Mexican Home John Prine

CHORUS: Mama dear your boy is here far across the sea waiting for that sacred core that burns inside of me and I feel a storm all wet and warm not ten miles away approaching my Mexican home. My God!

John Prine Low

I verified the mathand double-checked the syntaxI tried to heal your bodybut it just kept coming backyou never had a chanceI thought I was a poetI had so much to saybut now I want to see the bloodI...

Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness John Prine

You come home late and you come home early You come on big when you're feeling small You come home straight and you come home curly Sometimes you don't come home at all Chorus: So what in the world's come

My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight John Prine

The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home Tis summer, the darkies are gay The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in bloom While the birds make music all the day The young folks roll on the little cabin

The Frying Pan John Prine

come home from work this evening There was a note in the frying pan It said fix your own supper babe I run off with the Fuller brush man [Chorus:] And I miss the way she used to yell at me

Linda Goes To Mars John Prine

my linda's gone to mars Well, I wonder if she'd bring me something home.

Take The Star Out Of The Window John Prine

out of the cradle Life's one and only spring He was sworn to do his duty And got blood on his highschool ring Chorus: And it's hello California Hello Dad and Mom Ship ahoy Your baby boy Is home

Billy The Bum John Prine

Laughs nickels on Saturday night And your bullets, they can't harm him Nor your knives tear him apart Humiliation killed him God bless his little heart Now he lived all alone in a run down home

Sam Stone John Prine

Sam Stone came home, To the wife and family After serving in the conflict overseas. And the time that he served, Had shattered all his nerves, And left a little shrapnel in his knees.

Spanish Pipedream John Prine

me About the time the juke box broke Yeah, she gave me a peck on the back of the neck And these are the words she spoke Chorus: Blow up your T.V. throw away your paper Go to the country, build you a home

Maureen, Maureen John Prine

Well, they said he wouldn't hurt us But he got me real nervous and mean He was fat and he stank And God knows that he drank more than we do So I shot him in the first class Then I bailed out and ran home

Lulu Walls John Prine

One evening getting dark We first met at the park Just sitting by the fountain all alone I lifted up my hat And then began to chat She said she'd allow me to see her at her home Chorus: Such a star I've

Rocky Mountain Time John Prine

it's tomorrow By Rocky Mountain time I walked in the restaurant For something to do The waitress yelled at me And so did the food And the water taste funny When you're far from your home

Often Is A Word I Seldom Use John Prine

CHORUS Going down to the Greyhound station going back home and get what's mine got me a date with the ten o'clock special gonna be there at a quarter to nine. CHORUS

Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard John Prine

grew up In your back yard Come back to us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard Selling bibles at the airports Buying quayludes on the phone Hey, you talk about A paper route She's a shut in without a home

Angel From Montgomery John Prine

How the hell can a person go to work in the morning And come home in the evening and have nothing to say. Repeat Chorus:

Six O'Clock News John Prine

Call that child James Lewis, call these rooms a home. Changing all them diapers polish all that chrome.

Unwed Fathers John Prine

like some bad dream While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered They run like water, through a mountain stream In a cold and gray town, a nurse says, "Lay down" 'This ain't no playground, this ain't home

Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian John Prine

[Chorus] Well, I boughta lota junka with my moolah And sent it to the folks back home I never had the chance to dance the hula Well, I guess I should have known When you start talking to the sweet wahini

Bad Boy John Prine

I been a bad boy I been long gone I been out there I never phone home I never gave you not one little clue where I'd been I've been a bad boy again.

Dear Abby John Prine

G C G Dear Abby, Dear Abby; My feet are too long, D My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong. G C G My friends they all tell me I've no friends at all, D G Won't you write me a letter, won...

Donald And Lydia John Prine

C F C Small town, bright lights, Saturday night, C D G Pool halls and pinballs are flashing their lights. C F C Making change behind the counter in a penny arcade C G C Sat the fat girl daughter of...

The Late John Garfield Blues John Prine

weight Wind blown scarves in top down cars All share one western trait Sadness leaks through tear-stained cheeks From winos to dime-store Jews Probably don't know they give me These late John

Everybody John Prine

While out sailing on the ocean While out sailing on the sea I bumped into the Savior And He said pardon me I said "Jesus you look tired" He said "Jesus so do you, Sit down son 'Cause I got s...

The Torch Singer John Prine

The night club was burning From the torch singer's song And the sweat was floodin' her eyes The catwalk squeaked 'neath the bartender's feet And the smoke was too heavy to rise She sang of t...

Sour Grapes John Prine

I don't care if the sun don't shine But it better or people will wonder No matter if it never quits rainin' Except the kids are afraid of the thunder Say sour grapes You can laugh and stare ...

Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You John Prine

Oh I get drunk most every night, seems like all we do is fight The more I drink, the less I feel blue Sometimes I feel like an awful fool Spendin' my life on an old bar stool And yes I guess th...

