1.Cotton Fields
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home.
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home.
Oh, when them cotton balls get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home.
It was down in Louisisana
Just about a mile from Texarkana,
And them old cotton fields back home.
It may sound a little funny,
But you didn't make very much money
In them old cotton fields back home.
It may sound a little funny,
But you didn't make very much money
In them old cotton fields back home.
Oh, when them cotton balls get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home.
It was down in Louisisana
Just about a mile from Texarkana,
And them old cotton fields back home.
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home.
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home,
In them old cotton fields back home.
2.Silver Stallion
Lyricist：Lee Clayton
I'm gonna steal a silver stallion,with not a mark upon his silky
hide
Teach him he can trust me like a brother,one day we'll saddle up
and ride
And we're gonna ride,we're gonna ride
Ride like the one eyed jack of diamonds with the devil close
behind
We're gonna ride
I'm gonna find me a reckless woman, razor blades and dice in her
eyes
Just a touch of sadness in her fingers, thunder and lightning in
her thighs
And we're gonna ride,we're gonna ride
Ride like the one eyed jack of diamonds with the devil close
behind
We're gonna ride
I'm gonna chase the sky forever, with the woman and the stallion
and the wind
The sun is gonna burn into a cinder, before we ever pass this
way again
3.Angels Love Bad Men
Lyricist：Waylon Jennings, Roger Murrah
When his stolen gold has turned to rust
He rides off in a cloud of dust
Lookin' for a border he can cross
She'll stand by and watch him go
Wonderin' if he'll ever know
The hurt she's feelin' now
And what they've lost
Angels love bad menthat's how it's always been
They give their whole hearts when they fall
Angels love bad menthat's how it's always been
Love holds their hearts against the wall
When his corporate day comes to and end
He rides away in his Mercedes Benz
Soon he's lost beneath the neon sky
Outside of town, in their suburban home
She spends another night alone
And wonders what went wrongwonders why
Angels love bad menthat's how it's always been
They give their whole hearts when they fall
Angels love bad menthat's how it's always been
Love holds their hearts against the wall
4.Committed To Parkview
Lyricist：John R Cash
There's a man across the hall who sits staring at the floor
He thinks he's Hank Williamshear him singing through the door
There's a girl in 203, who stops by to visit me
And she talks about her songs and the star that she should be
There are lots of special people staying in or passing through
And for one thing or another, committed to Parkview
There's a girl in 307, coming down on Thorazine
And a superstar's ex-drummer trying to kick Benzedrine
There's a boy just down below me, who's the son of some
well-known
He was brought in by his mother, 'cos his daddy's always gone
There's a bum from down on Broadway and then a few quite
well-to-do's
Who have withdrawn from the rat race and committed to Parkview
There's a girl who cries above me, loud enough to wake the dead
They don't know what she has taken that has scrambled up her
head
There's a writer and a singer who has tried and tried and tried
They just brought him in this morning, an attempted suicide
There are those that never made it, those that did but now are
through
Some came of their own good choosing some committed to Parkview
They wake us about 6 30, just before the morning meal
While they're taking blood pressure, they ask us how we feel
And I always say 'Fantastic! There ain't nothing wrong with me.'
