Why Henry Drinks Drive-By Truckers

Them stories that you tell me are so hard to swallow You said, "Go to hell", but I know you'd just follow The future's closing in quicker than you think And hanging with you I know why Henry drinks Those

The Day John Henry Died Drive-By Truckers

That hammer rang out through the night the day John Henry died.

Truckers Atlas modest mouse

Truckers Atlas I'm going to Colorado to unload my head I'm going to New York City and that's in New York,friends I'm going to Arizona sex on the rocks all warm and red and we bled and the writing

Zip City Drive-By Truckers

"Your Daddy was mad as hell He was mad at me and you As he tied that chain to the front of my car and pulled me out of that ditch that we slid into Don't know what his problem is Why he keeps dragging

Late For Church Drive-By Truckers

I walk past pews I can tell they think I'm a sinner I hear them whisper while I'm watching my shoes The only seat left is right up front I'm not a bit surprised The back is soft but the seat is hard Why

Margo and Harold Drive-By Truckers

I don't want to see why Harold's now skinny. I don't want to see Margo's bikini. So if they call, tell them you ain't seen me or that I'm in too much pain. Harold and Margo, taking aim.

Days Of Graduation Drive-By Truckers

I guess that's why Bobby had his lights off, Tear-assing threw the back part of town and those deserted country roads where me and Bobby tear-assed so many times before.

The Tough Sell Drive-By Truckers

She's a beauty, yes sir she is, said EZ Dan Fifty five, a bad age, smelling of Brut from Fabrege' and sweat EZ Dan don't bathe a lot these days And why the hell should he anyway?

Panties In Your Purse Drive-By Truckers

t mean it By the way I rolled my eyes When you said,"It wasn?

The Living Bubba Drive-By Truckers

I wake up tired and I wake up pissed Wonder how I ended up like this I wonder why things happen like they do But I don't wonder long 'cause I got a show to do I'm sick at my stomach from the A.Z.T.

Where The Devil Don't Stay Drive-By Truckers

the twenty-niners It didn't take a hole in the ground to put the bottom in their face Back in the thirties when the dust bowl dried And the woods in Alabama didn't see no light My Daddy played poker by

Loaded Gun In The Closet Drive-By Truckers

loaded gun in the closet And another one in the dresser drawer Just in case the one in the closet Didn't make a big enough hole She has breakfast ready every morning And his lunch in a box sitting out by

Puttin' People On The Moon Drive-By Truckers

Huntsville, They puttin' people on the moon So I took to runnin' numbers for this man I used to know And I sell a few narcotics and I sell a little blow I ain't getting rich now but I'm gettin' more than by

John Henry Harry Belafonte

John Henry he could hammer, He could whistle, he could sing He went to the mountain early in the mornin'' Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord Just to hear his hammer ring.

John Henry Sonny Terry

When John Henry was a little baby, sitting on his daddy's knee, Pointed he figured out a little piece of steel, "Steel's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord, steel's gonna be the death of me, Well

Ronnie And Neil Drive-By Truckers

"Church blew up in BirminghamFour little black girls killed for no goddamn good reasonAll this hate and violence can't come to no good endA stain on the good name.A whole lot of good people dragged...

Dead, Drunk And Naked Drive-By Truckers

sniffed a lot of glue Mom sent me to rehab, they told me what to do We didn't have much money; the lord picked up the tab They made me write him love songs, sitting I' my room Now I just drink whiskey and drive

Guitar Man Upstairs Drive-By Truckers

or so I see a new truck load of white trash movin' in When I was sixteen I had a little trouble with the law He said ""Boy come here"" I said ""Boy yourself I ain't done nothing wrong"" He grabbed me by

Birmingham Drive-By Truckers

"Economics shut the furnace downBull Connor hosing children downGeorge Wallace stared them Yankee's downIn BirminghamTake a left on the interstateIn the middle of this sultry stateI can't wait to s...

The Southern Thing Drive-By Truckers

Ain't about my pistolAin't about my bootsAin't about no northern drivesAin't about my southern rootsAin't about my guitars, ain't about my big old amps"It ain't rained in weeks, but the weather sur...

Three Great Alabama Icons Drive-By Truckers

Wallace Now Wallace was for all practical purposes the Governor of Alabama from 1962 until 1986 Once, When a law prevented him from succeeding himself He ran his wife Lerline in his place and she won By

Wallace Drive-By Truckers

"Throw another log on the fire, boys, George Wallace is coming to stayWhen he met St. Peter at the pearly gates, I'd like to think that a black man stood in the way.I know ""All should be forgiven"...

Moved Drive-By Truckers

Figurin' out things by the Railroad Bridge and a cousin or two want to give me just a little help. Damn sure not much to do down here 'cept to cook it down and run it in your veins.

Let There Be Rock Drive-By Truckers

"Dropped acid, Blue Oyster Cult concert, fourteen years old,And I thought them lasers were a spider chasing me.On my way home, got pulled over in Rogersville Alabama, with a half-ounce of weed and ...

Road Cases Drive-By Truckers

Got them pretty road cases throw them out an airplane and they'll just bounce Paint our name on them road cases, stencil and white spray paint ""Drive-by Truckers"" on every one or maybe just ""DBT"" Gonna

Women Without Whiskey Drive-By Truckers

out You know the bottle ain't to blame and I ain't trying to It don't make you do a thing it just lets you When I'm six feet underground, I'll need a drink or two And I'll sure miss you Take me piece by

Plastic Flowers On The Highway Drive-By Truckers

Paramedics in the by-stander's gaze. Plastic flowers on the highway. Bits of glass for the machine to sweep away. Had to pass it on my way to where I'z going.

