Knackers Yard Blues Lindisfarne

You keep on running but I'm left behindI need a white stick 'cos I walk so blindI'm like a bandage on a wooden leg I feel hung up just like a coat on a pegI bought some pictures to hang on my wallB...

Jackhammer Blues Lindisfarne

I'm a jack hammer man from the jack hammer town Born with a jack hammer in my hand, Lord, God, I got them jack hammer blues Jack hammer man from a jack hammer town I hammer on the hammer till the sun goes

Don't Ask Me Lindisfarne

Nothing can stop you from doing anything you choose, nothing's gonna stop you if you really wanna play the blues, but noone's gonna like it if you make more than you lose.

Bring Down The Government Lindisfarne

Bring down the government, bring it to its heelsure it a hoot when they prosecute you for doing what you feel.Bring down the government, bring it to its knees,if you want your rights you're gonna h...

Poor Old Ireland Lindisfarne

Poor old Ireland, poor old universe,wonder who comes off the worse.Poor old people mistreating misbelieving,I think you've been cast by a curse.But I don't want you to die, I can see all the liesth...

Court In The Act Lindisfarne

Got the summons served on a Sunday, see what I donecouldn't see much sense in the charges, but they sure sounded like fun.So I went downtown to a Bow Street, to see the company man,'Hey boy your in...

Mandolin King Lindisfarne

Listen to the mandolin king, doing his own special thing,strumming his strings, singing his songsand when he sings he wants to sing along.La, la, la, la, la, ...Anything you ever wanted, he can mak...

Dingly Dell Lindisfarne

Where did you see me last, was it down in Dingly Dellcould you really tell if it were I or just a passing butterfly.Where will you see me next, will you wear a ribbon in your hair ?Look at me but ...

Uncle Sam Lindisfarne

The word of mouth has reached my earsWe just became volunteersI can't picture you in uniformYour heart is much too frailYou're better off in jailThey asked us both to join their gangSaid "Could it ...

Together Forever Lindisfarne

You and me sitting on a benchWatching the day go byNo one paying us any attentionNot even to ask us whySunshine in our eyesWe're watching it set as we watched it riseYou and me sitting on a benchWa...

Peter Brophy Don'T Care Lindisfarne

"Your nose is in your pipe, but you don't careYour tattered tweeds and walking caneAll feel realThe monocled face with the knowing eyesSee it all go byBut you don't careYou dance your pants and sin...

City Song Lindisfarne

City streets I see your liesI will not play your gameNo longer will you talk to meYou think I'm going insaneBut I forgot my numberNow I'm remembering my nameI've been too long travelling on your tr...

Passing Ghosts Lindisfarne

You can sleep with meWho'll sleep with weWe'll sleep togetherYou don't have to watch the dawnBut you can if you wantAnd he can sleep with herWho'll sleep with weWe'll sleep togetherYou don't have t...

Train In G Major Lindisfarne

I know you're travellingBut I don't know whereI'd leave here with youBut I just can't pay my fareTake me to some better place to beOh, now tell me baby don't you want a man like me?I came in the su...

No Time To Lose Lindisfarne

I want to go traveling in your car Leave all the city behind Up on the motorway, Scotland's not far See what we can find No time, no time to lose No time, no time to lose Had more than my share o...

Turn A Deaf Ear Lindisfarne

The stage director stood up when he called the actors downHe asked them all to say three words, up, down and aroundSo up, down and around they cry with one according voiceAnd up and down and around...

Alan In The River With Flowers Lindisfarne

Here I sit with time running out on meKnowing while it's dreams that are upon meThere's grace of a kindThat eases my mindSome time.Float me down the river,Show me what it's like to be thereFloat me...

The Things I Should Have Said Lindisfarne

Two by two the lovers wandered off into the nightLeaving me alone with someone who I only knew by sightSo we sat and watched each other through the fading firelightEach one waiting for the silence ...

Nothing But The Marvellous Is Beautiful Lindisfarne

Nah, nahNah, nanna, nanna, nahNa, nanna, nanna, nun, nahSitting on a fence in the middle of the afternoonTrying to get silly, but it's not working out too well (too well)Well, well, I just can't te...

Meet Me On The Corner Lindisfarne

Hey mister dream sellerWhere have you been.Tell me have you dreams I can see?I came along, just to bring you this song,Can you spare one dream for me?You wont have met me,And you'll soon forget.So ...

Lady Eleanor Lindisfarne

As she played, magicians seeing all this on the floor,Belly dancing beauty with a power driven saw.Had myself a nightmare,Didnt think there could be much more.Then in walked Lord Borgaasha with the...

All Fall Down Lindisfarne

Councilors, magistrates, men of renown,Who needs to live in a dirty old town.Yes, go on, tear it down.Who need the trees and the flowers to grow,we can have a motorway with motorway dough,I know I ...

We Can Swing Together Lindisfarne

"No-one came to criticism, no-one to complain,Just to pass a little bit of time, play some human games.Some were smoking 'roll your owns', while others they had none,Everybody was holding hands, an...

Fog On The Tyne Lindisfarne

Sittin' in a sleazy snack bar sucking,Sickly sausage rolls.Slippin' down slowly, slippin' down sideways,Think I'll sign off the dole. Chorus:'Cause the fog on the Tyne is all mine all mine.The fog ...

