Musically, this one has a sort of overblown, heavenly quality to it. But lyrically, it's another story of a guy getting himself into a bad relationship that he can't get out of. He says, ";When y

sail_away

In America you'll get food to eat
Won't have to run through the jungle
And scuff up your feet
You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day
It's great to be an A

great_nations_of_europe

I read a book by Alfred Crosby called European Ecological Imperialism. It sounds awful, but it was great. It was about how everywhere Europeans went in the world, their diseases came along with t

texas_girl_at_the_funeral_of_her_father

Here I am lost in the wind
'Round in circles sailing
Like a ship that never comes in
Standing by myself

Sing a sad song for a good man
Sing a sad song fo

lonely_at_the_top

I've been around the world
Had my pick of any girl
You'd think I'd be happy
But I'm not
Ev'rybody knows my name
But it's just a crazy game
Oh, it's lonel

bad_news_from_home

High on a cliff in Mexico
Staring down at the rocks and the sea below
I can hear the church bells ring
I can hear the choir

I remember the night she left


real_emotional_girl

She's a real emotional girl
She wears her heart on her sleeve
Every little thing you tell her
She'll believe
She really will
She even cries in her sleep


political_science

No one likes us-I don't know why
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try
But all around, even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens <

big_hat_no_cattle

There's a book called The Duke of Deception, written by Geoffrey Wolff. It's about his father, who was a tremendous liar, though he appeared to be completely beyond reproach. He'd created this wh

it’s_money_that_i_love


lucinda

We met one summer evening
As the sun was going down
She was lying on the beach
In her graduation gown
She was wrapped up in a blanket
(I could tell she knew her

pants

Gonna take off my pants
Gonna take off my pants
Gonna take off my pants
Gonna take off my pants
And your mama can't stop me
And your papa can't stop me
A

marie

You looked like a princess
The night we met
With your hair piled up high,
I will never forget.
I'm drunk right now baby
But I've got to be.
I never could te

dayton_ohio_ _1903

Sing a song of long ago
When things were green and movin' slow
And people'd stop to say hello
Or they'd say "hi" to you
"Would you like to come over for tea
Wit

i_miss_you

Something in me can't be straight about romance. I don't completely mean this song - I'm not going to move up next door to my first wife, who lives in Idaho. This one reminds me of that Neil Youn