I'm gonna ride this black iron steamer on down the coast
with my barrel to his head the engineer is white as a ghost
I've got freedom ahead, a lawman behind
we gotta make this steamer unwind
I got a pocket full of money so I'm doing better than most

Well the boss man told me that he didn't need me no more
I got all fired up and went down to kick in his door
he pulled out his gun, I shot him dead
he fell down in a pool of red
now he'll never get the chance to slight a working man no more

I called for my baby for to get on down the line
her daddy said son you've gone too damn far this time
I looked at her, she looked at him
now I'll never see her smile again
and as I turned away I could hear her starting to cry

I went to depot with my gun and the shirt on my back
when in rolled my steamer just a rumbling on the track
I pulled out my gun, they stuck up their hands
I grabbed a stack of money that was wrapped in bands
and I climbed on board to get the steam blowing out of the stack

I'm gonna ride this black iron steamer on down the coast
with my barrel to his head the engineer he's white as a ghost
I've got freedom ahead, and a law man behind
we gotta make this steamer unwind
I've got a pocket full of money so I'm doing better than most
I've got a pocket full of money so I'm doing better than most

Black Iron Steamer

It's no surprise to learn you're leaving
because your eyes said long ago
you're moving on just to keep from grieving
I won't hold on I'll let you go

But the winds of pain will keep on blowing
you'll feel the same no matter where you go
you'll leave a trail of hearts shattered and broken
plowin down all the seed you've sown.

You keep holding on to that old feeling
something went wrong and now you're stealing
any love that you can find
but you left your heart, you left your heart behind

You Left Your Heart Behind

I remember that smell a burnin in my nose
and I'd take it everywhere I went in my clothes
everyday they'd form a line for a jar of my daddy's moonshine
and johnny law's a getting closer as my daddy's operation grows

My daddy always said you gotta make it while you can
you gotta work fast to stay ahead of the man
We'd setup in a new town, till the law started coming around
yeah picking up and leaving that was just part of the plan

We had a good run in Memphis in 31
so daddy built a brand new still, his biggest one
the fumes hung in the air, and they were strong enough to cut your hair
but daddy pushed it harder cause he was his daddy's son

daddy you pushed it a little far this time
that still is a moaning and groaning, cranking out moonshine
well daddy, the law can't get you now
but you taught me real good so I'll get along somehow

Early one evening I was coming home from school
keepin watch for the law cause, that was daddy's rule
It looked like things were all right, till I saw a big flash of light
and by the time I heard the thunder, I already knew.

Yeah daddy pushed it a little to hard this time
his still was a moaning and groaning cranking out moonshine
well daddy, the law can't get you now
but you taught me real good so I'll get along somehow.

Daddy, The Law Can't Get You Now

Take a ride with me I don't know where we're going
won't find out till we let go.
There'll be bumps in the road to be sure
but you gotta take the bumps to get down the road
all these things we have they don't mean nothing
they're just weighin down our load
if you wanna feel freedom just drop what you're doing
freedom's still freedom on the side of the road
There's a world out there and that's where we're going
a unique pair setting out on our own
when I think of the standard of life we been living
makes me wanna pack up our things and go.
ake a ride with me I don't know where we're going
won't find out till we let go.
There'll be bumps in the road to be sure
but you gotta take the bumps to get down the road

Let's Go

Mama, where's my daddy
Did he move off to someplace warm, and leave you to weather the storm
of raising two boys on your own?

Mama, who's my daddy?
Should I be proud to carry his name, folks say I look the same as he did back when, he was their friend

Mama, speak of daddy.
Is it better that I didn't know, everytime he let his temper show he was so far away. Mama, what do you say.

Mama, life without daddy.
Has taught me to fend for my own, learnin the rules as I go, thinking bout you and the hardships that you have known.  That's how life goes...

Mama

Mama, Where's My Daddy

You're always missing when I'm lonely,
I'll spend another night alone
tell my sorrows to the bottle
until my sorrows are all gone

I tried to tell you that I love you (yeah)
that I'd never do you wrong
but that's not what you wanted
you've been gone for so long

been trying' to put out this old flame
since the hurting came along
I been fighting fire with whiskey
and sad old country songs

repeat until the song is long enough...