And then they give me my injection and I go right back to sleep
And my days are kind of foggy and my nights are dreamy too
But they're taking good care of me committed to Parkview
5.Welfare Line
Lyricist：Paul Kennerley
Well now, boys I've been to Bethlehem
Rode there on a big steam train
Lost two fenders in the steel wheels
And I ain't goin' back again
I fought for my country
Lord knows I did my best
Crawlin' cross some foreign field
They pinned a ribbon to my chest
So pass around the bottle boys
Let's talk about old times
Night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin
Here on the welfare line
Served on a Georgia road gang
Couldn't pay the debts I owed
'Cos I ain't made of silver
And I ain't ever seen no gold
I still remember Rachel
Soft as a velvet gown
They laid her in a pauper's grave
On the other side of town
So pass around the bottle boys
Let's talk about old times
Night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin
Here on the welfare line
Now some folks are born to money
You know I wish 'em well
If the devil should ever want my soul
I swear I'd never sell
So pass around the bottle boys
Let's talk about old times
Night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin
Here on the welfare line
6.Born And Raised In Black And White
Lyricist：Don Cook, John Jarvis
The wind blows hard across the Texas planes
Makes some people go insane
While others quietly pray for rain
That's where we came from
Two boys playing in the burning sun
One with books, one with guns
Mama calls but just one comes
The other one runs
In a crystal sense of wrong and right
We were born and raised in black and white
One learned to pray, one loved to fight
We were born and raised in black and white
We were born and raised in black and white
Brother took to the gospel road
Spent his whole live saving souls
When he looked at me his blood ran cold
He didn't even try
I had no dreams, I had no plans
But a gun felt good in my right hand
The warden asked, â½How come you killed that manâ
I said, â½I don't know whyâ
Welcome home said the hot moonlight
We were born and raised in black and white
One lives to pray, one prays for life
We were born and raised in black and white
We were born and raised in black and white
Someone handed me a cigarette
They offered me my last request
I asked my mortal soul be blessed
By someone close to me
He came to me with trembling hands
He swore he'd never understand
I said it's just what life had planned
It's destiny
Don't waste your tears on me tonight
We were born and raised in black and white
I chose the dark, you chased the light
We were born and raised in black and white
We were born and raised in black and white
The wind blows hard across the Texas planes
Makes some people go insane
While others quietly pray for rain
7.Big River
Lyricist：John R Cash
I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you,
big river
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die
I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl
And I heard my dream, went back downstream cavortin' in
Davenport
And I followed you, big river, when she called
Oh, she took me to St. Louis later on down the river
A freighter said, 'She's been here but she's gone, boy, she's
gone'
And I found her trail in Memphis but she just walked up the
block
Raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone
Well, I pulled in to Natches next day down river
But the Warden was there to make the round to stay very long
When I left it was raining, so nobody saw me crawl
Big river, why she doing me this way？
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it
on
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans
Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf
She loves you, big river, more than me
I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big
river
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die
8.Live Forever
Lyricist：Billy Joe Shaver, Eddy Shaver
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now
You're gonna want to hold me
Just like I always told you
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
Nobody here will ever find me
But I will always be around
Just like the songs I leave behind me
I'm gonna live forever now
You fathers and you mothers
Be good to one another
Please try to raise your children right
Don't let the darkness take 'em
Don't make 'em feel forsaken
Just lead them safely to the light
When this old world is blown asunder
And all the stars fall from the sky
Remember someone really loves you
We'll live forever you and I
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now
9.Texas
Lyricist：Willie Nelson
Listen to my song
And if you want to sing along
It's about where I belong
Texas
Sometimes far into the night
And until the morning light
I pray with all my might
To be in Texas
It's where I want to be
The only place for me
Where my spirit can be free
Texas
It's where I want to be
The only place for me
Where my spirit can be free
Texas
Listen to my song
And if you want to sing along
Its about where I belong
Texas
10.Michael, Row The Boat Ashore
