The Songbook Highway

STRANGER

The sun came up this morning

I am fading away
Last night as big as life
Growing faint in the day
Growing faint in the day

I left the window open

Is there a songbird near?
Pretty bird won’t you sing for me
Before we disappear? Before we disappear?

And you can be a [...]

Here you go…..

DARK MAN (for Mark Linkous and Vic Chesnutt)

Another dark manOut in the jet streamAnother great planAnother dark dreamJust ask his cell phoneAsk his advisersWhen it’s all overWho was the wiser?Another dark man

They’re coming overThey have the car keysThey have agendasThey are the enemyJust ask his hangers on Ask his baptizersWhen its all overWho was [...]

NEIGHBORHOOD

Light blue flash from a cigarette
Don’t worry now if you haven’t yet
Dead string buzzing on a blond guitar
One eye closer to a distant star

Laughed from the moment you came around
Laughed at the devil as he pulled you down
Didn’t see it coming now I realize
I watched you burn right in front of my eyes

Sometimes a letter [...]

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Rocking songscripting from the Cracker
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author: mungo
Chris LeRoy and Johnny Hickman were The Dangers way back before Johnny went on to play guitar in The Unforgiven and then co-form Cracker, with whom he still performs today. The Dangers didn’t release albums back then, but Dedication saw some of those old (and [...]