Go Home Girl Ry Cooder

Well, me and Frank we're the best of friends And our friendship will never end But it would hurt him so for him to know That I'm in love with his girlfriend Now, the love of a girl and the love of a friend

The Girls From Texas Ry Cooder

Well, I met a girl from Texas 'bout a year ago Hadn't known her for too long when I had to let her go You see, she had a razor, was ten inches or so And every night you'd hear her knocking at my door She

Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean Ry Cooder

(Ry Cooder) Hey, mama, don't you treat your daughter mean Hey, mama, don't you treat your daughter mean 'Cause you treat her so mean and she's only sweet sixteen It was late last Friday evening, when

President Kennedy Ry Cooder

Late one Friday evening everybody was sad We lost the best president we ever had But he's gone home, gone back home He's staying away too long Rode from town to town holdin' up for our rights Some low

Do Re Mi Ry Cooder

(G) Lots of folks back east they say (C) Leaving home most every day (D7) Beating the hot old dusty way To the (G) California line 'Cross the desert sands they roll (C) Getting out of that Old Dust Bowl

Quick Sand Ry Cooder

I left my home in Tamaulipas In Sonoyta I came across Just six of us when we started Walking behind thc coyote boss The old man said let me go there with you Yes I'm old but I'm mighty tough I know

I Can't Win Ry Cooder

win your love I gave you my love, I gave you my heart Instead of taking it, keeping it, baby, you tore it apart But I can't win, I can't win, I can't win, no, I can't win Win your love, win your love I go

Hey Porter Ry Cooder

Please, go on and get my bags for me, I don't need nobody to tell me now that I'm in Tennessee.

Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know) Ry Cooder

-Man, I'm gonna tell you my story -Go on and tell about it, go on and tell about it more -Just what I've been doing -What you've been doing, Ry ?

Green Dog Ry Cooder

maybe she, 'cause when they're wearin' space suits You can't tell, 'cause you can't see "In my world, toads are purple, mice are blue, and I declare A red cat is really something new I'm so far from home

Lord Tell Me Why Ry Cooder

this world no more Lord tell me when a white man`s gonna be all right again Please fix it Lord they took back everything we been working for When the riots tore our city I stood watch outside our home

J. Edgar Ry Cooder

Edgar Hoover got his name Now, momma baked a cherry pie and set it out to cool So we'd have something good to eat when we got home from school J.

Tattler Ry Cooder

Goin' about dressin' up other women won't put clothes on his own wife Well, there's lots of good women who wants to marry, and they want to live well at home.

Goin' To Brownsville Ry Cooder

I'm going to Brownsville, take that right hand road Well, I'm going to Brownsville, take that right hand road And I ain't gonna stop walking till I get in sweet mama's door The girl I'm loving she's

Down In Hollywood Ry Cooder

There's gonna be some bad blues Somebody said they're playing all night long So go and fill your brown bag and put on all your clean rags Let's go downtown and see what's going on You take me down

Simple Tools Ry Cooder

My wife used to say she couldn`t understand Why I make my living working with my hands She met a junk bond daddy and he broke up my home He made his living on the telephone Daddy spied my darling

Christmas Time This Year Ry Cooder

Our boys and girls will be here soon coming home from war I`m so glad it`s Christmas time this year But they`lI be going back to war again I fear Can`t they stay for Christmas time this year Now Johnny

I'm Drinking Again Ry Cooder

(Ry Cooder & Jim Keltner) Yes, it's me and I'm drinking again Tell everybody I'm drinking again Doctor said it'd kill me But he didn't say when Have mercy, I'm drinking again Yes, it's me and I'm

Chloe Ry Cooder

Empty spaces in his eyes Empty arms outstretched, he's crying Through the black of night I've got to go where you are If it's dark or bright I've got to go where you are I'll go through the dismal swampland

All shook up Ry Cooder

I'm in love, I'm all shook up well, please don't ask me what's on my mind a little mixed up, but I'm feeling fine I'm near the girl I love the best my heart beats so it scares me to...

634-5789 Ry Cooder

there just as soon as I can (Wait a minute) And if I be just a bit little late, well, I hope that you understand 634-5789, 634-5789, 634-5789 It's not too late 634-5789, 634-5789 To call me on the phone, girl

He'll Have to Go Ry Cooder

phone And let's pretend that we're to (Dm) gether all a (C7) lone I'll tell the (F) man to turn the (F7) jukebox way down (B) low And you can (F) tell your friend there (C7) with you He'll have to (F) go

Goodnight Irene Ry Cooder

and drown I loves Irene, God knows I do Loves her till the sea runs dry If Irene turns her back on me I'm gonna take morphine and die Stop ramblin' and stop gamblin' Quit staying out late at night Come home

Boomer's Story Ry Cooder

every Branch Line railroad And I never paid a nickel fare I been from Maine to Califor'ny And from Canada to Mexico I never tried to save no money And now I got no place to bo, boy Now I got no place to go

France Chance Ry Cooder

Drop down baby, just like showers of rain I hate to hear my fair brown call my name, yeah I hate to hear my fair brown call my name Well, she calls so loud, and the poor girl calls so plain Walks to the

El Corrido De Jesse James Ry Cooder

The outlaw Jesse James was up in heaven With old friends around the kingdom throne Boys I was branded as a bandit and bank robber But I never tumed a family from their home We`re sworn to pass no judgments

