Down that dusty trail Robert Earl Keen - Vocals Tom Van Schalk - Drums Bill Whitbeck - Bass Guitar, Vocals Chorus Rich Brotherton - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Lead Guitar, Vocals Gurf Murlis - Acoustic Guitar G / C D / G / C D G When I was a young boy C The only things that really mattered were G C D Making friends and having fun G Walkin' down the railroad track C 'Til you reached the river G Turn around and head on back C G When the day is done Chorus C Ain't it like they always say D Everybody goes their own way G C Nobody knows no one can tell G It's always been the same for me C Guess it's just the way it must be G D C Headin' down that dusty trail When I was a young man The only things that got me goin' were Gettin' high and chasm' love Lyin' down beside my girl On the banks of the river With nothin' but some mustang wine And all the stars above It's a twistin' turnin' windin' road I get lost and broken down I'm a stumbler and it won't be long 'Till stumble back around Since I became my own man Everything that matters to me is Making sure I'm staying true To my friends and the ones I love 'Till cross that river All alone I'm movin' on Until my time is through Travelin' Light Robert Earl Keen - Vocals Tom Van Schalk - Drums Bill Whitbeck - Bass Guitar Rich Brotherton - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar Bryan Duckworth - Fiddle Gurf Morlix - Acoustic Guitar, Regal Octafone, Electric Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Vocals Intro: D D D A7 A7 A7 D D You've been standin' on the corner for a thousand nights A7 Ifs the slowest corner known to man A7 Watchin' strange faces passin' 'neath the lights D With a bottle wavin' in your hand D You got just enough money for some nothin' to go A7 It ain't exactly what you planned So lonesome that you can't even say hello D And no one seems to understand Chorus G D So you're a mixed up kid, come on and join the crowd A7 D The ones that only fit where they're not allowed G D Out on the streets and you're feelin' blue G travelin' light D G With a hole in your soul where the wind blows through D A7 D A hole in your soul where the wind blows through You wandered away from your childhood home Nobody cared to trace the tracks you laid You traveled by night and you traveled alone Came to rest at a penny arcade Well, the last shots over on a Saturday night You wake up in the beam of a cop's flashlight He asks you who you are as if you knew or you cared He asks you where you live and you say nowhere Chorus I don't know where I got it but, I got it the same It's a feelin' that'll rip you apart It follows me around like a part of my name Like I'm born with a time bomb instead of a heart Chorus Feelin' good again Robert Earl Keen - Vocals Tom Van Schalk - Drums Bill Whithbeck - Bass Guitar, Vocals Rich Brotherton - Acoustic Steel String and Classical Guitars Bryan Duckworth - Mandolin Lloyd Maines - Pedal Steel Guitar Ian McLagan - Hammond B3 Organ G Standin' down on Main Street Bm Across from Mr, Blues Em In my faded leather jacket D And my weathered Brogan shoes G A chill north wind was blowin' Bm But the spring was comin' on Em As I wondered to myself D Just how long I had been gone C So I strolled across old Main Street D Walked down a flight of stairs G Stepped into the hall Bm And saw all my friends were there G D A neon sign was flashin' "Welcome come on in" C D G It feels so good feelin' good again Instrumental My favorite band was playin' An Otis Redding song When they sang the chorus Everybody sang along Oan and Margarita were swayin' side by side I heard they were divorcin' But I guess they let it slide And I wished I had some money with which to buy a round I wished I'd cashed my paycheck Before I came to town But I reached into my pocket Found three twenties and a ten It feels so good feelin' good again There was old man Perkins Sittin' on his stool Watchin' Butch and Jimmy John Talkin' loud and playin' pool The boys from Silver City Were standin' by the fire Singin' like they thought they were the Tabernacle choir And I wanted you to see them all I wished that you were there I looked across the room and saw you standin' on the stair And when I caught your eye I saw you break into a grin It feels so good feelin' good again That buckin' song Robert Earl Keen -Vocals, Steering Wheel Tom Van Schuik - Drums Bill Whitbeck - Chorus Bass Guitar Rich Brotherton -Electric Guitars Bryan Duckworth -Electric Mandolin Lyle Lovett - Vocals I had a horse named Bad Luck She weren't good lookin' but she sure could buck Chorus 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' mare" Chorus Took her to the rodeo She won second place She was really buckin' good in the buckin' barrel race Chorus She won a thousand