Fightin Fire With Whiskey

Skeeter was a young man from southern Tennessee
A boy who learned to drive upon his daddy's knee
One day he caught a sickness the only cure for his disease
was the gas smoke dust and lights and the thrill of victory

Skeeter paid his dues every Saturday night
driving round in circles underneath the lights
He soon became the favorite the one they couldn't pass
he's driftin turns getting manifold burns and he won't let off the gas

Look out boys and girls it's Skeeter's turn
sometimes you can ride the line and sometimes you get burned
Skeeter never listened to what they said, he'd say 2nd place is losing and if you're in the wall you're dead

Skeeter earned a sponser to help him build a car
they put him on the TV and he became a star
He'd push it to the limit right to victory lane
where it's all smiles and the girls go wild when you spray em with champagne.

He won Talladega, several others too, but he'd have to make a push before the season's through.
They could make his car go fast and knew what that might do
but you gotta shine when it's on the line when you got folks counting on you

Look out boys and girls it's Skeeter's turn
sometimes you can ride the line and sometimes you get burned
Skeeter never listened to what they said, he'd say 2nd place is losing and if you're in the wall you're dead.

The sun couldn't get no hotter, but the car was running well
the track was getting looser, but he still gave her hell
that fourth turn's a doozie it'll make your blood run cold
you'll close your eyes let knuckles go white and hope the tires hold

They's coming to the finish, he'd have to make a pass
he could take him on the outside and stay on the gas
A clearness in his mind now a vision of what's to be
He's calm and collected like he's sitting on his daddy's knee

Skeeter took the outside he put it to the floor
took it to the redline the car ain't got no more
the back end started sliding, but he knew what to do
he took a page from his dirt track days 
and rode the slide on through.

Look out boys and girls it's Skeeter's turn
sometimes you can ride the line and sometimes you get burned
Just in time old Skeeter pulled ahead, and he said 2nd place is losing and if you're in the wall you're dead.
2nd place is losing and if you're in the wall you're dead.

Skeeter's Turn

I put the city lights, in the rearview mirror
and I rode a long line back to my home
I'm looking for a life, that's just a little bit better
couldn't get no worse than in the city on my own

As I'm driving down the road singing songs I used to know
Memories and wind put a teardrop in my eye
and the sun is sinking low, kicking up some alpenglow
goodbye city, hello open skies

goodbye city, where the folks is cold as hell
goodbye strangers, who all got something to sell
goodbye loneliness, you never fit me anyway
goodbye city, I'm gone to stay

When I was young, I thought I knew a lot better
Those city lights were always on my mind
me and my girl, that's where we were headed
we packed our things and left the country life behind

We went driving down the road singing songs we used to know
those city nights put a twinkle in her eye
then she found somebody new, and just like that we were through
and the lonely city chilled me to the bone.

Goodbye city, where the folks is cold as hell
goodbye strangers, who all got something to sell
goodbye loneliness, you never fit me anyway
goodbye city, I'm gone to stay
goodbye city, I'm gone to stay

Corbin Logan's Album

Goodbye City

When you walked into my life, you had a heart that was cold as ice
I tried to melt it a thousand times, but all it did was make me cry

I'm saving up for a rainy day, when you turn around and walk away,
Lord knows you ain't meant to stay, so I'm savin up for a rainy day.

Every time I kiss your lips, I make a point to remember it
all these memories I make with you, I'll cash them out when you say we're through.

I'm savin up for a rainy day, when you ain't got nothin left to say
I know you ain't gonna stay, so I'm saving up for a rainy day.

I won't fuss and I won't fight, no questions asked after lonely nights
just a hug , a tender kiss, another kiss I'll drown my sorrows with

I'm savin up for a rainy day, I know there'll be hell to pay
lord knows you ain't meant to stay, so I'm saving up for a rainy day

I'm savin up for a rainy day, when you turn around and walk away
lord I know there'll be hell to pay, so I'm saving up for a rainy day

Savin Up (for a rainy day)

The bottle is empty, the moon is shining bright
I'm sitting here missing you, like I do each night
The teardrops they'll be flowin, and my eyes fill up with red
When the moonlight shines on your side of the bed

Losing you was heavy, missing you is hard
and I know you felt this lonely when I was, shooting pool and playing cards
and it hurts the worst when I think of all the times you said
and when the moonlight shines on your side of the bed

The boys down at the tavern, are telling me don't come around
I guess with all my crying, I'm bringing everybody down
I go home and go to bed your inside my head
when the moonlight shines on your side of the bed

The bottle is empty, the moon is shining bright
I'm sitting here missing you, like I do each night
The teardrops they'll be flowin, and my eyes fill up with red
When the moonlight shines on your side of the bed

When the moonlight shines on your side of the bed

logan.corbin

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