THE COAL MINE BLUES


I'm tired of walking down that lonesome road
I'm tired of walking down that lonesome road
It's a mighty hard travelin' and a heavy load

I swing that hammer and I draw a low straight line
I swing that hammer and I draw a low straight line
It's a 40 hour livin' for that gal of mine

Well, the foreman asked me what would be my say
Oh, the foreman asked me what might be my say
I said, "Just a drink of water and favor on the Judgment Day"

I'm tired of walking down that lonesome road
I'm tired of walking down that lonesome road
It's a mighty hard travelin' and a heavy load

Well, I roll a lucky dice and draw a winning hand
I roll a lucky dice and draw a winning hand
But where my money goes, I don't understand

Well, the king of Memphis, popping four bit shines
Well the king of Memphis, popping four bit shines
I'm up here in Kentucky, slave to this old mine

Every time it thunders, I hear them sad ole taps
Oh, every time it thunders, I hear them sad ole taps
And if this mountain shakes, it's gonna fall right in my lap

Yeah, I'm tired of walkin' down that lonesome road
I'm tired of walkin down that lonesome road
It's a mighty hard travelin' and a heavy load

THE GOSPEL STORY OF NOAH'S ARK


Here comes the Gospel story of Noah's Ark

When God looked down on this whole world
His heart was heavy and sad
The world He'd made and the man He'd loved
Had all turned wicked and bad

As He looked over His creation
He was grieved by His own plan
But just before He destroyed everything He loved
He found Him a righteous man

Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man
He walked with his God a day by day
Holding to His hand

He worked without ceasin', preached without preachin'
That's a truth that shall ever stand
Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man

Well God said to Noah
"Build a boat and we'll call it an ark
Build it long, deep and wide
I'm gonna tell you before it starts"

"I'm gonna send to you, a two by two
Every good and living thing
But gather up your family and shut the door
'Cause Brother, it's gonna rain"

For forty days and forty nights
The water came a pourin' down
The tears from God Almighty's eyes
Covered everythin' on the ground

Men were screamin', women were cryin'
Noah heard it day and night
But everything on the other side of that door
Disappeared clean out of sight

Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man
He walked with his God a day by day
Holding to His hand

He worked without ceasin', preached without preachin'
That's a truth that shall ever stand
Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man

Alright

And then one day the rain stopped fallin'
And the ark came to a rest
High and dry was ole Brother Noah
On the top of Mount Ararat

Well they opened up the window
And sent the Lord a dove
Well the dove brought back an olive branch
And we all got a bowl of love

Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man
He walked with his God a day by day
Holding to his hand

He worked without ceasin', preached without preachin'
That's a truth that shall ever stand
Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man

Well, Noah was a righteous man
Hey, Noah was a righteous man

THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL TIME


I heard the sound of a train out in the distance
That takes me back to you
The only heart I ever met, as pure as it was true
Your kiss is still warm as wild mountain honey
It lays so sweet on my mind
And it helps me forget, the path of regret
And the fool that left you behind

Miles and miles of memories
Flow through me like new scarlet wine
And it's sad but it's true, that girl me and you
Had the greatest love of all time

Miles and miles of memories
Flow through me like new scarlet wine
And it's sad but it's true, that girl me and you
Had the greatest love of all time
Had the greatest love of all time

THE KING OF DIXIE


We're talking Tupelo was about a fast train
Headed toward the world like a mad hurricane
When he finally hit the ground, he tore us all apart
He was born to be a light in the dark

Now miles from Mississippi down some distant shore
He's blazed a trail of glory and a whole lot more
Like some shooting star we've never seen before
I'm talking 'bout the one that opened up the door

The King of Dixie, he's still around
The King of Dixie, in every town
The King of Dixie no he ain't gone
The King of Dixie's still on the throne

The King of Dixie tried and true
Still rockin' away me and you
The King of Dixie is you know who
I said long live the King of Dixie

There was a man from Montgomery, lonesome to the bone
He only stayed a while, this world was not his home
It seemed like on behalf of broken hearts he's sing
And with every word he was calling my name

Now he's from Alabama where he first saw the light
There ain't a heart in heaven gonna cheat on him tonight
I can see him now, decked out in white
Sending down the word that every thing's all right

The King of Dixie, he's still around
The King of Dixie, in every town
The King of Dixie, no he ain't gone
The King of Dixie's still on the throne

The King of Dixie, tried and true
Still rockin' away me and you
The King of Dixie is you know who
I said long live the King of Dixie

The King of Dixie, he's still around
The King of Dixie, in every town
The King of Dixie, no he ain't gone
The King of Dixie's still on the throne

The King of Dixie, tried and true
Still rockin' away me and you
The King of Dixie is you know who
I said long live the King, long live the King of Dixie

THE LIKES OF ME


Baby I bet your ears have been burnin'
'Cause the fence post gossip wheels have been turnin'
They're sayin' you gave your love and got taken
And once again, your heart is breakin'
You're thinking lonely's your destiny
But you ain't ever been loved by the likes of me
I'd like to be at your beckon call
I'd like to stay around for the long haul
Startin' tonight, I'd like to make sweet memories
You ain't ever been loved by the likes of me

