Fiona - Lyle Lovett
Way down yonder on the bayou There lives a little girl-o Skin so pale Six feet high Skinny as a rail Just one eye She’s the one-eyed fiona She’s the one-eyed fiona She’s the one-eyed fiona She’s the one-eyed fiona Her daddy gone to heaven Her mama won’t like you Her brother he’s crazy He […]
Once upon a time ago Way up in the land of sleet and snow How this fairy tale would go I could not have known I had searched around this world so mean From livingstone to palestine Trying to pursue my dream Of love It was then i met this girl so fine She made […]
Man you better let go You can’t hold on to What belongs to me And don’t belong to you I caught you looking With your roving eye So mister you don’t have to act So surprised If it’s her you want I don’t care about that You can have my girl But don’t touch my […]
We crossed the wild pecos We forded the nueces We swum the guadalupe And we followed the brazos Red river runs rusty The wichita clear But down by the brazos I courted my dear Singing li, li, li, le, le, le Lend me your hand Li, li, li, le, le, le Lend me your hand […]
When you want me I’ll come knockin’ At your door At your door One of these days now You’ll be rockin’ You’ll be rockin’ In my arms once more Buddy i’m late again I’m late again I’m late again Show me a wonder That you can’t be sure of Now it’s wait again It’s wait […]
If i needed you Would you come to me Would you come to me And ease my pain If you needed me I would come to you I’d swim the seas For to ease your pain In the night forlorn Ah, the morning’s born And the morning shines With the lights of love You will […]
I’m looking at a star Wondering where you are Lonely in love Looking at the sky Start to wonder my love How long i’m going to burn With this same old flame I miss you all the time Ain’t unhappy But i’m lonely in love I know i didn’t treat you right Scared you into […]
My days they are the highway kind They only come to leave But the leaving i don’t mind It’s the coming that i crave Pour the sun upon the ground Stand to throw a shadow Watch it grow into the night And fill the spinning sky Time among the pine trees It felt like breath […]
Babes in the woods Oh which way to go Babes in the woods No one to say no Pretty people come to me Cry your heart all out Tell me what it’s all about Who remembers kerouac What was that all about Right on jack So long jack Who remembers anything And who cares anyhow […]
Day’s full of rain Sky’s coming down again I get so tired Of these same old blues Same old song Baby it won’t be long ‘fore i’ll be tying on My flyin’ shoes Flyin’ shoes ’til i’ll be tying on My flyin’ shoes Spring only sighed Summer had to be satisfied Fall is a feeling […]