Lyricist：David Fisher
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah
The river is deep and the river is wide, hallelujah
Green pastures on the other side, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah
Jordan's river is chilly and cold, hallelujah
Chills the body but not the soul, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah
The river is deep and the river is wide, hallelujah
Milk and honey on the other side, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah
11.Two Stories Wide
Lyricist：Willie Nelson
Come out of the darkness
Don't hide in the night
Come out in the sunshine
And we'll be alright
Life's too long to worry
And it's too short to cry
And it's too deep to measure
And it's too stories wide
There's your side and my side
Which side do you need？
Both sides make you lonely
And make your heart bleed
Life's too long to worry
And it's too short to cry
And it's too deep to measure
And it's too stories wide
Life's too long to worry
And its too short to cry
And its too deep to measure
And its too stories wide
Life's too long to worry
And its too short to cry
And its too deep to measure
And its too stories wide
12.Desperados Waiting for a Train
Lyricist：Guy Clark
I played the red river valley
And he'd sit out in kitchen and cry
And run his fingers through seventy years of livin'
I wonder Lord has ever, well I've drilled run dry？
We were friends, me and this old man
Like desperados waiting for a train
Like desperados waiting for a train
He's a drifter and a driller of oil wells
And an old school man of the world
He let me drive his car when he's too drunk to
And he'd wink and give me money for the girls
And our lives were like, some old western movie
Like desperados waiting for a train
Like desperados waiting for a train
From the time that I could walk, he'd take me with him
To a bar called the green frog cafe
And there were old men with beer guts and dominos
Lying 'bout their lives while they played
And I was just a kid, they called his sidekick
Like desperados waiting for a train
Like desperados waiting for a train
One day I looked up and he's pushin' eighty
And there's brown tobacco stains all down his chin
To me he's one of the heroes of this country
So why's he all dressed up like them old men？
Drinkin' beer and playin' moon and forty-two
Like desperados waiting for a train
Like desperados waiting for a train
The day before he died, I went to see him
I was grown and he was almost gone
So we just closed our eyes and dreamed us up a kitchen
And sang another verse to that old song
Come on, Jack, that son-of-a-guns are comin'
Like desperados waiting for a train
Like desperados waiting for a train
Like desperados waiting for a train
Like desperados waiting for a train
13.Michael
Lyricist：David L Fisher
Michael row the boat ashore, Hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, Hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, Hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, Hallelujah
The river is deep and the river is wide, Hallelujah
Green pastures on the other side, Hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, Hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, Hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, Hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, Hallelujah
Jordan's river is chilly and cold, Hallelujah
Chills the body but not the soul, Hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, Hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, Hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, Hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, Hallelujah
The river is deep and the river is wide, Hallelujah
Milk and honey on the other side, Hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, Hallelujah
Michael row the boat ashore, Hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, Hallelujah
Sister help to trim the sail, Hallelujah
14.True Love Travels A Gravel Road
Lyricist：Dallas Frazier, A. L. Owens
How many girls choose cotton dress worlds
When they could have satins and lace
Stand by her man through good times and bad
And still keep a smile on her face
And how many hearts
Could face the winters we've known
And still not turn cold
True love travels on a gravel road
Love is a stranger and hearts are in danger
On smooth streets paved with gold
True love travels on a gravel road
Down through the years
We've had hard times and tears
But it only makes our love grow
And we'll stay together no matter how hard the wind blows
Not once have I seen your blue eyes fill with envy
Or stray from the warmth that they hold
True love travels on a gravel road
Now love is a stranger and hearts still in danger
On smooth streets paved with gold
True love travels on a gravel road
True love travels on a gravel road
True love travels on a gravel road
True love travels on a gravel road
True love travels on a gravel road
True love travels on a gravel road
True love travels on a gravel road
True love travels on a gravel road
15.I Do Believe
Lyricist：Waylon Jennings
In my own way, I'm a believer
