John Prine Quotes

We made love In every way love can be made
And we made time Look like time Could never fade
Friday Night We both made the guitars hum Saturday made Sunday feel Like it would never come
Gonna be a long Monday
Sittin' all alone on a mountain By a river that has no end

I am an old woman named after my mother
My old man is another child that's grown old
If dreams were lightning thunder was desire
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago
Make me an angel that flies from Montgom'ry
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at, just free rambling man
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
The years just flow by like a broken down dam.

When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band Check into a swell hotel, ain't the afterlife grand?

The dark and distant drumming
The pounding of the hooves
The silence of everything that moves
Late at night you'll see them
decked out in shiny jewels
the coming of the caravan of fools

Sometimes my old heart is like a washing machine It bounces around 'til my Soul comes clean
And when I'm clean and hung out to dry
I'm gonna make you laugh until you cry

I know a man who's got a lot to lose
A pretty nice fella, kinda confused
Got muscles in his head that've never been used He thinks he owns half of this town He goes out drinkin' gets a big red nose
Beats his old lady with a rubber hose Then he takes her out to dinner Buys her new clothes
That's the way that the world goes 'round You're up one day, the next you're down It's a half-an-inch of water and you think you're gonna drown
That's the way that the world goes 'round

It's a measure of treasure that gives me the pleasure
Of loving you the way I do
And you know I would gladly say I need your love badly
And bring these little things to you. Cause you got gold
Gold inside of you
You got gold
Gold inside of you
Well I got some Gold inside me too

And the old men sit round the cracker barrels The children hum their Christmas carols
The train tracks all run parallel
But they'll all meet up one day

Why just before last Christmas
My baby went away
And I find it real surprising
For myself to hear me say
That everything is cool
Everything's okay

I can see the fire burning
Burning right behind your eyes
I can see the fire burning, baby
Burning right behind your eyes
You must've swallowed a candle
Or some other kind of surprise.

The cashier at the pump & pay
Knows everything's gonna be okay
The all night all right rent-a-cop
Is across the street at the donut shop
The waitress waits with whiskey sour
At the single mingle happy hour
The one man band begins to sing Accompanied by a drum machine

Many years later I found myself talking to this girl
Who was standing there with her back turned to Lake Marie The wind was blowing especially through her hair
...Many years later we found ourselves in Canada
Trying to save our marriage and perhaps catch a few fish
Whatever seemed easier, that night she fell asleep in my arms
Humming the tune to, "Louie Louie"
Aah baby, we gotta go now

Kiss a little baby Give the world a smile If you take an inch
Give 'em back a mile
Cause if you lie like a rug
And you don't give a damn
You're never gonna be
As happy as a clam
So I'm sitting in a hotel
Trying to write a song
My head is just as empty As the day is long.

Surround me with your boundless love Confound me with your boundless love
I was drowning in the sea, Lost as I could be
When you found me With your boundless love

Oh my God, what have I gotten myself into?
I'm a human corkscrew and all my wine is blood
They're gonna kill me Mama. They don't like me Bud.
So Jesus went to Heaven and he went there awful quick All them people killed him and he wasn't even sick
So come and gather around me my contemporary peers
And I'll tell you all the story of Jesus, the missing years