Lyrics
Cold Kentucky (E Minor)
(based on a true story and written in Chicago, IL and Sunflower, MS 2024)
Cold Kentucky...Cold Kentucky morn
Cold Kentucky...Cold Kentucky morn
A man came knockin' and he walked out to his fall
The stove was lonely, I hope you didn't see
The stove was lonely, i pray you didn't see
Your wicked witch was waiting with a load of kerosene
Cold Kentucky...Cold Kentucky morn
Cold Kentucky...Cold Kentucky morn
A man came knockin' and he walked out to his fall
You lit the match mama, your screams of misery
You lit the match mama, your screams of agony
I've been waitin' all my life, my angel's bringin' me to thee
I miss you mama, your screams of misery
I miss you mama, your screams of agony
Your wicked witch was waiting with a load of kerosene
I miss you mama, I hope you didn't see
I miss you mama, I pray you didn't see
I been waitin' all my life now my angel's...bringing me to thee
MIss Fortune (E, A, B7)
(written Monterey, CA 2023)
Good mornin' Miss Fortune
I hope you're happy now
Good mornin' Miss Fortune
I hope you're happy now
You took everything I had dear, and you even took a bow
The Blues been rainin' hard now
My shoes are bone and mud
The Blues been rainin' hard now
My shoes are bone and mud
But what you didn't see babe...the Blues run in my blood
You tried to take me away babe
Yes you did so hatefully
Yeah you tried to take me away babe
Yes you did so hatefully
But what you didn't count on...my angel held me gracefully
Good mornin' Miss Fortune
I hope you're happy now
Good morning Miss Fortune
I hope you're happy now
You took everything I had dear, and you even took a bow
The Blues been rainin' hard now
My shoes are bone and mud
The Blues been rainin' hard now
My shoes are bone and mud
But what you didn't see babe...the Blues run in my blood
Antietam Song -The Bloody Lane (A minor)
(based on a true story. written Boca Grande, FL 2025)
There is a road in Mary's land
They call the Bloody Lane
One hundred thousand marching men
From north and south they came
As darkness fell the campfires lit
The boys they thought of home
They stared and stared into the sky
Awake and all alone
They fought not for the big black hats
Nor princes in their dress
And little did they even know
What sat on Abe's 'ol desk
O any living man will say
Upon his last of thoughts
I wonder what my fate will bring
I hope to god I fought
In hush of wood the silence stood
Rain fell upon the stones
And all the men that lived that day
Spoke of chill in their bones
They crossed the creek in dawn's grey light
Wet wool it was to be
And high up with his looking glass
Sat watching Bobby Lee
They marched into the western wood
Then turned a fateful left
And standing in the farmer's field
Was burning raging death
The timbre of the Rebel Yell
Cannon barrelin' sound
Step by step up that low rise
They reached the hallowed ground
For waiting in the sunken road
Up in the Bloody Lane
Five thousand Rebs cut them down
Stained like reaping hay
Now never a finer fight's been fought
To wash that might pain
Glory Glory Hal-le-liu
To cut that ball and chain
Glory Glory Hal-le-liu
Up in the Bloody Lane
Forgotton Wail
(written Monterey, CA 2023)
I'm searchin', to find that train babe
I'm searchin', to find that train babe
And when I do, I'm gonna lay my head
The maker, come knockin' on my door babe
The maker, come knockin' on my door babe
She said pack your bags and hop on out of here
I'm floatin', high in a rolling sea
I'm floatin', high in a rolling sea
Just open up, breathe in and sink on down
And some day, you'll meet that witch babe
And some day, you'll meet that witch babe
And when you do, be sure to hold your ground
I'm walkin', walkin' down that road babe
I'm walkin', walkin' down that road babe
And this is where...I'm gonna bare my soul
Lope In Heaven
(written Chicago, IL 2024)
[Chorus]
Angeline what's that fear in your eyes
I will walk this bare earth far and wide
And if I were to die my only wish tonight
Is to lope with you in heaven up high!
[Verse 1]
All the times you tried to say I wouldn't hear you
For that...I cannot lie
But when you were not lookin' I went up to the mountain
And babe I'll never leave your side
[Chorus]
Angeline what's that fear in your eyes
I will walk this bare earth far and wide
And if I were to die, lo' my only wish tonight
Is to lope with you in heaven up high!
[Verse 2]
All the times you tried to say I wouldn't hear you
For that...I cannot lie
But when you were not lookin' I went up to the mountain
And babe I'll never leave your side
[Chorus]
And if! I were to die babe,
My only wish tonight
Is to lope with you in heaven up high!
Layme In The Sun (Mountain Melody)
(written Chicago, IL 2025)
[Verse 1]
As I stand on the mountain ridge so high
And the wind comes jingling through the pine
How I wish for a minute
How I wish for a minute
How I wish for a minute simpler times
[Chorus]
Now Lay-me, lay me in the sun
Lay me, lay me in the sun
Lay-me, lay-me
Lay me, lay me in the sun
[Verse 2]
Here I sit down upon this mighty stone
With my hand in water finally free
Let us sit for a minute
Let us sit for a minute
Let us sit for a minute you and me
[Chorus]
Now Lay-me, lay me in the sun
Lay me, lay me in the sun
Lay-me, lay-me
Lay me, lay me in the sun
[Verse 3]
The wind blows the cottonwood so white
In my dreams I see you holding tight
Let us have one more minute
Let us have one more minute
Let us have one more minute of those times
© David Parker Allen
Broke As My Horse
(written Boca Grande, FL 2025)
[Verse 1]
She walked in when I sate down
Like sun after a storm, comin' around
On a night, I was feeling blue
[Verse 2]
She ordered gin and I ordered Jack
I lit up a smoke and she asked for one back
On a night, I was feeling bluu-e
[Verse 3]
Then she looked me dead straight and said tell me the truth
Her eyes didn't blink and I didn't move
And I said, here's the god's honest truth...
[Chorus 1]
I'm as broke as my horse
She left her pain pills and took my guns
I've got a broke in down trailer
Now, don't that sound like fun
I got dreams and I got hopes
And I been thinkin' bout city lights
But I'm better at steers and ro-opes
And there is where I'll die
Now that's the god's honest truth
And I ain't good at selling lies
But I can sit in a saddle
And you are melting in my eyes
[Verse 4]
Oh...she said nothin' and I said less
And somthin' bout the silence, it caught my breath
On a night, I was feelin' blue
I started to say but she stopped me before
She said keep it this way, then she walked to the door
On a night, I was feeling bluu-e...
Then she turned back around and said tell me again
I want to hear it once more then leave it unsaid...and I said...
Here's the god's honest truth...
[Chorus 2]
I'm as broke as my horse
She left her pain pills and took my guns
I got a broke in down trailer
Now, don't that sound like fun
I got dreams and I got hopes
And I been thinkin' bout city lights
But I'm better at steers and ro-opes
And there is where I'll die
Now that's the god's honest truth
And I ain't good at selling lies
But I got truth in my saddle I got faith in my handle babe, I never seen such eyes
Now that's the god's honest truth
And I ain't good at selling lies
But I got truth in my saddle I got faith in my handle babe, I never seen such eyes