the Greenwood side, oh He courted her a year and a day Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh Till her, the young man did betray Down by the Greenwood side,
Come, let me hold you for awhile All you have to do is smile and I'm yours again I may not like some things you do But they're all a part of you and you
I would pick and we would sing to the rhythm of that front porch swing The moonlight holds the spotlight that we shared I found new notes on that old
Sometimes I miss a step I stumble here and there But I'm findin' my way home If I'm lost then I'll admit Sometimes I plain forget But I'm findin' my
Rollin' down the highway Like a rocket Headed to town now You can't stop it Got wheel in my hand As I stand on the floor Of the board Of this car on
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See I will carry you through the hurricane waters And I'll remember you in the blue skies See I will carry you in the hurricane waters And I'll remember
Mr.Dali Lamas Another sister's shootin' heroin tomorrow Amputees in Freetown, Sierra Leone's The church wasn't honest The state put the youth in a harness
The woman that I love is forty feet tall She's a movie star, she's all in the papers And everywhere I go, people hand me quarters And they pat me on the
Well, I'm waiting on the day When the people walk free to see When the penitentiary is on fire When there's no need to bleed For your mother or your brother
You know it ain't easy For these thoughts here to leave me There are no words to describe it In French or in English Well, diamonds they fade And flowers
Got the law man, the con man, the liquor store man Got the man at the premiere to 'Spider-Man' Got the old man calling on the young man Got the soul man
Things have been getting real heavy these days The media, the system, the people chasing pay Somebody's got a rifle he won't turn the other cheek Now
I been sinning And I been livin' And I been beaten By Saturdays On a diamond I lay on a diamond On a diamond I lay awake D'Artagnan Good ol'
Down by the Greenwood side, oh He courted her a year and a day Oh, the rose and the linsey, oh Till her the young man did betray Down by the Greenwood
There's a quiet time in the early dawn Before the mornin' paper, before the coffee's on There ain't much movin' in the world outside Oh, I'd love to take
Oh holy night! The stars are brightly shining It is the night of the dear Savior's birth! Long lay the world in sin and error pining Till he appear'd
As her key unlocks the front door I reach out to find a light so she can see Then I wait to hear her story Why she stayed out late tonight and she tells
