by Tom Russell on album Borderland & Modern Art

The Dutchman is not the kind of man To keep his thumb jambed in a dam that holds his dreams in. But that's a secret only Margaret knows. When Amsterdam is golden In the morning Margaret brings him bre

by Tom Russell on album Poor Man's Dream

Don’t wanna be standing here with this ticket for that outbound plane I’ve been here before yet somehow this doesn’t feel the same Talk is cheap though we can talk all night long You may never f

by Tom Russell on album The Long Way Around

Don’t wanna be standing here with this ticket for that outbound plane I’ve been here before yet somehow this doesn’t feel the same Talk is cheap though we can talk all night long You may never f

by Tom Russell on album Modern Art

The Dutchman is not the kind of man To keep his thumb jambed in a dam that holds his dreams in. But that's a secret only Margaret knows. When Amsterdam is golden In the morning Margaret brings him bre

by Tom Russell & Iris DeMent on album The Man From God Knows Where

Look how far we've come Do we know who we are? Stranded on a mountaintop Trying to catch a falling star Here's to what we've left behind us Here's to what we keep inside May the road that lies before

by Tom Russell on album The Six Sessions (Live)

When people twist your words, Woodrow, ah, they'll twist at every whim It's thugs that run the unions now and use your songs like hymns Once, your music danced on women's thighs and the arch of a hob

by Tom Russell on album The Wounded Heart Of America

The lights of the town were just shutting down The sun was fresh on the rise I met momma at the door, she'd been walking the floor She said, "Boy, you've got stars in your eyes" And momma, I was walk

by Iris DeMent & Tom Russell on album The Man from God Knows Where

Hey, look how far we've come, do we know who we are? Stranded on a mountain top trying to catch a falling star Here's to what we've left behind us, here's to what we've kept inside May the road that l

by Barrence Whitfield with Tom Russell on album Hillbilly Voodoo

Edith Piaf was the Little Sparrow She flew high above the Paris streets Saint of the bars and bistros Chanteuse of a tear-stained sheet She sang for the drunks and the sailor boys Who'd sunk as low as

by Barrence Whitfield with Tom Russell on album Hillbilly Voodoo

He was born in 1890, on the Gulf of Mexico Fought his way around the world with hand, and heart, and soul So trot out all your Great White Hopes, But they'd better bring a gun Jack Johnson's made of i

by Tom Russell on album Heart on a Sleeve (Remastered)

Drinking black market vodka in the back of the Scottsman's saloon Then it's red meat and whiskey like a coyote drunk on the moon Outside in Oslo the buskers' all sing the same tune And it's Waltzin' M

by Tom Russell on album The Long Way Around

Drinking black market vodka in the back of the Scottsman's saloon Then it's red meat and whiskey like a coyote drunk on the moon Outside in Oslo the buskers' all sing the same tune And it's Waltzin' M

by Tom Russell on album The Western Years

Ain’t no more cane on the Brazos Yeah, yeah yeah It’s all been ground down to molasses Yeah yeah yeah I saw a red iron sunsets - From a rust iron bridge In the Indian country –Of the mockingbir

by Tom Russell on album Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs

(Marty Robbins) Out in the West Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl Nighttime would find me in Rosa's Cantina Music would play and Felina would whirl Blacker than night where th

by Tom Russell on album Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs

Well, I had an old dog and his name was Blue Had an old dog and his name was Blue Had an old dog and his name was Blue Betcha five dollars he's a good dog too Here old Blue Good dog you Well, I shou

by Tom Russell on album Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs

The festival was over the boys were all plannin' for a fall The cabaret was quiet except for the drillin' in the wall The curfew had been lifted and the gamblin' wheel shut down Anyone with any sense

by Tom Russell on album Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs

(Bob Dylan) Old Reilly stole a stallion But they caught him and they brought him back And they laid him down on the jailhouse ground With an iron chain around his neck. Old Reilly's daughter got a m

by Tom Russell on album Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 09

I had a gun pointed at my head on several occasions, Yeah Nadine I was scared. Something about a black man with a machine gun make you wish you said your prayers, It was Nigeria, the year was 1969 I w

by Tom Russell on album The Rose of the San Joaquin

Out on the freight line there's an old hobo camp Where a drunk man lay sleepin' in a ragged old tram And the lines on his face mark a life on the run Is he somebody's husband, somebody's son? Well ev

by Tom Russell on album Heart on a Sleeve

You don't put beans in chilli You never water good whiskey down And never play poker with a man named 'Doc' On the Spanish side of town And if you want to go peekin' at the doctor's daughter You bett