On The Greener Side Michelle Shocked

I'll tell you what I will do I'll bend them into a crown of thorns And send it right back to you Your love, love, love Don't keep me satisfied And though I've never been there I know it's always greener

Can You See It In Me Michelle Shocked

I can see it in the sunshine I can see it in the sea I can see it in the skyline Can you see it in me And I can taste it in a fine wine Travelled far from overseas And I believe that you could

Worth the Weight Michelle Shocked

Hand me down my old ball and chain It's worth the weight if I never have to see you again I'm running late but at least I'm running I've been down this road a time or two You know, nothing has

Remodeling The Pentagon Michelle Shocked

Come all ye citizens, gather around Don't you miss out on the fun The destruction workers have just broken ground They're remodeling the Pentagon That's right, all hail to the military state Keep

Drip Dry Michelle Shocked

I've been living with the pain so long I've been gaining on you Gaining on you all of the time What did not kill me made me stronger If I live any longer I know I'm gonna blow sky-high I drip dry

33 R.P.M. Soul Michelle Shocked

Consecrate your soul Or there's gonna be hell to pay You've got them where they live Come the Judgement Day Father, forgive our sins Mother, forgive us too Forgive but don't forget They never

Mouth Of The Mississippi Michelle Shocked

Ah the River I think I was twelve No wait I must have been eighteen Me and my father we had us a time And had us a hurricane, or two I don't remember but that's when I knew It was right then that

Flying Lesson Michelle Shocked

fingers See how they are feathers And your arms are wings Now flap your wings Flap, flap them two times Flap, flap, flap three times Now flap them four Now close your eyes Fly out through the

Black, Brown And White Michelle Shocked

livin' This is what they say to you They say, well if you are white, you alright And if you are brown, stick around But as you are black Oh brother, get back, get back, get back I went down to the

T For Texas Michelle Shocked

she made a wreck of me Wanna buy me a shotgun As long as I am tall I'm gonna buy me a shotgun As long as I am tall I'm gonna shoot old Thelma Just to see her jump and fall I'm gonna be your side

Desperados Waiting For A Train (Red River Valley) Michelle Shocked

From this valley they say you are going We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile For they say you are taking the sunshine That has brightened our path for a while Come and sit by my side if

The Midnight Special Michelle Shocked

Traditional Well, you wake up in the mornin' You hear the big bell ring And when you get down to the table It's the same damn thing Knife and fork is on the table, woo Ain't nothin' in the pan

Wichita Lineman Michelle Shocked

I am a lineman for the County And I drive the main road Searching in the sun for another overload I hear you singing in the wire (I hear you singing in the wire) I can hear you through the whine

Down On Thomas St. Michelle Shocked

Down on Thomas St. Down on Thomas St. Down on Thomas St.

My Home Is On The Water Michelle Shocked

My home is on the water Don't like no land at all Oh my home is on the water I don't like no land at all My home is on the water I don't like no land at all There ain't no human better than no

Home On The Range Michelle Shocked

Traditional Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam And the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day Home, home on the range

Who Cares? Michelle Shocked

I was walking down an old dirt road I was feeling out and down I was taking it out on an old tin can When I came up on an old ghost town Doors hanging on one hinge You know the scene The background's

New Orleans Michelle Shocked

Crescent moon over Crescent City Sweat's a' pourin' and the girls are gritty Joints are jumpin' Changin' lights Dancin' naked through the night Trombone Shorty's in the street Drums are rollin'

I Will Be Your Friend Michelle Shocked

When evening shadows fall And old friends don't return your call Just call on me my old friend My number's still the same And I will answer when it rains You can call on me I will be your friend

Graffiti Limbo Michelle Shocked

Graffiti Limbo When there ain't no justice I only speak for myself But the word around town Is that something's shaking, yeah In the underground I only speak for myself But the word on the street

Winter Wheat Michelle Shocked

I seem to have lost my patience Waiting for the clouds of dust the custom cutter brings Well, the foreman called to say He would be here any day With his convoy of threshing machines Now what

The Titanic Michelle Shocked

(It was 1912 and the Titanic was gonna take her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City and the great black boxer, Jack Johnson, he's heavyweight champion of the world.

The Incomplete Image (4/4 Troubadour) Michelle Shocked

Did I tell you the story of the 4/4 troubadour The traveling tramp Or the barefoot bum? Did I tell you the story of the carefree gypsy The hitching hobo The rich man's son?

