Cowboy Junkies

[fox69]

"I Believe I'll Dust My Broom"

"I Believe I'll Dust My Broom"


I'm getting up soon, in the morning, I believe I'll dust my broom
I'm getting up soon in the morning, baby, I believe I'll dust my broom
Yeah, you know I love a boy, you know I do
Yeah, my friends can't have my room
I'm gonna write a letter, telephone every town I know
Yeah, I'm gonna write a letter, telephone every town I know
If I don't find him in Mississippi
He's in New Orleans, I know
Well, I don't want no man wants every downtown girl he meets
No, I don't want no man wants every downtown girl he meets
If he don't give me the loving
I want that boy back on the street
Well, I believe I'm coming home
Yeah, I believe, I believe,
I believe I'll go back home
I'm gonna leave my baby, break up my happy home

 

[fox69]

"I Cannot Sit Sadly By Your Side"

"I Cannot Sit Sadly By Your Side"


You throw away the gun
Did I tell you what’s to be done
I need it to kill just one
And you said, “I cannot sit sadly by your side”
And you said, “I cannot sit sadly by your side”

I try to push open the door
just to see what came before
but there is a body on the floor
And you said, “I cannot sit sadly by your side”
And you said, “I cannot sit sadly by your side”

You brought back that guitar
I told you I wanted it no more
it only plays the songs that no one is asking for
I cannot sit sadly by your side
I cannot sit sadly by your side

I bust in to the room not knowing really what to do
So I reach down and tear out page two hundred and fifty two
It reads, “ I can not sit sadly by your side”
It reads. “I can not sit sadly by your side”

 

[fox69]

"I Did It All For You"

"I Did It All For You"


(I did it all for you)

She took his dentures from his mouth
And placed them in her own.
Took a shovel from the shed
And then dragged him from their home.
(I did it all for you.)
Left a note tacked to the door,
"Paid in full" is what it said.
High above I look below
And watch her slowly go.
River, like magnesium,
Burns.

(I did it all for you)

He stuck his fingers in their backs
To count the holes he bore.
Doused them all in kerosene
And moved to bolt the door.
(I did it all for you)
Called his Dad and said goodbye
As his lit match hit the floor.
High above I look below
And watch them slowly go.
River, like magnesium,
Burns.

(I did it all for you)

Set his guilt before his rage
Set it like a wall
To protect what he once knew as love,
But which he never knew at all.
River, like magnesium,
Burns.
(I did it all for you)
(I did it all for you)

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Get It"

"I Don't Get It"


Breaking away to the other side
I wanna make sense of why we live and die
I don't get it, I don't get it
I ask my friends if they understand
They just laugh at me and watch another band
They don't worry, they don't worry
Lookin' for a way to lose my load
I wanna make it easy to walk this road
I can't find it, yeah I can't find it
Yeah, I'm looking for answers in so many places
I open my mind
I don't get it
Walkin' this earth and keepin' my peace
I do what I want but the price is steep
It don't seem right, it don't seem right
My mama she told me "One step at a time
and sooner or later you'll walk that line"
I don't want to, I don't want to
Takin' my time to live and die
I wanna find a way to do it right
and I ease on, and I ease on
They say "One thing always leads to another"
I open my mind
I don't get it
Breaking away to the other side
I wanna make sense of why we live and die
I don't get it, I don't get it
I don't get it, I don't get it
I don't get it

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Want To Be A Soldier"

"I Don't Want To Be A Soldier"


[John Lennon cover]

Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Well i don't wanna be a sailor mamma, i don't wanna fly
Well i don't wanna be a failure mamma, i don't wanna cry
Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no

Well i don't wanna be a rich man mamma, i don't wanna cry
Well i don't wanna be a poor man mamma, i don't wanna fly
Well i don't wanna be a lawyer mamma, i don't wanna lie
Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no

Well i don't wanna be a beggar mamma, i don't wanna die
Well i don't wanna be a theif now mamma, i don't wanna fly
Well i don't wanna be a churchman mamma, i don't wanna cry
Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no
Hit it!

Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Well i don't wanna be a sailor mamma, i don't wanna fly
Well i don't wanna be a failure mamma, i don't wanna cry
Well i don't wanna be a soldier mamma, i don't wanna die
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no

I'm tilting on the break of shit
Decisions making in my life
Makes me loose it i ain't taking it this way i ain't making it
There n mistakes but if i'm wrong i will pay for it
Like them bills i hate to pay
Today i stay brave to win every day i'm a soldier
I don't wanna die. I ain't know killer either
So why does mama cry?
She needs to feed her child
But she's a child in her father's eyes
Ya'll better recognize
The power parents recking with
Does it make sense to make way for censorship?
It's brains we messing with
Across the planes we got kids n chains and whips
Who live their lives censor less but we couldn't give a shit.
I don't wanna lie
Cheaters will cheat
Some will rather reach jesus
Before meeting defeat
I think it's easy to see i you be seeing these streets
Sometimes my eyes
Can't believe what they see,
On tv, young like me sent over seas
Sent over greed i believe
Is this what we need?
Yo these guys like me.
To add fire to the fuel
Life twisted my views
Just from flicking the news
I gives me the early 21st century blues
But we making it threw
Make what you make it
You can't redo what you do
I'm the living proof making it threw the 21st century blues
Peace.

 

[fox69]

"I Let Him In"

"I Let Him In"


He says, You will never know
There are no rhymes to do you justice."
And he will sit there, outside,
Until you no longer doubt his purpose.

So, I let him in.
I opened the door, and let him in.
Yah...I let him in. Opened my heart...

Some wounds will never heal
Loneliness becomes an expectation.
But you stretched there by my side
And you whisper those foolish incantations.

So, I let her in
A crooked smile and I let her in
Opened the door, she walked right in
I opened my heart...

It came to me wrapped like a gift in a dream,
But then the dream disappeared
And the gift went too
And ever since I've been searching
For me and you
Ever since I've been searching for you

He said, "You will never know
There are no rhymes to do you justice."
And he will sit there by your side
Until you no longer doubt his purpose.

So, she let me in
She opened the door, I walked right in
Yah...she let me in.

Yes, she let me in
She opened the door, I walked right in.
Yah...she let me in. Opened her heart...

 

[fox69]

"I Move On"

"I Move On"


A drift of wild turkeys
in the field across the way.
I'm standing, staring, waiting
for those coyotes to make a play
but they never do.
So I move on.

A pack of wild children
in the field across the street
I'm standing, staring, waiting
for the bell to set them free
but it never does.
So I move on.

51 years, a child upon the Earth,
trying to find the answers
without digging in the dirt
so I'll never know.
And I'll move on.

 

[fox69]

"I Saw Your Shoes"

"I Saw Your Shoes"


I saw your shoes by the kitchen door
And I knew I missed you
I saw your shoes by the front door
And I began to miss you more
I saw your shoes on the landing
And lord I knew I cared
I saw your shoes pretty baby
And I longed to have you there.

I saw your shoes by the record player
And I wished you'd call me
I saw your shoes by the tv set
I prayed you'd call
I saw your shoes by the couch
And I longed to feel your touch, babe
I saw your shoes pretty baby
And I had to have you there.

I see your shoes by the shower stall
And I begin to wondering
I see your shoes by the bedroom door
And my hearts starts pounding.
I see your shoes at the foot of the bed
And I start laughing
I see your shoes, pretty baby,
But most of all I see you.

 

[fox69]

"I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive"

"I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive"


I'll never get out of these blues alive
No, I'll never, I'll never get out of these blues alive
Well he gone and left me
I don't know what I'll do the rest of my life
Drinking black coffee and smoking cigarettes
Drinking black coffee, yeah, and smoking cigarettes
I can't see no use to try
I'll never get out of these blues alive
No, I'll never, I'll never get out of these blues alive
He gone and left me
Says he'll never come back home
I'll never come out of these blues alive
No, I'll never, I'll never come out of these blues alive
He gone and left me
I don't know what I'll do the rest of my life
Working up a sweat all night long and jumping over my bed
? sweat all night long and jumping over my bed
I can't see no use to try
Well, I'll never, never come out of these blues alive
I'll never, never come out of these, out of these blues alive
You know I miss him
? to the day I die

 

[fox69]

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"


Hear the lonesome whippoorwill
His song's too blue to fly
The midnight train is a-winding low
I'm so lonesome I could cry
I've never seen a night so long
When time keeps crawling by
The moon is gone behind the clouds
To hide his face and cry
Have you ever seen a robin weep
When leaves have turned to brown?
Like me he's lost his will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry
The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple haze
and as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry