It's All Up To You Steve Earle, The Dukes

No matter which way the wind blows It's always cold when you're alone Ain't no candle in the window You've got to find your own way home The rain ain't gonna hurt you It's come to wash away your blues

The Other Kind Steve Earle

The Other Kind (Steve Earle) I woke up this morning and I took a look around at all that I got These days I've been lookin' in the mirror and wondering if that's me lookin' back or not I'm still

Valentine's Day Steve Earle

I come to you with empty hands I guess I just forgot again I only got my love to send On Valentine's Day I ain't got a card to sign Roses have been hard to find I only hope that you'll be mine On Valentine's

Copperhead Road Steve Earle

Copperhead Road (Steve Earle) Well my name's John Lee Pettimore Same as my daddy and his daddy before You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here He only came to town about twice a year He'd buy a

Six Days On The Road Steve Earle, The Dukes

I pulled out of Pittsburgh rolling down the Eastern seaboard I've got my diesel wound up and she's running like never before There's a speed zone ahead on right and I ain't see a cop all night Six days

Goodbye's All We've Got Left Steve Earle

Could tell it when I woke up this mornin' 'Cause I can smell it when a heartache's comin' Not that I'm in such a hurry to lose you I'd call you up but there's nothin' that I can do Talkin' won't do

The Unrepentant Steve Earle

The Unrepentant (Steve Earle) In the middle of the night In the middle of a lonely night Stands alone in the pale moonlight Screams out in defiance He's got no one to turn to You could talk ‘til

The Rain Came Down Steve Earle, The Dukes

The old man loaded up everything that he owned On a wagon and headed out west The old woman fearlessly faced the unknown 'Cause she figured he knew what was best And they settled down hard on a government

Have Mercy Steve Earle

Have Mercy (Steve Earle) He was standin' on the corner A hundred dollar bill in his hand Said I could feed a lot of these people with this But that ain't the business at hand Ain't but one reason

Snake Oil Steve Earle

Snake Oil (Steve Earle) Ladies and gentlemen, attention please Come in close so everyone can see I got a tale to tell A listen don't cost a dime And if you believe that we're gonna get along just

The Revolution Starts Now Steve Earle

I was walkin’ down the street In the town where I was born I was movin’ to a beat That I’d never felt before So I opened up my eyes And I took a look around I saw it written ‘cross the sky The revolution

Back To The Wall Steve Earle

Back To The Wall (Steve Earle) Well sometimes in the evenings I start to get that feeling Like I'm empty inside I know I'm doin' good now but tonight I'm headed downtown Down by the riverside I

Sometimes She Forgets Steve Earle

Sometimes She Forgets (Steve Earle) [1979] If you see her out tonight And she tells you it's just the lights That bring her here and not her loneliness That's what she says but sometimes she forgets

The Mountain Steve Earle

The Mountain (Steve Earle) I was born on this mountain a long time ago Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal When you rose in the mornin' before it was light To go down in

You're Still Standin' There Steve Earle

Well, I've spent my life following Things I cannot see But just when I catch up to them They slip away from me Now, I've been down a thousand trails I've never walked before I found out that, without

Little Rock 'N' Roller Steve Earle

got all the big trucks here, boy, You ought to hear the big diesels whine No little guy, your daddy won't be home for a while It's gonna be another couple weeks and another couple thousand miles

Ben McCulloch Steve Earle

Ben McCulloch (Steve Earle) [1975] We signed up in San Antone my brother Paul and me To fight with Ben McCulloch and the Texas infantry Well the poster said we'd get a uniform and seven bucks a

Billy And Bonnie Steve Earle

Billy And Bonnie (Steve Earle) Billy was 17 and mean as hell Bonnie said she was 30, it was hard to tell Billy met Bonnie on a Saturday night At the dirt track races, it was love at first sight

Ft. Worth Blues Steve Earle

Worth Blues (Steve Earle) In Ft.

You Know The Rest Steve Earle

You Know The Rest (Steve Earle) Moses went up to the mountain To see what he could see Well he come down talking 'bout a burning bush Says 'This is how it's gonna be' He's scared to death You

The Tennessee Kid Steve Earle, The Dukes

grievously discourteous And charged him submit Forthwith to atone At the crossroads Celebrated in song Come on Up jumped the devil In the middle of the thoroughfare Who dares to utter my most secret name

Now She's Gone Steve Earle

She was her daddy's little darlin' Her mama's only child They didn't understand at all when She took to running wild She left town one day and never said goodbye Left a hole in daddy's lap and a tear in

Christmas In Washington Steve Earle

Christmas In Washington (Steve Earle) It's Christmastime in Washington The Democrats rehearsed Gettin' into gear for four more years Things not gettin' worse The Republicans drink whiskey neat

Poor Boy Steve Earle

Poor Boy (Steve Earle) I was born on the other side of town Everybody over there just puts me down I never thought about it much, ‘til the first time I saw you Uh-oh, what's a poor boy gonna do

I Love You Too Much Steve Earle, The Dukes

Ooh pretty baby what you doin' to me The way your kisses burn right through me I don't think I can last much longer I get weaker and my love gets stronger I don't think that my heart can take it One little

