They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Runnin' 'round the block for hours
Like a herd in the killing floor tower
The sky is evil and gray
They shoot horses, don't they?
Stumblin' and cryin' for time to end
Stuck to your only friend
With nothing at all to say
They shoot horses, don't they?
Sickly and poor roamin' the lands
with problems from your own two hands
acting in the cruelest play
They shoot horses, don't they?
Clumsy and naked shiverin' at my door
Scraping the pennies off the floor
It happens every day
They horses, don't they?
When the waters rise
Chorus
I hear a rumblin’ in the sky
Must be the good Lord passin’ by
I won’t be one who cries
When the waters rise
Verses
I’m walkin’ alone
Singin’ a devil’s song
One of these days
And it won’t be long
The water is gonna rise up
From the raging salt sea
The levee’s gonna break
And then I will be free
The heat rises from the sand
The mules toil in the sun
The sweat pours down my face
And my work has just begun
Some days I hear her singin’
Singin’ bout Noah’s dove
And I want to swim down the river
To the woman I love
I traveled through East Texas
Straight down to New Orleans
I lost my Roberta
Somewhere in between
On the banks of the big river
Roberta sings the blues
Every time a letter comes
Its always more bad news
Come and see what you got
On your breakfast plate
Hurry up boys
before it’s too late
I’m locked in a world of evil
Someone threw away the key
I could use the high water
To wash my memory
I don’t know if Roberta has seen
More troubles than me
I’m workin’ on the levee
While she yearns to be free
It don’t matter anyhow
Buddy, how I’ve done her wrong
We were doomed from the beginning
Drinking whiskey all day long
Long Time Gone
Chorus
I’m awake at the dawn
My darlin’ is gone
A long time, long time gone
VERSE
the cigarette smoke swirls in the mirror
And I’m tryin’ to get out of here
I’ve never had to leave this place before
But now the wolves have knocked down my door
Her cries echo down in the valley below
Where the purple blossoms bloom and the waters flow
I work all day and I can’t feel the light
I got trapped in her web on a mid-summer’s night
Her fingers strum a Spanish guitar
As her voice dances through the alley wine bar
The images fade in the dying verse
When I try to make things better, it just makes ‘em worse
The moon is a sliver in the morning sky
I drift alone and wonder why
I got so wrapped up in you
When you turn my world black and blue
Whose gonna kiss your red ruby lips
Whose gonna melt ‘neath your fingertips
I’m caught between the highway blues,
A cold apartment and an empty bottle of booze
Runnin' 'round the block for hours
Like a herd in the killing floor tower
The sky is evil and gray
They shoot horses, don't they?
Stumblin' and cryin' for time to end
Stuck to your only friend
With nothing at all to say
They shoot horses, don't they?
Sickly and poor roamin' the lands
with problems from your own two hands
acting in the cruelest play
They shoot horses, don't they?
Clumsy and naked shiverin' at my door
Scraping the pennies off the floor
It happens every day
They horses, don't they?
When the waters rise
Chorus
I hear a rumblin’ in the sky
Must be the good Lord passin’ by
I won’t be one who cries
When the waters rise
Verses
I’m walkin’ alone
Singin’ a devil’s song
One of these days
And it won’t be long
The water is gonna rise up
From the raging salt sea
The levee’s gonna break
And then I will be free
The heat rises from the sand
The mules toil in the sun
The sweat pours down my face
And my work has just begun
Some days I hear her singin’
Singin’ bout Noah’s dove
And I want to swim down the river
To the woman I love
I traveled through East Texas
Straight down to New Orleans
I lost my Roberta
Somewhere in between
On the banks of the big river
Roberta sings the blues
Every time a letter comes
Its always more bad news
Come and see what you got
On your breakfast plate
Hurry up boys
before it’s too late
I’m locked in a world of evil
Someone threw away the key
I could use the high water
To wash my memory
I don’t know if Roberta has seen
More troubles than me
I’m workin’ on the levee
While she yearns to be free
It don’t matter anyhow
Buddy, how I’ve done her wrong
We were doomed from the beginning
Drinking whiskey all day long
Long Time Gone
Chorus
I’m awake at the dawn
My darlin’ is gone
A long time, long time gone
VERSE
the cigarette smoke swirls in the mirror
And I’m tryin’ to get out of here
I’ve never had to leave this place before
But now the wolves have knocked down my door
Her cries echo down in the valley below
Where the purple blossoms bloom and the waters flow
I work all day and I can’t feel the light
I got trapped in her web on a mid-summer’s night
Her fingers strum a Spanish guitar
As her voice dances through the alley wine bar
The images fade in the dying verse
When I try to make things better, it just makes ‘em worse
The moon is a sliver in the morning sky
I drift alone and wonder why
I got so wrapped up in you
When you turn my world black and blue
Whose gonna kiss your red ruby lips
Whose gonna melt ‘neath your fingertips
I’m caught between the highway blues,
A cold apartment and an empty bottle of booze
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