James Mcmurtry Lyrics & Chords By James Mcmurtry

Cool as a rule, you don't learn in no school You can't brown nose the teacher from a dunce hat stool It's the hum and the rhythm, the birds and the bees The mommas and the...read more

The old man's out by the swimming pool He goes there to think He talks on the phone sometimes Hardly mentions a thing Said he needed it for his knees He used to swim back in...read more

I got a timebomb, in my mind Mom. I hear it ticking but I don't know why. I call the police, but they don't like me. I hear 'em whispering when I walk by. I got a landmine in...read more

Don’t want to die in a Super 8 Motel Just because somebody’s evening didn’t go so well If I ever get back to Bristol I’m better off sleeping in a county jail Don’t want...read more

I've got a house and 90 acres some cattle in the barn Two kids with no mama, she left in a saleman's arms A sign by the mailbox says there's an auction in the Yard Born and...read more