Lyrics: Anniversary Song Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   Have you ever seen a sight as beautiful as that of the rain-soaked purple of the white birch in spring? Have you ever felt more fresh or wonderful…

Lyrics: Mining For Gold Album: The Trinity Sessions Artist: Cowboy Junkies   We are miners, hard rock miners To the shaft house we must go Pour your bottles on our shoulders We are marching to the slow On the line…

Lyrics: Floorboard Blues Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   Look under his floorboards, Mama, I don’t trust his silly grin He’s got a beat-up Rambler, Nebraska plates, and I ain’t getting in I don’t like the way…

Lyrics: Lay it Down Album: Lay It Down Artist: Cowboy Junkies   He left his dead in the cottonwood trees the ground grown too hard with the years Falling down was not what it used to be the ground grown…

Lyrics: A Common Disaster Album: Lay It Down Artist: Cowboy Junkies   A candle burning for everything I’ve ever wanted A tattoo burned for everything I’ve ever wanted and lost I had a long list of names that I kept…

Lyrics: Summer Of Our Discontent Album: Miles from Our Home Artist: Cowboy Junkies   Another note afloat upon this paper sea Explain to me How this can be Another face erased From this tidal pool Found one day Then swept…

Lyrics: State Trooper Album: Whites off Earth Now!! Artist: Cowboy Junkies   New Jersey Turnpike Riding on a wet night ‘neath the refinery’s glow Down where the great black river flow Licence, registration: I ain’t got none But I got…

Lyrics: Dead flowers Album: Unknown Artist: Cowboy Junkies   (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards) Well, when you’re sitting there in your silk upholstered chair Talking to some rich folk that you know Well, I hope you won’t see me in…

Lyrics: Love’s still there Album: Unknown Artist: Cowboy Junkies   Door slams, car starts, he’s on the road she’s left there sitting, angry and alone thinking what she should have said well, maybe she should have gone to bed Now…

Lyrics: Captain kidd Album: Unknown Artist: Cowboy Junkies   My name was Captain Kidd, when I sailed, when I sailed My name was Captian Kidd, when I sailed, when I sailed and so wickedly I did God’s laws I did…