Well, when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair Talkin' to some rich folks that you know Well, I hope you don't see me in my ragged company
Well, my home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains My home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains Well, my home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains And I ain?t comin? back
If I had a dollar bill Yes, I believe, I surely will Go to town and drink my fill Early in the morning Little darling, she's a redhaired thing Man, she
Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine Though you and I both know it's only the warm glow of wine That's got you to feel in this way
Now, me and this friend named, Streetlife Brown We got a bottle of red and walked downtown One hand on the jug and one on time He said, "I bet you a dollar
Well the drunken clown's still hanging 'round But it plain the laughter's all died down The tears you tried so hard to hide Are flowin' And a blind man
Well, come away with me, my little delta boy I wanna be your delta mama for a while And if you stay you'll see I can bring you lots of joy I can turn
Well, a diamond fades quickly when matched to the face of Maria All the harps they sound empty when she lifts her lips to the sky The brown of her skin
Why does she sing these sad songs for me I'm not the one to tenderly bring her soft sympathy I've just begun to see my way clear, it's plain if I stop
Far across the deep blue water lives an old German's daughter On the banks of the old river Rhine Where I loved her and left her and I can't forget her
I'm gonna lay my troubles on a railroad track I'm gonna ride, I ain't lookin' back I tried to stop but I can't unpack Gotta get used to the clickety clack
Goin' down to Memphis and maybe get my ashes hauled I can drive me a car man but I don't need no car at all I believe I'll ride that Memphis cannon ball
Days full of rain, skys comin' down again I get so tired of these same old blues, same old song Baby, it won't be long 'fore I be tyin' on My flyin'
You live on your hill so high and so lonely You toss out your bread crumbs to those down below They think you're a king but believe me it's only Because
Come away with me, my little delta boy I wanna be your delta mama for awhile And if you stay you'll see that I bring you lots of joy I turn those little
By townes van zandt I decided to improve my social station I joined a fraternity organisation Tucked in my shirt Signed on the line Right away they said
Greensboro woman don't you smile on me I do not feel like being comforted And anyway I'll be home soon For once is someone waitin' there And if you don
My days, they are the highway kind They only come to leave But the leavin' I don't mind It's the comin' that I crave Pour the sun upon the ground Stand
