Country songs for the Season

by BigJawnMize on Sep 29, 2006 10:42 AM EDT

OK so this last couple weeks I have had this folk song by Townes Van Zandt called "No Deal" going through my head. The first verse goes something like this:

Now this man down at the used car lot,
tried to sell me four wheels and a trunk.
I said, "Man, there is no engine!"
He said, "The engine's just a bunch of junk.
Besides you don't need no engine to go downhill
and as I can plainly see, that's the direction you're headed in."
And he handed me the keyes.

Yup that is kinda how I am feeling right now. I know we did Uncle Tupelo/Wilco/Son Volt songs in one of the threads. But if anyone has any country lyrics they want to share, this might be an appopriate time.

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Change Jackson to Oakland....

in the Johnny Cash song....

I'm rooting for Oakland,
gonna mess around.
Yeah, I'm rooting for Oakland...
Goodbye beeeerr town.....

by Brock20 on Sep 29, 2006 11:39 AM EDT reply actions

How about Emmylou Harris

"Lovin' You Again"
---
And every time is the last time
And every time is the first
Everytime is the last time with you
Oh it never gets no better
And it couldn't get no worse

or "Tragedy"
---
I drew the best hand you'd ever hold
Then cashed my winnings in long ago
Settled for silver how could I know
You were waiting with the gold...

That's how the story goes
Our chapter's coming to a close
We are history
But I will always think of you
Every day until my days are through
You made me believe
In tragedy

(OK, that second one's a little overdramatic and negative....)

by BTown Birds fan on Sep 29, 2006 12:57 PM EDT reply actions

And here's a special one for the owners

from their disillusioned fan base: "God Will" by Lyle Lovett:

Who keeps on trusting you
When you've been cheating
And spending your nights on the town
And who keeps on saying that he still wants you
When you're through running around
And who keeps on loving you
When you've been lying
Saying things ain't what they seem
God does
But I don't
God will
But I won't
And that's the difference
Between God and me

So who says he'll forgive you
And says that he'll miss you
And dream of your sweet memory
God does
But I don't
God will
But I won't
And that's the difference
Between God and me

by BTown Birds fan on Sep 29, 2006 12:58 PM EDT reply actions

how about lucinda williams

told you baby one more time
don't make me sit all alone and cry
well it's over
i know it but i can't let go

you don't like to see me standing around
feel like i been shot but didn't fall down
well it's over
i know it but i can't let go . . . .

by lboros on Sep 29, 2006 1:08 PM EDT reply actions

Lucinda...

Saw her twice, once at the Big Muddy Festival in St. Louis and once at the Pagenant. My brother and I had front row tickets in the balcony that I bought him for college graduation. She was an hour late but half way through the first song, I forgave her and fell madly in love.

She did a fifteen minute version of Joy that bordered on music perfection. Killer four guitars with Lucinda taking the song from resolve, to dispair, to insecurity, to anger, to resolve. It was like a 12 step heartbreak recovery program.

by Brock20 on Sep 29, 2006 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Gotta be one....

...that describes the preston wilson karma-thing of bringing the astros down and then changing teams and now bringing the cardinals down.

by BigJawnMize on Sep 29, 2006 2:55 PM EDT reply actions

This is an easy one...

"Gloom, despair and agony on me
Deep dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck
I'd have no luck at all
Gloom, despair and agony on me"

by cardsrul on Sep 29, 2006 4:37 PM EDT reply actions