Nowhere Train

Hannah Johnson/Stewart Johnson

I stood in line to buy my ticket

And I’ve been waiting for years

I’ve paid my dues I’ve shed my tears

Now I am outta here

My bags are packed and I’m ready

But this is what I found

That the train that I’ve been travelling on

Was nowhere bound

It’s a nowhere train, It’s a nowhere train

You’re never gonna get there on that nowhere train

It’s a nowhere train, It’s a nowhere train

You’re never gonna get there on that nowhere train

On the nowhere train there aint no tunnels of love

Just the rain falling down

from the harsh skies up above

On that nowhere train

There aint no point in turning back

Each side you’re looking

Is the wrong side of the track

Now I aint going nowhere, on that nowhere train

I will not ask for money back

Or seek to complain

I’ve been via all the dead end towns

Along this beaten track

And I know that got me going nowhere fast

And I guess I oughta be thankful to him for that

Morning Cocktail

Hannah Johnson/Sarah Sharp

Shake me up, shake me, up something strong

Cold, numb like you want me

Stone cold as you drug me

All along

You know you could hardly wait until dawn

Certain you should serve me

With a splash if you don’t deserve me

After all

So sure you might run out of time

Searching for some meaning

A love so demeaning

You use others to carry your pain

You’re determined to live your life on your own

Just know that when you drank me

I was yours for the taking

I was home

Were you scared you might burn in the light

Knowing true meaning

Of two souls careening

There’s such pain that you carry

You’re so damned determined

To live your life on your own

Just know that when you drank me

I was yours for the taking

That was home

Three Days

Willie Nelson 

Three days that I dread to see arrive

Three days that I hate to be alive

Three days filled with tears and sorrow

Yesterday, today and tomorrow

There are three days I know that I’ll be blue

Three days that I’ll always dream of you

And it does no good to hope these days will end

‘Cause the same three days, start over again

Your Girlfriend Hates Me

Hannah Johnson/Sarah Sharp

Your girlfriend hates me

You know its true

I’ve tried to tell her

Its not me, it’s you

The way you play her

Is kinda cruel

Making eyes at every other woman

Walks through the room

She shows up acting like

She’s all sweet and bashful

Telling everyone she’s with the band

She’s shooting daggers at me

Through her false eyelashes

Cos she don’t know how to keep her man

Your girlfriend hates me

You know its true

I’ve tried to tell her

Its not me, it’s you

The way you play her

Is kinda cruel

Making eyes at every other woman

Walks through the room

She’s on her fourth Jack Daniels

And she’d dripping ashes

Telling everyone she’s with the band

She’s shooting daggers at me

Through her false eyelashes

Cos she don’t know how to keep her man

Your girlfriend’s crazy

And she’s wasting my time

Cos if I wanted you

You’d already be mine

Yeah I f I wanted you

You’d already be mine

Gotta Get You From That Crowd

Skeets McDonald

Every night you leave me, but you don’t go very far

I don’t have to wonder cause I know just where you are

Your down at Big Joe’s barroom, where the music’s clear and loud

With a helpless mind from too much wine, I’ve gotta get you from that crowd

I wait till after midnight, then I take a stroll

I fight each night to get you, before you lose control

I’m not afraid to love you, I could never be that proud

Every night the same old fight, I’ve gotta get you from that crowd

The nights are oh so bitter, but a thought stays in my mind

The thought of things that you might do when you‘ve had too much wine

So I’ll be there to catch you, then I’ll have no doubt

At least until tomorrow night, I’ve gotta get you from that crowd

Trouble In Mind

Richard M Jones

Trouble in mind I’m blue, but I won’t be blue always

‘Cause the sun’s gonna shine on my backdoor someday

I’m gonna lay my head, on some lonesome railroad line

And let that 219 rest and ease my worried mind

Trouble in mind I’m blue and I almost lost my mind

Sometimes I feel like livin’, sometimes I feel like dyin’

I’m going down to the river, I’m gonna buy me a rocking chair

And if the blues don’t leave then I’m gonna rock away from here

Trouble in mind I’m blue, my heart is beating slow

I never had so much trouble in my life before

My good man he done quit me and it sure did dread my mind

When you see me out laughing I’m just a tryna keep from cryin’

