Some of these are the ones that reeally have stuck with me.

Life goes on Within you, and Without you.

John Lennon

How does it Feel to be the Brand New Mister Me?

M-Mel Tillis.

So I said "You're gonna pay, both you and Dave, cause I'm gonna see you in
your grave."

And they laughed at me... and then I shot 'em. And then I dragged their
cheatin', schemin' bones to Miller's Cave

M-Mel

Does any body have a little black book I can borrow? Cause the girls in mine are all dead or in the Old Folks Home.

So turn me loose and point me towards the party. Good music and women and liquor and neon lights.

And don't some tryin to find me for a month of Sundays, cause I'm gonna have me a month of Saturday Nights.

ET.

There's a new star in heaven tonight.

ET.

"But your story I'm not Buyin. And it's all over but the Cryin.

Hank Jr.

My Love for you has died, like the grass out on the lawn, and tonite I'll wed another, Dear John.

Kitty Wells.

She's much too young to realize why mommy can't come home. And that her daddy wanted things this way.

We kiss goodbye and my heart breaks, to walk away alone To have to be a mommy for a day.

KW

In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand, and an achin in my heart, and my pockets full of sand.

LWIII?

Well he's traded off his Martin, but his troubles are not over, cause his feet are nearly frozen and the sun is sinking low. Won't you listen to me brother, if you ever loved your mother then pull over on the shoulder if you're going Milwaukee way. It's 10 degrees and getting colder down by Boulder Dam today.

GL

..gonna lay down my old guitar. Well I wish I could tie it to my side, and take it along with me.

Dunno.

I killed her dead as she could be because she would not marry me.

( Banks of the Ohio-?-)

Gotta be at least as many of these kind..

A go go girl called my hand. I said "I cain't, I'm a married man. Said "If you ain't gonna steel, then you better not prowl."

TC

EJL

[This message was edited by Eric West on 23 April 2003 at 11:04 AM.]

As discussed on a previous thread, I believe Shel Silverstein wrote some of the greatest humorous AND serious songs in country music...
"You're headed somewhere, but I've been to somewhere,
And found it was nowhere at all,
And I've got a couple more years on you babe and that's all".

And anyone who's into lyrics and story songs should try to hear Bobby Bare's version of Silverstein's "Rosalie's Good Eats Café"...

Nick
P.S. Also, "This Guitar Is For Sale", also recorded by Bobby Bare... talk about "Sad Songs And Waltzes", there's one for sure...

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Stump Reeves

And the list goes on.

Bob Weir/John Barlow
"Looks Like Rain"
ACE/Grateful Dead.

JB

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I'll be breaking out again tonite.

Dunno

The Sweetest Gift, a Mother's Smile.

She brought a smile you can remember. She's gone to heaven, of heartaches free, these walls around you will never change you. You were her baby, and ere will be.

Dunno.

I survived every situation, Knowin when to Freeze and when to run.

WN

You can sing a Happy Song if you're glad.
You can sing a protest song if you're mad.

But If you want to sing The Blues,Then Boy, you better learn how to Lose.

D Bromberg.

And I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground.

KR

Will Santy come to Shanty Town

EA

I'm on TV here Locally, and I can't quit. I'm a Star.

RM

It's Full Speed ahead, down the wrong road in life. I can't hold myself in line.

Paycheck?

He's a Pilgrim and Preacher, and a Problem When he's Stoned.

KK

If I knew the Way, I would take you Home.

JG

I can't say I beat the Devil, but I drank his beer for nothing.

JC?

Starfish and giant Plumes greet us with a smile.

Before our heads go under we take a last look at the killing noise

Of the "Out of style".

JH

I am not the only Soul accused of Hit and Run.

Tire tracks all across your back. I can see you've had your fun.

JH

Castles made of sand, melt into the sea.

Eventually.

JH. ( Yep. CB, they don't make em much better.)

There's a hole in Daddy's arm, where all the money goes.

JP

He said he wanted Heaven, but Prayin' was too slow.
So he bought a one way ticket, on an Airline made of Snow.

Hoyt.

Boy. There's a bunch, aint there?

[This message was edited by Eric West on 23 April 2003 at 11:01 AM.]

quote:

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Is anybody satisfied with who they really are
You could be the moon
And still be jealous of the stars
You gotta' learn to swim
If you can't walk upon the sea
So I'm learning to live with me

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Respectfully,

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Dave Burr
Remington Sustainmaster SD-10 3x4

Respectfully,

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Dave Burr
Remington Sustainmaster SD-10 3x4

So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
I never minded standing in the rain
You don't have to call me 'darlin'', darlin'
But you never even call me by my name."