Road To Kingdom Come Lindisfarne

I have no one to call my friendThe road I travel has no endAnd so I turn my face up to the sunAnd walk on down the road to kingdom comeAnd as I walk this lonely roadNobody helps me bear my loadCan ...

Scarecrow Song Lindisfarne

The songs you sing are meaninglessThe words you say are wrong.Your Saturday nights they are soberAnd your Sundays are too longYour lucky days are overYour lucky days are goneYou've cast away your c...

Winter Song Lindisfarne

When winter's shadowy fingersFirst pursue you down the streetAnd your boots no longer lieAbout the cold around your feetDo you spare a thought for summerWhose passage is completeWhose memories lie ...

Clear White Light Lindisfarne

Do you believeThe clear white lightIs going to guide us on?Running along the ground singing a song in the morning lightFollow flowery fields as far as out of sightTurning your head to the clouds an...

January Song Lindisfarne

I'm feeling rather sorryFor a man I knowThe world he holds in trembling handsIs asking where to goAnd as he stares out at meFrom the mirrored wallI see that he is trying to cryBut the tears they wi...

Down Lindisfarne

Down, down, I'm feeling downBut for now I'll stick aroundJust to see if it was really meOr if I'm right in thinking you're wrongYou took me on a pleasure tripBut the waves got high and sunk the shi...

Wake Up Little Sister Lindisfarne

Wake up little sister, tell me what you've gotI can see your dreaming quite a lot.And if the sun is shining we can make it to the topWake up little sister and tell me what is and what is not.Wake u...

Alright On The Night Lindisfarne

I can tell what you think by the look on your faceThe look on your face is so meanCan you tell me exactly whatIt is about me that's so unclean?I only ever wanted to be your friendAnd I never wanted...

Go Back Lindisfarne

You think you're nice to know, so how could you guessI don't want to know you till I know myself less.I'm gonna forget where I'm going, remember where I've beenyou won't see me till I wanna be seen...

Run For Home Lindisfarne

I’ve travelled the landWith a guitar in my handAnd an eye ever open for some funI’ve made some mistakesHad my share of the breaksSeen the boys on the make and on the bumRun for home run as fast as ...

Lindisfarne I James Blake

Kestrels breed, looking further than I can see Without tact to read, she’d take a shine to me Beacon don’t fly too high Beacon don’t fly too high For all your time, playful crime in rain Worth it b...

Lindisfarne II James Blake

"Beacon don't fly too highBeacon don't fly too highBeacon don't fly too highCute but I'll take the bus,(Beacon don't fly too high)With fees and favours goneCracks in savers pass,And a white that so...

Vicksburg Blues Hugh Laurie

she done moved out on Walnut hey hey Some say she done moved out on Pine Now wherever she really is partner She restin' on my mind Now just as soon as that train Baby Mama Honey Honey Make up in the yard

Lonesome Dog Blues Lightnin' Hopkins

"I got a dog in my back yard, howled the day my baby's gone I got a dog in my back yard, howled the day my baby's gone Yes he puts my mind on a wonder, how that thing was goin' along You know a thing's

Hillbilly Willie's Blues Alvin Youngblood Hart

Ten-dollar bill and a bottle of beer, darlin' Ten-dollar bill and a bottle of beer, darlin' Ten-dollar bill and a bottle of beer I wish to God my honey was here, darlin' I got a gal from the white folks' yard

Hobo Blues John Lee Hooker

to be my friend, oh Lord You know I hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd, hobo'd Hobo'd a long, long way from home, oh Lord Yes, my mother followed me that mornin', me that mornin', boy She followed me down to the yard

Hill Farmer's Blues Mark Knopfler

Roll out here mister If you need a lttle rest Lay me down in Marbletown A bone yard is the best There was a bad bull on the railroad Tried to put me off his train Lay me down in Marbletown 'Til the coast

Writin' Paper Blues Blind Willie McTell

I wrote you a letter, mama Put it in your front yard I wrote you a letter Put it in your front yard I would love to come and see you But your good man's got me barred You wrote me a letter To come back

Spike Drivers Blues Mississippi John Hurt

She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen Said, she'd ride and ride "till the blues wear offa me" It's two bullyin' freight

Spike Driver Blues Mississippi John Hurt

She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen Said, she'd ride and ride "till the blues wear offa me" It's two bullyin' freight

Buckingham Blues Weird Al Yankovic

I said hey, lady mama they got them Buckingham blues. Now Chuckie goes hunting, and leaves Diane alone. So she fixes her hair, and she talks on the Princess Phone.

Dog House Blues Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys

I went downtown thought I had a dime Got home this morning didn't have a dime Lordy Lordy Lordy got the dog house blues No use talkin' I got the dog house blues Come home this morning about half past eight

Shaman's Blues The Doors

Just what you'll see Out on the train yard Nursin' penitentiary It's gone, I cry out long Go head, brother Did you stop it to consider?

Yard Thad Kopec

of the book It is in the picture that you took Of yourself in Hollywood Of yourself in Hollywood It is in between when love is dying It is in the wailing and the whining Of the dog in the neighbours' yard

Dog House Blues Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys

I went downtown thought I had a dime Got home this morning didn't have a dime Lordy Lordy Lordy got the dog house blues No use talkin' I got the dog house blues.

Uncle Bob's Midnight Blues Randy Newman

myself a drink Goin' down to the corner Gonna have myself a drink 'Cause that shit that we been usin' Sure confuse my thinking Gonna send out to the drugstore Buy myself a goat Tie him up in my front yard