To fight with Ben McCulloch and the Texas infantry Well the poster said we'd get a uniform and seven bucks a week The best rations in the army and a rifle
devil I know Now she's the kind a woman Keep you comin' back for more Got the kind of face You swear you seen someplace before Coulda` been your mamma Coulda' been a
I wish I'd never come back home It don't feel right since I've been grown I can't find any of my old friends hangin' 'round Won't nothin' bring you down
t sound different I've learned the game I'm looking through you you're not the same Why tell me why did you not treat me right Love has a nasty habit
There's a train a comin' There's a train a comin Hear them tracks a hummin' There's a train a comin' Can't you hear her blowin' Can't you hear her blowin
(Norman Blake) [Instrumental]
I'm the keeper of your heart I keep the flame when we're apart I'm the lover in your arms Or a baby soft and warm I'm a hero in your eyes I'm a comfort
I remember holdin on to you All them long and lonely nights I put you through Somewhere in there I'm sure I made you cry But I can't remember if we said
When he remember Zion It was the wicked [Chorus:] Carry us away captivity Require from us a song How can we sing King Alfa's song In a strange land
you it's just the lights That bring her here and not her loneliness That's what she says but sometimes she forgets If she tells you she don't need a man
the snow Would tuwn the skies to winter Well she said she'd come to look for work She was not seeking favors For a dime a day and a place to stay She
a man's got to do what he's best at Ain't found nothin' better so far Been called mercenaries and men with no country Just soldiers in search of a war
a word of thanks Fell in with a crowd in some border town And took to robbin' banks Outside the law your luck will run out fast And a few years came