The Steeldrivers Drinkin' Dark Whiskey Drinkin dark whiskey, tellin' white lies one leads to another on a Saturday night don't you cross your heart unless you hope to die drinkin dark whiskey, tellin' white lies the first drop burns but the second one goes down smooth and then that ol' black label gets ahold of you it'll loosen your tongue but it don't ever tell the truth Drinkin dark whiskey, tellin' white lies one leads to another on a Saturday night don't you cross your heart unless you hope to die drinkin dark whiskey, tellin' white lies When the bottle 's talkin be careful what he might say he talks in the dark like he never would in the day then he gets in trouble just as soon as he gets his way Drinkin dark whiskey, tellin' white lies one leads to another on a Saturday night don't you cross your heart unless you hope to die drinkin dark whiskey, tellin' white lies A little white lie don't mean anyone no good when it's makin the rounds all over the neighborhood next thing you know you're all misunderstood Drinkin dark whiskey, tellin' white lies one leads to another on a Saturday night don't you cross your heart unless you hope to die drinkin dark whiskey, tellin' white lies drinkin dark whiskey, tellin' white lies ------------------- Midnight Train To Memphis Well, Judge looked down gave me fourty days instead of the fine that I could not pay said walk right you'll soon be home cross the line and you're on your own Fourty Days of shotguns and barbed wire fences Fourty Nights to sit an listen to the midnight train to Memphis Well now, whistle blows when the sun comes up head to floor keep your big mouth shut eat your breakfast on the ground work like hell till the sun goes down Fourty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences Fourty nights to sit an listen to the midnight train to Memphis Well now, 10 for the jury 10 for the judge 20 more to forget my grudge when I get to 39 thats the longest day in a prisoner's mind Fourty days of shotguns and barbed wire fences Fourty nights to sit an listen to the midnight train to Memphis midnight train to Memphis midnight train to Memphis on the midnight train to Memphis ---------------- If It Hadn't Been For Love Never woulda hitch hiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love Never woulda caught the train to Louisian' if it hadn't been for love Never woulda run through the blindin' rain without one dollar to my name if it hadn't been if it hadn't been for love Never woulda seen the trouble that i'm in if it hadn't been for love Woulda been gone like a wayward wind if it hadn't been for love Nobody knows it better than me I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't been if it hadn't been for love Four cold walls against my will at least I know she's lying still Four cold walls without paroll Lord have mercy on my soul Never woulda gone to that side of town if it hadn't been for love Never woulda took a mind to track her down if it hadn't been for love Never woulda loaded up a forty four put myself behind a jail house door if it hadn't been if it hadn't been for love Four cold walls against my will at least I know she's lying still Four cold walls without paroll Lord have mercy on my soul Never woulda hitch hiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love Never woulda caught the train to Louisian' if it hadn't been for love Never woulda loaded up a forty four put myself behind a jail house door if it hadn't been if it hadn't been for love if it hadn't been if it hadn't been for love if it hadn't been if it hadn't been for love ------------------- East Kentucky Home Been up and down this lonesome highway coast to coast and back again I just had to do things my way had to go against the wind Cause I’ve been dreaming of the girl I left behind Lord she had the truest heart I’ve ever known and I’ve been looking for a world I’ll never find Ever since I left my East Kentucky Home I can smell the wood smoke risin' feel the wind out in the pines see the way I left her cryin' every time I close my eyes Cause I’ve been dreaming of the girl I left behind Lord she had the truest heart I’ve ever known And I’ve been looking for a world I’ll never find Ever since I left my East Kentucky Home Think I’ll get up with the sunrise, think I’ll pack my things and go it's taken me this long to realize the only thing I need to know Cause I’ve been dreaming of the girl I left behind Lord she had the truest heart I’ve ever known And I’ve been looking for a world I’ll never find Ever since I left my East Kentucky Home Ever since I left my East Kentucky Home ---------------- To Be With You Again I cannot wait for dawn to break I must be on my way before I pass this way again be many a dark dark day The sheriff does not know my face he does not know my name but before the sun goes down again he’ll know them just the same One kiss before I leave you and one more for the wind everyday I hope and pray to be with you again Between a poor man's word and a rich man's gold who’s chances would you choose the judge and jury close their eyes and justice don’t come true I’ll run from what I haven’t done cause the long arm of the law has got a silver spade that’ll dig my grave in Fort Smith Arkansas One kiss before I leave you and one more for the wind everyday I hope and pray to be with you again Down along the railroad tracks waitin in the weeds the first freight train to the leave the yard will be the one for me I’ll find a place on the box car roof Where the wind cuts cold and deep I don’t know need no rail road man To catch me in my sleep One kiss before I leave you and one more for the wind everyday I hope and pray to be with you again to be with you again ---------------- Heaven Sent I know our days are heaven sent lord knows I know not where they went shake my