Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town

(jesse winchester)

I live on a big blue ball
I never do dream i may fall
But even the day that i do
I jump off and smile back at you
I don't even know where we are

But they tell us we're circling a star
Well i'll take their word i don't know
But i'm dizzy so maybe that's so

I'm riding a big blue ball
I never do dream i may fall
But even the high may lay row
So when i do fall i'll be glad to go

(utah phillips)

The green rolling hills of west virginia
Are the nearest thing to heaven that i know
Though the times are sad and drear
And i cannot linger here
They'll keep me and never let me go

My daddy said don't ever be a miner
For a miner's grave is all you'll ever own
'cause the hard times everywhere
I can't find a dime to spare
These are the worst times i've ever known

So i'll move away into some crowded city
In some northern factory town you'll find me here
Though i'll leave the past behind
I'll never change my mind
These trouble times are more than i can bear

But someday i'll go back to west virginia
To the green rolling hills i love so well
Yes someday i'll go home
And i know i'll right the wrong
These trouble times will follow me no more

Yes someday i'll go home
And i know i'll right the wrong
These trouble times will follow me no more

(susanna clark/carlene routh)

There he goes gone again
Same old story's gotta come to an end
Lovin' him was a one way street
But i'm gettin' off where the crossroads meet
It's a quarter moon in a ten cent town
Time for me to lay my heartaches down
Saturday night gonna make myself a name
Take a month of sundays to try and explain

It's gonna be easy to fill
The heart of a thirsty woman
Harder to kill the ghost of a no good man
And i'll be ridin' high in a fandangled sky
It's gonna be easy; it's gonna be easy from now on

Raw as whip but clean as a bone
Soft to touch when you take me home
When the mornin' comes and it's time for me to leave
Don't worry 'bout me, i got a wild card up my sleeve

It's gonna be easy to fill
The heart of a thirsty woman
Harder to kill the ghost of a no good man
And i'll be ridin' high in a fandangled sky
It's gonna be easy, it's gonna be easy
It's gonna be easy from now on

(delbert mcclinton)

We came out west together with a common desire
The fever we had migtha set the west coast on fire
Two months later got trouble in mind
My baby moved out and left me behind
But it's all right 'cause it's midnight
And i got two more bottles of wine

The way he left sure turned my head around
Seemed like overnight she just up and put me down
Ain't gonna let it bother me today
I been workin' and i'm too tired anyway
But it's all right 'cause it's midnight
And i got two more bottles of wine
I'm sixteen hundred miles from the people i know
Been doin' all i can but opportunity sure come slow
Lord i'd be in the sun all day
But i'm sweepin' out a warehouse in west l.a.
But it's all right 'cause it's midnight
And i got two more bottles of wine

(rodney crowell/donivan cowart)

Mary took to running with a travelin' man
Left her momma crying with her head in her hands
Such a sad case, so broken hearted
She say momma, i got to go, i gotta get outta here
I gotta get out of town; i'm tired of hanging around
I gotta roll on between the ditches

It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
Round and around nobody knows, but the highway
Goes on forever, that 'ol highway rolls on forever
Lord she never would've done it if she hadn't got drunk

If she hadn't started running with a travelin man

If she hadn't started taking those crazy chances
She say daughter, let me tell you 'bout the travelin kind
Everywhere he's goin' such a very short time
He'll be long gone before you know it, he'll be long
Gone before you know it
She say never have i known it when it felt so good
Never have i knew it when i knew i could
Never have i done it when it looked so right
Leaving louisiana in the broad daylight

This is down in the swampland, anything goes
It's alligator bait and the bars don't close
It's the real thing down in louisiana

Did you ever see a cajun when he really got mad
When he really got trouble like a daughter gone bad
It gets real hot down in louisiana

The stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed
He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will
It ain't no time for lengthy speeches
There ain't no time for lengthy speeches
She say never have i know it when it felt so good
Never have i knew it when i knew i could
Never have i done it when it looked so right
Leaving louisiana in the broad daylight
It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
Round and around nobody knows, but the highway goes on forever
There ain't no way to stop the water