by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

In the corner of the barroom Lives the ghost of Langston Hughes He? s takin? notes and smokin? cigarettes Sippin? slowly on his booze Got them goin? nowhere blues And on the stage beneath the spotlig

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

Down on Main Street after sundown Good Time Charlie and Wandering Bill Thought they might hold up old Hoppy's Drive In One got away one never will And thats the way it goes around here I think everyb

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around Down Main Street after midnight with a brand new pack of cigs A fresh one hangin' from her lips and a b

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live At Austin City Limits Music Festival 2008: Robert Earl Keen

Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around Down Main Street after midnight with a brand new pack of cigs A fresh one hangin' from her lips and a b

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around Down Main Street after midnight with a brand new pack of cigs A fresh one hangin' from her lips and a b

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

You've been standin' on the corner for a thousand nights It's the slowest corner known to man Watchin' strange faces passin' 'neath the lights With a bottle wavin' in your hand You got just enough mo

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

I got high and I got in jail I got high and I got in jail I got high and I got in jail Weren't nobody to pay my bail My sins they have overtaken me Hand me down my walkin' cane Hand me down my walkin

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

In the corner of the barroom Lives the ghost of Langston Hughes He? s takin? notes and smokin? cigarettes Sippin? slowly on his booze Got them goin? nowhere blues And on the stage beneath the spotlig

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

When I was a young boy The only things that really mattered were Making friends and having fun Walkin' down the railroad track 'Til you reached the river Turn around and head on back When the day is d

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

Down on Main Street after sundown Good Time Charlie and Wandering Bill Thought they might hold up old Hoppy's Drive In One got away one never will And thats the way it goes around here I think everyb

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

When the wind don't blow in Amarillo When the moon along the Gunnison don't rise And I cast my dreams upon your love Lie beneath the laughter of your eyes Snowin' on Raton Come morning I'll be throug

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

Streets are almost empty, shops are all closed down There? s not a soul left in the bar to tell my troubles to Think I? ll walk down to the river that runs just south of town I hate like hell when the

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

Time for the singer, time for the singer boy To make his way back home A prodigal, I've been distressed This lonely child can't make it on his own I've been traveling states away I've been playing in

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

I had a horse Named bad luck She weren't good lookin' But she sure could buck Yahoo, hey hey Yippee yi cy yey I put my mama on her She threw her in the air My mama said son That's a mother buckin' m

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

Out my door the leaves are falling The cold wild wind will come Sweethearts walk by together But I still miss someone I go out on a party To look for a little fun But I find a darkened corner? Cause

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

Seems like yesterday I was here Dreamin' my life away and drinkin' beer Staying up till dawn strummin' on guitars Sleepin' all day long just like the big rock stars Barely livin' on money from tip jar

by Robert Earl Keen on album Robert Earl Keen - The Live Album

What the hell is wrong with me? I can't do nothin' right? I sleep away the whole day long And I stay awake all night. I'm fightin' things that I can't see And I never seem to win. Who'll be lookin' o

by Robert Earl Keen on album Live from Austin, TX: Robert Earl Keen

You take off from work a bit early The boss doesn't care if you stay The guard with the key has to check your ID But he'd just as soon blow you away The cops have stopped ten miles of traffic They're

by Robert Earl Keen on album Robert Earl Keen - The Live Album

It's been five years come this autumn, she remembers well the day The day the fever got him, and took him far away Far away from always knowing that the love they shared was true Far away the fiddler'

by Robert Earl Keen on album Robert Earl Keen - The Live Album

I've got clothes in my closet and new shoes to wear And all that I wanted, I've got more than my share And the woman who loves me she's more than a dream So why am I feeling so low down and mean? Wel