by Greg Brown on album The Poet Game

Down by the river junior year Walking with my girl, And we came upon a place There in the tall grass where a couple Had been making love And left the mark of their embrace. I said to her, "Looks like

by Greg Brown on album Further In

Gonna turn off the radio, control nothing remotely Ain't gonna rent me no video, disconnect the telephone I gotta be all alone, and just think about you I can smell your warm neck, I can hear your lo

by Greg Brown on album The Iowa Waltz

Home in the midst of the corn, The middle of the U.S.A. Here's where I was born, And here's where I'm goin' to stay. [Chorus:] Iowa, Iowa, Winter, spring, summer and fall. Come and see, come dance wi

by Greg Brown on album Slant 6 Mind

You gave me flowers, all wet with dew, You gave me flowers, I'd like to give you something too. Vivid flowers, raggedy yellow red and blue, Smell of rain and summer. Vivid, just like you. You gave m

by Greg Brown on album Covenant

Waiting on you waiting on you Is about all i do Another night another day I'm waiting on you & i don't know why i Keep waiting on you Make up your mind make up your mind Why don't you It'd be kind it

by Greg Brown on album The Poet Game

Money comes out of Dad's billfold. Hankies come out of Mom's purse. The engine hardly makes a sound Even when you put it in reverse. It's got a push-button transmission,hardtop convertible, 4-door. It

by Greg Brown on album Dream Café

I'll walk around Some ancient city, Write in my notebook, And drink my tea. Don't have to make love, 'cause love made me, And I'll be happy Just by myself. Hey-ay-ay-ay-ay. I'll make my supper 'bout

by Greg Brown on album In The Dark With You

Ah who do ya, who do ya, who do ya think you're foolin Who do ya, who do ya, who do ya, who do ya, who do ya Who do ya think you're foolin Ah who do ya, who do ya, who do ya, who do ya, who do ya Who

by Greg Brown on album One More Goodnight Kiss

Wash my eyes that I may see Yellow return to the willow tree Open my ears that I may hear The river running swift and clear And please Wash my eyes And please Open my ears Wash this world that is one

by Greg Brown on album Down In There

And the worrisome years-over the hill I thoght it's supposed to get easier to pay your bills I got nothing to show but a worrisome heart Can ya please tell me-when does the good part start? I done li

by Greg Laswell on album Landline

And what a shot what a blast The night of the gun And to think I never thought I was the lucky one And what a grand waste of time When it's all said and done As for you if you're waiting Fo

by Greg Brown on album Covenant

Coldest night of the winter working up my farewell In the middle of everything under no particular spell I am dreaming of the mountains where the children learn the stars Clouds roll in from nebraska

by Greg Brown on album In The Dark With You

Lookin out my window, glad to see another dawn A few cars strugglin through the snow It's so hard to believe it could all be here and gone So quickly that we wouldn't even know And I slept all night b

by Greg Brown on album The Iowa Waltz

Here's a little song about four wet pigs, Just a little song about four wet pigs. Two are little, two are big, They're all dancin' at the Mudtown Jig. The two that're little, little as an ear of corn

by Greg Brown on album Freak Flag

Everybody's wonderin' what and where They all came from Everybody's worried about where they're gonna go When the whole thing's done But no one knows for certain So it's all the same to me I think I'

by Greg Laswell on album Landline

by Greg Brown on album The Poet Game

Here come the artists with their intense faces, With their need for money and quiet spaces. They leave New York, they leave L.A.. Here they are - who knows how long they'll stay - [Chorus:] It's a Bo

by Reva Rice & Greg Ellis on album Miscellaneous

I'm guess I'm not too good at keeping love alive for long I think I've found the answers but the answer's always wrong My first love was my true love and it should have been my last The only time I'm

by Greg Brown on album Covenant

I'm walkin' daddy in the steps that you put down I'm walkin' daddy & i know not where I'm bound I'm walkin' daddy this road is dark & long I'm walkin' daddy & your blood is in me strong I'm walkin'

by Greg Brown on album 44 & 66

Early one morning I walked out alone, I looked down the street; no one was around. The sun was just comin' up over my home, On Hickory Street in a little farm town. And [Chorus:] Oooo-ee, ain't the m