Southern Rock

"Silent shadows of the night, Faded with the morning light. We just wrote another song. Maybe a word or two is wrong. There's so much that could be said, It's hard to write it in a line. But when the final word is read, Maybe something could be said For all the brothers of the road. Just like you, we bear a heavy load. Been through hell and back again. If we don't lose we're bound to win."

"You've heard every line before My life's a revolving door With no way out and no way in. You know just what's on my mind Could you take a chance one more time? Maybe we could start all over again. Straight from the heart, Baby my love."

"Well I am on the prowl, baby Looking for someone to satisfy my needs. Some way, somehow, I'm gonna find someone to spend some time with me. I ain't looking out forever, for some woman to treat a good man right. You look so good, you got me thinking. You might satisfy my soul tonight. There's no harm done, I know you're the one. You don't got to worry, no hurry, The night's still young. I'm just looking for some good clean fun."

"Seven turns on the Highway, Seven rivers to cross. Sometimes you get lost. Sometimes in the dark of night You see a cross road sign. One way in the morning light You gotta make up your mind.Somebody's calling your name. Somebody's waiting for you. Love is all that remains the same. That's what its all coming to."

"I can't stand to see you leaving. I'm not ashamed to beg you to stay. I can't lock the door and keep you. I won't stand in your way.Guess I've got to let you go. But there's just one thing you should know.It ain't over, it ain't over yet. You might walk away but you won't forget. I'll never stop loving you. My mind is set. So do what you gotta do yeah. Cause it ain't over yet."

"Roll on, roll on, take me where I can ease my pain. Preacher say boy now where you been? Getting lead in my pockets, putting money in sin. When the mornin' comes not a nickel to my name, threw it all away on the all night train."

"When you can't find the light, That got you through the cloudy days, When the stars ain't shinin' bright, You feel like you've lost you're way, When those candle lights of home, Burn so very far away, Well you got to let your soul shine, Just like my daddy used to say.He used to say soulshine, It's better than sunshine, It's better than moonshine, Damn sure better than rain. Hey now people don't mind, We all get this way sometime, Got to let your soul shine, shine till the break of day."

"Nobody left to run with anymore. Nobody left to do the crazy things we used to do before. Nobody left to run with anymore.I'm gonna hit the road, adios my friend. Go someplace and start all over again."

"Rain falls on a sleepy southern town, The midnight moon was burnin' brightly. Memories rushin' on a river, oh Lord! As you lay sleeping without me. Highway songs keep me rollin' on, Still I long for you. Desdemona, I will be your only one again."

"You're the life of the party, Everybody's host, and still you need somewhere you can hide. All your good time friends, and your fair-weather has-beens, God knows, were just along for the ride. You think you're a survivor, but boy, you'd better think twice. No one rises up for nothing, so step up and pay the price.'Cause it's the high cost of low living. At high times, it turned yourself around. The high cost of low living is bound to put you six feet in the ground."

"See the time we shared it was precious to me But all the while I was dreaming of revelry"

"So I drink and I smoke and I ask if you’re ever around Even though it was me that drove us right in the ground"

"I get lost in the light, so high I don’t want to come down To face the loss of the good thing that I had found"

"Off in the night while you live it up I'm off to sleep Waging wars to shake the poet and the beat I hope it's gonna make you notice, someone like me"

"Stranded in a spooky town Spotlights are swaying and The phone lines are down Floor is crackling cold She took my heart, I think she took my soul With the moon I'll run Far from the carnage of the fiery sun"

"At least there's a record that I'll love to play, Dreaming about a place I'll never see"

"I'll be the one to show you the way You'll be the one to always complain"

"We drank wine in the matinee And the spotlight showed what I chased away"

"Everyone noticed, everyone has seen the signs I’ve always been known to cross lines I never ever cried when I was feeling down I’ve always been scared of the sound Jesus don’t love me and no one ever carried my load I’m too young to feel this old"

"Given the chance, I’m gonna be somebody If for one dance, I’m gonna be somebody Open the door, it’s gonna make you love me"

"Everything just felt so incomplete; dreaming of revelry""

"Born to run, baby run like a stream down a mountainside With the wind at my back I don’t ever even bat an eye Just know it was you all along who had a hold of my heart ""

"Seems so long I been out on my own; Travel light and I'm always alone. Guess I was born with a travelin' bone. When my times up, I'll hold my own; You won't find me in an old folks home"

"Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars Oak tree you're in my way There's too much coke and too much smoke Look what's going on inside you. Ooooh that smell. Can't you smell that smell? Ooooh that smell. The smell of death surrounds you."

