Life Worth Livin' Uncle Tupelo

smile in between All around's a world grown mean We've all had our ups and downs It's been mostly down around here Now this whole damn mess is becoming quite clear Looks like we're all looking for a life

New Madrid Uncle Tupelo

they was mine with breath as sweet as the dew on the vine let me eat when I'm hungry let me drink when I'm dry two dollars when I'm hard up religion when I die the whole world is a bottle and life

D. Boon Uncle Tupelo

be if time had allowed this isn't written for any one manit's about me this isn't written for anyone alivejust the songs that he sang I've been toldthat it's a waste of time well, so what will it be worth

Discarded Uncle Tupelo

be if time had allowed this isn't written for any one manit's about me this isn't written for anyone alivejust the songs that he sang I've been toldthat it's a waste of time well, so what will it be worth

True To Life Uncle Tupelo

I've been searching and you've been goneOut looking for the shortest path to the one that you're onAnd I've already seen all I wanna seeCome on, let's take the long cutI think that's what we needWh...

Sandusky Uncle Tupelo

lost, and run down Nowhere to hold on Tired of, take your place at the end son We'll get to you one by one No light ever shines Dead end tears that dry Maybe a waste of words and time Never a waste of life

Gun Uncle Tupelo

lost, and run down nowhere to hold on tired of, take your place at the end son we'll get to you one by one no light ever shines dead end tears that dry maybe a waste of words and time never a waste of life

Moonshiner (Live 1/24/1993) Uncle Tupelo

when you find you can't somehow make it like all the rest you won't need to scrounge aroundfor someone else torn between the unknown and the place that you call home and the life you want but have never

Moonshiner Uncle Tupelo

when you find you can't somehow make it like all the rest you won't need to scrounge aroundfor someone else torn between the unknown and the place that you call home and the life you want but have never

Whiskey Bottle Uncle Tupelo

Persuaded, paraded, enebriated, and down Still aware of everything life carries on without 'Cause there's one too many faces with dollar sign smiles Got to find the shortest path to the bar for a while

Flatness Uncle Tupelo

simple fact There's no other way So open up those curtains And drink up the daylight Just by the brightness Open your doors wide 'Cause things don't get better But some people do There's darkness in this life

Graveyard Shift Uncle Tupelo

Hometown, same town blues Same old walls closing in Oh what a life a mess can be I'm sitting here thinking of you once again Won't you talk to me Well, time won't wait, better open the gate Get up and

Slate Uncle Tupelo

in memory of a miner who dragged himself to work and worked himself to deathworking for someone else we follow each other around on shaky ground his life had become to him worthless in many ways an expired

Grindstone (1991 Longview Farm Acoustic Demo) Uncle Tupelo

love flow like a river straight into your heart, dear well, you say I was the one to blame for the wrong that's been done well, you got a friend named cocaine and to me he is to blame he has drained life

Looking For A Way Out (Acoustic Version) Uncle Tupelo

fire where I burned her is again now within my sight her lovely face recovering and the fire that burned so bright the cries of poor Lilli again I can almost hear as she begged me not to kill her her life

Grindstone Uncle Tupelo

love flow like a river straight into your heart, dear well, you say I was the one to blame for the wrong that's been done well, you got a friend named cocaine and to me he is to blame he has drained life

Looking For A Way Out Uncle Tupelo

fire where I burned her is again now within my sight her lovely face recovering and the fire that burned so bright the cries of poor Lilli again I can almost hear as she begged me not to kill her her life

Looking For A Way Out (Demo - Fast Ver.) Uncle Tupelo

fire where I burned her is again now within my sight her lovely face recovering and the fire that burned so bright the cries of poor Lilli again I can almost hear as she begged me not to kill her her life

Still Be Around Uncle Tupelo

busy with the finer points Of each struggle we're after No more, no more will I see you No more will I see you No more will I see you So long since I've seen you Haven't we both been living the high life

Fall Down Easy Uncle Tupelo

anything anymore so god damn hard to make it work no easy way out of this one always someone or something to get lost in the shuffle at least this road leads straight out of here adversity is stable and life

Before I Break Uncle Tupelo

had enough Well, it'd do me just fine to make it through the night On liquor I spend my last dime A worried man drinks a healthy drink But he drinks nine or ten until he's done Then he'll tell you his life

I Wish My Baby Was Born Uncle Tupelo

wish, I wish my baby was born And sittin' on its papa's knee And me, poor girl And me, poor girl, were dead and gone And the green grass growin' o'er my feet I ain't ahead, nor never will be Till t...

Acuff-Rose Uncle Tupelo

Your eyes opened wide as I looked yourway couldnt hide what they mend to sayfeeling lost in a crowded room it's to soon for a new loveWHEN YOU SMILE YOUR EYES SHOW YOUR HEART LOST INSIDE A SOUL TOR...

Give Back The Key To My Heart Uncle Tupelo

Watch it separate in twoWhatever the day wants it toFinding out that the worst is trueFinding out that it can escape youSlings and arrows completes the scoreAlways leaving, wanting moreAnd I try to...

Anodyne Uncle Tupelo

Early in the morning, sometimes late at nightSometimes I get the feeling that everything's alrightEarly in the evening, sometimes in the daySometimes I get the feeling everything's okayBecause ever...

We've Been Had Uncle Tupelo

some folks find that their role in lifeis to fail at everything they trywhile other folks see but not like methere's one thing that they're damn good atgather around you allcome around and seethose...

