#Americans #SongWriters
William Zanzinger killed poor Hat… With a cane that he twirled round… At a Baltimore hotel society gath… And the cops was called in and his… As they rode him in custody down t…
One time in London I’d gone out f… Past the place called a-Hyde park… ‘Bout all kinds of different gods–… To anyone passing by, ’n’ that’s w… There was someone on the platform…
If today was not a crooked highway… If tonight was not a crooked trail… If tomorrow wasn’t such a long tim… Then lonesome would mean nothing t… Yes, 'n’ only if my own true love…
“There must be some way out of her… “There’s too much confusion, I ca… Businessmen, they drink my wine, p… None of them along the line know w… “No reason to get excited,” the th…
Come, you masters of war— You that build the big guns, You that build the death planes, You that build all the bombs, You that hide behind walls,
Well, if you’re travelin’ in the n… Where the winds hit heavy on the b… Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Well, if you go when the snowflake…
Crimson flames tied through my ear… Growin’ high and mighty traps, Pounced with fire on flaming roads… Using ideas as my maps. “We’ll meet on edges, soon,” said…
Seems like only yesterday I left my mind behind Down in the Gypsy Cafe With a friend of a friend of mine… She sat with a baby heavy on her k…
Sixteen years, Sixteen banners united over the fi… Where the good shepherd grieves. Desperate men, desperate women div… Spreading their wings 'neath the f…
Darkness at the break of noon Shadows even the silver spoon The handmade blade, the child’s ba… Eclipses both the sun and moon To understand you know too soon
Buckets of rain Buckets of tears Got all them buckets comin’ out of… Buckets of moonbeams in my hand I got all the love, honey baby
Go away from my window Leave at your own chosen speed I’m not the one you want, babe I’m not the one you need You say you’re lookin’ for someone
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big… Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big… Whatever colors you have in your m… I’ll show them to you and you’ll s… Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big…
Lazy stadium night Catfish on the mound “Strike three,” the umpire said Batter have to go back and sit dow… [Chorus]
I’ve been a moonshiner For seventeen long years I’ve spent all my money On whiskey and beer I go to some hollow