Cassie's Brother Drive-By Truckers

Can my brother sit in? (X2)Well there's a hole in the band andas a favor to Cassiewe'll let her brother come and jam.If he ain't no good,we'll just leave him right out of the mix.But he proceeded t...

Life In The Factory Drive-By Truckers

"Let me tell ya'll a storySo far fetched I' must be trueBout a bunch of fatherless boys from Florida and a boy who was man enough for two.Practiced twelve hours a day in the Hell HouseIn the swamps...

Shut Up And Get On The Plane Drive-By Truckers

were just too drunk to know it Guess the price of being sobers being scared out of your mind When it comes your time to go, ain't no good way to go about it Ain't no use in thinking bout it You'll just drive

Greenville To Baton Rouge Drive-By Truckers

"One more night, one more show, four down, eighty-four to goThis ain't no time for moving slowGreenville to Baton RougeI'll call you up when I get throughThe life I live is the life I chooseGreenvi...

Angels And Fuselage Drive-By Truckers

Smoking by the gym door, practicing my rock-star attitude And I'm scared shitless of what's coming next. I'm scared shitless, these angels I see in the trees are waiting for me.

The Deeper In Drive-By Truckers

By the time you were born, there were four other siblings With your mama awaiting your daddy in jail And your oldest brother was away at a home And you didn't meet him 'til you were nineteen years old

Sink Hole Drive-By Truckers

I've always been a religious manI've always been a religious manBut I met the banker and it felt like sinHe turned my bailout downThe banker man, he let into meLet into me, let into meThe banker ma...

Hell No, I Ain't Happy Drive-By Truckers

I’ve seen just how much I can stand One night in Kansas City, we thought about killing a man Seen my number fly by on Interstate Ten Seen the mountains of Montana at Seven AM.

Marry Me Drive-By Truckers

Well my daddy didn't pull out, but he never apologizedRock and Roll means well, but it can't help tellin' young boys liesA baby on the ways a good enough reason to get you out aliveGet you out with...

My Sweet Annette Drive-By Truckers

Child, as I look in your eyesYou know my life seems like a minuteThere I find living proofOf all the wonder life hold in itIn the past I thought I had to learnAny good that comes from this life we'...

Outfit Drive-By Truckers

You want to grow up to paint houses like meA trailer in my yard till you're 23You want to be old after 42 yearsKeep dropping the hammer and grinding the gearsWell, I used to go out in a MustangA 30...

Heathens Drive-By Truckers

Ain't nobody got to know what I done And I never hear a single word you say When you tell me not to have my fun It's the same old shit that I ain't gonna take off anyone And I don't need to be forgiven By

Sounds Better In The Song Drive-By Truckers

When I saw her standing thereWith her bright eyes and shining hairShe was looking back at meSome are meant to singSome are meant to talkAnd some aren't meant to say a thingWhen she opened up her mo...

Your Daddy Hates Me Drive-By Truckers

I know your Daddy hates meAnd I got a room in hell reservedI know he wants to kill meAnd it's the least that I deserveBut I always loved his daughterThat's something that I know you knowJust someti...

Careless Drive-By Truckers

Be careful that you don'tUse up your ninth oneWe all were careless onceWe all were careless onceIt can be too much funJust going round onceIt all can slip awayOne banana peel awayYou left this big ...

When The Pin Hits The Shell Drive-By Truckers

same one you're gonna answer to When the pin hits the shell Well, your sister's been blaming everybody And I don't blame her man, I guess I'd do the same If you were my brother, man, I'd probably stand by

Do It Yourself Drive-By Truckers

My Daddy called me on a Friday morningSo sad to tell me just what you've doneYou tried so hard to make us all hate youBut in the end you was the only oneSick, tired, pissed and wiredYou never thoug...

Decoration Day Drive-By Truckers

anymore But I know the caliber in Daddy's chest I know what Holland Hill drives The State let him go, but I guess it was best 'Cause nobody needs all us Lawsons alive Daddy said one of the boys had come by

Bulldozers and Dirt Drive-By Truckers

I met your mama when I was sixteenYou couldn't have been anymore than threeShe caught me stealing y'all's color TVShe called the cops and they arrested meShe was the wildest thing I'd ever seenThe ...

Nine Bullets Drive-By Truckers

My roommate's gun got nine bullets in itNine bullets in my roommate's gunMy roommate's gun got nine bullets in itGonna find a use for every last oneOne for the love who chose to betray meA real fin...

Uncle Frank Drive-By Truckers

They powered up the city with hydro-electric juiceNow we got more electricity we can ever useThey flooded out the hollow and all the folks down there moved outBut they got paid so there ain't nothi...

Box of Spiders Drive-By Truckers

Gran Gran keeps a box of spidersSays they're on me when I sleepWaiting in the out-house for meUnderneath the seatGreat-grandmothers 'bout ninety-sevenShe is sure when she gets to heavenOld St. Pete...

One of These Days Drive-By Truckers

If I had a dime for every timeI heard my old man say one of these daysI wouldn't be like my old man todayTalking 'bout places that he'd beenBack in his younger days that he was gonna go backTo agai...