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All The Best I wish you love And happiness I guess I wish you All the best I wish you don't Do like I do And ever fall .... All The Way With You Love gives Love takes It takes a lot of lucky breaks Lucky strikes Lucky stars I don't know how I got this far Who knows .... Angel From Montgomery It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good We has turkey and pistols carved out of wood I dream of her always .... Automobile February morning, my car won't start today I turned the key at 8:03 and the battery passed away Inside a' my automobile I want my .... Aw Heck I could be as happy as a sardine in a can Long as I got my woman I could run stark naked and live in .... Baby Let's Play House You may go to college. You may go to school You might drive a pink Cadillac But don't you be nobody's fool Come back, baby. .... Baby Ruth Well it's sure good to see you But my how you've changed Since the last time I saw you Girl you've been rearranged I always .... Back Street Affair You didn't know I wasn't free When you fell in love with me And with all your young heart you learned to care It brought .... Bad Boy I been a bad boy I been long gone I been out there I never phone home I never gave you not one little clue .... Be My Friend Tonight 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 .... Big Fat Love It started out when she was small She was premature She wasn't nothing at all Two pounds six ounces A little pumpkin seed But she .... Billy The Bum Billy the bum lived by the thumb And sang of the hobo's delight He'd prove he could run Twice as fast as the sun By .... Blue Umbrella 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 .... Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrows) My heart's in the ice house come hill or come valley Like a long ago Sunday when I walked through the alley On a cold .... Chinatown Well, the moon is yellow and the people are too They roll eggs on a bar-b-que I was feeling kinda cocky with a head full .... Christmas In Prison I know a man who's got a lot to lose A pretty nice fella, kinda confused Got muscles in his head that've never been used .... Clocks And Spoons Clocks and spoons and empty rooms It's raining out tonight What a way to end a day By turnin' out the light Shoot the moon .... Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard 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 .... Common Sense 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 .... Crooked Piece Of Time Things got rough things got tough things got harder than hard We were just trying to make a livin' in our back yard We were .... Daddy's Little Pumpkin You must be daddy's little pumpkin I can tell by the way you roll You must be daddy's little pumpkin I can tell by the .... Day Is Done Do you like me? Well I hope you do Cause if you like me Then I think I'm gonna to have to like you too .... Dear Abby Dear Abby, Dear Abby ... My feet are too long My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong My friends they all tell .... Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home) (vocals by John Prine) When I woke up this morning There was a note upon my door Saying Don't make me no coffee, Babe Cause .... Diamonds In The Rough 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 .... Donald And Lydia Small town, bright lights, Saturday night, Pinballs and pool halls flashing their lights. Making change behind the counter in a penny arcade Sat the fat .... Down By The Side Of The Road Her Father was a failure Her Mother was a comfort To a doctor and lawyer and Indian Chief. The shirt ran out of buttons He .... Everybody While out sailing on the ocean While out sailing on the sea I bumped into the Saviour And He said pardon me I said Jesus .... Everybody Wants To Feel Like You I wake up to a clock that's ringing Birds are singing on my telephone line I work all day and I chase my woman Why .... Everything Is Cool Everything is cool Everything's okay Why just before last Christmas My baby went away Across the sea to an island While the bridges brightly burn .... Far From Me As the cafe was closing on a warm summer night And Cathy was cleaning the spoons The radio played the hit parade And I hummed .... Fish And Whistle I been thinking lately about the people I meet The carwash on the corner and the hole in the street The way my ankles hurt .... Flashback Blues While window shopping through the past I ran across a looking glass Reflecting moments remaining in a burned out light Tragic magic prayers of passion .... Forbidden Jimmy 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 .... German Afternoons Sailin' around, Sailin' around, Sailin' around, I've been out sailin' around again I've been sailin' around But I can't get back to you. Hangin' around, .... Grandpa Was A Carpenter Grandpa wore his suit to dinner Nearly every day No particular reason He just dressed that way Brown necktie and a matching vest And both .... Great Rain Great rain great rain I thought I heard you call my name Great rain great rain I thought I heard you call my name I .... He Forgot That It Was Sunday The motel lights were blinkin' On my chartreuse four door Lincoln On the dock the fish were stinkin' I simply didn't have a care And .... He Was In Heaven Before He Died 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 .... Hello In There We had an apartment in the city, Me and Loretta liked living there. Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown, A life of .... How Lucky Today I walked down the street I use to wander Yeah, shook my head and made myself a bet There was all these things that .... Humidity Built The Snowman Does he still think about her Why there was never really any doubt Every time he lights a candle Or blows a candle out The .... I Had A Dream I had a dream last night Last night I had a dream Everything was black and white And it smelled like gasoline We stood in .... I Just Wanna Dance With You I don't want to be the kind to hesitate Be too shy, Wait to late I don't care what they say other lovers do I .... I Know One When all your loves have ended When all your friends have flown Who'll be around to want you When all your loves have gone Only .... I Love You So Much It Hurts I love you so much it hurts me Darlin' that's why I'm so blue I'm so afraid to go to bed at night Afraid of .... I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Christmas toys all over the place Little Johnny wears a funny smile on his face Johnny has a secret, and a secret he must share .... I Want To Be With You Always I lose my blues Only when I'm with you No one else can do You're in my heart to stay But when I'm gone and .... If I Could If I could make my living going fishing Then I would make my living with a line and pole Put food on the table pay .... If She Were You Well, everytime I try to love another I never know exactly what to do I'd like to tell her just how much I want her .... If You Don't Want My Love If you don't want my love If you don't want my love If you don't want my love I know who I'll give it to .... If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man If you were the woman and I was the man Would I send you yellow roses? Would I dare to kiss your hand? In the .... Illegal Smile When I woke up this morning, things were lookin' bad Seem like total silence was the only friend I had Bowl of oatmeal tried to .... In A Town This Size In a town this size, there's no place to hide Everywhere you go you meet someone you know You can't steal a kiss in a .... In Spite Of Ourselves She don't like her eggs all runny She thinks crossin' her legs is funny She looks down her nose at money She gets it on .... Iron Ore Betty I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty and she's goin' steady with me we receive our mail in the same mailbox and we watch the .... It's A Big Old Goofy World Up in the morning Work like a dog Is better than sitting Like a bump on a log Mind all your manners Be quiet as .... It's A Cheating Situation It's a cheating situation A stealing invitation To take what's not really ours To make it through the midnight hours It's a cheating situation Just .... It's Happening To You Well it's the same old song Boy meets girl And girl meets boy They carry on They close their eyes And kiss until the world .... Jesus The Missing Years (spoken) Jesus.... the missing years It was raining. It was cold West Bethlehem was no place for a twelve year old So he packed his .... John Prine Christmas Pretty paper Pretty ribbons of blue. (spoken) Man oh man, I just love Christmas it's just so darn neat. I kinda wish every day was .... Just Wanna Be With You I got an airplane ticket And my shirt is stickin' out of my jeans You got me painted in the corner Where I'm livin' way .... Killing The Blues Leaves were falling ..Just like embers In colors red and gold they set us on fire Burning just like a moonbeam ..in our eyes Chorus: .... Lake Marie Chorus: We were standing Standing by peaceful waters Standing by peaceful waters Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh Many years ago .... Leave The Lights On Feeling kind of bony On the telephoney Talking to Marconi Eating Rice-a-Roni Nominated for a Tony For acting like a phoney Watching Twilight Zoney On .... Let's Invite Them Over I know why you're lonely And I know why you're blue You're lonesome to see him And you long to see her too We're not .... Lets Talk Dirty In Hawaiian 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 .... Linda Goes To Mars 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 .... Living In The Future (Originally named Jumpin Jehosaphat ) Jehosaphat the mongrel cat Jumped off the roof today Some would say he fell but I could tell He did .... Loose Talk So long we've been married Life's burdens we carried Though faith kept us humble and made our love true But plans that we make up .... Love, Love, Love 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 .... Lulu Walls One evening getting dark We first met at the park Just sitting by the fountain all alone I lifted up my hat And then began .... Maureen Maureen Maureen, Maureen, I shot a doctor last night on the airplane Well, they said he wouldn't hurt us But he got me real nervous and .... Me, Myself, And I 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 .... Mexican Home It got so hot, last night, I swear You couldn't hardly