Fred Eaglesmith

Rocky, I'm writing you this letter I'm in the Sunset Home My grandkids went and put me here They got everything I own I know you're out in Albuquerque I saw Freddie just last week He said your eyesight's failing you And your mouth's too sore to speak

Well, it hadn't rained in as many Sundays as the preacher he had prayed But it didn't matter 'cause nobody prayed it anyway Some danced and some sang Some threw silver rings And the corn got yella and the wheat all died And the sun dried up the sprin

1, 2 1, 2, 3, 4 I thought I saw you in a car I thought I saw you on a morning train Saw you walkin in a bar I thought I saw you in a car I thought I saw you in a magazine I thought I saw you in a movie screen I made a wish upon a star I thought I saw

Well, summer is over The turnstiles are seized The Ferris wheel turns by itself in the breeze And the big diesel engines Idle out on the lawn Summer is over And my baby's gone And the roller coaster Pulls at it's pins The bumper boats drift out And t

Better take some extra blankets Going out past sixty They say the wind is cold Comin' in off the shell Better take some extra flour Take some extra biscuits Take another bedroll And a few more shotgun shells Don't you ever get tired of herding up tho

Driving rain 40 miles out of Michigan Spiderweb headlights Shut me down I knocked on the door I rang the bell The sign said vacancy There was no-one around 18 wheels up against the wall 56 tons, grain alcohol Danger pay, I'm trying to be strong But m

Dynamite and whiskey It's all the same Tobacco in the sunshine Sleeping in the rain Jesus said for sure He's coming back again Dynamite and whiskey It's all the same Ain't no tomorrow Hold me with no eyes Stand back away And you'll wait for a ride St

Well look at how you're being Now that you've gone off the deep end Look at how you're being To me and nearly all my friends You told all the secrets You promised everybody you would keep I could be that shallow too If only I wasn't in so deep Along

Brothers and sisters I've been sent to you To save your souls Jesus told me to Save your souls In his name sake With tongue of fire And a rattle snake I got a little pistol I keep it hid That snake don't listen I'll shoot him dead His name is Satan H

How many nights How many days How many nights Since you went away You been gone too long (Gone too long) You been gone too long (Gone too long) Did I do something wrong? You been gone too long (Gone too long) I went to your house I knocked on your do

I think you're careless with my love You forget how my heart breaks I don't know what you're thinking of Don't you remember how you love me? I think you're careless with my love I'm like your favorite pair of pants You bring me home and hang me up Yo