John Hardy Uncle Tupelo

John Hardy, he was a desperate little man Carried two guns every day Shot a man down by the West Virginia line They saw John Hardy get away They saw John Hardy get away They cornered John Hardy

Lilli Schull Uncle Tupelo

John Hardy, he was a desperate little man Carried two guns every day Shot a man down by the West Virginia line They saw John Hardy get away They saw John Hardy get away They cornered John Hardy on the

Tupelo John Lee Hooker

Happened long time ago In Tupelo, Mississippi There were thousands of lives Destroyed It rained, it rained Both night and day The poor people was worried Didn't have no place to go Could hear many people

John Hardy Leadbelly

"John Hardy he was a desperate little man He carried two guns every day He shot a man on the West virginia line Might have seen John Hardy getting away poor boy Might have seen John Hardy getting away

New Madrid Uncle Tupelo

I've been a moonshiner for seventeen long years and I spent all my money on whiskey and beer and I go to some hollow and set up my still if whiskey don't kill me Lord, I don't know what will and I...

I Wish My Baby Was Born Uncle Tupelo

wish, I wish my baby was born And sittin' on its papa's knee And me, poor girl And me, poor girl, were dead and gone And the green grass growin' o'er my feet I ain't ahead, nor never will be Till t...

Slate Uncle Tupelo

in memory of a minerwho dragged himself to workand worked himself to deathworking for someone elsewe follow each other around on shaky groundhis life had become to himworthless in many waysan expir...

Acuff-Rose Uncle Tupelo

Your eyes opened wide as I looked yourway couldnt hide what they mend to sayfeeling lost in a crowded room it's to soon for a new loveWHEN YOU SMILE YOUR EYES SHOW YOUR HEART LOST INSIDE A SOUL TOR...

Give Back The Key To My Heart Uncle Tupelo

Watch it separate in twoWhatever the day wants it toFinding out that the worst is trueFinding out that it can escape youSlings and arrows completes the scoreAlways leaving, wanting moreAnd I try to...

Anodyne Uncle Tupelo

Early in the morning, sometimes late at nightSometimes I get the feeling that everything's alrightEarly in the evening, sometimes in the daySometimes I get the feeling everything's okayBecause ever...

We've Been Had Uncle Tupelo

some folks find that their role in lifeis to fail at everything they trywhile other folks see but not like methere's one thing that they're damn good atgather around you allcome around and seethose...

Fifteen Keys Uncle Tupelo

don't the lights look emptywhen the streets are barealmost as emptyas the look you give mewhen I'm the only oneand it's a long oneso it brings you downso say you have nowhere else to goand nothing ...

High Water Uncle Tupelo

falling out the windowtripping on a wrinkle in the rugfalling out of love, dearit hurt much worse when you gave upjust don't tell me which way I oughta runor what good I could do anyone'cause my he...

No Sense In Lovin' Uncle Tupelo

Fear the hearts of men are failingThese our latter days we knowThe great depression now is spreadingGod's word declared it would be soI'm going where there's no depressionTo a better land that's fr...

Steal The Crumbs Uncle Tupelo

A worn out joke to keep the flies awayCarried it this farGot the west side winds to keep it steadyWe bury the hatchets we findCould carry that heavy loadIf I really thought it would matterFarcical ...

Coalminers Uncle Tupelo

You'd never leave on your ownWhere you're from and where you're goingI know these things like I know you hate me nowCatch yourself in mid-air thinkingYour dreams can never be boughtI couldn't help ...

Wait Up Uncle Tupelo

I can only sing it loudalways try to sing it clearwhat the hell are we all doing heremaking too much of nothingor creating one unholy messan unfair study in survival, I guessbut it always comes dow...

Criminals Uncle Tupelo

doesn't matter what you've saidor what you've donewhen you've lost your headyou're looking for a new oneyour heaven looks just like my hellbeautiful as far as I can tellyour heaven looks just like ...

Shaky Ground Uncle Tupelo

It's a long way to heavenIt's a short way to hellPainkillers won't helpWhen the weight's not yourselfThey're poisoning the airFor personal wealthIt's a long way to heavenIt's a short way to hellI d...

Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down Uncle Tupelo

Satan, your kingdom must come downSatan, your kingdom must come downI heard the voice of Jesus saySatan, your kingdom must come downgonna pray until they tear your kingdom downgonna pray until they...

Atomic Power Uncle Tupelo

You threw out the pastWhen you threw out what was mineThroughout the yearsIt was hard to make it lastAnodyneNo sign of reconciliationIt's a quarter past the endFull moon from on highAcross the boar...

Warfare Uncle Tupelo

are you surprised it's mehope I didn't wake anybodyhoney, please wait up for meI miss you more than I need sleepguess I'll let you goeven though I don't want tohoney, please wait up for meI need yo...

Sandusky Uncle Tupelo

If you find yourself standingAt the end of your lineLooking for a piece of somethingMaybe a piece of mindFed up, lost, and run downNowhere to hold onTired of, take your place at the end sonWe'll ge...

Wipe The Clock Uncle Tupelo

There's a guitar leaning on a Marshall stackUsed to sound like the sun on the horizonNow I think we've been hadThere's a young girl screaming all the way in the backPoor kid, she never saw it comin...

Grindstone (1991 Longview Farm Acoustic Demo) Uncle Tupelo

take my picture off the wallit don't matter to me at allsaid I was headed for a fallbut you wanted me to crawlgive back my TVit don't mean that much to mewhile you're giving back my thingsgive me b...

