Sara Watkins

Sara Watkins Sara Watkins Lyrics
1.All This Time

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

I feel like the wind just came
and blew all the crumbs away
I'm finally breaking it off
with your memory

You're still in my cupboards
Get out of my cupboards
Get off of my walls

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

You're where I hang my keys
when I walk in the door
You're the jacket I borrowed
and proudly wore
But with you in my head
you stay under my skin
and interfere with my heart

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

I feel like the wind just came
and blew all the crumbs away
I'm finally breaking it off
with your memory


2.Long Hot Summer Days

Gonna pick up some of them empties here
Just as soon as we know where they lay
Tied off of them jolly and leaving lines
On a long hot summer day

For every day I work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
All day long I'm makin' up barges
On a long hot summer day

Well I got me a gal in Pekin
She's a good ol' gal okay
I bet she's sitting a window fan
On a long hot summer day

For every day I work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
All day long I'm makin' up barges
On a long hot summer day

Last night we had port for supper
Today it'll be chicken consomme
And a fruit jar full of iced tea
On a long hot summer day

For every day I work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
All day long I'm makin' up barges
On a long hot summer day

Well we put a man off in Beardstown
When we come down yesterday
I'm gonna off down at Alton
On a long hot summer day

For every day I work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
All day long I'm makin' up barges
On a long hot summer day

For every day I work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
All day long I'm makin' up barges
On a long hot summer day


3.My Friend

My friend is worn and torn he's badly wounded
I don't know what he really needs
Bring hope to his heart, relief to his mind
Bring hope to his heart, relief to his mind

He lives for love of what he knows
But he cannot put his trust in much anymore
Bring hope to his heart, relief to his mind
Bring hope to his heart, relief to his mind

Keep my friend safe, strengthen his eyes
The night has been long but the dawn is sure to be fine
Bring hope to his heart, relief to his mind
Bring hope to his heart, relief to his mind
Bring hope to his heart, relief to his mind
Bring hope to his heart, relief to his mind


4.Frederick


5.Same Mistakes

I got tired
I killed it through and through
I don't wanna make the same mistakes
The same mistakes with you

I didn't lie
But I withheld the truth
I don't wanna make the same mistakes
The same mistakes with you

The line is thin between a selfish act
And things you do to keep yourself intact
I could name a few

The line is thin between a selfish act
And things you do to keep yourself intact
I could name a few

I did a lot
That I could not undo
I don't wanna make the same mistakes
The same mistakes with you


6.Any Old Time

I just received your letter
You're down and out you say
And at first I thought I would tell you
To travel on the other way

But in my memory lingers
All you once were to me
So I'm going to give you one more chance
To prove what you can be

Any old time you want to come back home
Drop me a line
And honey say no more that you'll roam
You had your chance to play the game fair
And when you left me sweetheart
You only left a load of care

Now that you're down
I'm going to stick by you
If you will only tell me
That your roaming days are through
You'll find me here
Like the day you left me alone
Any old time
You want to come back home

Any old time you want to come back home
Just drop me a line
And honey say no more that you'll roam
You had your chance to play the game fair
And when you left me sweetheart
You only left a load of care

Now that you're down
Oh I'm going to stick by you
If you will only tell me
That your roaming days are through
You'll find me here
Like the day you left me alone
Any old time
You want to come back home

Oh yeah, you'll find me here
Like the day you left me alone
Any old time
You want to come back home


7.Pony

I've seen it all, boys
I've been all over
Been everywhere in the whole wide world

I rode the high line
With old blind Darby
I danced real slow with Ida Jane

I was full of wonder
When I left Murfreesboro
Now I am full of hollow on Maxwell Street

And I hope my pony
I hope my pony
I hope my pony knows the way back home

I walked from Natchez
To Hushpakina
I built a fire by the side of the road

I worked for nothin'
In a Belzoni saw mill
I caught a blind out on the B&O

Taluah's friendly
Belzoni ain't so
A forty-four'll get you ninety-nine

And I hope my pony
I hope my pony
I hope my pony knows the way back home

I run my race
With burned-face Jake
Gave him a Manzanita cross

And I lived on nothing
But dreams and train smoke
Somehow my watch and chain got lost

