Truck Drivin' Man Leon Russell

I stopped at a roadhouse in Texas A little place called Hamburger Dan I heard that old jukebox started playin' THe song about a 'Truck Drivin' Man' Well the waitress then brought me some coffee

My Father's Shoes Leon Russell

finally remembered someday What all the words I can say I could say I want Well, the world ain't just like you And I understand, seen your feelings The Greyhound in lying on the finger on my face The old man

She Smiles Like A River Leon Russell

So I try just to be her lover And I hope she understands When I hurt her or make her crazy That I'm just an ordinary man. Yeah she smiles just like a river Flowing softly to the sea.

Out in the Woods Leon Russell

your sweet, your sweet understanding Cant' fix this broken heart of mine The vultures fly around, come and take me home Can't tell the bad from the good I'm out in the woods, I'm lost in the woods I'm a man

Dixie Lullaby Leon Russell

honeysuckle wine Anytime you think that you might come yourself You ought to keep this thought in mind All you easy riders better watch your step If you're walkin' down below the line That Louisiana man

Cajun Love Song Leon Russell

night long Me and my baby and a Cajun love song Sometimes I get lonely and I'm hurtin' inside When my Alice can't understand Like a dancer I saw in New Orlean' one time She makes me feel just like a man

Home Sweet Oklahoma Leon Russell

When I was a young man barely seventeen I went on out to Hollywood chasing my dream And dusty Oklahoma was all I'd ever seen And I was getting older The memories of the greyhound Fade and quickly pass

Stranger In A Strange Land Leon Russell

until I die Do I know any ways That I can make you laugh Or do I only know how to make you cry When the baby looks around him It's such a sight to see He shares a simple secret With the wise man

Me and Baby Jane Leon Russell

Janie was my first lovewe shared the pains of schoolshe offered me a balance for awhileand she gave me innocentsI seemed like less a foolshe always had a line to make me smilebut we seperated early...

Roller Derby Leon Russell

I'm up in Oakland on a Saturday nightLord, I said I just didn't feel rightGoodnight, ladies all aroundBut the right one hadn't found me such a bad nightI didn't feel rightThen a friend came over 'f...

If the Shoe Fits Leon Russell

"Can you get us in freeMy girlfriend and meWe like the songs, but we hate to payCan I have your guitarCan I ride on your carCan you give me a role to playCan I have an autographCan I sit in your la...

My Cricket Leon Russell

I was just thinking about you todayAnd the evening we slept in the mountainsBut I cannot get through to you, find words to say to you Darling you're so far away.Oh no I’m not crying these ain't tea...

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Leon Russell

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains,I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways,I've...

The Ballad Of Mad Dogs And Englishmen Leon Russell

Kids, planes, runway strikesFlashy pimps and family fightsSpotted dogs, blood-shot eyesOur space captain laughs and triesTo understand the scheme of thingsBut just in time the scene has changedThe ...

Delta Lady Leon Russell

"Woman of the countryNow, I found youLonging in your softAnd fertile deltaAnd I whisper sighsTo satisfy your longingFor the warm and tenderShelter of my bodyOh, you're mine delta ladyYour mine, be ...

Roll Away The Stone Leon Russell

Well it's such a strange world that I'm living inShe was my woman and she was my friendBut I was wrong again.Such a strange changes that you put me throughBut like a fool I fell in love with youWha...

Tight Rope Leon Russell

I'm up on the tightrope , one sides hate and one is hopeIt's a circus game with you and me.I'm up on the tightwire , linked by life and the funeral pyreBut the tophat on my head is all you see.And ...

Shootout On The Plantation Leon Russell

Junior and the drummer are fightingAbout a woman in the neighborhoodOh, the drummer never hit a bad lick in his lifeAnd Junior never hit any goodYeah, the colonel said that women are for loving, no...

Hummingbird Leon Russell

Sometimes I get impatientBut she cools me without wordsAnd she comes so sweet and softly My hummingbird and have you heardThat I thought my life had endedBut I find that it's just begunCause she ge...

Lady Blue Leon Russell

Well you're showing me a diff'rent sideEven asked if the flame has diedYou're getting used to me babyBut you just a-wait and see lady'Cause I've been in love beforeAnd I love you a whole lot moreSo...

This Masquerade Leon Russell

Are we really happy with This lonely game we play Looking for the right words to say Searching but not finding Understanding anyway We're lost in this masquerade Both afraid to say we're just too f...

Back To The Island Leon Russell

Now the day is gone and I sit alone and think of you, girlWhat can I do without you in my life? I guess that our guessing game just had to end that wayThe hardest one to lose of all the games we pl...

Magic Mirror Leon Russell

Standing by the highwaySuitcase by my sideNo place I want to goJust thought I'd hitch a rideMany people look my wayAnd many pass me byIn moments of reflectionI wonder whyTo the theives I'm a bandit...

Crystal Closet Queen Leon Russell

This songs dedicated to the undiluted queen of rock and roll,And she knows who she is.Left my home down in the heart of GeorgiaHeaded out to Hollywood.All I took with me was my healing music,Preach...

Bluebird Leon Russell

Yeah, I'm lost in the nightThe icy wind is howling out your nameAnd desolation lingers like a fogThe fire is growing dimmer in the windI'm out in the rainThe moon has gone behind the cloud againAnd...

Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Leon Russell

"Rollin' in my sweet baby's armsRollin' in my sweet baby's armsI'll lay around this shack'Til the mail train comes backAn' I'll roll in my sweet baby's armsI ain't gonna work on the railroad(You ai...

Queen Of The Roller Derby Leon Russell

Gonna tell you a story that you wont believeBut I fell in love last friday eveninWith a girl I saw on a bar room t.v. screenWell I was just gettin ready to get my hatWhen she caught my eye and I pu...

If I Were A Carpenter Leon Russell

If I were a carpenterAnd you were a ladyWould you marry me anywayWould you have my babyIf a tinker were my tradeWould you still find meCarryin' the pots I madeFollowin' behind meSave my love throug...

Wild Horses (Remastered 1995) Leon Russell

Childhood living is easy to doThe things you wanted I bought them for youGraceless lady you know who I amYou know I can't let you slide through my handsWild horses couldn't drag me awayWild, wild h...

Think Of Me Leon Russell

So now it seems this world has turned on youThe night now burns a deeper shade of blueIt feels there's nothing left that you can doThink of me, remember meWhen those you thought were friends have c...

Lost Highway Leon Russell

"I'm a rolling stone, I'm all alone and lostFor a life of sin, I have paid the costOh, when I pass, all the people say""There goes another boy walkin' down the lost highway""Just a deck of cards an...

Of Thee I Sing Leon Russell

Hung up in a Pennsylvania mining townGot down to Boston in time for teaDon't know exactly just what's going downBetter hang around until I see.She uses beauty like a knifeShe cuts me even more, she...

It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall Leon Russell

Tell me, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?Where have you been, my darling young one?I've stumbled up on the side of twelve misty mountainsI've walked and I've crawled over six crooked highways...

Alcatraz Leon Russell

Now lay me down on market streetI'm lookin' for some spare changeA coast guard ship has been lookin' for meI might have to change the nameHere comes Uncle Sam againWith the same old bag of beansLoc...

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry Leon Russell

Well, I ride on a mail train, babe, can't buy a thrillI've been up all night, leanin' on a window sillWell, if I don't make it to the top of the hillIf I don't make it, you know my baby willAnd the...

Sweet Emily Leon Russell

There's a lady I know, and I'm lucky to say, She's a woman in every way.Cuz she weeps just like a willowWhen the hate is cloudin' up my dayWhen she touches my eyes, She takes my heart in her handIf...

Beware Of Darkness Leon Russell

I've been so many placesIn my life and timeI've sung a lot of songsI've made some bad rhymesI've acted out my life in stagesWith ten thousand people watchingBut we're alone nowAn' I'm singing this ...

She Thinks I Still Care Leon Russell

"Just because I asked a friend about her, Just because I spoke her name somewhere,Just because I dialed her number by mistake today, She thinks I still care.Just because I haunt the same old places...

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Leon Russell

"Hear the lonesome whippoorwillHe sounds to blue to flyThe midnight train is a-winding lowI'm so lonesome I could cryI've never seen a night so longWhen time keeps crawling byThe moon is gone behin...

I'll Sail My Ship Alone Leon Russell

We've been sweethearts for so longBut now you say we're thruThe love we shared is now a memoryI have built a ship of dreamsAnd planned them all for youBut now I guess what is to be, will beCHORUS:I...

A Six Pack To Go Leon Russell

Hey, Mister BartenderPlease don't be so slowI got time for one more roundAnd a six pack to goTomorrow mornin's SundayI'm gonna be feelin' lowSo please, please, bartenderI wanna six pack to goI've b...

The Battle Of New Orleans Leon Russell

In 1814, we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'. We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans. We...

Uncle Pen Leon Russell

"Oh, the people would come from miles awayThey'd dance all night till the break of dayWhen the caller hollered, ""Do-se-do""They knew it was time for Uncle Pen to goLate in the evening about sundow...

The Window Up Above Leon Russell

I've been living a new wayOf life that I love soBut I can see the clouds are gatheringAnd the storm will wreck our homeFor last night he held you tightlyAnd you didn't even shoveThis is true for I'...

Little Hideaway Leon Russell

"We got a little hideaway that we go toWhen we're alone togetherA little place where we can goAnd get to know each otherA place to see the sunWhen the day is doneHold on to that feelingWe've been m...

Can't Get Over Losing You Leon Russell

(Leon:) Hold on, let me love you For an hour or so Tell me what you want to do Where we go to find it Cause you love me like a hurricane And then you're gone with the wind You treat me every way but good

A Song For You Leon Russell

"I've been so many places in my life and timeI've sung a lot of songs, I've made some bad rhymeI've acted out my life in stagesWith ten thousand people watchingBut we're alone now and I'm singin' t...

I Put A Spell On You Leon Russell

I put a spell on youBecause you're mine.You better stopThe things that you're doin'.I said, "Watch out!"I ain't lyin', yeah! I ain't gonna take none of yourFoolin' around; I ain't gonna take none o...

Prince Of Peace Leon Russell

Try and judge me only by my time and changesAnd not mistaken words, for I say manyListen only to my song and watch my eyesThere's not much time to spill, there's hardly anyWell, look at all the chi...

Hurtsome Body Leon Russell

When I first saw you down in TennesseeI knew you were the only girl for meAnd when you sang your song it made me happy (yes it did)But you took my money and you took my old carAnd you ran straight ...