In my own way, right or wrong
I don't talk too much about it
It's something I keep working on
I don't have too much to build on
My faith has never been that strong
There is a man there in that building
He's a holy man, they say
He keeps talking about tomorrow
While I keep struggling with today
He preaches Hell, fire and brimstone
And Heaven seems so far away
I do believe in a higher power
One, that loves us one and all
Not someone to solve our problems
Or to catch me when I fall
He gave us all a mind to think with
And to know what's right or wrong
He is that inner spirit
That keeps us strong
In my own way, I'm a believer
But not in voices I can't hear
I believe in a loving father
One, I never have to fear
That I should live life at it's fullest
Just as long as I am here
16.The End Of Understanding
Lyricist：Willie Nelson
Each time you hurt me you say, you're sorry
And I try to understand and say okay
But there must be an end to understanding
And the end of mine can't be too far away
I try to understand that you're only human
And we all make mistakes everyday
But there must be an end to understanding
And I know that I just can't go on this way
Don't you know that love and understanding go together
Ask too much of one and both will die
There must be an end to understanding
And I know someday, I'll reach the end of mine
Don't you know that love and understanding go together
Ask too much of one and both will die
And there must be an end to understanding
And I know someday, I'll reach the end of mine
17.The Road Goes On Forever
Lyricist：Robert Earl (jr) Keen
Sherry was a waitress
At the only joint in town
She had a reputation
As a girl who'd been around
Down main street after midnight
With the brand new pack of cigs
A fresh one hanging from her lips
A beer between her legs
She'd ride down to the river
And meet with all her friends
The road goes on forever
And the party never ends
Sonny was a loner
Bolder than the rest
He was goin' in the Navy
But he couldn't pass the test
So he hung around town
And he sold a little pot
The law caught wind of Sonny
One day he got caught
But he was back in business
When they set him free again
The road goes on forever
And the party never ends
Sonny's playin' eight ball
At the joint where Sherry works
When some drunken out of towner
Put his hand up Sherry's skirt
Sonny took his pool cue
Laid the drunk out on the floor
Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar
Walked on out the door
She's runnin' right behind him
Reachin' for his hand
The road goes on forever
And the party never ends
They jumped into his pick-up
Sonny jammed her down in gear
Sonny looked at Sherry
Said, 'Let's get on out of here'
The stars were high above them
The moon was in the east
The sun was setting on them
When they reached Miami Beach
They got a motel by the water
And a quart of Bombay Gin
The road goes on forever
And the party never ends
They soon ran out of money
But Sonny knew a man
Who knew some Cuban refugees
Who dealt in contraband
Sonny met the Cuban
In a house just off the route
With a briefcase full of money
And a pistol in his boot
The cards were on the table
When the law came bustin' in
The road goes on forever
And the party never ends
The Cubans grabbed the goodies
And Sonny grabbed the jack
He broke the bathroom window
And climbed on out the back
Sherry drove the pick-up
Through the alley on the side
Where the lawman tackled Sonny
And was reading him his rights
She stepped out in the alley
With a single shot four-ten
The road goes on forever
And the party never ends
They left the lawman dyin'
And they made their get away
Got back to the motel
Just before the break of day
Sonny gave her all the money
And he blew a little kiss
If they ask you how this happened
Say I forced you into this
She watched him as his tail lights
Disappeared around the bend
The road goes on forever
And the party never ends
There's main street after midnight
Just like it was before
Twenty-one months later
At the local grocery store
Sherry buys a paper
And a cold six pack of beer
The headlines read that Sonny
Is going to the chair
She pulls back onto main street
In her new Mercedes-Benz
The road goes on forever
And the party never ends
18.If He Came Back Again
Lyricist：Barry A Alfonso, William Craig Bickhardt
You'd have thought a king had died
The way those people cried
Instead of one more broken entertainer
It struck those in his trade
He could have had it made
If he'd only been a little saner
They traveled far to see him
Oh, the humble and the high
They said goodbye as if he were a friend
Now somewhere he is smiling
On those who idolized him
But would they even recognize him
If he came back again？
He was born of modest means
But had outrageous dreams
They never let him rest
Till he fulfilled them
While he rode that train of song
His devils tagged along
The whiskey and the pills
Just couldn't kill him
He didn't mean to be a rebel
Nor the real ones never do
They're born apart from ordinary men
And somewhere he is smiling
On those who sanctified him
But would they even recognize him
If he came back again？