I wish I was home
In Evelyn's kitchen
With old Gyp curled around my feet

And I hope my pony
I hope my pony
I hope my pony knows the way back home

Oh I hope my pony
I hope my pony
I hope my pony knows the way back home


8.Lord Won't You Help Me

Traveling around the country
Rambling all the time
Just me and this old guitar
For a dollar and a dime and a glass of wine
Oh Lord won't you help me before I lose my mind

Got a little woman way back home
You know Lord I crave
Spends every dollar that I make
Gonna drive me to my grave, that lonely home
Oh Lord won't you help me before I'm dead and gone

I wish I was down in Nashville town
The sunny south you know
Leaving ol' Chicago
With her ice and stone, chilled to the bone
Oh Lord won't you help me ride this Greyhound home

Well I hope I get to heaven
In mansions bright to dwell
With bad luck always following me around
I'll fall right back to hell just to shovel coal
Oh Lord won't you help me save my worthless soul
Oh Lord won't you help me, help me before I lose my mind


9.Jefferson


10.Give Me Jesus

I heard my mother say
I heard my mother say
I heard my mother say
Give me Jesus

Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
But give me Jesus

Dark midnight was my cry
Dark midnight was my cry
Dark midnight was my cry
Give me Jesus

Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
But give me Jesus

In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise
Give me Jesus

And when I've come to die
When I've come to die
Oh when I've come to die
Give me Jesus

Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
But give me Jesus
You can have all this world
But give me Jesus


11.Bygones

As faint as a phantom
But I can pull you under
Bound to you in bygones

You took it to the limit
And glimpsed all that you'd been missing
Found yourself a secret

Feel me in the air
I'm all around you
I'll always be here

Shut your mouth, shut your mouth
No one wants to know
Hide back in your house

Will it ever be safe
Since your prey has become predator
Will you be safe

So take it to your grave
All the way covered up inside you
Take it to your grave


12.Too Much

You don't have to tell me
I know every reason why
You feel the way you feel
And you cry when you cry

But baby can you show me
How I get so far behind
From the bottom of your heart
To the back of your mind

'Cause sometimes I love you too much
Sometimes I love you too much
Sometimes I love you too much
But it's too late now 'cause we're all going down

We're all going down
We're all going down
We're all going down

Can't we try to work it out
There's got to be a way
I'll give you all of my tomorrows
For one of your yesterdays

I never held you back
I never had you like that
I never thought we'd get so good
At feeling so bad

'Cause sometimes I love you too much
Sometimes I love you too much
Sometimes I love you too much
But it's too late now 'cause we're all going down

We're all going down
We're all going down
We're all going down

I love you too much
Sometimes I love you too much
Oh, but it's too late now, it's too late now
I love you too much


13.Will We Go

Will we go up on the mountain
Will we go into the sea
Will you take hold of my hand and lead
Will you follow after me

You have kept my attention
And won my affection
And I'm not sure where this is headed
But I'm willing to learn

So will we go up on the mountain
Will we go into the sea
Will you take hold of my hand and lead
Will you follow after me

It'll die if it don't change
Nothing given, nothing gained
And I've grown tired of living
Only on my terms

So if I am not your only
Do just tell me truly
'Cause I've gathered all my bridges, struck a match
And they're ready to burn

So will we go up on the mountain
Will we go into the sea
Will you take hold of my hand and lead
Will you follow after me
Will you take hold of my hand and lead
Will you follow after me


14.Where Will You Be

When my face is not the face you want to see every day
And my hand is not the hand you want to hold when you're afraid
When my thoughts no longer comfort you
And my heart no longer moves you
When my voice no longer soothes you
Where will you be

When the world that we've made is nothing but a drone
And your head on my breast doesn't feel like home
When my thoughts no longer comfort you
And my heart no longer moves you
When my voice no longer soothes you
Where will you be

When you think that your love is not enough
And you think that my love is not enough
When my thoughts no longer comfort you
And my heart no longer moves you
When my voice no longer soothes you
Where will you be

When my thoughts no longer comfort you
And my heart no longer moves you
When my voice no longer soothes you
Where will you be