Clocks And Spoons John Prine

Clocks and spoons and empty rooms It's raining out tonight What a way to end a day By turnin' out the light Shoot the moon right between the eyes I'm sending most of me to sunny country side ...

Diamonds In The Rough John Prine

While walking out, one evening, Not knowing where to go Just to pass the time away Before we held our show I heard a little mission band Playing with all their might I gave my soul to Jesus ...

Middle Man John Prine

I was sitting in a diner With a girl named Flo She wouldn't say yes But she couldn't say no She said,?Darling, can I get a middle man?? She was engaged to a fellow On the lay a way plan Bu...

Wedding Day In Funeralville John Prine

It's wedding day in Funeralville Your soup spoon's on your right The King and Queen will alternate With the refrigerator light They'll be boxing on the TV show The colored kids will sing Ho...

Way Down John Prine

[Chorus:] Way down Way down it must be I can't stop this misery It must be way down Spring is just a smile away Laughing at a summer day Turn around Look at fall Winter, hear my lonely ca...

My Own Best Friend John Prine

I'm beginning to like you But, you know that ain't right 'Cause you'll just twist and twist and twist Till I'm all crooked inside You'll take all you gave me Like it never was there And I t...

Forbidden Jimmy John Prine

Forbidden Jimmy Has got a mighty sore tooth From biting too many dimes In a telephone booth He's got half of his bootlace Tied to the dial Thank you operator For getting Jimmy to smile "C...

That Close To You John Prine

Like a bolt of lightning, like a bolt of thunder Like a cloudy day, down at the zoo Like a drowning man that will never go under That close to you, yeah, that close to you In the middle of th...

He Was In Heaven Before He Died John Prine

There's a rainbow of babies Draped over the graveyard Where all the dead sailors Wait for their brides And the cold bitter snow Has strangled each grass blade Where the salt from their tear...

Souvenirs John Prine

All the snow has turned to water,Christmas days have come and gone.Broken toys and faded colours are all that's left to linger on.I hate graveyards and old oawn shops,For they always bring me tears...

The Great Compromise John Prine

Little girl, who was almost a ladyShe had a way with all the men in her lifeEvery inch of her blossoming beautyShe was born on the Fourth of JulyWell, she lived in an aluminum house trailerAnd she ...

Sweet Revenge John Prine

I got kicked off Noah's ArkI turn my cheek to unkind remarksthere was two of everythingbut one of meand when the rains came tumbling downI held my breath and I stood my groundand I watched that shi...

Please Don't Bury Me John Prine

When my soul Went thru the ceiling And on up into heaven I did ride When I got there they did say John, it happened this way You slipped upon the floor And hit your head And all the angels say Just before

Christmas In Prison John Prine

It was Christmas in prisonand the food was real goodwe had turkey and pistolscarved out of woodand I dream of her alwayseven when I don't dreamher name's on my tongueand her blood's in my stream.CH...

Blue Umbrella John Prine

Feelings are strangeespecially when they come trueand I had a feelingyou'd be leaving soonso I tried to rearrangeall my emotionsbut it seems the sameno matter what I do.Chorus:Blue umbrellarest upo...

Grandpa Was A Carpenter John Prine

Oh, Grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every dayNo particular reason, he just dressed that wayBrown neck tie, matching vest, both his wing tip shoesBuilt a closet on our back porch, put a penny...

The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) John Prine

Last night I saw an accidenton the corner of Third and Greentwo cars collidedand I got excitedjust being part of that sceneit was Mrs Tom Walkerand her beautiful daughterPamelawas driving the carth...

A Good Time John Prine

Time was oncejust a clock to meand life was just a booka biographysuccess was somethingyou just had to beand I would spend myself unknowinglyand you know that I could have mea million more friendsa...

Nine Pound Hammer John Prine

This nine pound hammerIs a little too heavyBuddy for my sizeBuddy for my sizeSo I'm going on the mountainJust to see my babyAnd I ain't coming backNo I ain't coming backChorus:Roll on buddyDon't yo...

Common Sense John Prine

You can't live togetherYou can't live aloneConsidering the weatherOh my, how you've grownFrom the men in the factoriesTo the wild kangarooLike those birds of a featherThey're gathering togetherAnd ...

Saddle In The Rain John Prine

I wish, I hope, I wonderWhere you're at sometimesIs your back against the wall?Or just across the lineHave you been standing in the rainReciting nursery rhymes?Trying to recallSome long lost kind o...

Illegal Smile John Prine

When I woke up this morning, things were lookin' badSeem like total silence was the only friend I hadBowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and wonAnd it was twelve o'clock before I realizedThat...

Hello In There John Prine

We had an apartment in the city Me and Loretta liked living there And it'd been years since the kids had grown A life of their own, left us alone John and Linda live in Omaha And Joe is somewhere on the