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  • Tryin' On Clothes
    I tried on the farmer's hat,
    Didn't fit…
    20 lines, 6 comments
  • Better Not Ask Me
    (Hey the truth might hurt so I'm tellin' you now that you better not ask me)
    Hey you better not ask me where I been all night
    15 lines, 1 comment
  • Crouchin’ On The Outside
    One two three four five six seven eight hey baby you're a little too late
    I'm standin' on the outside lookin' in at you on the inside
    37 lines
  • Ring Of Grass
    Rings of grass crowns of flowers they're gone gone gone gone
    Furs that I woven of whispering hours gone gone gone gone
    18 lines
  • Floobie Doobie Doo
    As I walk down to Bishop Street I met a girl who smiled so sweet
    Now she was young and pretty too
    32 lines
  • Ugliest Man In Town
    Handsome guys get girls that are pretty
    Other guys make it cause they're clever and witty
    19 lines
  • I’m So Good That I Don’t Have To Brag
    Now I'm warnin' all you women don't stand too close to me cause you might catch fire
    Now you're talkin' to a man in a whole other ki
    50 lines
  • Plastic
    Oh a little bitty termite you know he come knockin' knockin' on my front door
    Well he walked right in sat right down started chewin'
    17 lines
  • Dance To It
    Well hey Miss Go-Go won't you stop for a minute
    Cause the song you dance to it got somethin' in it
    37 lines, 1 comment
  • Hoodoo Voodoo Lady
    Yeah hoodoo voodoo lady cast up your voodoo vision
    Let me know where did my baby go where did my lovin' baby go
    29 lines
  • Yowzah
    Well it wasn't too very long ago you know some folks walked with a hi-dee-ho
    And other folks walked around kind of low
    18 lines
  • Lemmebesomethin’
    Now if I can't be your hotdog lemme be your little weiner
    Baby if I can't be your regular man lemme be your in betweener
    23 lines
  • Handy Man
    Well on a Monday I'll be slingin' hash Tuesday I'll be collectin' trash
    And on a Wednesday I might be tendin' bar
    30 lines
  • I Can’t Touch The Sun
    No I can't touch the clouds for you I've never reached the sun for you
    I've never done the things that you need done for you
    23 lines
  • Bituminous?
    The hard coal's called bituminous,
    Or is that anthracite?
    23 lines
  • Testing The Bomb
    Oh they're testing the bomb as I'm singing this song
    They say not to worry cause nothing can go wrong
    3 lines
  • Drain My Brain
    Unwind my mind oh baby drain my brain
    Unscrew my head take a part of my heart
    20 lines, 1 comment
  • Father Of A Boy Named Sue
    (Okay now years ago I wrote a song called A Boy Named Sue and that was okay
    And everything except then I started to think about it an
    37 lines
  • Man Who Got No Sign
    Ko-we-ha Gemini Jim taw Scorpio Salo
    Taw sejno-nej-o-to-kono o-ha-na-shi-te-saw
    22 lines
  • Paranoid
    Everybody says I'm paranoid they all think I'm crazy
    They all smile to my face but they'd like to see me die
    12 lines
  • Scum Of The Earth
    There was a group called called Scum of the Earth
    And they say they got their birth
    28 lines
  • They Held Me Down
    It was Sat night at the slammer the gavel was falling like a hammer
    As they dragged in every freak from off the road
    30 lines
  • Someone Ate The Baby
    Someone ate the baby it's rather sad to say
    Someone ate the baby so she won't be out to play
    11 lines
  • Sure Hit Songwriter’s Pen
    Now I was hangin' round Nashville writin' songs and playin' 'em for all of the stars
    Watchin' 'em laugh and hand 'em back livin' on h
    34 lines
  • Diet Song
    Well breakfast black coffee one slice of dry toast no butter no jelly no jam
    Lunch just some lettuce two celery stalks no booze no po
    23 lines
  • Listen To The Mustn'ts
    Listen to Mustn'ts, child, listen to the Don'ts.
    Listen to the Shouldn'ts, the Impossibles, the Won'ts.
    3 lines
  • Somebody Stole My Rig
    I'm haulin' twenty tons of freight into New York state
    Started thinkin' bout Mary Jane
    40 lines
  • Alimony
    Alimony alimony I work till my fingers are bloody and boney
    Me oh my oh goodness sake I'm paying for my mistake
    24 lines
  • My Mind Keeps Movin’
    Walk into a restaurant with chicken on my mind
    Look at the menu I want roastbeaf and wine
    34 lines
  • Time
    Ain't the snow fallin' just a bit deeper these days
    Aren't they building the stairs a bit steeper these days
    19 lines
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