Mama always told me, papa always warned me Don’t hang around with boys like you Teacher always told me never to be naughty Don’t mess around with boys like you They talk a lot Your friends say he’s troublesome “Don’t do it, you’ll get hurt” But, they

Come gather 'round, friends And I'll tell you a tale Of when the red iron ore pits ran plenty But the cardboard filled windows And old men on the benches Tell you now that the whole town is empty In the north end of town My own children are grown But I

What is left when the morning comes Is the memory of a future And when my plight is done There is nothing left to hold onto There were friends waiting at my door They are gone now, for the year is new I stuck by my word And when the rains came Made it

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh Darling, just hold on ‪What do you do when a chapter ends?‬ ‪Do you close the book and never read it again?‬ ‪Where do you go when your story's done?‬ ‪You can be who you were or who you'll become ‪The sun goes down and it comes

I'm bleedin' American gold, gold, gold, yeah, yeah I lost some friends, some friends that I didn't want to I lost some stars, my heart bleeds red, white, and blue I've been in and out of the fire battling for you (oh oh) Bleeding on American soil I bleed

No we don't have a lot of money Free as we'll ever be Just as free Just me and you We live out in our old van Travel all across this land We'll end up hand in hand Somewhere down on the sand Drive until the city lights

The night they drove old Dixie down Na, na, na, na, na, na, na And all the people were singin' they went All the bells were ringing All them bells were ringing Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and

Farewell to old friends Oh, where'd you go? Let's raise a glass to the bitter end The words that you said They still ring in my head Don't you know We say goodbye With a tear in our eye It's alright, you can sleep tonight

His friends are all gone 'cause he's the last rebel He's the last rebel There's a grey horse standin' still As a soldier climbs in the saddle for one last ride As the rain pours off his hat You can see the shadows of the past written in his eyes Now the

Who told you, you could put band-aids Over broken hearts to fix messes you made? You can't tie up your loose ends 'Cause I know what you're doing And your sorry's are too little and too late So go fool all your new friends Who don't know where you've