dollars I put it in my hat Bought a brand new saddle She bucked me out ofthat Chorus She bucked me on the pick-up truck She bucked me on the fence My daddy said son, you got no buckin' sense" Chorus So if you gota bucker Oon't ever buck around That buckin' mother bucker will buck you on the ground Chorus I'll be here for you Robert Earl Kneen - Vocals Tom Vat Schaik - Drums Bill Whitheck - Bass Guitar Rich Brotherton - Acoustic Guitar Bryan Duckworth - Octave Violin Gurf Morlis - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar Lloyd Maines - Pedal Steel Guitar Good times come and then they go The rain will fall the wind will blow Through it all you gotta know I'll do what I can do To protectyou right or wrong Heal the hurt 'til the hurt is gone I'll be right where I belong I'll be here for you Chorus I'll be her when the sky turns gray The sun goes blind and the moon won't stay I'll be the light to guide your way onto some place new I'll be here when the crowd is gone The last note fades on the very last song I'll be the road to take you home I'll be here for you When your star falls from the sky And your wings don't want to fly Just remember I'm standing by To help to see you through 'Cause better days will come again Clouds will break, your heart will mend I'll be where I've always been I'll be here for you Chorus Billy Gray Robert Earl Keen - Vocals Tom Van Schalk - Bodhran Bill Whitbeck - Bass Guitar Rich Brotherton - Acoustic Steel, String and Classical Guitars, Vocals Bryan Duckworth - Mandolin Gurf Morlix - Pedal Steel Guitar Billy Gray rode into Gantry back in '83 There he did meet young Sarah McCray The wild rose of morning that pale flower of dawning Herald of springtime in his young life that day Sarah, she could not see the daylight of reality In her young eyes, Billy bore not a flaw Knowing not her chosen one was a hired gun Wanted in Kansas City by the law Then one day a tall man came riding cross the badlands That lie to the north of New Mexico He was overheard to say he was lookin' for Bill Gray A ruthless man and a dangerous outlaw Well, the deadly news came creepin' to Billy, fast sleepin' There in the Clarendon Bar and Hotel He fled towards the old church, there on the outskirts Thinking he'd climb that old steeple bell But a rifle ball came flying face down he lay dying There in the dust of the road where he fell Sarah, she ran to him cursing the lawman Accepting no reason knowing he was killed Sarah lives in that same old white frame house Where she first met Billy some forty years ago And the wild rose of morning has faded With the dawning of each day of Sorrow the long years have sown Written on a stone where the dusty winds have long blown Eighteen words to a passing world say: "True love knows no season, no rhyme nor no reason Justice is cold as the Granger County clay" Theme: Road to no return / Carolina Robert Earl Keen - Vocals Tom Van Schalk - conga Bill Whitheck - Acoustic Fretless Bass Guitar Rich Brotherton - Acoustic Guitar Gurf Morlix - Mandocello Intro: Capo II G D C C C D G G G D C C C D G G C D C G C D C G G D C C C D G G G D C Out along the road to no return C D G Silence rules the day and knows no friend G D C The troubled past and all her tribe adjourn C D G To watch your dreams unravel in the wind Chorus C D But each new morning sunrise C G Is just as good as gold C D And all the hope inside you C G Will keep you from the cold G D C Bare your soul let your spirit burn C D G Out along the road to no return Robert Earl Keen - Vocals Tom Van Schaik - Drums Bill Whitheck - Acoustic Fretleso Bass Guitar, Vocals Rich Brothertun - Acoustic Guitar, National Reunphooic Guitar Bryan Duckmorth - Mandolin Gurt Morlis - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar Ian McLagat - Hammond B3 Drgan Ponty Bone - Accordion Capo II C Am C Am The sweet smell of nighttime rides on the breeze C G F Am The river is winding through the hickory trees C Am C Am The redbones are howling down by Wilson's Bridge C G F Am The lawmen stand waiting upon Deadman's Ridge Chorus F C G Am Ooh Carolina so dark I can't see F C G Am Ooh Carolina won't you let me go free I came here with Lily a year just last fall We left her old daddy back in Oonegal We made us a home place of Black Mountain stone But one cold winter morning I woke up alone Chorus Days full of silence are so incomplete Nights without Lily I took to the streets And in the streets of Asheville I channeled my pain 'Til one raging black night I slept in the rain I dreamed of a refuge a red velvet world And I swore my sweet Lily was one of the girls llovedhersomadlyllovedhersolong I woke with my dream girl but her life was all gone Chorus Love has no boundary sorrow no end And the lawmen of Asheville have no mercy in them