I liked some of his the Best like:

My Old Man

That one, IOU, and Old Blue always put me in a space I'm not always comfortable being.

Gotta go get some air now....

"How's the weather in Winnipeg
broke down nag with the bandaged legs at Assiniboia Downs
the night we painted the town
dark dark blue".

That lie that I told you was told with good intention. It's just another way of protecting you from the truth.
(Something like that.)

It makes me think of the movie with the line "Are you going to belive what you see or what I tell you?

He also had an 8 track tape player,and only ONE tape. Pretzel Logic. That night we ran out of gas, and had to siphon gas out of a Hesston. My mouth was raw from eating the crosstops, chain smoking cigarettes, leaded stale gas and drinking cold coffee. Spiders were appearing on the windshield. "You were just Italian in their eyes.."

After thirty or forty times of hearing Rikki don't lose that number, at about White Sulphur Sprgs in MT I bailed out, and said goodbye. went to the hearest redneck bar, drank about two dozen beers, walked to the edge of town, sacked out under a juniper. After I woke up, it was about 5 years until I could bear another "Is there Gas In the Car" or "Babylon Sisters, shake it". Oh it's great music, but I think it made a little too much of an impression on me...

I'll sure never forget the lyrics tho..

..."I was sittin' in my hotel room strummin'
my old guitar * Not much to do when you're far away, playin' some smokey bar * I was feelin' a little empty and feelin' a little blue * When the maid came in and asked me, if she could do my room"...

..."I put down my old guitar, and she gave me a smile * She had a crusty voice and a drinker's look, but she had a friendly style * She dusted my room and made my bed and she talked of days gone-by * She spoke of when she wooed the men, a tear came to her eye..."

[chorus]"...(and she said)... I used to be a country singer * I could sing a mean Patsy Cline * My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter * Kitty Wells was a real good friend
of mine..."

[This message was edited by CHIP FOSSA on 23 April 2003 at 09:22 PM.]

Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins,
Silently closing her bedroom door,
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more.
She goes down stairs to the kitchen clutching her hand kerchief.
Quetly turning the back door key,
Stepping outside she is free.

She ( We gave her most of our lives )
Is leaving ( Sacrificed most of our lives )
Home ( We gave her ev'rything money could buy )
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.

Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing down.
Pick up the letter that's lying there,
Standing alone at the top of the stairs.
She breaks down and cries to her husband "Daddy, our baby's gone.
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly,
Now could she do this to me."

She ( We never thought of ourselves )
Is leaving ( Never a thought of ourselves )
Home ( We struggled hard all our lives to get by )
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.

Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away.
Waiting to keep the appointment she made,
Meeting a man from the motor trade.

"If you mind your own bidness, then you won't be mindin' mine"

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Why do I do the things I do
Was I born this way am I am a self made fool
I shoot the lights and curse the dark
I need your love but I break your heart
And I know the words that'll bring you back
But I don't say nothing as I watch you pack
I had to work to be the jerk I've come to be
It ain't easy being me

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Dave Burr
Remington Sustainmaster SD-10 3x4

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Rick Richtmyer
Sugarloaf Recording
Good News

Yeah, sometimes the hook is worth it.

Here's my favorite ending line from Bob:

"The Moral of This Story., The Moral of This Song;

Is simply "One should never Be, where One does Not Belong".

When you see your Neigbor Struggling, Help him with his load;

And don't go mistaking Paradise, for the Home across the road."

Probably among the best.

I don't know why I ommitted Old Bob..

...Fifteen cars, and fifteen restless riders, three conductors, twenty-five sacks of mail.

...Passing trains that have no names, freight-yards full of old black men, and the graveyards of the rusty automobile.

...Oh, the sons of pullman porters, and the sons of engineers, ride their father's magic carpet made of steel...

...And the steel rails still ain't heard the news. The conductor sings his song again, the passengers will please refrain...this train's got the disappearing railroad blues.

"Big River," Johnny Cash

Was for loving, dear ole Dixie
In this Northern State I'll die.

Will you see my little daughter
Will you make her understand.

O Parson, tell me quickly
Will my soul pass through the southland.

Excellent selection.

the Bird IS the Word!

EJL