Not in Nottingham (Birmingham)

Roger Miller

Every town, has its ups and downs

Sometimes ups, out number the downs

Not in Birmingham

I’m inclined to believe

If we weren’t so down

We’d up and leave

We’d up and fly if we had wings for flyin’

Can’t you see the tears we’re cryin’

Can’t there be no happiness for me

Not in Birmingham

Sooner or Later

Bob Wills/Artie Glenn

Sooner or later you will fall for someone

Just the way I fell for you

Maybe you’ll sit and cry and watch love pass by

I hope this doesn’t happen to you

Sooner or later, your someone may be carefree

And treat you like you treated me

If this ever happens to you

You won’t know just what to do

But sooner or later you’ll fall

Sooner or later you will fall for someone

Just the way I fell for you

Maybe you’ll sit and cry and watch love pass by

I hope this doesn’t happen to you

Sooner or later, your someone may be carefree

And treat you like you treated me

If this ever happens to you

Then you’ll know what I’ve been through

But sooner or late you’ll fall

Don’t you know that sooner or late you’ll fall

Never No More

Rita Ross/Alan Black

Never no more will I be all alone

Never no more will I be a stay at home

‘Cause I’ve got me somebody

Who makes me happy when I’m blue

Never no more will I cry for him

Never no more will I try for him

‘Cause I’ve got me somebody

Who makes me happy when blue

I’ve been all around, a-paintin’ the town

Saw all the old faces and all the old places

That we used to know

But all that has past, got someone at last

Who makes me so happy that never no more

Will I ever, no never be blue

Never no more will I see him

Never no more, now that I’m free of him

‘Cause I’ve got me somebody

Who makes me happy when I’m blue

West Texas Lullaby

Gwil Owen

Evening is falling down from the sky

Time now for dreaming so close your eyes

And I’ll sit beside you and I will try

To sing you a West Texas Lullaby

Yodelayhee hush now my darlin’

Yodelyayhee now don’t you cry

It’s only the tumbleweed, tumbling by

Bringing a West Texas Lullaby

You’re safe in the arms of the dessert my love

Ten thousand stars looking down from above

And a blanket of moonbeams keeping you dry

Bringing a West Texas Lullaby

Yodelayhee hush now my darlin’

Yodelyayhee now don’t you cry

It’s only the coyote, saying goodnight

Bringing a West Texas Lullaby

Yodelayhee hush now my darlin’

Yodelyayhee now don’t you cry

It’s only the tumbleweed, tumbling by

Singing a West Texas Lullaby

Shake It & Break It But (Don’t Let it Fall Mama)

Charlie Patton

Just shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall

Out the window, catch it ‘fore it roll

Just shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall

Out the window, catch it ‘fore it falls

My jelly, my roll, sweet mama don’t you let it fall

Everybody have a jelly roll like mine, I lives in town

I, ain’t got no brown, I, I want it now

My jelly, my roll, sweet mama don’t you let it fall

You can snatch it, you can grab it, you can break it, you can twist it

Any way that I love to get it

I, had my right mind since I, blew in this town

My jelly, my roll, sweet mama don’t you let it fall

Just shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall

Out the window, catch it ‘fore it roll

Just shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall

Out the window, catch it ‘fore it falls

My jelly, my roll, sweet mama don’t you let it fall

I ain’t got nobody here but me and myself

I, stay blue all the time, aw when the sun goes down

My jelly, my roll, sweet mama don’t you let it fall

Just shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall

Out the window, catch it ‘fore it roll

Just shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall

Out the window, catch it ‘fore it falls

My jelly, my roll, sweet mama don’t you let it fall

You can snatch it, you can grab it, you can break it, you can twist it

Any way that I love to get it

I, had my right mind since I, blew in this town

My jelly, my roll, sweet mama don’t you let it fall

I know I’ve been to town, I, I walked around

I, start leavin’ town, I, I fool around

My jelly, my roll, sweet mama don’t you let it fall

Just shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall

Out the window, catch it ‘fore it roll

Just shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall

Out the window, catch it ‘fore it falls

My jelly, my roll, sweet mama don’t you let it fall

Just shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall

Out the window, catch it ‘fore it falls

My jelly, my roll, sweet mama don’t you let it