head and I wonder how I'll ever get to heaven now An angel came one winter dawn you shoulda seen what she had on wind was whistlin' like its rain she left again just like she came I know our days are heaven sent lord knows I know not where they went shake my head and I wonder how I'll ever get to heaven now I move around a lot these days honky tonks and broad freeways the same thing that I've always done but I'm older now and I get tired some I know our days are heaven sent lord knows I know not where they went shake my head and I wonder how I'll ever get to heaven now Those who think they hold the cards I send out my kind regards Those who love to those who care I'll meet you down the road somewhere I know our days are heaven sent lord knows I know not where they went shake my head and I wonder how I'll ever get to heaven now I know our days are heaven sent lord knows I know not where they went shake my head and I wonder how I'll ever get to heaven now I'll ever get to heaven now --------------- Peacemaker I'm a cool 3 lbs of cold blue steel I shoot even deader than the way I feel made to fit right in your hand why i'll never understand I coulda been a hammer or a railroad spike I coulda been a train rollin through the night but they gave my voice such a terrible sound that I wish they'd left me in the ground I'm a peacemaker don't know how I got my name I'm a peacemaker if I don't deserve the credit why do I deserve the blame When the lion lays down with the lamb then you won't find me in nobody's hand till that time I will remain till the sinners lay down with the saints I'm a peacemaker don't know how I got my name I'm a peacemaker if I don't deserve the credit why do I deserve the blame I'm a peacemaker don't know how I got my name I'm a peacemaker if I don't deserve the credit why do I deserve the blame I'm a cool 3 lbs of cold blue steel I shoot even deader than the way I feel ------------------- That Train Don't Stop Here Anymore I keep waitin' for you to want me like you always did before but ya pass right by like you don't know me I guess that train don't stop here anymore What's the matter little darlin' what makes you wanna run do you hear a new voice callin' or is it something that I've done I keep waitin' for you to want me like you always did before but ya pass right by like you don't know me I guess that train don't stop here anymore I don't like livin' without lovin' I don't like what's goin' through my mind could your heart be set on something a little farther down the line I keep waitin' for you to want me like you always did before but ya pass right by like you don't know me I guess that train don't stop here anymore I keep waitin' for you to want me like you always did before but ya pass right by like you don't know me I guess that train don't stop here anymore I guess that train don't stop here anymore --------------- Higher Than the Wall There are walls made of paper, and walls made of stone and some that are made out of livin' alone I built a wall no one could break down locked up my heart where it couldn't be found You saw past my shackles and let love unfold showed me the truth from the lies I'd been told my heart was a prisoner like no heart at all till your love reached higher than the wall Higher than the wall a thousand feet tall high above the darkness where the blue shadows fall your love reached higher, where it's better and brighter yeah, your love reached higher than the wall Now I'm wearin' freedom instead of those chains empty reminders don't cause me no pain it's all gone away like the leaves in the fall 'Cause your love reached higher than the wall Higher than the wall a thousand feet tall high above the darkness where the blue shadows fall your love reached higher, where it's better and brighter Yeah, your love reached higher than the wall Yeah, your love reached higher than the wall ----------------- Through the Window Pane Through the window pane a voice comes callin' like a whisper on the wind it's just a sound of a memory talkin' another lonesome night that never ends Every minute seems like a year ever heartbeat every tear I walk the floor I walk the streets can't walk away a memory Through the window pane a voice comes callin' like a whisper on the wind it's just a sound of a memory talkin' another lonesome night that never ends I can't eat Lord I can't sleep lonesome blues won't let me be it's all my fault it' all my blame played with love and I lost the game Through the window pane a voice comes callin' like a whisper on the wind it's just a sound of a memory talkin' another lonesome night that never ends Through the window pane a voice comes callin' like a whisper on the wind it's just a sound of a memory talkin' another lonesome night that never ends another lonesome night that never ends ----------------- You Put The Hurt On Me There's a light on in the kitchen where I've been losin' sleep It seems to me since you've been gone the dark got twice as deep My mind tries to forget you, but my heart comes back for more 'cause you put the hurt on me like I never felt before Don't need a guilty conscience to follow me around Don't need no one to tell me why the rain keeps pourin' down Dont need another dark cloud hangin round outside my door 'cause you put the hurt on me, like I never felt before The flames have turned to ashes but there's still some embers left Missin' you is harder than this whiskey on my breath I never had a memory cut a path as wide as yours 'cause you put the hurt on me, like I never felt before The flames have turned to ashes but there's still some embers left Missin' you is harder than this whiskey on my breath I never had a memory cut a path as wide as yours 'cause you put the hurt on me, like I never felt before you put the hurt on me, like I never felt before