B. r. hornsby/john hornsby Sometimes i lead sometimes i follow This time i’ll go where she wants me to go She said maybe today maybe tomorrow Go deep in the woods down the low valley road While no one was lookin on the old plantation He took her all the way down the long valley […]
B. r. hornsby/john hornsby There’s a man workin’ in a field See’s the rain and it’s burning He’s saying this can’t be real As he sees the color of the fields turning Far away the men too busy getting rich to care Close their eyes and let it all out into the air Hoping nobody […]
B. r. hornsby It’s been a long time coming, this feeling i’ve got That things’ll always go your way, such a long shot Been so deep in the hole, never thought i’d come out Anything can happen, i know that now One slip, one fall A turn of the head can change it all A […]
B. r. hornsby I heard you say that tonight’s the night You say there’s a party going on I’m in the door lik an old 78 side And i hear ’em out hitting on a coleman song My friend john with a mirror and spoon Got a belt and a mainline scene A couple getting […]
B.r. hornsby We’ve lived around here most all of our lives Did most anything we wanted to do We will celebrate every 4th of july Just a little tamer than most of the rest of us do Don’t light a match, don’t play with fire Pull down easy on the gas lighter There’s a shelter […]
B. r. hornsby Someone’s dancing on the table Someone’s got an old book in the back Some old jocks are sitting round their neighbors Exaggerating their stats Again There’s mr. d.e. in the corner Dancing with miss virginia former I didn’t think i’d really have a good time But i don’t remember you looking so […]
B. r. hornsby Deep down in the south county Over where the paper mill runs Lived a man, a young country doctor With the perfect wife and sons Well he worked his days And sundays he’d pray And nobody knew Why the wife slowly withered away I saw the country doctor, to ask him what […]
B. r. hornsby Cocked and ready oh here i stand Anticipating the laying on of hands Might be frivolous, may be profound But it feels like deliverance going down Hey now, come on around The big rumble is coming down Go tell it on the mountainside Over the hills and across the sky Hey now, […]
B. r. hornsby Parking lot’s full, the crowd’s here All to see and hear the food and beverage seer Bumpin’ time, everyone side to side Left allemand and do-pah-so time Here she comes, coming round the bend Been to the bathroom and she’s going back again Just to give a good cold shoulder next time […]
B. r. hornsby The scene is set, everybody’s in place Two chairs filled for every five gone to waste Pantsuit girl gives me a nasty gaze She says play that on your own time Walk to the bandstand blow my horn Nobody knows what we’re really here for Let’s take it out hard till they […]
