Rock Salt and Nails

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Joe Ely

Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947, Amarillo, Texas, United States) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas Country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll. more »

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2000

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On the banks of the river 
Where the willows hang down 
And the wild birds all warble
With a low moaning sound 
Down in the hollow 
Where the waters run cold
It was there I first listened 
To the lies that you told 

Now I lay on my bed
And I see your sweet face
The past I remeber
Time cannot erase
The letter you wrote me
It was written in shame
And I know that your conscience
Still echoes my name 

The nights are so long 
And sorrow runs deep
And nothing is worse
Than a night with out sleep
I'll walk out alone 
And look at the sky
Too empty to sing 
Too lonesome to cry 

If the ladies were blackbirds 
And the ladies were thrushes
I'd lie there for hours
In the chilly, cold marshes
If the ladies were squirrels 
With a high bushy tail 
I'd fill up my shotgun 
With rock salt and nails

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