John Henry Split My Heart Songs: Ohia

the 66 highway I stood on the 66 highway Wysteria, Magnolia beside the green line track Said "don't come back" I found myself standing on the mountain I found myself standing on the mountain Beneath my

John Henry Pete Seeger

nothin' but a man But before I let your steam drill beat me down I'd die with a hammer in my hand Lord Lord I'd dies with a hammer in my hand John Henry said to his shaker Shaker why don't you sing I'm

John Henry Bruce Springsteen

, God, God I'm gonna knock that steel on down" John Henry told his captain, "Lord a man ain't nothin' but a man But before I let this steam drill beat me down I'm gonna die with a hammer in my

John Henry Harry Belafonte

Henry, Gonna bring me a steam drill ''round Gonna bring me a steam drill out on the job Gonna whup that steel on down, Lord, Lord Whup that steel on down Well John Henry said to the captain

John Henry Sonny Terry

down Would die with this hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord, die with this hammer in my hand I would die with this hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord, die with this hammer in my hand" John Henry had a little

John Henry Van Morrison

When John Henry was a little baby Sittin' on his mama's knee Well he picked up a feather and a piece of steel And said that's gonna be the death of me Lord, lord, lord that's gonna be the death of me Well

John Henry Eric Darling

John Henry, when he was a baby Settin' on his mammy's knee Picked up an hammer in his little right hand Said, Hammer be the death of me, me, me Hammer be the death of me Some say he's born in Texas Some

East Last Heart Songs: Ohia

Laboring, I first chose you for my all-star team And you have been advised Where power and rich kids find ways to unite It is virtue who's sitting the bench By not talking, I shouldn't have to say it I

Lioness Songs: Ohia

It is for me the eventual truth Of that look of the lioness to her man across the Nile It is that look of the lioness to her man across the Nile Wanna feel my heart break if it must break in your jaws

No Limit On The Words Songs: Ohia

Put no limits on the words Simply to live, that is my plan Simply to live, that is my plan In a city that breaks us I will say nothing I will say nothing I will say nothing I will say nothing I can tell

Cross The Road, Molina Songs: Ohia

wolf headed conjurour in the cross roads green eyes and alien chant brought the lightning down set my pulse to the short waves pulse set my pulse to the great lakes pulse to wreath the moon in a head dress

Being In Love Songs: Ohia

was yours Is beating in your lovers breast She says the same thing about hers(x2) However I have gotten here I have plans to be with you And for the first time it is working(x3) And I am proof that the heart

Not Just A Ghost's Heart Songs: Ohia

Only empty houses empty houses Are we still able, at night to watch With human heart's at all x2 How she could read the map showing only the bells x2 She's still able, at night to watch With a human heart

Darling... Songs: Ohia

sleep and I cry all night till dawn What I’m trying to say is that I love you and I miss you And I’m sorry that i done you wrong Look up darling Let me kiss you just for old times sake Let me hold you in my

Just A Spark Songs: Ohia

Will that look be your only reply You lower your head in reply Here it is white and full like a pale ghost across the sky And here it is crescent like a dagger from your heart into mine Here it is just

The One Red Star Songs: Ohia

Blue news in the heart You are the one red sister star You are the flash across the water One red sister star Black has marked the distance Black has marked out all the miles Across the world from you

Goodnight Lover Songs: Ohia

You mistrusted what will bleed What will not die will not leave The heart was first in that line Though it was under those conditions We were free x3 Under those conditions Of pain that would not leave

Captain Badass Songs: Ohia

Resistance failed(x2) And friendship failed(x2) As lovers we did not fail(x2) Brown eyes your pulse is getting hotter Brown eyes your pulse is getting quicker Quote Captain Badass, I am setting you heart

Just Be Simple Songs: Ohia

a new address on the same old loneliness Everybody knows where that is We built that house of his And when he's not home Someone else we know always is If Heaven's really coming back I hope it has a heart

An Ace Unable To Change Songs: Ohia

Tonight i am gambling with my sentiment Tonight i am gambling with my repentance Deny i am losing in a crowded room To a gambler in a crown of thorns Tonight i am down to my soulx4 Tonight i am gambling

Crab Orchard Songs: Ohia

Captain, the horseman, and hound south traveling slowly My loyalty to crossroads and thresholds Comes with my rising hope to leave this hunt unfollowed My blood’s courage courses to rendezvous With freedom

Advice To Aces Songs: Ohia

Some sick halo Down the ocean This light means nothing now This light means nothing now Under my wings go All of my worries Winter is over Winter is over Some sick nosedive Down the ocean Where will you

Big Sewell Mt Songs: Ohia

Wrap no cotton shrouds You’re champion around Right now the world suffers for you Suffering for you Set myself down on the frozen ground at dawn Pointed myself with my back to the sun And thus were his

One Of Those Uncertain Hands Songs: Ohia

We're close, the lamps are burning blood On the chance that we'll survive To need such a desperate light My bones shall rise up muskettes My feet are at the threshold And disaster warms our soilx2 So left

Fire On The Shore Songs: Ohia

road The sun shuts his eyes x2 He is asking everywhere for you x2 But I keep a wide eye open to the flame x2 Tonight there is a fire x2 Tonight there is a fire on the Spanish shore x2 The fire is not my

