Hayes Carll CD: Trouble in Mind Drunken Poet's Dream I've got a woman she's wild as Rome She likes to lay naked and be gazed upon She crosses a bridge and then sets it on fire Lands like a bird on a telephone wire Wine bottles scattered like last nights clothes Cigarette papers and dominoes She laughs for a minute about the shape I'm in Says, "You be the sinner honey and I'll be the sin." Chorus: I'm gonna holler and I'm gonna scream I'm gonna get me some mescaline She brings me roses and a place to lean A drunken poets dream There's some money on the table and a pistol on the floor Some old paper back books of Louis L'Amour She says, "Honey, don't worry 'bout judgement day." Dyin' to get to heaven just ain't our way Repeat Chorus And all my life I laid around while the colors all turned blue Closed my eyes and finally found it brought me back to you I got a woman she's wild as Rome She likes to lay naked and be gazed upon She crosses a bridge then sets it on fire Lands like a bird on a telephone wire Repeat Chorus --------------- It's a Shame The time has come, there is no second chance We've been drifting on an empty, aching sea You were the girl I never knew I wanted I was the boy you hoped you'd never see Chorus: It's a shame that we ain't lovers We could've been something so big and grand Just kissin' for hours underneath that sweet magnolia Beggin' for answers, tryin' to make a stand Been burnin' up the hours, talkin' to the midnight Just dreamin' of ways that I could hold you next to me And maybe it just wasn't meant, all things have a reason Maybe our hearts were just too careless and free Repeat Chorus There was a time when you would've had me There was a time when I could have had you But it's too late, another path has come and gone again I'm at the back door with a broken window view, thinkin' Repeat Chorus ------------- Girl Downtown There's a girl downtown with freckles on her nose Pencils in her pocket and ketchup on her clothes She's a real nice girl, pretty as a plate The boys call her Katie when they ask her on a date And who knows Katie? Maybe you could be the one There's a boy outside standin' in the rain His hands are in his pockets he's a wonderin' why he came He's a real nice boy, slower than the fall The girls call him Billy if there callin' him at all And who knows Billy? Maybe you could be the one Chorus: But hearts don't fly And words don't sing Boys like you can't buy no ring Love's not stuck It just moves slow Turn around a minute And away we go Billy walked inside, ordered up a drink He started gettin' nervous and a wonderin' what she'd think She thought he looked nice, rough around the seams Just the kind of boy who could listen to her dreams And who knows Katie? Maybe he could be the one Well, they stepped outside, and took a little walk Katie held his hand and Billy even talked They sat by the pond, they didn't make a sound The night fell easy as the moon came down And who knows baby? Maybe we could be the one Repeat Chorus There's a girl downtown with freckles on her nose Pencils in her pocket and ketchup on her clothes She's a real nice girl, pretty as a plate The boys call her Katie when they ask her on a date And who knows Katie? Maybe you could be the one Who knows Katie? Maybe you could be the one Who knows baby? Maybe we could be the one ------------- Bad Liver and a Broken Heart Arkansas, my head hurts I'd love to stick around and maybe make it worse I got a girl out in Henrietta And her loves like tornado weather It's girls like this that keep me tryin' She goes off like an air raid siren Come in clean, leave torn apart A bad liver and a broken heart Indian summer, Oklahoma sunset If there's a nicer place I haven't been there yet Standin' outside of the Blue Door Too tired to sleep, to drunk for more It's nights like this that keep me tryin' Woman always knows when her man is lyin' It ain't me, I'm just playin' a part A bad liver and a broken heart I'll get old before I'm good at this Who's the president, what year is it? Doesn't anybody speak about truth anymore? Maybe that's what songs are for You're the wind and I'm on fire In this line of work no one retires Come in clean, leave torn apart A bad liver and a broken heart ------------- Beaumont I saw you leanin' on a memory With your back turned to the crowd In that little bar on Murphy Where they play guitar too loud There were people drinkin' whiskey There were hearts about to leave It was cold as hell for Houston It was almost New Years Eve All the way from Beaumont With a white rose in my hand I could not wait forever babe, I hope you understand The night was feelin' lucky So I asked you to dance And the way you looked up at me Made me think I had a chance But when I put my arms around you I knew you weren't givin' in I hope it will be different if I pass this way again All the way from Beaumont With a white rose in my hand I could not wait forever babe, I hope you understand I walked the road to get here With a guitar and a case I'd of stopped in Pasadena If I'd known about this place But you