Fifteen Keys Uncle Tupelo

don't the lights look emptywhen the streets are barealmost as emptyas the look you give mewhen I'm the only oneand it's a long oneso it brings you downso say you have nowhere else to goand nothing ...

High Water Uncle Tupelo

falling out the windowtripping on a wrinkle in the rugfalling out of love, dearit hurt much worse when you gave upjust don't tell me which way I oughta runor what good I could do anyone'cause my he...

No Sense In Lovin' Uncle Tupelo

Fear the hearts of men are failingThese our latter days we knowThe great depression now is spreadingGod's word declared it would be soI'm going where there's no depressionTo a better land that's fr...

Steal The Crumbs Uncle Tupelo

A worn out joke to keep the flies awayCarried it this farGot the west side winds to keep it steadyWe bury the hatchets we findCould carry that heavy loadIf I really thought it would matterFarcical ...

Coalminers Uncle Tupelo

You'd never leave on your ownWhere you're from and where you're goingI know these things like I know you hate me nowCatch yourself in mid-air thinkingYour dreams can never be boughtI couldn't help ...

Wait Up Uncle Tupelo

I can only sing it loudalways try to sing it clearwhat the hell are we all doing heremaking too much of nothingor creating one unholy messan unfair study in survival, I guessbut it always comes dow...

Criminals Uncle Tupelo

doesn't matter what you've saidor what you've donewhen you've lost your headyou're looking for a new oneyour heaven looks just like my hellbeautiful as far as I can tellyour heaven looks just like ...

Shaky Ground Uncle Tupelo

It's a long way to heavenIt's a short way to hellPainkillers won't helpWhen the weight's not yourselfThey're poisoning the airFor personal wealthIt's a long way to heavenIt's a short way to hellI d...

Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down Uncle Tupelo

Satan, your kingdom must come downSatan, your kingdom must come downI heard the voice of Jesus saySatan, your kingdom must come downgonna pray until they tear your kingdom downgonna pray until they...

Atomic Power Uncle Tupelo

You threw out the pastWhen you threw out what was mineThroughout the yearsIt was hard to make it lastAnodyneNo sign of reconciliationIt's a quarter past the endFull moon from on highAcross the boar...

Lilli Schull Uncle Tupelo

John Hardy, he was a desperate little manCarried two guns every dayShot a man down by the West Virginia lineThey saw John Hardy get awayThey saw John Hardy get awayThey cornered John Hardy on the T...

Warfare Uncle Tupelo

are you surprised it's mehope I didn't wake anybodyhoney, please wait up for meI miss you more than I need sleepguess I'll let you goeven though I don't want tohoney, please wait up for meI need yo...

Wipe The Clock Uncle Tupelo

There's a guitar leaning on a Marshall stackUsed to sound like the sun on the horizonNow I think we've been hadThere's a young girl screaming all the way in the backPoor kid, she never saw it comin...

Atomic Power (1991 Longview Farm Acoustic Demo) Uncle Tupelo

You threw out the pastWhen you threw out what was mineThroughout the yearsIt was hard to make it lastAnodyneNo sign of reconciliationIt's a quarter past the endFull moon from on highAcross the boar...

No Depression Uncle Tupelo

All my daydreams are disastersShe's the one I think I loveRivers burn and then run backwardsFor her, that's enoughThey all come from New York CityAnd they woke me up at dawnShe walked with me to th...

Screen Door Uncle Tupelo

Down here, where's we're atThe weather changes, that's the way it goesSometimes it snows, when everything's wrongSometimes it snows, but when it does, it doesn't last longDown here, where we're atA...

Watch Me Fall Uncle Tupelo

my Lord told his disciplesafter I'm risen and goneyou'll meet with troubles and trialsbear your rebukes and scornsmy warfare will soon be endedmy race is almost runmy warfare will soon be endedand ...

Sauget Wind Uncle Tupelo

Satan, your kingdom must come downSatan, your kingdom must come downI heard the voice of Jesus saySatan, your kingdom must come downgonna pray until they tear your kingdom downgonna pray until they...

Black Eye Uncle Tupelo

do you fear this man's inventionthat they call atomic powerare we all in great confusiondo we know the time or hourwhen a terrible explosionmay rain down upon our landleaving horrible destructionbl...

Fatal Wound Uncle Tupelo

disengaged, we're forsaken nowcommunication does sufferthe moral stare of Big Brothernot a chance, no compromisebattling the barrier of beliefnot to try anymoredon't want to murder the only memory ...

The Long Cut Uncle Tupelo

I don't see you through the windshieldI don't see you in faces looking back at mealcohol doesn't have much that matters to saycan't imagine where you and time to kill will staywhen the bible is a b...

Chickamauga Uncle Tupelo

he had a black eyehe was proud oflike some of his friendsit made him feel somewhere outsideof everything and everywhere he'd beenlike his brothershe emptied himselfand played it safelike their fath...

We've Been Had (Live) Uncle Tupelo

some folks find that their role in lifeis to fail at everything they trywhile other folks see but not like methere's one thing that they're damn good atgather around you allcome around and seethose...

Nothing Uncle Tupelo

I don't know what you've been throughYou might think that I don't careBut I doAnd I've tried to understandI've tried to understand your abuseBut you've got no excuseAnd there's no use in lovin'Anyo...