Author: lyricspedia

In the heat of the day, down in Mobile, Alabama Workin' on the railroad with a steel drivin' hammer Tryin' to get some money, get some brand new shoes Tryin to find a lady, chase away my blues Hot and wasted sweatin' in the sun 'cause I'm not a foreman 'till my work is all...

So you're a little bit older and a lot less bolder Than you used to be So you used to shake 'em down But now you stop and think about your dignity So now sweet sixteens turned thirty-one You get to feelin' weary when the work days done Well all you got to do is...

I was a little too tall Could've used a few pounds Tight pants points hardly renown She was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes And points all her own sitting way up high Way up firm and high Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy Out in the back seat of my...

Here comes old Rosie she's looking mighty fine Here comes hot Nancy she's steppin' right on time There go the street lights bringin on the night Here come the men faces hidden from the light All through the shadows they come and they go With only one thing in common They got the fire down...

The crowd without a face Begins to fill the space In the arena Flashlights at his feet The lion from the street Awaits the Christians A single strobe ignites the night The smoke begins to rise A sea of staring eyes Gaze on the sunburst His weapon at his side He flashes it with pride...

She packed up her bags and she took off down the road Left me here stranded with the bills she owed She gave me a false address Took off with my American Express Sunspot Baby She sure had me way outguessed She left me here stranded like a dog out in the yard Charged up...

I remember standing on the corner at midnight Trying to get my courage up There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown I loved to watch her do her stuff Through the long lonely nights she filled my sleep Her body softly swaying to that smoky beat Down on Mainstreet In the...

If the sun Ain't shinin bright And the moon the moon Won't shine for you tonight If thr stars in the sky gone away And you feel Feelin real slow down today If life gets hard to understand And the whole thing is getting out of hand Come to Poppa Come see your poppa If...

"Tell me quick" said Old McFee "What's this all have to do with me?" "I've spent all my time at sea a loner." "Is there something else I should know?" "Something hidden down below the level of your conversation?" Well he turned away before the answer Though I yelled aloud he refused to hear It...

I'm gonna tell you a story 'bout Mary Lou You know the kind of woman make a fool of you She make a young man itch She man an old man faint The way she took my money was a crying shame Mary Lou she took my watch and chain Mary Lou she took my...