breathe Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol I sat on the porch without .... Middle Man 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 .... Milwaukee Here I Come I'm gonna get on that old turnpike and I'm gonna ride I'm gonna leave this town 'til you decide Which one you want the most .... My Own Best Friend I'm beginning to like you But, you know that ain't right 'Cause you'll just twist and twist and twist Till I'm all crooked inside Then .... New Train Full blown silence in an empty room A former bride and a former groom A folding table and a folding chair A folded hand of .... Nine Pound Hammer 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 .... No Name Girl I got a girl that ain't got no home She ain't very fat just skin and bones She don't cast no shadow because she's so .... Often Is A Word I Seldom Use I know that you're sad I know that you're lonely you lie awake 'till way past when I want you to know that I'm leaving .... One Red Rose The rain came down On the tin roof Hardly A sound was left From the birthday party The kitchen light Fell asleep On the bedroom .... Only Love You may live alone and close your eyes Some folks do You may dream a dream that's twice your size All night through When the .... Onomatopoeia Forty-five minutes Forty-five cents Sixty-five agents sitting on a fence Singing, hey brother Look what we got for you We're gonna rope off an area .... Out Of Love 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 .... Paradise When I was a child my family would travel Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born And there's a backwards old town that's .... People Puttin' People Down People who are sad - sometimes they wear a frown And people who are kings - sometimes they wear a crown But all the people .... Picture Show A young man from a small town With a very large imagination Lay alone in his room with his radio on Looking for another station .... Please Don't Bury Me Woke up this morning Put on my slippers Walked in the kitchen and died And oh what a feeling! When my soul Went thru the .... Pretty Good I got a friend in Fremont, He sells used cars, ya know. Well, he calls me up twice a year Just ask me how'd it .... Quiet Man Strolling down the highway with my shoes in my hand I don't talk much I'm a quiet man Beauty and silence both run deep And .... Quit Hollerin' At Me I don't want your big French Fry I don't want your car I don't want to buy no soap From no washed-up movie star You .... Rocky Mountain Time The station was empty The trains were all gone I reached in my pocket And I wanted for dawn Chorus: The clock played drums And .... Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone The movie wasn't really doing so hot said the new producer to the old big shot its dying on the edge of the great Midwest .... Saddle In The Rain I wish, I hope, I wonder Where you're at sometimes Is your back against the wall? Or just across the line Have you been standing .... Saigon You got everything that a girl should grow I'm so afraid to kiss you I might lose control You can hold me tighter but turn .... Sam Stone Sam Stone came home, To his wife and family After serving in the conflict overseas. And the time that he served, Had shattered all his .... Same Thing Happened To Me Moonlight shining on the back of my hand Cat fight rattlin' the garbage can Looks like somethin' chased you up a tree Same thing, same .... Shop Talk I seen you in your pajamas Drinking coffee at the House of Pies You was flipping for the check And talking like your tongue was .... Silent Night, All Day Long There's a pine tree in a window in a house on a hill With a tree top angel sitting perfectly still She's watching the shoppers .... Silver Bells City Sidewalks, busy sidewalks Dressed in holiday style In the air there is a feeling of Christmas Children laughing, people passing Greeting smile after smile .... Six O'clock News 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 .... Sleepy Eyed Boy Where are the boot straps To lift myself up? Where is the well Where I once filled my cup? Where does this sorrow All turn .... Slow Boat To China Let's take a slow boat to China. Leave from South Carolina Let's take our time and go the long way On a junk boat to .... So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) We used to have good times together But now I feel them slip away It makes me cry to see love die So sad to .... Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love 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 .... Sour Grapes I don't care if the sun don't shine But it better or people will wonder And I couldn't care less if it never stopped rainin' .... Souvenirs All the snow has turned to water, Christmas days have come and gone. Broken toys and faded colours are all that's left to linger on. .... Space Monkey Space Monkey, Space Monkey What you doing out there? Why it's dark as a dungeon way up in the air Come gather round me you .... Spanish Pipedream (Aka Blow Up Your Tv) 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 .... Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness You come home late and you come home early You come on big when you're feeling small You come home straight and you come home .... Stick A Needle In My Eye I'm awfully tired of the same old business Kiss the babies, make 'em cry I'm only lookin' for one good woman Cross my heart and .... Storm Windows I can hear the wheels of the automobiles So far away - just moving along through the drifting snow It's times like these when the .... Sweet Revenge I got kicked off Noah's Ark I turn my cheek to unkind remarks there was two of everything but one of me and when the .... Take A Look At My Heart I seen my old lady's boyfriend He don't look nothing like me 'cept for a bit of confusion Same kind she laid on me You .... Take The Star Out Of The Window Robert was a sailor For the best years of his life His captain was his mother And the ocean was his wife Only fresh out .... That Close To You 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 .... That's The Way That The World Goes 'round I am the question to the world, Not an answer to the earth, Or a moment that's held in your arms. And what do you .... The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) Last night I saw an accident on the corner of Third and Green two cars collided and I got excited just being part of that .... The Bottomless Lake 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 .... The Frying Pan I come home from work this evening There was a note in the frying pan It said fix your own supper babe I run off .... The Great Compromise I knew a girl who was almost a lady She had a way with all the men in her life Every inch of her blossomed .... The Hobo Song There was a time when lonely men would wander thru this land rolling aimlessly along so many times I've heard of their sad story written .... The Late John Garfield Blues Black faces pressed against the glass Where rain has pressed it's weight Wind blown scarves in top down cars All share one western trait Sadness .... The Oldest Baby In The World 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 .... The Sins Of Memphisto From the bells of St Mary To the Count of Monte Cristo Nothing can stop Nothing can stop Nothing can stop The sins of Memphisto .... The Torch Singer The night club was burning From the torch singer's song And the sweat was floodin' her eyes The catwalk squeaked 'Neath the bartender's feet And .... There She Goes Hey, there she goes well I though she'd never leave heaven knows well it sure gives me the creeps you know I went and loved .... They Oughta Name A Drink After You Oh I get drunk most every night Seems like all we do is fight The more I drink The less I feel blue Sometimes I .... They'll Never Take Her Love From Me If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares There is still one smiling face the Gods would see But she'll walk .... This Cold War With You The sun goes down and leaves me sad and blue Even another night of this cold war with you Though you won't speak and I .... This Love Is Real I can taste your lipstick in the wine I can feel your heartbeat close to mine With your love wrapped around me I'm silent and .... Ubangi Stomp Well, I rocked over Italy and I rocked over Spain I Rocked in Memphis it was all the same Till I rocked to Africa and .... Unlonely You make me unlonely I feel like the only person in the world That ever had a girl like you You make me feel wealthy .... Unwed Fathers In an Appalachian, Greyhound station She sits there waiting, in a family way Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love her Tell all the others, I'll .... Way Back Then Night is falling We're doing the things we do You are acting just like me I'm acting just like you Do you remember When you .... Way Down 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 .... We Are The Lonely Down the hall upstairs from me There's a girl I swear I never see I hear the ringing of her phone She must live up .... We Could If anyone could find the joy That true love brings a girl and boy We could We could you and I If anyone could ever .... We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds We said our goodbyes long ago Never thinking we'd miss each other so All the memories we can't leave behind Oh, we must have been .... Wedding Bells Turn Back The Years I got the invitation that you sent me, You wanted me to see you change your name I couldn't stand to see you wed another .... Wedding Day In Funeralville It's Wedding Day in Funeralville Your soup spoon's on your right The King and Queen will alternate With the refrigerator light They'll be boxing on .... When Two Worlds Collide Your world was so different from mine, don't you see And we couldn't be close, though we tried We both reached for heavens, but ours .... You Got Gold Is there ever enough space between us To keep us both honest and true? Why is it so hard just to sit in the yard .... You Mean So Much To Me A girl meets a guy A car passes by The moon shines down on a tree A kid in the park Should have been home .... You Never Can Tell It was a teenage wedding And the old folks wished 'em well You could see that Pierre Did truly love the Mademoiselle. And the young .... Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore 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. .... Send "John Prine" Ringtones to your Cell |