Rodney Crowell - Brown & Root, Brown & Root Lyrics
[Spoken Introduction: Steve Earle]
In the 1950s, Brown and Root was the largest construction company in the world. A lot of poor sharecrop farm people running from the Great Depression got common labor jobs working for Brown and Root.
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Rodney Crowell - The Border Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I work on the border
I see what I see
I work on the border
And it's workin' on me
I lie awake at night
Knowing what I know
There's a price on the head of
Every border patrol
[Verse 2]
Where th...
Nicolas Godin - The Border Lyrics
Rodney Crowell - Deep In The Heart Of Uncertain Texas Lyrics
[Verse 1: Rodney Crowell]
The crickets are singing, the blue gills are biting
The fireflies are flashing with all of their might
Just forty-odd miles from the Rio Palm Isle
The whole gang's gone fishing on a full moonlit night
...
Lera Lynn - Crimson Underground Lyrics
(feat. Rodney Crowell)
I'm headed South, I can feel it coming on
That same dream of sad feeling something's wrong
You're wasting my life, dear
So there's no danger here
And trust the feeling all the way back down
Welcom...
Dave Alvin - Tennessee Border Lyrics
Her eyes were blue, her hair was auburn
Her smile was like an angel fair
She was her daddy`s only daughter
On the Tennessee Border
[Chorus]
One night I took a ride just across the line
I picked her up in a pickup truck
And she broke this ...
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Back When We Were Beautiful Lyrics
I guess you have to be there
She said you have to be
She handed me a yeltful to cry
And then said, see?
This was my greatest love
My one and only love
And this is me
Back when we were beautiful
See
I don't feel very different
She sai...
Mills Brothers - South Of The Border Lyrics
South of the border, down Mexico way
That's where I fell in love, where the stars above, came out to play
And now as I wander, my thoughts ever stray
South of the border, down Mexico way
She was a picture, in old Spanish lace
Just for...
Linda Ronstadt - Across The Border Lyrics
Tonight my bag is packed
Tomorrow I'll walk these tracks
That will lead me 'cross the border
Tomorrow my love and I
We'll sleep 'neath auburn skies
Somewhere across the border
We'll leave behind my de...
Rodney Crowell - Say You Love Me Lyrics
I've been up all night and the night before my teeth are dirty my eyes are sore
There was good time had by all accounts we've been drinking to you in tall amounts I guess we had a little trouble in the hotel bar
Some hometown ...
Rodney Crowell - What You Gonna Do Now Lyrics
What you gonna do now?
Are you thinkin' 'bout taking Manhattan on foot?
What you gonna do now?
Are you thinkin' 'bout leaving [?] just stay put
There's a girl I know
Raised on rock and roll
Fishnet fi...
Rodney Crowell - Flatland Hillbillies Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We're flatland hillbillies
Irish-Cajun-Creole mix
My brother's on an offshore rig
My sister's on the pole at Slick's
Mama takes in people's washing
She was widowed by a pipeline man
We'r...
Manu Chao - Bloody Bloody Border Lyrics
Arizona blues no more
Arizona rest no more
We want freedom to cross
Cross the borderline
Freedom's no crime
Let peaceful river flow
Let the people come and go
We want freedom to cross
Freedom to pass, the ever last
...
Years & Years - Border Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Stutter your moves
How you wanna play?
Yeah, it's all so easy when you're the one who loves to pay
Do I remember what I was taught?
Am I gonna catch you?
Is it bright enough to see all we are?
I'll bring you another...
Rodney Crowell - 56 Fury Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Spit curl down his forehead
Talking 'bout how yes it's understood
It's not just some lame six-bang grease stain
Sitting here underneath the hood
Tamping down a Camel on a zippo with a grin
Maybe wider th...
Rodney Crowell - You're Only Happy When You're Miserable Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Go sell your snake oil to someone you used to know
I've heard your whining 'til my motor just won't go
The sky ain't falling though I know you wished it would
I almost hate to tell you that I'm lea...
Rodney Crowell - Treetop Slim & Billy Lowgrass Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Treetop Slim was a gangling lad
Stood six-foot-six at twelve
On painted pony into town
His brogan shoes would scrape the ground
Talk about a rifle shot
Treetop Slim was really hot
[Verse 2]
Billy Lowgrass, he wa...
Rodney Crowell - Caw Caw Blues Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Heckle and Jeckle built a barbed wire nest
In a windmill derrick way out west
Scooping up scraps down the long fence line
It was a work of art, the only one of its kind
[Verse 2]
Way out around Lubbock as the John C...
Miranda Lambert - Tequila Does Lyrics
His last name was Flores
He came up from Juarez
Lookin' for a hell of a time
With a blonde senorita
And a tall margarita
We danced on the tables all night
Then I said adios
Casamigos
Is taking me home tonight
'Cause he ...
