The winter of fortynine had passed A winter of haunt ‘n’ fear Hunger had knocked at the city-gates And threatened the pioneers Then low in the east strange clouds appeared And dark became the sun And the courage to fight and win a war Was all of a sudden gone Black crickets By 10s millions […]
I Won’t Cut My Hair
I got hair in my ears I got hair in my nose I got hair on my back And between my toes When the time comes and my hairwash is due I’m gonna use one ton of shampoo But don’t give me those sentimental eyes ‘Cause I’m proud and my hair is nice It’s not […]
Mighty Highty High
Now you wouldn’t believe me if I told you a lie But I went to this party with a real cool guy He was wearin’ high-heeled patent leather boots And a poly-styrene dayglo suit He said, hey man, don’t be afraid ‘Cause I got a blind date you’ll never forget And then he grabbed my […]
A Horse With No Name
(originally by America) On the first part of the journey I was looking at all the life There were plants and birds and rocks and things There were sand and hills and rain The first thing I met was a fly with no buzz And a sky with no clouds The heat was hot and […]
Isn’t That Wild
I was driving home late one Saturday night Suddenly I saw this flashing light A big hole in the ground I thought it was a lie It was a satellite, it fell out from the sky Now I’m forty feet below Running my own show Isn’t that wild The programs all right ‘Cause it’s my […]
Never Never (Indian Love)
The sun went up, red and glooming Spread heat and light and dust all over Wyoming Then she went forever and ever While I’m standing here on Never Never Indian girl, where’ve you been so long? I’m standing here, can’t you hear my song? Oh, Indian girl, where’ve you been so long? I’m standing here, […]
It’s After Dark
I’m looking at the sky, I’m trying Not to cry, ’cause it’s over There turning down the light It’s late now I guess it’s time to say Goodbye ‘Cause it’s after dark now And Disneyland is closed We’ve been served Icecold beer And Waldy is our host It’s after dark now And Disneyland is closed […]
Son Of A Gun
He laid face down In the desert sand Clutching a sixgun In his hand And me and Maria went to watch him die Suddenly the raised and said Help me now, or I shoot you dead I got an arrow in my back And it aches as hell So we jumped on down in the […]
Jonnie
Hey, Jonnie Put that gun down You see we’re not alone You look so square Standing there, with your greasy Grey long hair I remember growing up together Sharing all kinds of weather We were to small kids In a dusty town Your trail was trouble, mine was Homebound That’s when you reach for your […]
Rock River
I was out in the wild Trying to catch some supper And bring it home to sweet mama But when the pony headed back To our home valley I knew I’d been gone too long And I crossed the Rock River the day before she died I reached home just after dark Looking for mama […]