Cleveland Michelle Shocked

Cleveland you should hear What they've been saying 'bout you You should really hear What they've been saying 'bout you Oh when you're not around Oh man they really put you down Man you are the

The Chain Smoker Michelle Shocked

He sits on the front porch To watch the sun go down A pile of cigarette butts Gathering on the ground He'd been a chain smoker for sixty years Both his fingers were stained and brown But what the

Campus Crusade Michelle Shocked

Sister Cindy used to be a disco queen 'Til she come to Jesus and now she's saved Out on the West Mall with old Brother Jed Now she's fighting the Holy War The Campus Crusade Every Spring they seem

Memories of East Texas Michelle Shocked

Memories of East Texas And piney green rolling hills Covered in the springtime With golden daffodils Rowing on Sandy Lake come April Harvesting hay in June Sitting by the road watching well-fires

The Cement Lament Michelle Shocked

It was that kind of misting rain It was that kind of night Nothing was wrong It just wasn't right It weren't the blues It weren't low rent It was just a cement lament All these late night

The Hard Way [Private Music album version] Michelle Shocked

If I was smart I would take your advice But I am not and so I have to think twice Never a lesson have I learned Without first being burned I was about to tell you the truth All the mistakes of

Strawberry Jam Michelle Shocked

Saturday morning found me itching To get on over to my grandma's kitchen [And what you gonna do, honey] The sweetest little berries was cooking up right And then we'd put them in a canning jar and

Fogtown Michelle Shocked

Fogtown Fogtown, I'm down and out on your streets I would run if I only had a place to run to Oh Fogtown Her name was Ruby Red She was a two-bit hooker She had a man named Juan He tried to

God Is A Real Estate Developer Michelle Shocked

God is a real estate developer With offices 'round the nation They say one day he'll liquidate His holdings up on high I say it's all speculation He may be an absentee landlord Yeah, this may

No Sign of Rain Michelle Shocked

When I leave this town you will not see me cry An east Texas town with all the wells run dry Looking to the sky, waiting for a change No sign of rain And if I find life beyond the Interstate Past

Poor Boy Michelle Shocked

Oh how we cried The day he died And we had ourselves a time For that poor boy out on the Second Line The wedding date was set The money had been saved But he went to the casino And he gambled

Change The Name Michelle Shocked

And this is taken down on the Legislative rolls which can now be found, I think, under the date of July the twenty-third, 1867. And this is what the hometown boy had to say.

One Piece At A Time Michelle Shocked

Well I left Kentucky back in '49 Went to Detroit working on assembly lines The first year they had me puttin' wheels on Caddillacs Every day I watched them beauties roll by Sometimes I'd hang my

See The Sea Michelle Shocked

If you could see what I see in the sea You'd say the sea is a swell place to be Even more if you see what I saw on the shore You'd never would see it the same as before Well you know there are

Forgive To Forget Michelle Shocked

will to live And I found the will to forgive But the more I forgive The more I forget Holding on to the past Is my only regret And the more I forgive The more I forget Let it go, let it go,

(Making the Run to) Gladewater Michelle Shocked

Well, Upshur County's drier than an empty bottle Since the Mormon's come to town, yeah And to run out of beer, thats a run to Gladewater Highway 79 thirty miles on down now You know, fair is fair

Little Billie Michelle Shocked

Little Billie sure could sing the blues "Ain't nobody's business if I do" Tending drinks behind the bar Pour cheap whiskey from a Chivas jar Turn to water what was wine Down at the Home of the Second

Weaving Way Michelle Shocked

There's a chance that I may Have to stand back and watch you find Your own weaving way It's not the way you talk That's making me grieve It's not the way you walk It's the way that you weave It's

Eddie Michelle Shocked

This boy named Eddie Used to set the fields on fire He's the only boy I know who dared to name his desire In a county where the dairymen all had milking machines Yeah, Eddie was the only one to separate

Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight Michelle Shocked

Well Mary took to runnin' with the travellin' man She left her mama cryin' with her head in her hands It's a sad case, so broken-hearted She said "Mama, got to go, got to get outta here I gotta get

Peach Fuzz Michelle Shocked

Peach Fuzz had a friendly face Too friendly for his own good Used to hang out at Ricky's Place It was a bar in the neighborhood A gay boy lit his cigarette But they called 'em fags cause that's

Anchorage Michelle Shocked

burning bridge Mailed my letter off to Dallas But her reply came from Anchorage, Alaska She said: Hey girl it's about time you wrote It's been over two years you know, my old friend Take me back to the

Will the Circle Be Unbroken Michelle Shocked

Traditional Will the circle be unbroken By and by Lord, by and by There's a greater home a-waiting In the sky Lord, in the sky I was standing on the corner On one dark and cloudy day When I

Jump Jim Crow (Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah *) Michelle Shocked

Jump Jim Crow Jump Jim Crow How do you, do you walk so slow Like a little red rooster with one trick leg Look like you the one laying the egg I don't know when but it'll be real soon Going down

Yamboree Queen Michelle Shocked

But back during the Great Depression (and don't ask me what was so great about it) the government paid 'em to put those yams out to dairy pasture.

Laundry Day Michelle Shocked

When she hung her laundry out to dry She squinted into a clear blue sky But the weather's changed and I know why Like bleach stains rain clouds roll on by Right as ruin the raindrops fell Big

Last Love Michelle Shocked

She got bells on her ankles and a stud in her nose For us to entangle was wrong I suppose Her family reunion, a time and a place And I could see eight good years disappear from her face And love