opening lines

Mickey Mantle asked Roy to sing it at his funeral....and Roy did.

was Roy Hammered?

Roy, hammered with Riders In The Sky

i know this is not the fave lyrics thread but i love this tom petty song, and the johnny cash version is kick ass

Southern Accents
Tom Petty

There's a southern accent, where I come from
The young'uns call it country
The yankees call it dumb
I got my own way of talkin'
But everything is done, with a southern accent
Where I come from

Now that drunk tank in Atlanta's
Just a motel room to me
Think I might go work Orlando
If them orange groves don't freeze
I got my own way of workin'
But everything is run, with a southern accent
Where I come from

For just a minute there I was dreaming
For just a minute it was all so real
For just a minute she was standing there, with me

There's a dream I keep having
Where my mama comes to me
And kneels down over by the window
And says a prayer for me
I got my own way of prayin'
But everyone's begun
With a southern accent
Where I come from

I got my own way of livin'
But everything gets done
With a southern accent
Where I come from

Whisper to me softly, breathe words upon my skin
No one's near and listening, so please don't say goodbye
Just hold me close and love me, press your lips to mine
Mmm feels so right. Feels so right.

Lying here beside you I hear the echoes of your sighs
Promise me you'll stay with me and keep me warm tonight
So hold me close and love me, give my heart a smile
Mmm feels so right. Feels so right.

--- Instrumental ---

Your body feels so gentle and my passion rises high
You're loving me so easy, you're wish is my command
Just hold me close and love me, tell me it won't end
Mmm feels so right. Feels so right.

Feels so right.



* This song just makes me MELT...........ummm

Alabama did a whole lotta meltin over the years...


dj, it is my favorite too...I forgot all about it til I heard Tony Rice singing it.

To think that this song come out in 1980 and still has that effect on me.....ummm Especially since there has been a slooosh of songs out since then. But there is just something about this song I love.

I am the god of hell fire, and I bring you
Fire, I'll take you to burn
Fire, I'll take you to learn
I'll see you burn

-- Arthur Brown

yowzahhh...Arrthur Brown was craaaazy man.

On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas
Rising up through the air

a classic

That reminds me...henley again

Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer's out of reach
Empty lake, empty streets
The sun goes down alone
I'm drivin' by your house
Though I know you're not at home

We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray...

I was in another lifetime one of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness a creature void of form
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".


then of course there's this one -


Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move
Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove.

cake's "going the distance"...
Reluctantly crouched at the starting line,
Engines pumping and thumping in time.
The green light flashes, the flags goes up,
Churning and burning, they yern for the cup.

some words from the rasta man himself

Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.

from the late great warren z

Well, I'm gone to Detox Mansion
Way down on Last Breath Farm
I've been rakin' leaves with Liza
Me and Liz clean up the yard

Great song Djjd

Heres one with a more explosive beginning:


Boom boom boom boom
I'm gonna shoot you right down,
right offa your feet
Take you home with me,
put you in my house
Boom boom boom boom

and one more

well i lay my head on the railroad tracks
waitin for the double E
but railroad dont run no more
poor poor pitiful me

a classic dj and....
you have to hear Hooker sing those lines...
menacing yet...titillating

I'll amuse dj

I went home with the waitress
The way I always do
How was I to know
She was with the Russians, too