by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Fleashine, shoeshine, man of fifteen Brings the house in with a smile All twelve teeth tell myriad stories One upon one and one The breath in his hand waving Drives the gypsy woman mad, oh She loves

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

The sidewalk coughed up weeds and cracks A book, a magazine and a penny and a dime Oh, and Carl looked behind him making sure the scene was empty Breathed a sigh of bewilderment noting that it was No

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Ginger had dyed her hair red to fit her name Burny pocked his arms with a pack of Camel Lights Long sleeves outdoors to keep the kids from crying And Ginger climbed the high wire just to make them che

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Brother Sinner & The Whale

I've Been Converted (traditional) I know I've been converted Do you? I know I've been converted Do you? You've got a noose And you'll make me change I'm not afraid to call my savior's nam

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

She's a gentle bell, she's a cat eye A gold breath on a wire Sing soft sail in the other room A red hot cleansing fire And my cold feet warm in a straight line Dancing Spanish hands And all my heart

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Wonder flood the valley, tunnel feed the soil Free advice with constant wit, never to recoil Bums rush o'er the high grass field with shoes of plastic lace That untie at the first step, not the last t

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

A mustard seed is (Gas been said) All that men will need, a filthy boy in a Bowery lane Under the times in a drowning rain Stealing bits of sleep again has heard this common creed Grows into the tall

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Taylor had a wife, she was married to the mirror Make her glass-eyed lover buy a drink and then another round 'Round the kitchen table lined with cigarettes from years ago Last night one fell onto the

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Calculated entry in the class of circumspection Reasoning, bargaining the last few drams of spirits The serum of one's foolishness, oh, and truth be told in a cold pint head Sixteen ounces of pure war

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Make a dent in the shovel, run the mud through a sieve Paste your hopes on a windmill blade, plant it up on the hill Pencil sharpened with a putty knife, pretty girl as a pretty nun Maybe you wake and

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Drive down baby like showers of rain Can't you hear my fair girl call my name? Can't you hear my fair girl call my name? She calls so loud, it's so plain I walked on down to the station Tears falling

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Tried my hand at company, wine poured out for two Blue charade that I have made while lying next to you Take the next thing home, my dear, leave me to my ways The only clothes that seem to fit are the

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Well, Double R.J. is older now, he stays up watching the night snow fall Black bound book on the table, dusty beside card tricks and games Yeah, one by one he cuts the names from the back of the daily

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

I'd rather be buried way down in some cypress grove I'd rather be buried way down in some cypress grove To have me a woman that I can't control Your knee-bone gon' aching and your body sure getting c

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

The air is turning cold outside It's a rabbi in a brothel for the third time The gold tooth of a broken man A white glove in a purse down at the bottom of the sea The day is turning dark outside All

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Hip-pocket flask at the ready Step-light downed by the glass, yeah Honey, what's that nail doing in my head? Just a minute ago I was shooting from a saddle Yeah, I got a spur and a horse high shooting

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

It was not two days, night and a day And I look back at the man I was before A sorry stranger banged up on a shore Your warm arms tore the walls down Your warm arms tore the walls down A devil with t

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Western Bell

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Watch it bounce like water, meat under the stone Throw up a leg and try to beg your way back home Smell the coffee boil in the corner pot Everything's in it but I can't make it stop "I ain't been drin

by Kelly Joe Phelps on album Miscellaneous

Skip across the dust In the corner of my room, yeah While the walls pull away And keep my hiding spirit shuffling, oh And keep my hiding spirit shuffling, oh boy You can look but you won't find me, n