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Big iron wheels keep on rollin'
Big iron wheels turnin' 'round
From my home, I am leavin'
Headed for another town
I left a girl back in the country
For the city and the pay
Reachin' out for fame and fortune
But I'll go back again someday
Big iron wheels keep on rollin'
Big iron wheels turnin' 'round
From my home, I am leavin'
Headed for another town
Feel the rhythm and the motion
Hear the rumble, hear the roar
Headed for some destination
That I've never seen before
Cold iron slappin' on the steel rails
The sky outside is cold and pale
The snow is heavy comin' down now
As the mountain winds away
Big iron wheels keep on rollin'
Big iron wheels turnin' 'round
To the sunshine, I'm returning
To kiss the girl in my hometown
To kiss the girl in my hometown
To kiss the girl from my hometown
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Old Friend
04:20
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My old friend
I'll see you again when I'm dead
We can talk and laugh and drink the night away
Like we did
My old friend
When we were kids
No, you did not have a home so you hung around
We'd stay up all night long and we'd pretend
That we were dead
When we were kids
You grew up harder than I did
You found the nightlife
You drug us both in
And we raised cane like raisin' cane was goin' out
Cause we never thought much about gettin' old anyway
Now I'm findin' that I wish I could go back once again
My old friend
No, you never let me down
As years went by
You went on your way and I went mine
Like the wind
My old friend
You grew old faster than I did
You know that nightlife will do you in
You raised cane 'till the cane was all burned out
And now I hope for both our sakes that I grow old
And I'm still findin' that I wish I could go back
Once again
My old friend
I'll see you again another day
We can talk and laugh and bow our heads and pray
Like we did
My old friend
My old friend
My old friend
My old friend
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Blacksheep
05:30
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They ask black sheep of a black sheep's son
Have you any wool, and I say no sir
I gave it all away
I'm a black sheep of a black sheep
And I been one many times
But that don't make me anybody's fool
I gave most to Christ Jesus for savin' my soul
For that bet with the devil who lives down below
There's been some for my mother, my father
My sister, my brothers, my son, my daughter, my lover
There's been some for that homeless man
That I watched die in some ally
With a slit wrist
I went home to cry
There's been some for my buddies fightin'
In some rich man's war
Yeah they gave all they could
We don't sing no more
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers 'round
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers 'round
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers 'round
Oooh...
They ask a black sheep of a black sheep's son
Where have you been
We've been worried
We've been in need
I've been hidin' on the pathways
Biding my time amongst the wolves
Hungry to feed
Well I give what I can
Nature of man just needs war
So what can I say
Yeah I'll die someday stripped
Havin' given all the gifts I've received
That is my pain
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers 'round
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers 'round
I stand naked and cold as the crowd gathers 'round
Oooh...
Black sheep of a black sheep's son
Have you any wool, and I say yeah
I saved some for you
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Johnny
05:01
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Locked him up back in '69
On clear Kentucky shine
Then again in '87, cornbread, smoke fed
The Marion county line
It is time, he did his time
Thirteen of twenty served
And that far outweighed his crime
He came back a wiser man
He came back to do what he'd do
He'd do it every time
It is time
He did his time
When they came bustin' in last year
Like a smoke ring he's up and gone
But he wouldn't have to go too far
Well the folks 'round here
They don't trust no law, no way
Hey run, Johnny, run
Hey run, Johnny run
Hey now run now, run, Johnny run
A man's worries’ all he's got
A man's law don't mean a damn
To the down-home southern folk
Who live by the law of the land, not Uncle Sam
It's their land
It's our land
No one knows who you're talkin' 'bout
No one's seen, they've all gone blind
Knowin' he'll be back someday
To do what he'd do, what he'd do
He'd do it every time
It is time
And no more time
And they're still chasin' down old ghosts
And they're still askin' on deaf ears
But he wouldn't have to go too far
Well the folks 'round here
They don't trust no law, no way
Hey run, Johnny, run
Hey run, Johnny run
Hey now run now, run, Johnny run
Never mind no song, keep your head down boy
Run, Johnny run
You can rest at my place when the day is done
Hey now, run Johnny, run now run, Johnny run
Hey now, run now, run Johnny run
Never mind no song, keep your head down, boy
And run, Johnny run
He can rest at my place when the day is done
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Little Train
03:26
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Little train, little train, just a' rollin' down the track
Little train, little train, ain't even lookin' back
Little train, little train, you're carryin' my heart away
Little train I'm singin' you a mournful song
With my hands in the air 'till the black smokes gone
Little train I won't be seein' you too soon
I hear you're headed out west, my, the weather's been bad
Watched the floods in the canyon, lift the mud from the track
Little train don't you know it's dangerous out there
Tell your shotgun rider there's a beef on the loose
Why don’t you put an extra gun on the old caboose
Little train make sure my baby's safe and sound
Roll on little engine
Roll on down the line
You're carryin' my baby away
And I'll cry to the forewinds
Until your safe return
When you bring me back my baby to stay
Won't you make her stay
When her business is done won't you call her on back
Won't you let a long whistle out your ol' smokestack
Little train I'm afraid that city's caught her eye
Little train, little train, don't you go too fast
Don't you go too slow, just keep her on track
Little train won't you flash your headlamps when you're near
Roll on little engine
Roll on back down the line
You're carryin’ my baby away
I've cried out to the forewinds
Upon your safe return
Won't you bring back my baby to stay
No never take her away
Little train, little train, just a' rollin' down the track
Little train, little train, ain't even lookin' back
Little train, little train, you're carryin' my heart away
Little train I'm singin' you a mournful song
With my hands in the air 'till the black smokes gone
Little train I won't be seein' you too soon
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Fast Hand
03:50
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I didn't wanna shoot that man but he heard that I was fast
You know that liquor gave him the courage to put a man to the ground
But nobody saw, I couldn't claim no self defense
So I took off with the morning sun, running from my sins
I ended up in every town where all the bad men go
And they've been running just like me, someone always knows
He'll say, "Ain't you the man who shot that boy?" who wanted his turn to dance
So will I die in some street that night, no never had a chance
Never meant to be a bad man, I just had a fast hand
Ain't going to be nothing in Hell I haven't lived through here
I'm just going to walk out and wish you all goodnight
I never meant to be a bad man, I just had a fast hand
I ended up in Fort Worth 'cause no one knows me here
And time has a funny way of taking away the years
I don't mind the changes or the age that's in my face
Because there is a piece of my soul
In every man I've killed in every God forsaken place
Never meant to be a bad man, I just had a fast hand
Ain't going to be nothing in Hell I haven't lived through here
I'm just going to walk out, yeah tonight I'll save your life
I never meant to be a bad man, I just had a fast hand
I didn't want to shoot that man but he heard that I was fast...
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