If you need a helping hand to start over
Baby I can give you more than a shoulder
You say you're havin' trouble believin'
That I won't be lovin' and leavin'
I say you've been hurtin' needlessly
It's high time you were loved by the likes of me

I'd like to be at your beckon call
I'd like to stay around for the long haul
Startin' tonight, I'd like to make sweet memories
You ain't ever been loved by the likes of me

I'd like to be at your beckon call
I'd like to stay around for the long haul
Startin' tonight, I'd like to make sweet memories
You ain't ever been loved by the likes of me
I said you ain't ever been loved by the likes of me
No, you ain't ever been loved by the likes of me

THE OBSERVATIONS OF A CROW


Newspaper boy makin' his rounds
Spreadin' the word all over town
Drivin' his car just as fast as it will go

There's papers in the driveway, papers in the yard
Paper broke a window, he didn't throw it that hard
But it shattered like a dream down in the valley below

Hey, quarter moon, well how was your night?
Yeah well, any minute now God's gonna hit them brights
So if you stick around, don't you say that you weren't told

Well, take it from me, you better grab your shades
If He looks at you, ooh, well try not to look so afraid
Just do the best that you can, but don't you think that He won't know

Creosote's drippin' from the high line poles
Fast as you can count 'em, 12 in a row
Blessed accommodations for the daily observations of a crow

Well, that cat down there, yeah, well he's Louie the flea
He's married to a waitress by the name of Lora Lee
When they scream and they holler, man they put on a show

He's a protected witness from a Detroit job
Turned his best friend in, his name is Bob
I know who got the time, but who do you think got the dough?

Take a look at that pilgrim passin' by
He's lookin' for love, I can see it in his eyes
He's runnin' 'round in circles, you can take it from me

His shadow begs for mercy that every lost and found
In city after city, town after town
Tortured by the memory of a love he thought was supposed to be

Creosote's drippin' from the high line poles
Fast as you can count 'em, 12 in a row
Blessed accommodations for the daily observations of a crow

Well, I'm a genuine scoopologist, the name is Crow
Sitting up here, watching the show
In this one horse drive-through, forsaken, dried up piece of the world

Well, it ain't much but it's my kingdom, it's my home
Even had a queen till that parakeet came along
Fast talking, loud squawking, green feathered scrak took my girl, later

THE SHAPE I'M IN


Go down yonder, peace in the valley
Come downtown, have a rumble in the alley
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Has anybody seen my baby
This livin' alone will drive you crazy
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

I'm gonna go down to the river
But I ain't gonna jump in no no
I'll just be looking for my baby
And I hear that's where she's been, Oh

Out of nine lives, I've spent seven
Working it day by day trying to get to heaven
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

I've just spent sixty days in the jailhouse
For having the crime of having no dough
Here I am back out on the street
With the crime of having nowhere to go

Save your neck, save your brother
Looks like it's one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Save your neck, save your brother
Looks like it's one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

THE UNSEEN HAND


There's an unseen hand to me
That leads through ways, I cannot see
While going through, this world of woe
This hand still leads, me as I go

I'm trusting to, the unseen hand
That guides me through, this weary land
And some sweet day, I'll reach that strand
Still guided by, the unseen hand

I long to see, my Savior's face
And sing the story, of his grace
And there upon, that golden strand
I'll praise him for, his guiding hand

I'm trusting to, the unseen hand
That guides me through, this weary land
And some sweet day, I'll reach that strand
Still guided by, the unseen hand
Still guided by, the unseen hand

THE WILD ONE


Give me my cycle and a star-filled sky above
And a good lookin' woman with a heart full of love
I'll go to any honky tonk in any old town
'Cause I am the wild one and I'll never settle down

I am the wild one, I am the wild one
I am the wild one, I'll never settle down

I've got a gal in every town who claims she loves me so
I love 'em and leave 'em and want them all to know
That when I hear that wild wind a blowin' down the road
I know I'll have to travel fast to leave without a load

I am the wild one, I am the wild one
I am the wild one, I'll never settle down

I am the wild one, I believe in travelin' light
Just me and my cycle speeding through the night
I love a lot of women and I take them all around
But I am the wild one, I'll settle down

I am the wild one, I am the wild one
I am the wild one, I'll never settle down
Never settle down, I'll never settle down

THERE'S A RAINBOW (AT THE END OF EVERY STORM)


Well there's a rainbow
At the end of every storm, ooh

When trouble and trials stand in your way
When you get weary, too weary to pray
Look to the sky and reach for his arm
There's a rainbow at the end of every storm, ooh

Whether it's sickness, whether it's death
When your heart gets heavy, can't find peace or rest
When clouds of doubt, all around you form
There's a rainbow at the end of every storm

And his name is Jesus
(Wonderful Savior, wonderful friend)
His name is Jesus
(In the beginning, the middle, the end)

He'll be there
(To help)
He?ll be there
(To save)
To keep you from every harm
He is the rainbow at the end of every storm

Well his name is Jesus
(Wonderful Savior, wonderful friend)
His name is Jesus
(In the beginning, the middle, the end)

He'll be there
(To help)
He'll be there
(To save)
Keep you from every harm
He is the rainbow at the end of every storm
Well, he is the rainbow at the end of every storm, ooh