looked like forever Where the water meets the shore I've been thinkin about you, baby I can't do that anymore I saw you leanin' on a memory With your back turned to the crowd In that little bar on Murphy Where they play guitar too loud There were people drinkin' whiskey There were hearts about to leave It was cold as hell for Houston It was almost New Years Eve All the way from Beaumont With a white rose in my hand I could not wait forever babe, I hope you understand -------------- I got a Gig Eight line machine and a sailor's daughter Somethin' makes 'em crazy growin' up on the water Playin' for my supper six nights a week Hurricanes, Easter and New Years Eve Four tin walls now there ain't much left Lookin' like a homeless Cheers on meth Homer's in the corner, breakin' up a fight Good Lord, I hope I get paid tonight I got a gig, baby Burnt fried chicken and Lone Star beer Cops and the kids drink free 'round here Girl, behind the bar is takin' what she's givin' Lyin' about her past and tryin' to make a livin' Broke pool table and some hard luck cues Go tell your mama, I done paid my dues Every one around here knows my name Six nights a week in the neon flame I got a gig, baby I got a gig There's an old lion tamer parked behind the bar Hundred pounds of weed in a stolen car Oil patch boys and girls who went to college Rules you don't break and laws that ain't acknowledged Barefoot shrimper with a pistol up his sleeve Some will go to Heaven, some will never leave Pills in the tip jar, blood on the strings Oh Lord, I never thought I'd see these things I got a gig, baby I got a gig Eight line machine and a sailor's daughter Somethin' makes 'em crazy growin' up on the water I'm playin' for my supper six nights a week Hurricanes, Easter and New Years Eve I got a gig ------------- Faulkner Street The record player's scratchin' out an old and dusty tune On the front porch, on a Sunday, on an Arky afternoon We were lyin' 'round like gypsies, thinkin' 'bout goin' to town And Jimmy's drinkin' whiskey straight and lyin' in the shade Jamie's dancin' round the kitchen with a glass of lemonade Lookin' like an angel who's never gonna touch the ground Chorus: Trouble in mind How'd we ever lose that time? Livin' for the best Leavin' all the rest behind Now them boys from Morgan County, there a comin' out tonight With country on the radio and trouble in there eyes They come walkin' up the driveway, singin' 'bout the night before And we'll head up to the mountain, pick-up trucks and old guitars We'll all smoke marijuana as we look up at the stars Raisin' hell for hours, until we can't take any more Repeat Chorus Now there's a picture on the mantle top, filled with old regrets There are times I can't remember and things I won't forget I'd call you up and tell you, but baby, we've been gone too long That porch is just a memory and the record player's broke The hills have gone to houses and Jimmy's gone to smoke But I'd do the whole thing over, darlin' just to hear that song Repeat Chorus ------------ Wild as a Turkey Well, I'm wild as a turkey, higher than a Christmas moon Empty as my wallet on a Sunday afternoon I come around too fast and I always leave too soon Ain't that what they all say? I come down from Memphis with a broken down Corvette A suitcase full of memories and a face you won't forget You say, "You'll never love me but the night ain't over yet." I'm gonna change your mind Girl, I've been a gambler since the age of twenty-one I've seen my share of troubles and the wrong end of a gun This whole world is out to get me just because I have my fun But they ain't gonna slow me anyway Right ain't right, babe, and left ain't always wrong I bet you're tired of dancin' to the same old song You look like an angel in a place you don't belong I'm gonna take you away Just because this place is closin' that don't mean it's time for bed We don't need no sleep, girl, will get plenty when were dead Leave these fools behind you now and come with me instead I'm gonna show you a time I'm wild as a turkey, higher than a Christmas moon Empty as my wallet on a Sunday afternoon I come around too fast and I always leave too soon Ain't that what they all say? Ain't that what they all say? ----------- Don't let Me Fall I've walked the highway since I can't remember I cut my poor family right down to the bone From the shadows of hell, to the winds of December Layed down with a stranger, woke up all alone Chorus: So don't let me fall 'Cause I might not get up again Just hold me tight Right now what I needs a friend I've come to far now For this to be the end So don't let me fall 'Cause I might not get up God knows I tried to hold on to a feelin' A song or a memory to keep in my heart I ask forgiveness from those I've forsaken Forgiveness don't come and it tears me apart Repeat Chorus Killin' this pain, outside in the rain One hand holds the bottle, one hand holds my pain I don't know which comes first, I don't know which is worse Ridin' behind or inside the hearse Repeat Chorus ------------ Lover Like You You came a ragin' At my front