A Good Time John Prine

Time was once just a clock to me and life was just a book a biography success was something you just had to be and I would spend myself unknowingly and you know that I could have me a million more friends

John Prine Low

I verified the mathand double-checked the syntaxI tried to heal your bodybut it just kept coming backyou never had a chanceI thought I was a poetI had so much to saybut now I want to see the bloodI want

Pretty Good John Prine

I got a friend in Fremont, He sells used cars, ya know.

My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight John Prine

darkies are gay The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in bloom While the birds make music all the day The young folks roll on the little cabin floor All merry, all happy and bright By 'n by hard times come a-knocking

Blue Umbrella John Prine

Feelings are strange especially when they come true and I had a feeling you'd be leaving soon so I tried to rearrange all my emotions but it seems the same no matter what I do.

Saddle In The Rain John Prine

Down in my basement And he waited there for me To have this accident So he could drink my wine And eat me like a sacrament And I just stood there like I do Then I came and went I came and went Like a

Out Of Love John Prine

Barley malts and does eat oats and little girls are lively And your liveliness has left me in a brew So I'm sitting here just drinking beer 'Cause there's nothing else to do And when I'm out of love, I'm

Rocky Mountain Time John Prine

trains were all gone I reached in my pocket And I wanted for dawn [Chorus:] The clock played drums And I hummed the sax And the wind whistled down The railroad tracks Hey three for a

He Was In Heaven Before He Died John Prine

There's a rainbow of babies Draped over the graveyard Where all the dead sailors Wait for their brides And the cold bitter snow Has strangled each grass blade Where the salt from their tears

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore John Prine

While digesting Reader's Digest In the back of a dirty book store, A plastic flag, with CUM on the back, Fell out on the floor.

Angel From Montgomery John Prine

I am an old woman named after my mother My old man is another child that's grown old If dreams were lightning thunder was desire This old house would have burnt down a long time ago Chorus: Make me an

Christmas In Prison John Prine

It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good we had turkey and pistols carved out of wood and I dream of her always even when I don't dream her name's on my tongue and her blood's in my stream

Sour Grapes John Prine

matter if it never quits rainin' Except the kids are afraid of the thunder Say sour grapes You can laugh and stare Say sour grapes But I don't care I couldn't care less if I didn't have a

Everybody John Prine

don't have to sympathize Or care what they may do But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to Well he spoke to me of morality Starvation, pain and sin Matter of fact the whole dang time

My Own Best Friend John Prine

You'll take all you gave me Like it never was there And I think that I might, no, I know Yes, I will help you there 'Cause, I've done it before and I'd do it again 'Cause it's the only time

Middle Man John Prine

I was sitting in a diner With a girl named Flo She wouldn't say yes But she couldn't say no She said,?Darling, can I get a middle man??

Way Down John Prine

[Chorus:] Way down Way down it must be I can't stop this misery It must be way down Spring is just a smile away Laughing at a summer day Turn around Look at fall Winter, hear my lonely

Love, Love, Love John Prine

He stumbled through the alley with his long coat on Nothing but a bottle in his hand She sat in her apartment lonesome to the bone Wondering what had happened to her man [Chorus] Love, love, love, love

Spanish Pipedream John Prine

She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol And I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal Well she pressed her chest against me About the time the juke box broke Yeah, she gave me a peck on the

Aimless Love John Prine

He's just a small fry, a bit too gun shy To have his heart touched without a glove He looks at strangers as potential dangers Trying to steal his aimless love Love has no mind, it can't spell unkind It's

Illegal Smile John Prine

twelve o'clock before I realized That I was havin' .. no fun Chorus: But fortunately I have the key to escape reality And you may see me tonight with an illegal smile It don't cost very much, but it lasts a

Slow Boat To China John Prine

Lets take a slow boat to china. leave from south carolina Lets take our time and go the long way On a junk boat to thailand with your hand in mine hand I sure hope we got something to say Well, this old

Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard John Prine

The last time that I saw her She was standing in the rain With her overcoat under her arm Leaning on a horsehead cane She said Carl, take all the money She called everybody Carl My spirit's broke My mind's

The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) John Prine

man in a lite blue sedan who had obviously been to a bar.

Diamonds In The Rough John Prine

While walking out, one evening, Not knowing where to go Just to pass the time away Before we held our show I heard a little mission band Playing with all their might I gave my soul to Jesus

The Bottomless Lake John Prine

Here's the story of a man and his family And a big trip that they took Well, I heard all about in a restaurant And I read it in a history book They rented a car at the Erie Canal But the car didn't have

Six O'Clock News John Prine

Wanda had a baby in nineteen fifty one. The father was stranger and a stranger was the son. Call that child James Lewis, call these rooms a home. Changing all them diapers polish all that chrome.

