Eric Taylor Deadwood written by Eric Taylor

Eric Taylor vocals/acoustic guitar
Glenn Fukunaga bass
Gene Elders violin
John Hagen cello
Chris Maresh acoustic bass
James Gilmer percussion

The good times scratched a l[F/E]augh from the [F/D]lungs of a [F/C]young man
In a Deadwood saloon South Dakota afternoon
And the old ones by the d[F/E]oor with their h[F/D]eads to their c[F/C]hests
They told lies about whiskey on a woman’s breast
Some tell the [F/E]story of [F/D]young Mickey [F/C]Free
Lost an eye to a buck deer in the Tongue river valley
Some tell the [F/E]story of [F/D]California J[F/C]oe
He sent word that the Black Hills they was a mountain of gold
And the gold she lay [Dm/C]cold in their pockets
And the sun she sets [Dm/C]down on the trees
And they’ll thank the[Dm/C] Lord for this land that they live in
Where a white man well he does as he pleases
Some flat shoed fool [F/E]from the [F/D]east come a[F/C] running
With some news that he read in some St Joseph paper
And its drinks all [F/E]around cause the [F/D]news he’s a [F/C]telling
Is the one they call crazy has been caught and been dealt with
[F/E] [F/D] [F/C]
And the Easterner he reads the news from the paper
And the old ones draw nearer so that they can hear better
[F/E] [F/D]
[F/C]Well it says here that Crazy Horse was killed while he was trying to
escape
Says is was sometime last September and don’t give the exact date
And the gold she lay [Dm/C]cold in their pockets
And the sun she sets [Dm/C]down on the trees
And they’ll thank the[Dm/C] Lord for this land that they live in
Where a white man well he does as he pleases
[F/E] [F/D] [F/C]
Then the talk turned back to whisky and women
Cold nights on the plains lord fighting the Indians
The Easterner [F/E]says he’ll have one [F/D]more before he [F/C]goes
He gives up the paper to the Crow boy sweeps up the floor
And the gold she lay [Dm/C]cold in their pockets
And the sun she sets [Dm/C]down on the trees
And they’ll thank the[Dm/C] Lord for this land that they live in
Where a white man well he does as he pleases

From Eric Taylor “Eric Taylor”
Watermelon Records WM 1040
P.O. Box 402088 Austin, Texas 78704
[512-472-6192]Copyright 1995 Songs Of PolyGram Intl/Blue Ruby Music (BMI)

Eric Taylor Two Fires written by Eric Taylor

Eric Taylor vocals/acoustic guitar
Denice Franke vocals

There’s a fire out on the mesa
And I’m an innocent man
I’m just burning holes in the sand

Burning my back roads
In a two wheeled run
Going to burn em again when I’m done
Used to burn like Atlanta
Ah we burned like the loneseome
In a young girl’s eye
Where’s the fire hey what’s the matter
Two fires burning burning one at a time
There’s a fire down on Scott Street
In the pourin rain
Down on the corner it’s an eight ball game
He’s burning his fingers man
And he’s burning his clothes
Somebody burned him and down he’s goes
Used to burn like Atlanta
Ah we burned like the loneseome
In a young girl’s eye
Where’s the fire hey what’s the matter
Two fires burning burning one at a time
There’s a fire down at this hotel burning itself out
The only thing left burning here
Is coming out of my mouth
One flame’s a red babe
And one flame’s blue
Somebody get a fireman
Get a fire into this room
Used to burn like Atlanta
Ah we burned like the loneseome
In a young girl’s eye
Where’s the fire hey what’s the matter
Two fires burning burning one at a time

From Eric Taylor “Resurrect”
Koch International 1998
Songs Of Polygram Intl Inc/Blue Ruby Music(BMI)