Take Me Home, Country Road

"Country roads, take me home

To the place I belong"
-J. Denver

Little Man

" Little man

As you climb upon my knee
The whole future lies in thee
Little man

Little man
Never hurry, take it slow
Things worth while need time to grow
Little man"
-T. Waits

The Great Midwest

"And they call this the Great Midwest

Where the cornfields row and flow
They're all 5 years ahead of their time
Or 25 behind, I just don't know"
-J. Mellencamp

Black Crow Blues

"Black crows in the meadow

Sleeping across a broad highway
Black crows in the meadow
Across a broad highway
Though its funny, honey
I just don't feel much like a
Scarecrow today."
-B. Dylan

Forget The Flowers

"You're trying my patience

Try pink carnations
Red roses, yellow daffodils
Don't forget the flowers
Someday, I know you will"
-J. Tweedy

Rusty Cage

"You wired me awake

And hit me with a hand of broken nails
You tied my lead and pulled my chain
To watch my blood begin to boil
But Im gonna break
Im gonna break my
Im gonna break my rusty cage and run"
-C. Cornell

Lulu's Back In Town

"Ask her when she cleaned my room

What she did with my perfume;
I just can't lose it,
I've gotta use it,
'Cause Lulu's back in town."
-C. Dunn

Bicycle Race

"Bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like"
-F. Mercury

Where The Wild Roses Grow

"On the second day I brought her a flower

She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
So sweet and scarlet and free?"
-N. Cave

Brick Is Red

"My eyes have turned

Just the color of diamond
Just the color
The frayed color of ice"
-B. Francis

Get Rhythm

"A Little shoeshine boy never gets low down

But he's got the dirtiest job in town
Bendin' low at the peoples' feet
On the windy corner of the dirty street"
-J. Cash

Downtown Babylon

"Downtown Babylon, a long long way from home.

I thought it was the promise land, but something's
wrong. Here in downtown Babylon."
-P. Thorn

Jeepers Creepers

"Jeepers, creepers....whered ya get them peepers
Jeepers, creepers...whered ya get those eyes"
-J. Mercer

Downtown

"You can forget all your troubles; forget all your cares, and go

Downtown -- things will be great when you're
Downtown -- you'll find a place for sure
Downtown -- everything's waiting for you"
-T. Hatch

Fourth Of July

"You were pretty as can be, sitting in the front seat

Looking at me, telling me you love me, and your happy to be,
With me on the 4th of July"
-S. Jennings

America

" 'Kathy, I'm lost,' I said, though I knew she was sleeping

I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all gone to look for America
All gone to look for America
All gone to look for America"
-P. Simon

American Land

"There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song

Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
Who will make his home in the American land"
-B. Springsteen

Old King

"King went a-runnin' after deer

Wasn't scared of jumpin'
off the truck in high gear
King went a-sniffin'
and he would go
Was the best old hound dog
I ever did know."
-N. Young

Bird on a Wire

"Like a bird on the wire,

Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free."
-L. Cohen

Because The Night

"Come on now try and understand

The way I feel when Im in your hands
Take my hand come undercover
They cant hurt you now,
Cant hurt you now, cant hurt you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us"
-P. Smith, B. Springsteen

Like Soldier's Do

"Our Fathers were all soldiers,

Shall we be soldiers too
Fighting and falling like soldiers do"
-B. Bragg

The Impreial March

Bridges Instead of Walls

"It's time we build bridges instead of walls

And give peace a chance to come across those walls
Too long we've been isolated, it's time we communicated"
-R. Staples

Burn Hollywood Burn

"Burn Hollywood burn I smell a riot"

-Chuck D

Don't Sleep In The Subway

"Don't sleep in the subway, darlin'

Don't stand in the pouring rain
Don't sleep in the subway, darlin'
The night is long"
-T. Hatch, J. Trent

Daisy Jane

"Flyin me back to memphis

Gotta find my daisy jane"
-G. Beckley

Home On The Range

"Where seldom is heard a discouraging word

And the skies are not cloudy all day"
-Dr. B. Higley

Left of The Dial

"And if I don’t see ya, in a long, long while

I’ll try to find you
Left of the dial"
-P. Westerberg

O Maria

"O Maria, haven't you known days so careless all on your own?

Because everybody knows the circus is closed and the animals have gone wild
And I've been looking for my shadow, but this place is so bright and so clean"
-Beck

Heaven Above

"Lord you know sometime livin’ ain’t hardly enough

Not when you’re waitin’ on a sign from Heaven above."
-H. Carll

Sunset Glow

Self Called Nowhere

"You can't see it there

The sunken head
That lies in the bed
Of a self called nowhere"
-TMBG

Truckin'

"Busted, down on bourbon street, set up, like a bowlin pin."

-Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter

Old Shoes (And Picture Postcards)

"So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone."
-T. Waits

When You Wish Upon A Star

"When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are

Anything your heart desires will come to you"
-N. Washington

My Balloon's Going Up

"All the time we've been going together

Girl I've been in a daze."
-A. Bell

Red Headed Woman

"Well brunettes are fine man

And blondes are fun
But when it comes to getting a dirty job done
I'll take a red headed woman"
-B. Springsteen

Man of God

"I'm a man of God
Though I never learned to pray
Walked the pathways of the heart
Found him there along the way"
-N. Diamond

Two of Us

"Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's
Hard earned pay"
-Lennon/McCartney

Son of a Son of a Sailor

"Son of a son, son of a son
Son of a son of a sailor
Son of a gun, load the last ton
One step ahead of the jailer"
-J. Buffett

Leap of Faith

"It takes a leap of faith to get things going
It takes a leap of faith you gotta show some guts
It takes a leap of faith to get things going
In your heart you must trust"
-B. Springsteen

Spinning Wheel

"Drop all your troubles, by the river side
Ride a painted pony
Let the spinning wheel fly"
-D. Clayton-Thomas

Hummingbird

"Remember to remember me
Standing still in your past
Floating fast like a hummingbird"
-J. Tweedy

Razor Love

"But I got faith in you,
It's a razor love
that cuts clean through."
-N. Young