Flashback Blues - John Prine

While window shopping through the past I ran across a looking glass Reflecting moments remaining in a burned out light Tragic magic prayers of passion Stay the same through changing fashions They freeze my mind like water on a winter’s night Spent most of my youth Out hobo cruising And all i got for proof […]

Six O’clock News - John Prine

Wanda had a baby in nineteen fifty one. The father was stranger and a stranger was the son. Call that child james lewis, call these rooms a home. Changing all them diapers polish all that chrome. C’mon, baby, spend the night with me All around the schoolyard playing all the games Running, laughing back and […]

Donald And Lydia - John Prine

Small town, bright lights, saturday night, Pinballs and pool halls flashing their lights. Making change behind the counter in a penny arcade Sat the fat girl daughter of virginia and ray (spoken:) Lydia Lydia hid her thoughts like a cat Behind her small eyes sunk deep in her fat. She read romance magazines up in […]

Quiet Man - John Prine

Strolling down the highway with my shoes in my hand I don’t talk much i’m a quiet man Beauty and silence both run deep And running like crazy while you are alseep Chorus: You got news for me,i got nothing for you Don’t pin your blues on me Just go ahead and do whatever you […]

Angel From Montgomery - John Prine

I am an old woman named after my mother My old man is another child that’s grown old If dreams were lightning thunder was desire This old house would have burnt down a long time ago Chorus: Make me an angel that flies from montgom’ry Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give […]

Far From Me - John Prine

As the cafe was closing On a warm summer night And cathy was cleaning the spoons The radio played the hit parade And i hummed a long with the tune She asked me to change the station Said the song just drove her insane But it weren’t just the music playing It was me that […]

Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore - John Prine

While digesting reader’s digest In the back of a dirty book store, A plastic flag, with gum on the back, Fell out on the floor. Well, i picked it up and i ran outside Slapped on my window shield, And if i could see old betsy ross I tell her how good i feel. Chorus: […]

Pretty Good - John Prine

I got a friend in fremont, he sells used cars, ya know. Well, he calls me up twice a year Just ask me how’d it go Pretty good, not bad, i can’t complain Actually everything is just about the same I met a girl from venus, and her insides were lined in gold Well, she […]

Paradise - John Prine

When i was a child my family would travel Down to western kentucky where my parents were born And there’s a backwards old town that’s often remembered So many times that my memories are worn. Chorus: And daddy won’t you take me back to muhlenberg county Down by the green river where paradise lay Well, […]

Sam Stone - John Prine

Sam stone came home, To his wife and family After serving in the conflict overseas. And the time that he served, Had shattered all his nerves, And left a little shrapnel in his knee. But the morphine eased the pain, And the grass grew round his brain, And gave him all the confidence he lacked, […]