Chorus Let me reach Tennessee New life in old Mexico Rohert Earl Keen - Vocals Tom Van Schalk - Drums, Conga Bill Whitheck - Bass Guitar Rich Brotherton - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals Bryan Duckworth - Mandolin Gurf Morlix - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Lead Guitar, 6 String Bass Guitar Intro: Capo II G D C C C D G G G D C C C D G G G G I crossed the Mississippi, Em turned south at San Antone D A bowie knife, a woolen coat, C G a grip bag on my arm G Em It's all somebody needs to make it through the land D C G Walk the night, travel light, cross the Rio Grande Em C G D Someone strums a mandolin, soft gulf breezes blow G C D G My new life is waiting in old Mexico I was once a married man livin' peacefully Hard to say exactly when the devil blinded me But there was some confusion when my sweet wife left this world Darker times, drunken crimes, a dead young working girl Left a jailer there in Caroline, watching me from down below My new life is waiting in old Mexico Em C Livin' in the shadows Em C Runnin' from my fame G C Blowin' where the wind blows C D Where no one knows my name In the El Vaquero Bar in the town of Eagle Pass Moments from my freedom warm whiskey in my glass Some boracho took me for the man who stole his wife He went for his forty-four as I reached for my knife He never fired a second shot he was just too slow My new life is waiting in old Mexico I hear of hidden harbors south of Mazatlan Where cool spring mountain waters meet the warm Pacific sun I praythe miles I've traveled and all the sins I bear Burn away like mornin' fog and vanish in the air Miles beyond the border now, but many miles to go My new life is waiting in old Mexico Still with you / Conclusion: Road to no return Robert Earl Keen - Vocals Tom aon Schalk - Bodhran Bill Whitheck - Acoustic Fretless Bass Guitar Rich Brotherton - Acoustic Guitar Gurf Morlix - Regal Octafone Ian McLagan - Piano CONCLUSION: ROAO TO NO RETURN Robert Earl Keen - Vocals Bill Whitheck -Acoustic Fretless Bass Guitar Rich Brotherton -Acoustic Guitar Bithyah Israel - Cello, Vocals Reaiah Morgan - Vocals Gene Elders - Violin Capo II G D C C C D G G G D C C C D G G D C G I climbed the mountains and I swept the plains D C G I crossed the border and I broke my chains D C D I walked the back roads 'til my shoes wore through C G C G I'm still without you without you I lie awake at night and say your name I paint your picture in a starlitframe I try imagining a rendezvous I'm still without you.... without you Chorus C D l thought I'd find G C You would leave my mind G C But my dreams they just don't know G C They can't seem to let you go G C D I'm so sad I don't know what to do C G Without you I often wonder how it came to this If I could travel back to our last kiss If I had a different point of view I'm still without you.... without you The moon is sitting just beyond the hill The wind is resting but my heart won't still It happens every night right on cue I'm still without you.... without you Chorus Happy holidays y'all Robert Earl Keen - Vocals Tom Van Schalk - Drums, Backwards Bells, Forward Bells Bill Whitheck - Bass Guitar, Trombone Rich Brothertot - National Resophonic Guitar, Tenor Banjo Bryan Ouckworth - Fiddle Christmas Choir - Tom Van Schaik, Bill Whitheck, Rich Brotherton, Bryan Duckmorth and Zachary Knock There is a Barbie doll in the gravy boat up on mom's TV set An angel made of Styrofoam holds Rita's cigarette Santa waves an empty beer in his plastic hand Everyone is here this year, it's Christmastime again You know the kids are in their sleepin' bags with every kind of toy And Ken and Kay have hit the hay in dad's new La-Z-Boy Fran has got a cozy spot beneath the Christmas tree Simm' in his underwear drunk as he can be Last night we stuffed our stockings and hung the mistletoe When Santa Claus came knocking, he looked like Uncle Joe Someone put the coffee on and find the Tylenol Merry Christmas everyone, Happy Holidays Y'all Of course old dad got mom a flannel robe and Ken a socket set Mom got Kay a super value pack of Nicorette And Kay got Ken a NordicTrack and a new guitar for me Ken got sister Spanish speaking lessons on CD Last night we all sang "Jingle Bells" and opened up our hearts This morning our house looks like hell or possibly Wal-Mart Someone clean the gravy boat and dress the Barbie doll Merry Christmas everyone, Happy Holidays Y'all We're makin' mimosas on the deck and packin' the U-Haul Merry Christmas everyone, God bless us one and all All songs written by Robert Earl Keen except Travelin' Light and Billy Gray. All Robert Earl Keen songs c 1998 Bug Music, Keen Edge Music (BMI) Travelin' Light c 1989 Trumpet Blast Music, Dry Clam Music (BMI) Billy Gray c 1975 Blake & Blake