And it's an old familiar story
But it's a damn shame none the less
They don't forgive his kind
Until they lay them down to rest
And somewhere he is smiling
On those who idolized him
But would they even recognize him
If he came back again？
If he came back again
Back again
19.Songs That Make A Difference
Lyricist：John Cash
Hey babe, do you remember, back in 1969？
We gathered round the room, you sang yours and I sang mine
We took turns with the guitar, in the front and center seat
Shel and Kris and Dylan, and a couple off the street
Joni Mitchell cried on, 'Both Sides Now'
We sang songs that made a difference and we can again somehow
Everybody knew that this was quite a special night
Graeme Nash was nervous in the hot seat, in the light
Joe South was total magic and we all walked in his shoes
Orbison and Rabbit cried and they rocked the country blues
New Berry, San Francisco, Maybelle, Joy
We sang songs that made a difference
June was pregnant with my boy
Oh, I could make a livin' drivin' nails or drivin' trucks
Sleep beneath the bridge or in the streets, down on my luck
I'd stand the cold and hunger, if they'd let me hear the songs
Everybody write one that us bums can sing along
Keep it from the heart and down to earth
Sing the songs that make a difference
Give us all our money's worth
Hey, keep it from the heart and down to earth
Sing the songs that make a difference
Give us all our money's worth
20.Highwayman
Lyricist：Jimmy Webb
I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
But I am still alive
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide
And with the sea I did abide
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still
I was a dam builder, across the river deep and wide
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around, I'll always be around and around
And around and around and around
I fly a starship across the Universe divide
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain and I'll be back again
And again and again and again and again
21.Living Legend
Lyricist：K Kristofferson
Was it bitter then, with our backs against the wall？
Were we better men, then we'd ever been before？
Say if she came again today, would you still answer to the call？
Tell the truth my friend, don't it matter anymore？
We were simple men by her side when she was born
Talking about the dream
It was simple then, like the freedom when you fall
And we were smaller then you see, but soon we gathered like a
storm
They don't understand what that thunder meant at all
Was he crucified, was he done in by the law？
Are you satisfied that he'll never ride again？
Some people say, 'He got away', they say, 'He never died at all'
If that story's true, does it bother you my friend
Was it bitter then, with our backs against the wall？
Say 2000 years ago
Were we better men, then we'd ever been before？
Well 200 yeras ago
Say if she came again today, would you still answer to the call？
Or tomorrow
Tell the truth my friend, don't it matter anymore？
22.Everyone Gets Crazy
Lyricist：Kevin Stephen Welch
Look here is that you I see
You sure seem down to me
Would you like to tell it to a friend
I can help if anyone can, you know I understand
Everyone gets crazy now and then
I know those empty nights get lonely
Sometimes you feel like you're the only one
To lose more than he wins
Guess these trouble times get scary
But that's just ordinary
Everyone gets crazy now and then
And who can say they've never stumbled
Never fallen to their knees
Your dreams like castles when they crumble
Well, I know what you mean
And I know how hard it can seem
I get crazy just like you, lost and lonely too
Like some old flag left flying in the wind
Time has taught me this for sure
Time is the only cure
All your blues will turn to gold again
Oh, everyone gets crazy now and then
23.The Last Cowboy Song
Lyricist：Ed Bruce, Ron Peterson
This is the last cowboy song
The end of a hundred year Waltz
The voices sound sad as they're singin' along
Another piece of America's lost
He rides the feed lots, clerks in the markets
On weekends sellin' tobacco and beer
And his dreams of tomorrow, surrounded by fences
But he'll dream tonight of when fences weren't here
He blazed the trail with Lewis and Clark
And eyeball to eyeball, old Wyatt backed down
He stood shoulder to shoulder with Travis in Texas
And rode with the 7th when Custer went down
This is the last cowboy song
The end of a hundred year Waltz
The voices sound sad as they're singin' along
Another piece of America's lost
Remington showed us how he looked on canvas
And Louis Lamour has told us his tale
Me and Johnny and Waylon and Kris sing about him
And wish to God, we could have ridden his trail
This is the last cowboy song
The end of a hundred year Waltz
The voices sound sad as they're singin' along
Another piece of America's lost
This is the last cowboy song
The end of a hundred year Waltz
The voices sound sad as they're singin' along
Another piece of America's lost
This is the last cowboy song
The end of a hundred year Waltz
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