Rodney Crowell - I'll Show Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's Lady's Night at the Blue Gazelle
Local talent looks alive and well
All dressed up with my slack britches on
I don't get lucky, man, there's something wrong
Caddo Pool Hall down the Rue De Nowh...
Zayn Malik - Borderz Lyrics
[Zayn] She is the life of the party Don't stick that knife in my body It's something that she always wanted Is for a good cause You're doing a good job
We love where the wind blows And I don't care where we go Just like...
Miranda Lambert - Tequila Does Lyrics
[Verse 1]
His last name was Flores
He came up from Juárez
Lookin' for a hell of a time
With a blonde señorita
And a tall margarita
We danced on the tables all night
Then I said "Adiós
Casamigos
Is taking me ho...
Gretchen Peters - Border Town Lyrics
Carmelita was a street angel but she kept her halo hid
Never learned to read or write so well, she was just a farmer's kid
She took communion at the age of twelve, she wore a cross of wood
She heard the clanging of the mission be...
Esseker - H.G.L. Lyrics
I bumped your wound, and it began to seep
You sure are healing slow, 'cause we can all still see the meat
(When) the Wizard of gore becomes potpourri
Start watching Seinfeld in the nude, smear your chest with gasoline
Is it ...
Zayn Malik - BoRdErZ Lyrics
She is the life of the party
Don't stick that knife in my body
It's something she always wanted
It's for a good cause
You're doing a good job
We're off where the wind blows
I don't care where we go
Just ...
Ed Sheeran - Nancy Mulligan Lyrics
I was twenty-four years old
When I met the woman I would call my own
Twenty-two grand kids now growing old
In that house that your brother bought ya
Oh the summer day when I proposed
I made that wedding ring from dentist gold
And I as...
Astronauts, etc. - The Border Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Some love their straight-jackets but I'm partial to my sleeves
Drawn among the ones who trade good judgement for a peek
[Chorus]
The border is vanishing at the corners
I must be getting warmer
I approach the door and it move...
Zayn Malik - BoRdErSz Lyrics
She is the life of the party Don't stick that knife in my body It's something she always wanted It's for a good cause You're doing a good job We're off where the wind blows I don't care where we go Just like th...
Young Fathers - Border Girl Lyrics
Dig me up
Lay me down
Do your worst
Go to town
Let me out
Or let me in
You're too late
Once again
You can come a little closer
See what's heathen
Until I see you dressed in blood
Then we even stevens
Shoulda traded it in my past
...
Dance Gavin Dance - Parallels Lyrics
Rodney Crowell - Texas Drought, Pt. 1 Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The sidewalks are blazing hot
Like white fire from a pistol shot
The sun at its zenith is proudly displayed
The old man across the street
Swears he can't stand the heat
He'd pay a king's ransom for one p...
Motorhead - Going To Mexico Lyrics
We saw the others crying in fear
We saw your mothers be of good cheer
Going to run
Away from the gun
Better be safe than be sorry my son
Fly - I don't count the miles going by
Know it's no lie
Give us the time
And we&#...
Motorhead - Going To Mexico Lyrics
We saw the others crying in fear
We saw your mothers be of good cheer
Going to run
Away from the gun
Better be safe than be sorry my son
Fly - I don't count the miles going by
Know it's no lie
Give us the time
And we&...
Molly Tuttle - Save This Heart Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Trace my finger on the map
Tryna make out where you are
You know I do the best I can, but I can't take this anymore
[Chorus]
Your letters get shorter, the days get longer
I call across the border, it's sta...
Zayn Malik - Borderz Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She is the life of the party
Don't stick that knife in my body
It's something she always wanted
It's for a good cause you're doing a good job
And we're off where the wind blows
And I don't care where ...
Tinashe - Stormy Weather Lyrics
The Futureheads - Across The Border Lyrics
Ed Sheeran - South Of The Border Lyrics
She got the mmm, brown eyes, caramel thighs Long hair, no wedding ring, hey I saw you lookin' from across the way
And now I really wanna know your name She got the mmm, white dress, but when she's wearin' less Man, you know ...
Ed Sheeran - South of The Border Lyrics
[Verse 1: Ed Sheeran]
She got the mmm, brown eyes, caramel thighs
Long hair, no wedding ring, hey
I saw you lookin' from across the way
And now I really wanna know your name
She got the mmm, white dress, but when she's wearin...
Ed Sheeran - South Of The Border Lyrics
[Verse 1: Ed Sheeran]
She got the mmm, brown eyes, caramel thighs
Long hair, no wedding ring, hey
I saw you lookin' from across the way
And now I really wanna know your name
She got the mmm, white dress, but when she's w...