South Mountain Ghost Story, Gerry Hubbard Performed By David Hubbard

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True Story, Shel Silverstein, David Hubbard

True Story

Shel Silverstein

This morning I jumped on my horse and went out for a ride.

Some wild outlaws chased me and they shot me in the side.

So I crawled into a wildcat's cave to find a place to hide,

But some pirates found me a'sleepin' there and soon they had me tied

'Till a lady zombie cut me loose and begged to be my bride.

So I said I'd come back Wednesday, but I must admit I lied,

'Cause I run away into the swamp but I forgot my guide.

And I stepped into some quicksand, and no matter how I tried,

I couldn't get out 'till I met a crocodile named Clyde

Who took me to some cannibals who planned to have me fried.

They built a fire under me and I swear I almost cried

'Till an eagle come and swooped me up and through the air we flied,

But he dropped me in a boiling lake a thousand miles wide.

And you know what happened then?

I died...

Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks The National, David Hubbard

Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks  The National

Leave your home
Change your name
Live alone
Eat your cake

Vanderlyle, crybaby, cry
Oh, the waters are rising
Still no surprising you
Vanderlyle, crybaby, cry

Man, it's all been forgiving
Swans are a swimming
I'll explain everything to the geeks

All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love

All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love

Vanderlyle, crybaby, cry
Oh, the waters are rising
Still no surprising you
Vanderlyle, crybaby, cry

Man, it's all been forgiving
Swans are a swimming
I'll explain everything to the geeks

Hanging from chandeliers
Same small world
At your heels

All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love

All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love

Vanderlyle, crybaby, cry
Oh, the waters are rising
Still no surprising you
Vanderlyle, crybaby, cry

Man, it's all been forgiving
Swans are a swimming
I'll explain everything to the geeks

I'll explain everything to the geeks
I'll explain everything to the geeks

Tom Ames Prayer, Craig, Hayden And Elise

Tom Ames Prayer, Steve Earle

Everyone in Nacadoches knew Tom Ames would come to some bad end 

Well the sheriff had cought him stealin' chickens and such 

by the time that he was ten 
And one day his daddy took a ten dollar bill 
and he tucked it in his hand 
He said I can tell you're headed for trouble son 
and your momma wouldn't understand 

So he took that money and his brothers old bay 
and he left without 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 and went 
'Till he's trapped in an alley in Abilene 
with all but four shells spent 

And he realized prayin' was the only thing 
that he hadn't ever tried 
Well he wasn't sure he knew quite how 
but he looked up to the sky 

Said you don't owe me nothin' and as far as I know 
Lord don't owe nothin' to you 
And I ain't askin' for a miracle Lord 
just a little bit of luck will do 

And you know I ain't never prayed before 
but it always seemed to me 
If prayin' is the same as beggin' Lord 
I don't take no charity 

Yeah but right now Lord with my back to the wall 
Can't help but recall 
How they nearly hung me for stealin' a horse 
in Fort Smith Arkansas 

Judge Parker said guilty and the gavel came down 
just like a cannon shot 
And I went away quietly 
and I began to file and plot 

Well they sent the preacher down to my cell 
He said the Lord is your only hope 
He's the only friend that you gonna have 
When you hit the end of Parker's rope 

Well I guess he coulda' kept on preachin' 'till Christmas 
but he turned his back on me 
I put a home made blade to that golden throat 
and asked the deputy for the key 

Well it ain't the first close call I ever had 
I'm sure you already know 
I had some help from you Lord and the devil himself 
It's been strictly touch and go 

Yeah but who in the hell am I talkin' to 
there ain't no one here but me 
Then he cocked both his pistols and he spit in the dirt 
and he walked out in the street

The Fox, Traditional, By David Hubbard

"The Fox"

The Fox went out on a chilly night
He prayed for the moon to give him light
For he had many a mile to go that night
Before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o
He had many a mile to go that night
Before he reached the town-o

He ran till he came to a great big pen
The ducks and the geese were kept therein
He said a couple of you are gonna grease my chin
Before I leave this town-o, town-o, town-o
A couple of you are gonna grease my chin
Before I leave this town-o

He grabbed the great goose by the neck
He threw a duck across his back
And he didn't mind the quack, quack quack
And the legs all danglin' down-o, down-o, down-o
He didn't mind the quack, quack quack
And the legs all danglin' down-o

Old mother Pitter Patter  jumped out of bed
Out of the window she popped her head
Cryin' John, John the great goose is gone
The Fox is on the town-o, town-o, town-o
John, John the great goose is gone
And the Fox is on the town-o

Well John he ran to the top of the hill
Blew his horn both loud and shrill
The fox he said better flee with my kill
They’ll soon be on my trailo, trailo, trailo
The fox he said better flee with my kill
They’ll soon be on my trailo

He ran till he came to his cozy den
And there were the little ones 8, 9, 10
Sayin' Daddy, Daddy better go back again
It must be a mighty fine town-o, town-o, town-o
Daddy, Daddy go back again
For it must be a mighty fine town-o

The Fox and his Wife, without any strife
They cut up the goose with a fork and a knife
And they never had such a supper in their life
And the little ones chewed on the bones-o, bones-o, bones-o
They never had such a supper in their life
And the little ones chewed on the bones-o

Temporary Glances, Original By Craig Hubbard….

Temporary Glances, Original By Craig Hubbard…..

I said I want you, you said I scare you
You said I love you,  I said I hear you
Please don’t fear to take more chances
It’s only temporary glances

Through the water, into the rain
The city calls out through the pain
We don’t perceive all the advances
With only temporary glances
With vision blurring I take your hand.
You lead me through what we planned.
She lays me down and then she dances
But it’s temporary glances

Lay me down now in the meadow
In the sunshine through the wind blow
No more books and strange romances
Because of temporary glances 

Just The Other Side Of Nowhere, Kris Kristofferson, David Hubbard

Just The Other Side Of Nowhere, 

Kris Kristofferson, By David Hubbard

I've come from just the other side of no-where,
To this big time lonesome town.
They got a lotta ice an' snow here,
Half as cold as all the people I've found.
Every way I try to go here,
Seems to bring me down.
I seen about enough to know where I belong.

I've got a mind to see the headlights shinin',
On that old white line between my heart and home.
Sick of spendin' Sundays, wishin' they were Mondays,
Sittin' in a park alone.
So give my best to anyone who's left who ever done me,
Any lovin' way but wrong,
Tell them that the pride of just the other side of nowhere's goin' home.

Takin' nothing back to show there,
For these dues I have paid,
But the soul I almost sold here,
And the body I've been givin' away.
Fadin' from the neon nightime glow here,
Headin' for the light of day.
Just the other side of nowhere, goin' home.

I've got a mind to see the headlights shinin',
On that old white line between my heart and home.
Sick of spendin' Sundays, wishin' they were Mondays,
Sittin' in a park alone.
So give my best to anyone who's left who ever done me,
Any lovin' way but wrong,
Tell 'em that the pride of just the other side of nowhere's goin' home.

Takin' nothing back to show there,
For these dues I have paid,
But the soul I almost sold here,
And the body I've been givin away.
Fadin' from the neon nightime glow here,
Headin' for the light of day.
Just the other side of nowhere, goin' home.

Just the other side of no-where, goin' home.