Billy The Bum John Prine

He'd prove he could run Twice as fast as the sun By losing his shadow at night Now he loved every girl In this curly headed world But no one will know it seems For two twisted legs and a

Sam Stone John Prine

And the time that he served, Had shattered all his nerves, And left a little shrapnel in his knees.

Dear Abby John Prine

G C G My friends they all tell me I've no friends at all, D G Won't you write me a letter, won't you give me a call. C D G Signed, Bewildered.

The Great Compromise John Prine

Little girl, who was almost a lady She had a way with all the men in her life Every inch of her blossoming beauty She was born on the Fourth of July Well, she lived in an aluminum house trailer And she

Common Sense John Prine

You can't live together You can't live alone Considering the weather Oh my, how you've grown From the men in the factories To the wild kangaroo Like those birds of a feather They're gathering together

The Torch Singer John Prine

The catwalk squeaked 'neath the bartender's feet And the smoke was too heavy to rise She sang of the love that left her And of the woman that she'll never be Made me feel like the buck and a

Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love John Prine

Well, I got time on my hands and I got you on my mind And the moon and the stars up above There's a warm summer breeze Blowing down through the trees And somewhere someone's falling in love Well, if this

Be My Friend Tonight John Prine

I threw a party. Nobody came. I bought all the tickets. They cancelled the game. I give you my picture. It didn't fit your frame Be my friend tonight Be my friend tonight. Be my friend tonight.

Bad Boy John Prine

I got a way of Fallin' in love With angels that don't shove You into thinkin' that you are committing a sin I've been a bad boy again.

That Close To You John Prine

Like a bolt of lightning, like a bolt of thunder Like a cloudy day, down at the zoo Like a drowning man that will never go under That close to you, yeah, that close to you In the middle of the

Unwed Fathers John Prine

In an Appalachian, Greyhound station She sits there waitin', in a family way "Goodbye brother, tell mom, I love her Tell all the others, I'll write someday" From a teenage lover, to an unwed mother Kept

Me, Myself And I John Prine

Well, tonight I'll throw a party And I know who I'll invite There's a strange and lonely person With whom I'll spend this night There'll be no old sad memories To haunt me till I die In that room there'll

Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You John Prine

most every night, seems like all we do is fight The more I drink, the less I feel blue Sometimes I feel like an awful fool Spendin' my life on an old bar stool And yes I guess they oughta name a

Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness John Prine

at all Chorus: So what in the world's come over you And what in heaven's name have you done You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness You're out there running just to be on the run Well I got a

Linda Goes To Mars John Prine

I just found out yesterday that linda goes to mars Every time I sit and look at pictures of used cars She'll turn on her radio and sit down in her chair And look at me across the room, as if I wasn't there

Nine Pound Hammer John Prine

This nine pound hammer Is a little too heavy Buddy for my size Buddy for my size So I'm going on the mountain Just to see my baby And I ain't coming back No I ain't coming back Chorus: Roll on buddy Don't

Grandpa Was A Carpenter John Prine

Oh, Grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day No particular reason, he just dressed that way Brown neck tie, matching vest, both his wing tip shoes Built a closet on our back porch, put a penny

Thrift Store Chair Everclear

me tomorrow But tonight can we both just pretend to sleep I think we're headed for a big fall I think we're headed for a bad time Ooh yeah you're gonna go downstairs And sit in that chair you like

The Oldest Baby In The World John Prine

She's got the mind of a child And a body peaking over the hill Well, she would if she could And she should but nobody will With her nails painted red And her hair so unnaturally curled Well, I think that

Forbidden Jimmy John Prine

Forbidden Jimmy Has got a mighty sore tooth From biting too many dimes In a telephone booth He's got half of his bootlace Tied to the dial Thank you operator For getting Jimmy to smile

Often Is A Word I Seldom Use John Prine

CHORUS: I'm cold and I'm tired and I can't stop coughing long enough to tell you all of the news I'd like to tell you that I'll see you more often but often is a word I seldom use often is a word I seldom

Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian John Prine

Well, I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket For the land of the tall palm tree Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waikiki I just stepped down from the airplane When I heard her say, "Waka waka nuka licka

Mexican Home John Prine

CHORUS: Mama dear your boy is here far across the sea waiting for that sacred core that burns inside of me and I feel a storm all wet and warm not ten miles away approaching my Mexican home. My God!