Atomic Power (1991 Longview Farm Acoustic Demo) Uncle Tupelo

You threw out the pastWhen you threw out what was mineThroughout the yearsIt was hard to make it lastAnodyneNo sign of reconciliationIt's a quarter past the endFull moon from on highAcross the boar...

Moonshiner (Live 1/24/1993) Uncle Tupelo

when you find you can't somehowmake it like all the restyou won't need to scrounge aroundfor someone elsetorn between the unknownand the place that you call homeand the life you want but have never...

No Depression Uncle Tupelo

All my daydreams are disastersShe's the one I think I loveRivers burn and then run backwardsFor her, that's enoughThey all come from New York CityAnd they woke me up at dawnShe walked with me to th...

Screen Door Uncle Tupelo

Down here, where's we're atThe weather changes, that's the way it goesSometimes it snows, when everything's wrongSometimes it snows, but when it does, it doesn't last longDown here, where we're atA...

Gun Uncle Tupelo

if you find yourself standingat the end of your linelooking for a piece of somethingmaybe a piece of mindfed up, lost, and run downnowhere to hold ontired of, take your place at the end sonwe'll ge...

Still Be Around Uncle Tupelo

Sidetracked down the middleNever saw it coming, what a surpriseIt's been a wonderElectricity tells a storyIt's a sound getting near as fear is watching youIt's watching you closeYou can fight it, b...

Looking For A Way Out (Acoustic Version) Uncle Tupelo

a great crowd has now gatheredall around the jail todayto see me executedand hear what I do saynow I must hang this morningfor the murder of Lilli Schullwhom I so cruelly murderedand her body shame...

Watch Me Fall Uncle Tupelo

my Lord told his disciplesafter I'm risen and goneyou'll meet with troubles and trialsbear your rebukes and scornsmy warfare will soon be endedmy race is almost runmy warfare will soon be endedand ...

Sauget Wind Uncle Tupelo

Satan, your kingdom must come downSatan, your kingdom must come downI heard the voice of Jesus saySatan, your kingdom must come downgonna pray until they tear your kingdom downgonna pray until they...

Black Eye Uncle Tupelo

do you fear this man's inventionthat they call atomic powerare we all in great confusiondo we know the time or hourwhen a terrible explosionmay rain down upon our landleaving horrible destructionbl...

Moonshiner Uncle Tupelo

when you find you can't somehowmake it like all the restyou won't need to scrounge aroundfor someone elsetorn between the unknownand the place that you call homeand the life you want but have never...

Fatal Wound Uncle Tupelo

disengaged, we're forsaken nowcommunication does sufferthe moral stare of Big Brothernot a chance, no compromisebattling the barrier of beliefnot to try anymoredon't want to murder the only memory ...

Grindstone Uncle Tupelo

take my picture off the wallit don't matter to me at allsaid I was headed for a fallbut you wanted me to crawlgive back my TVit don't mean that much to mewhile you're giving back my thingsgive me b...

The Long Cut Uncle Tupelo

I don't see you through the windshieldI don't see you in faces looking back at mealcohol doesn't have much that matters to saycan't imagine where you and time to kill will staywhen the bible is a b...

Chickamauga Uncle Tupelo

he had a black eyehe was proud oflike some of his friendsit made him feel somewhere outsideof everything and everywhere he'd beenlike his brothershe emptied himselfand played it safelike their fath...

We've Been Had (Live) Uncle Tupelo

some folks find that their role in lifeis to fail at everything they trywhile other folks see but not like methere's one thing that they're damn good atgather around you allcome around and seethose...

Looking For A Way Out Uncle Tupelo

a great crowd has now gatheredall around the jail todayto see me executedand hear what I do saynow I must hang this morningfor the murder of Lilli Schullwhom I so cruelly murderedand her body shame...

Fall Down Easy Uncle Tupelo

these lines don't work on methey won't on youdidn't knew the cards were on the tablejust can't stand to see things turn out wrongno way to make things rightnever promise anything anymoreso god damn...

Nothing Uncle Tupelo

I don't know what you've been throughYou might think that I don't careBut I doAnd I've tried to understandI've tried to understand your abuseBut you've got no excuseAnd there's no use in lovin'Anyo...

Punch Drunk Uncle Tupelo

lost sight of groundnever been so downnothing here to stand onit's a war-weary roadanother faceless tombstonenothing here to stand onI turn to face the windmay never get outforever caught in a spin...

Postcard Uncle Tupelo

been traveling around somecrossing people's pathssome they stand right in your wayothers like to watch you passbeen trying to memorizeall the different liesthat people must tell themselves each nig...

D. Boon Uncle Tupelo

do you remember, remember D. Boonpart of what he was is a part of me nowand if you think back, where would he bewhere would I be if time had allowedthis isn't written for any one manit's about meth...

True To Life Uncle Tupelo

I've been searching and you've been goneOut looking for the shortest path to the one that you're onAnd I've already seen all I wanna seeCome on, let's take the long cutI think that's what we needWh...

Cold Shoulder Uncle Tupelo

come, all you coalminerswherever you may beand listen to the storythat I relate to theemy name is nothing extrabut the truth to you I tellI am a coalminerand I'm sure I wish you wellI was born in o...

Discarded Uncle Tupelo

do you remember, remember D. Boonpart of what he was is a part of me nowand if you think back, where would he bewhere would I be if time had allowedthis isn't written for any one manit's about meth...