Joe Ely

Please understand me everything's all right I just musta notta gotta lotta sleep last night I was high flyin' down Riverside Drive Rockin' to the radio man alive Stopped into a joint bought a round of booze Hot dog I got a buzz in my shoe! Please und

This highway's like a girl I knew You climb into her car. She takes you many places She leaves you where you are. Her ribbons are all a tangle Her breath is long and fast But if you're only tryin' to pass the time Her love will never last. This highw

Road Hawg - Joe Ely I got a road hog on my mind Move over, baby, look out I'm comin' through You're on the side of the road, I got a load on my mind And I'm bringin' it home to you Got a road hog on my mind Got a Cadillac V-8 motovatin' down the line

River's on the rise, crows are in the skies Look at that big yellow cornbread moon. Now that you're lookin' Do you feel something cookin'? Look at that cornbread moon. Well, I wouldn't be surprised If I didn't see your eyes shine soon. Sometimes I fe

Well I gave all my money to the banker this month Now I got no more money to spend She smiled when she saw me comin' through that door When I left she said, "Come back again." I watched them lonesome boxcar wheels Turnin' down the tracks out of

Me and Billy the Kid never got along I didn't like the way he cocked his hat and he wore his gun all wrong. We had the same girlfriend and he never forgot it She had a cute little Chihuahua until one day he up and shot it He rode the hard country dow

I came into Atlanta Dreamin' of Lorraine Came so tired of ridin' Cross the Savanna Plain Still feel the wheels a-rollin' Feel them just the same Steel wheels still a-rollin' On a long night train. She met me at the station Took me to her room Was a t

Fools Fall In Love – Butch Hancock Fools fall in love Wise men they fall too Wise men hit the bottle Lord, fools just fall on thru They fill out empty spaces Like fingers fill a glove I must be a fool Because fools fall in love Fools fall in love Ben

As I was riding across the Mississippi stopped there and I cried No use for a man to keep a mighty river all dammed up inside I jumped bail from the Sweet water County, now I'm on the run On my head is a five number bounty, for a crime I never done T

Bringing in the New Year's Eve alone The glitter of the party life turns my face to home. Lovers and acquaintances all through the land Celebrate a grain of time down miles and miles of sand The Wheel of Fortune has stopped again Tho' the winning num

You sure look fine tonight, in the beer sign light. Why did you seem surprised when I saw through your disguise. All your friends were there and no one had a care. They all just looked away in this Honky Tonk Masquerade. You should have known I knew