I Can Wait Steve Earle

I Can Wait (Steve Earle) In the blink of an eye Stars'll fall from the sky No one even notices If you think it'll help I can walk out myself And we won't have to go through this If I pretend

The Galway Girl Steve Earle

The Galway Girl (Steve Earle) Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk Of a day -I-ay-I-ay I met a little girl and we stopped to talk Of a fine soft day -I-ay-I-ay And I ask you, friend, what's

Angry Young Man Steve Earle, The Dukes

Got a lot of memories tied up in this place So much time spent in so little space What looked like the world through the eyes of a child Kind of closes in on you after awhile It's a place to grow up and

The Week Of Living Dangerously Steve Earle, The Dukes

I got out of work and I headed for the neighborhood beer joint I sat around and had a beer with the boys like I always do Well I didn't have nothin' to say anyway there ain't no point There's just something

Tom Ames' Prayer Steve Earle

a crowd in some border town and took to robbin' banks Outside the law your luck will run out fast and a few years came and went 'Till he's trapped in an alley in Abilene with all but four shells spent

Nowhere Road (From "Black Dog" Soundtrack) Steve Earle, The Dukes

There's a road in Oklahoma Straighter than a preacher Longer than a memory And it goes forever onward Been a good teacher For a lot of country boys like me I push that load from here to someday I'll push

San Antonio Girl Steve Earle, The Dukes

Since I first saw you I've been thinkin' about you And now I'm out here on the highway goin' crazy without you I can't help but want you girl you're young and you're pretty But somehow I can't see you

The Graveyard Shift Steve Earle

The Graveyard Shift (Steve Earle) I work the graveyard shift - stay up all night long You'll wake up someday And find your good gal gone If you don't treat your baby right She'll come see me Some

Another Town Steve Earle

Another Town (Steve Earle) One of these days when my minds made up And I'm sick and tired of hangin' around I'll be on my way in a cloud of dust On the road to another town Once upon a time I loved

All Of My Life Steve Earle

All Of My Life (Steve Earle) I guess I don't get out too much If it wasn't enough I hear all these voices Always tellin' me that I'm bad But it's all in my head - like all those scary noises

Once You Love Steve Earle

Once You Love (Steve Earle, Larry Crane) A long time ago there lived a man He had the world in the palm of his hand Sultans and kings beat a path to his door He had everything but he still wanted

The Rain Came Down Steve Earle

The Rain Came Down (Steve Earle, Michael Woody) The old man loaded up everything that he owned On a wagon and headed out west The old woman fearlessly faced the unknown 'Cause she figured he knew

Down The Road Steve Earle

Down The Road (Steve Earle) On the blue side of evenin' When the darkness takes control You start lookin' for a reason To take your lonesome on down the road 'Cause the night is filled with strangers

Goodbye Steve Earle

Goodbye (Steve Earle) [1995] I remember holdin on to you All them long and lonely nights I put you through Somewhere in there I'm sure I made you cry But I can't remember if we said goodbye CHORUS

The Devil's Right Hand Steve Earle

About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war I saw my first pistol in the general store In the general store, when I was thirteen I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen So

Guitar Town Steve Earle

Guitar Town (Steve Earle) Hey pretty baby are you ready for me It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone With the radio blastin' and the bird dog

Justice In Ontario Steve Earle

Justice In Ontario (Steve Earle) Oh you who hail from Ontario Know the tale of the Donnelly's Oh Died at the hands of a mob that night Every child and man by the oil torch light Jim Donnelly was

Steve Earle (Album Version) Sugarland

done He writes and even better one when it ends Well, I don't have to take your name And you won't have to take the blame Steve Earle, Steve Earle, please write a song for me I promise, I won't take

Yours Forever Blue Steve Earle

Yours Forever Blue (Steve Earle) Since you left me baby I've been true to you I don't run around with every gal in town The way I used to do I'm startin' over new Yours forever blue I wrote you

Jerusalem Steve Earle

I woke up this mornin' and none of the news was good And death machines were rumblin' 'cross the ground where Jesus stood And the man on my TV told me that it had always been that way And there was

Angel Is The Devil Steve Earle

Angel Is The Devil (Steve Earle) [1992] Everybody call her angel she's no stranger to the devil I know His mark is on her body His fire's burnin' in her soul When we're makin' love he's laughin

Blue Yodel #9 Steve Earle

Blue Yodel #9 (Jimmie Rodgers) (Steve Earle's version) Standing on the corner I didn't mean no harm When a big policeman Grabbed me by the arm Now, it was down in Memphis On the corner of Beale

Billy Austin Steve Earle

Billy Austin (Steve Earle) My name is Billy Austin I'm Twenty-Nine years old I was born in Oklahoma Quarter Cherokee I'm told Don't remember Oklahoma Been so long since I left home Seems like

Dixieland Steve Earle

Dixieland (Steve Earle) I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man and I come from County Clare And the Brits would hang me for a Fenian so I took me leave of there And I crossed the ocean in the "Arrianne

The Other Side Of Town Steve Earle

The Other Side Of Town (Steve Earle) When I'm sad and blue And I'm feeling all alone There's a place that I go to That no one knows Where no matter what I do Won't nobody put me down That's why