One Of Those Uncertain Hands (Hecla Session Bonus Track) Songs: Ohia

We’re close, the lamps are burning blood On the chance that we’ll survive To need such a desperate light My bones shall rise up muskettes My feet are at the threshold And disaster warms our soil x2 So

Till Morning Reputations Songs: Ohia

The hangman's water is often sweeter On these western roads Know the heat of their travelers That go downgo down And backs know the saddles And boots know the heels My eyes know the blinder is blackx2

Love Leaves Its Abusers Songs: Ohia

Through all the thunder i surrounded you in And i once had cause And i once had strength But i have been selfish To say the least I owned up to it Though leaving is a curious way For you to love me So my

Steve Albini's Blues Songs: Ohia

on the bridge out of Hammond see them brake lights burning feel my motor turnin on the bridge out of Hammond see the big city moon see how it close comes (x2) watch my wiper blades pound it like a drum

Program And Disjunction Songs: Ohia

see her now plainly and I should know her among the thousand and one None have thee better Although knowing half the battles And the path of the lantern Oh, the bells ringing their full breath alarm My

Little Beaver Songs: Ohia

Conscript fathers When they were by to see Not inspired by lack of honesty Only then could I lament their services as fortunate men Fortunate men As a fortunate man Play my part to abuse you as well as

Hold On Magnolia Songs: Ohia

trying to be Hold on Magnolia I hear that station bell ring You might be holding the last light I see Before the dark finally gets a hold of me Hold on Magnolia I know what a true friend you've been In my

All Pass Songs: Ohia

At night, you can taste the Sulfur and the red rail light Hear the rails plotting their future paths On a prior night Come early my future Without delay, I hear whistles saying We're New Albion bound New

Blue Factory Flame Songs: Ohia

when i die put my bones in an empty street to remind me of how it used to be don't write my name on a stone bring a Coleman lantern and a radio Cleveland game and two fishing poles and watch with me from

Redhead Songs: Ohia

go on to loving Begin with nothing Begin with nothing Begin with nothing And so here's the state That love's left me in In the estate of the redhead And what does it mean She don't need the proof Of my

I've Been Riding With The Ghost Songs: Ohia

while you was gone you must have done a lot of favors you've got a whole lot of things i don't think that you could ever have paid for while you've been busy crying about my past mistakes i've been busy

Farewell Transmission Songs: Ohia

all the great set up hearts all at once start to beat After tonight if you don't want us to be a secret out of the past I will resurrect it, I'll have a good go at it I'll streak his blood across my

Love and Work Songs: Ohia

the event in this room There is the dark And these events in the dark There is love and work and lovers work Love and work and lovers work Love and work and lovers work Love and work And it took all of my

Whip Poor Will Songs: Ohia

Got my window open in the southern cross hotel It's been my longest night i can tell By the way i'm not surprised To see the desert cover over paradise Now count every rhododendron in this cool mountain

Cotton Hill Songs: Ohia

There are ones more worthy than I can be counted on They are ones provoked to confound distinction Good and wrong My saying too much on the side If our two friends condemn One virtue, one verity We err

Pass Songs: Ohia

If I decide to smile and fake it The lord would ne'er forgive that sin I am his servant singing soldier and I'm trying to serve him rightly I take the words the angels tell me And I’m singing it from my

The Old Black Hen Songs: Ohia

Leave all the truth in so they know what comes next With the Bad Luck Lullaby Leave in the true love they never find Show how they're looking for it all of their lives When I saw the banner hanging over my

Blue Stone Songs: Ohia

Alone or in company, the city makes me nervous you know i’d rather be with little Sorrel or your house or a little bit further where i’d be standing with my reassurer such an engine speaks such gear words

Structuring: Necessity Songs: Ohia

to be weary Though she bears your nation a breast Thrush cries, thrush here The cardnial mistrusts me Divides the grey sky with fire roads to ride Hey, with fire roads to ridex2 Come the son again to my

Didn't It Rain Songs: Ohia

whatever all else there is you got to watch your own back try to see the light of goodness burning down the track through the blinding rain through the swaying wires if i see you struggle i will not turn my

Dogwood Gap Songs: Ohia

How goes it, soldier I’m too young to muster Though I know brown bonnet Who sweats like a soldier When her boots come riding On those nights that seem like the devil is riding My halo for sabers over his

Our Republic Songs: Ohia

they, our banners flayed And burning to the base Submit to draw closer The glance you’d once given me An attempt of the old position They impose their pushing in steep heroics These fine others I owe my

Almost Was Good Enough Songs: Ohia

now Nothing anymore in pain Nothing's lonely now Nothing anymore in pain" A tall shadow dressed how the secrets always dress When they want everyone to know that they're around Leaning in whispering: "My

The Big Game Is Every Night Songs: Ohia

adjust to the light Rise moon, right above me Rise moon, right above me Rise moon, right above me Show an American, if really I am the snake, they're all saying If they look up here, do they see just my

Dear Old Southland Dr. John

And I long how I long to roam back to my old Kentucky home.