If There's a God Ry Cooder

changed the lock on heaven`s door Keys to the kingdom don`t fil no more The poor working man Iike me and you If we ain`t got money we won I get through If there`s a God I think He`s got to bottle up and go

Going Back To Okinawa Ry Cooder

Goin' back down to Okinawa Sorry, baby, but I can't take you You better stay at home in California There's nothing over there that you can do Goin' back down to Okinawa Ain't gonna do me like you've done

He`ll Have To Go Ry Cooder

And let's pretend that we're to (Dm) gether all a (C7) lone I'll tell the (F) man to turn the (F7) jukebox way down (B) low And you can (F) tell your friend there (C7) with you He'll have to (F) go

Christmas In Southgate Ry Cooder

So I called up my banker to ask for a loan Said, It's Christmas Eve, Buddy, there ain't no one home Then I called up my preacher and he said, We're through What the heck is a poor old Red Cat gonna do?

No Hard Feelings Ry Cooder

This land should have been om land You took it for your land You got a use for every stream and tree When I go up the highway old trees are dying up that way You pump out the water and sell it back

My Name Is Buddy Ry Cooder

me, don't you pity me My name is Buddy, don't you pity me Don't you pity me, don't you pity me Just because I ain't so big, you think I'm small Well, you think I'm small, now you think I'm small You go

Denomination Blues Ry Cooder

man don't understand 'bout the life And that's (C) all, I tell you that's (G) all 'Cause you better have (D) Jesus I tell you that's (G) all Well, the denominations have the right to fight They ought go

The Dying Truck Driver Ry Cooder

workingman, lying by the road I judged him for a truck driver by the clothes he wore We drew some nearer to him then, inquirin' of his name Well, here's three little angels come down for to carry me home

The Dream Ry Cooder

smoking like she was waiting for someone me stealing glances as she stole my breath the next one's on me may i take this seat the rest of the bar reciedes we talked on traveling back roads overseas "Girl

Nobody Ry Cooder

When winter comes with snow and sleet And me with hunger and cold feet Who says, ""Here's twenty-five cents, go ahead and get somethin' To eat, go on why doncha""? Nobody!

Ditty Wah Ditty Ry Cooder

; Mister ditty wah ditty Mister ditty wah ditty I wished somebody would tell me what ditty wah ditty means Some little girl 'bout four-feet-four Said, ";Come on, papa, and gimme some mo'"; Your ditty wah

I Need A Woman Ry Cooder

and I've seen your tears Now you don't frighten me I ain't no defendant And you look like it wouldn't hurt you none To have a man of understanding Well, I need a woman Oh, don't I Need a woman Bring it home

Baby Joined The Army Ry Cooder

Lt was on a Friday evening wasn`t nobody `round I was sitting by my window watching tbe sun go down My baby came up to me saying daddy I got news for you I have been recruited and there ain`t nothing

Humpty Dumpty World Ry Cooder

Craven minions sent from down below Occupy the highest portals of the land As swift is their dimb as sure is their decline Straight back to heU from whence they came `m leaving heaven in the morning go

Blue Suede Shoes Ry Cooder

Well, it's one for the money, two for the show Three to get ready and it's go man go You can do anything that you want to do But uh-huh honey, lay off of my shoes And don't you step on my shoes Don't you

Mutt Romney Blues Ry Cooder

Don’t look right, it don’t seem right Hot in the day, cold all night Where I’m goin’ I just don’t know Poor dog’s got to bottle up and go Oh Mr Boss, cut me down!

Hank Williams Ry Cooder

the man inside your little radio All the trials and heartaches he's been through To you he's just a country star, to me he's just a friend No, you don't know Hank Williams like I do Some nights we'll go

Down In The Boondocks Ry Cooder

I love her and she loves me But I don't fit in her society Lord have mercy, I'm a boy from down in the boondocks Now, every night I watch the lights from the house upon the hill Well, I love a little girl

Sundown Town Ry Cooder

Buddy, when the sun goin' down Well we used to sing and we used to shout Was the shoutinest church that you ever did see But I ain't going to preach no more and I ain't goin' to sing And I don't feel at home

Speedo Ry Cooder

Oh, get on away from here, girl. I ain't going to be bothered with you tonight He can get low down too, can get to be a low down son of a bitch Don't you be holding on to me now, get away! Hello, Mr.

That's The Way Love Turned Out For Me Ry Cooder

Love You Better Anyway You'll Never Find Another Close To Me I Promise I Can Make You Happy And That's The Way Our Love Should Be Why Are You Tryin' To Deny Me Of The Lovin' That's Mine Just Let It Go

Why Don't You Try Me Ry Cooder

I ain't saying I'm all that you need And I won't tell you, honey, you will be free But all night, well, I will keep trying And when I say I want ya, girl, you know I'm not lyin' You see a good woman out

Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man Ry Cooder

Railroad Man I want to watch your trains go by Standing on a platform, smoking a cheap cigar And waiting for an old freight train that carries an empty car Well, I pulled my hat down over my eyes

On A Monday Ry Cooder

(D) On a Monday, I was ar (A) rested On a Tuesday, I was locked up in (D) jail On a Wednesday, my trial was at (A) tested On a Thursday, nobody would go my (D) bail (D) Al (C) most (A) done, I'm almost