"9 o'clock the next day And I'm ready to go. I got six hundred miles to ride To do one more show, oh no. Can I get you a taxi home? It sure was grand. When I come back here next year I wanna see you again."

"Back at the hotel, Lord we got such a mess. It seems that one of the crew Had a go with one of the guests, oh yes. Well, the police said we can't drink in the bar, What a shame. Won't you come upstairs girl, And have a drink of champagne?"

"Boy, don't you worry you'll find yourself Follow your heart and nothing else And you can do this, oh baby, if you try All that I want for you my son is to be satisfied."

"Forget your lust for the rich man's gold, All that you need is in your soul. And you can do this, oh baby, if you try. All that I want for you my son is to be satisfied."

"Oh, take your time don't live too fast. Troubles will come and they will pass. Go find a woman you'll find love And don't forget son there is someone up above.And be a simple kind of man Be something you love and understand Baby be a simple kind of man Oh, won't you do this for me son if you can?"

"Well, the crowd cleared away And I began to pray And the water fell on the floor And I'm telling you son Well, it ain't no fun Staring straight down a forty-four.Well, he turned and screamed at Linda Lou And that's the break I was looking for. And you could hear me screaming a mile away, As I was headed out towards the door."

"Train roll on, on down the line, Won't you please take me far away? Now I feel the wind blow outside my door, Means I'm, I'm leaving my woman at home. Lord yeah, Tuesday's gone with the wind. My baby's gone with the wind, the wind."

"I was scared and fearing for my life, I was shakin' like a leaf on a tree. 'Cause he was lean, mean, Big and bad, Lord Pointin' that gun at me.Oh, wait a minute, Mister I didn't even kiss her Don't want no trouble with you And I know you don't owe me But I wish you would let me Ask one favor from you."

"And Lord I can't make any changes; All I can do is write 'em in a song. 'Cause what I can see is the concrete slowly creepin'. Lord take me and mine before that comes."

"Well this life that I've lead has took me everywhere There ain't no place I ain't never gone But its kind of like the saying that you heard so many times Well there just ain't no place like home."

"Well, I've been ridin' a winning horse for a long, long time. And sometimes I wonder, is this the end of the line? No one should take advantage of who they are. No man has got it made; if he thinks he does, he's wrong.Every mother's son Better hear what I say. Every mother's son Will rise and fall someday"

"Well, when I first met you, baby, you was a red light girl. But I tried to take you to a better world. But you would not listen. Still you think I am a fool. Well, you had it made in the shade, baby. Don't let that tree fall down on you."

"It's the Saturday night special Got a barrel that's blue and cold. Ain't good for nothin' But put a man six feet in a hole."

"Well now, they call me the breeze I keep blowin' down the road. I ain't got me nobody I don't carry me no load. Ain't no change in the weather Ain't no changes in me."

"I've seen a lot of people who thought they were cool. But then again, Lord I've seen a lot of fools. Well, I hope you people, Lord can hear what I say. You'll have your chance to hit it some day.Don't mess with the needle or a spoon Or any trip to the moon. It'll take you away."

"Play me a song Curtis Loew, Curtis Loew. Well I got your drinking money, tune up your Dobro. People said he was useless, them people are the fools. 'Cause Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues."

"Well, every time that I come home nobody wants to let me be. It seems that all the friends I've got, just got to come, interrogate me. Well, I appreciate your feelings and I don't want to pass you by. But I don't ask you about your business, don't ask me about mine."

"Sweet Home Alabama, Where the skies are so blue. Sweet Home Alabama, Lord, I'm coming home to you."

"In Birmingham, they love the governor (Boo boo boo) Now we all did what we could do Now Watergate does not bother me Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth"

"Well, I heard Mr. Young sing about her. Well, I heard ol' Neil put her down. Well, I hope Neil Young will remember A Southern man don't need him around anyhow."

"Big wheels keep on turning Carry me home to see my kin. Singing songs about the Southland I miss Alabamy once again."

"If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be traveling on, now 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.But, if I stayed here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same. 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now. And this bird, you cannot change."

"Well, have you ever lived down in the ghetto? Have you ever felt that cold wind blow? Well, if you don't know what I mean Won't you stand up and scream? Cause there's things goin' on that you don't know."