wake up someday And find your good gal gone If you don't treat your baby right She'll come see me Some lonely night When the sun goes down And the moon is gone That's when I come around Don't

I was walking, walking down the Jericho Road And every mile that I traveled showed And I'm walking down the Jericho Road I just kept on walking, walking down the Jericho Road And the sun set red over fields of gold And I'm walking down the Jericho Ro

Me and Bill there we both come from Georgia Met Hank out in New Mexico We're bound for Duranqo to join Pancho Villa We hear that he's payin' in gold I guess a man's got to do what he's best at Ain't found nothin' better so far Been called mercenaries

The warden said he'd mail my letter The chaplain's waitin' by the door Tonight we'll cross the yard together Then they can't hurt me anymore. I am going over yonder Where no ghost can follow me There's another place beyond here Where I'll be free I b

I was born my papa's son A wanderin' eye and a smokin' gun Now some of you would live through me Lock me up and throw away the key Or just find a place to hide away Hope that I'll just go away I feel alright – I feel alright tonight I'll bring you pr

The Galway Girl Well, i took a stroll on the old long walk Of a day -i-ay-i-ay I met a little girl and we stopped to talk Of a fine soft day -i-ay-i-ay And i ask you, friend, what's a fella to do 'cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue And i

There ain't a lot that you can do in this town You drive down to the lake and then you turn back around You go to school and you learn to read and write So you can walk into the county bank and sign away your life I work at the fillin' station on the

could tell it when I woke up this mornin' Not that I'm in such a hurry to lose you I'd call you up but there's nothin' that I can do Talkin' won't do any good anyway 'Cause goodbye's all we've got left to say I don't think that it'll get any better S

On the blue side of evenin' When the darkness takes control You start lookin' for a reason To take your lonesome on down the road 'Cause the night is filled with strangers All you need is one you know And if she ain't the one you're after Keep on loo

Well my name's John Lee Pettimore Same as my daddy and his daddy before You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here He only came to town about twice a year He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line Everybody knew that he made moonshine Now

I've spent my life following things I cannot see And just when I catch up to them, they slip away from me I've been down a thousand trails I've never walked before I found out that without fail, they lead me to your door And the world keep turning ro

I was born on the other side of town Everybody over there just puts me down I never thought about it much, 'til the first time I saw you Uh-oh, what's a poor boy gonna do It's bad enough to love you from afar Me down here and you up where you are If

It's Christmastime in Washington The Democrats rehearsed Gettin' into gear for four more years Things not gettin' worse The Republicans drink whiskey neat And thanked their lucky stars They said, 'He cannot seek another term They'll be no more FDRs'

I'm thinkin' 'bout givin' up this ramblin' round Hangin' up my highway shoes Lately when I walk they make a hollow sound And they carry me away from you Every night I lay my body down My empty arms just leave me blue So I'm thinkin' 'bout givin' up t