door You said, "Hey, I never see you no more." You broke a window And you climbed on through I could never be friends with a lover like you You kissed the chef He quit the band Now you're walkin' around with a ring on your hand You told me you need it I almost believed it was true I could never be friends with a lover like you The station's buzzin' This room is cold I gotta get out of here before I get old I'm withered And I can't take the view I could never be friends with a lover like you My legs are shakin' I need some rest If you got somethin', get it off of your chest I came here for quiet I ended up in a zoo I could never be friends with a lover like you You stole my pictures You changed your face I don't know how I ended up in this place If I had a lawyer I think I'd probably sue I could never be friends with a lover like you The doctor called me Before the show He said, "There's some things I needed to know." I'm getting' out of here What else can I do? I could never be friends with a lover like you ----------- I Don't Want to Grow Up When I'm lyin' in my bed at night I don't wanna grow up Nothin' ever seems to turn out right I don't wanna grow up How do you move in a world of fog That's always changing things Makes me wish that I could be a dog When I see the price that you pay I don't wanna grow up I don't ever wanna be that way I don't wanna grow up Seems like folks turn into things That they'd never want The only thing to live for is today... I'm gonna put a hole in my TV set I don't wanna grow up Open up the medicine chest And I don't wanna grow up I don't wanna have to shout it out I don't want my hair to fall out I don't wanna be filled with doubt I don't wanna be a good boy scout I don't wanna have to learn to count I don't wanna have the biggest amount I don't wanna grow up Well when I see my parents fight I don't wanna grow up They all go out and drinking all night And I don't wanna grow up I'd rather stay here in my room Nothin' out there but sad and gloom I don't wanna live in a big old tomb on Grand Street When I see the 5 o'clock news I don't wanna grow up Comb their hair and shine their shoes I don't wanna grow up Stay around in my old hometown I don't wanna put no money down I don't wanna get me a big old loan Work them fingers to the bone I don't wanna float a broom Fall in love and get married then boom How the hell did it get here so soon I don't wanna grow up --------------- Knockin Over Whiskeys keep knockin' over whiskeys, no one's laugin' at my jokes They got me spinnin' round in circles like a tin can in the spokes When I left town this mornin' with a smile upon my face Ahh, babe, I swear I never knew I'd end up in this place Chorus: Run away little darlin' You don't need me anymore I've been out here for too long It ain't like it was before If I get back home to Houston, I'm gonna tip my hat and cry When I left I was a younger man, too proud to say goodbye I'm gonna wake up in the mornin' with a conscience ten feet tall I'm gonna lay my head down wiser or I won't lay down at all Repeat Chorus You used to live out on the border where no one else could reach Now I can't ask a question without you givin' a speech You said, "I never cared." Babe, you know that isn't true It's just the only thing you asked of me was the one thing I can't do Repeat Chorus ------------ Willing to Love Again I drink too much, I smoke too much I laugh at all my own jokes too much I'm hard to tell and quick to touch And easy sayin' goodbye I broke your heart a thousand times With wasted nights and ramblin' rhymes I thought I'd leave you far behind But time just wouldn't let go Chorus: I walked the streets I kicked the cans Tore down the walls With my two hands And still across my floor you stand Willing to love again Out of all the dreams, in this old world How'd you get so unlucky girl? To find a shell that had no pearl And a man who couldn't find home I feel too much, I protect too much Most times I probably expect too much I spend my life on this broken crutch And you believe I can fly Repeat Chorus ----------- She Left me for Jesus We've been datin' since high school We never once left this town We used to go out on the weekends And we'd drink till we drowned But now she's actin' funny And I don't understand I think that she's found her Some other man Chorus: She left me for Jesus And that just ain't fair She says, "That he's perfect." How could I compare She says, "I should find him." And I'll know peace at last But if I ever find Jesus I'm kickin' his a** She showed me a picture All I could do was stare At that freak in his sandals With his long purty hair They must think that I'm stupid Or I don't have a clue I bet he's a Commie Or even worse yet a Jew Repeat Chorus She's givin' up whiskey And taken up wine She prays for his troubles And forgot about mine I'm a gonna get even I can't handle the shame Why the last time we made love She even called out his name Repeat Chorus It could have been Carlos Or even Billy or Ted But if I ever find Jesus He's gonna wish he were dead Ahhh, man