Traveling Song Game

When I was just a young man, I was barely seventeen
I went out to Hollywood chasing my dreams

When I was just a young man, I was barely seventeen
I went out to Hollywood chasing my dreams

Home Sweet Oklahoma - Leon Russell

The big top is for dreamers, we can take the circus all the way to the border
And the gallows wait for martyrs whose papers are in order

The big top is for dreamers, we can take the circus all the way to the border
And the gallows wait for martyrs whose papers are in order

Mary Queen Of Arkansas  --  Bruce Springsteen  -  Great early gem, Very Dylanesque lyrics by The Boss, and the lines:
Well, I'm just a lonely acrobat, the live wire is my trade
I've been a shine boy for your acid brat and a wharf rat of your state 
(or the original demo) --
I've been a change man at your laundromat and a wharf rat of your state  -  sound like vintage Springsteen to me


 Next Lyrics:
When I was in Missouri
They would not let me be
I had to leave there in a hurry
I only saw what they let me see 
     
   

Yes, very well said about Bruce's tune, Cobra.
And very impressive to see those lyrics from the original demo.
I thought I was the only one THAT into Bruce on these boards!

When I was in Missouri
They would not let me be
I had to leave there in a hurry
I only saw what they let me see

Tryin' To Get To Heaven - Bob Dylan

Staring blindly into space
Getting up to splash my face
Wanting just to stay awake
Wond'ring how much I can take

25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago

And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime

And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime

Little Green Apples  --  Roger Miller


I feel uptight on a Saturday night
Nine o'clock, the radio's the only light     

I feel uptight on a Saturday night
Nine o'clock, the radio's the only light     

Detroit Rock City - Kiss

Was Wedn'sday evenin' when first we heard the word,
It did not come by train nor bird.
T'was when Ben Pike stepped down to say,
"This old town's gonna blow away."

Was Wedn'sday evenin' when first we heard the word,
It did not come by train nor bird.
T'was when Ben Pike stepped down to say,
"This old town's gonna blow away."

Look Out, Cleveland  --  The Band


She shines with her own kind of light
She looks at you once
And a day that's all wrong looks all right
And I love her
God knows I love her        

Kentucky Woman - Neil Diamond


He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a   

He had the nerve and he had the blood
There never was a

Tennessee Stud  --  Jimmie Driftwood


Next Lyrics: I have Black & Tan beer in my fridge with this song title:

Well I was raised by an awful alligator
He taught me how to walk the line
He used to deal cards from the bottom of the deck
But a Tennessee woman took his life
But he sure gave me some damn good advise

And I take my shots straight out of the jug 

     

Mississippi Mud - Hank Williams III

We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle
Halfway 'cross Alabam
And that hound dog broke down and left us all stranded
In downtown Brimingham 
 

   


  

We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle
Halfway 'cross Alabam
And that hound dog broke down and left us all stranded
In downtown Brimingham 

Promised Land - Chuck Berry

Weather 'round here chopping and changing 
Surgery in the air 
Print shirts and southern accents 
Cigars and big hair 
We got the wheels, petrol's cheap 
We only went there for a week 

Miami - U2

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low

Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low

Statesboro Blues  --  Allman Brothers Band


Southern words with an old Sandlapper tune
Palmetto trees swayin' in that Atlantic breeze
Reachin' up to touch the crescent moon     

Southern words with an old Sandlapper tune
Palmetto trees swayin' in that Atlantic breeze
Reachin' up to touch the crescent moon     

South Carolina Low Country - Josh Turner 

Your face, she's a picture, babe pictures ain't what I crave
I don't feel this way most generally
I just pit a thousand miles 'tween me and where my thoughts do lie
And I thank you kindly baby to kindly let me be