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Russell Tom

He had a blue wing tattooed on his shoulder Well it might have been a blue bird I don't know But he'd get stone drunk and talk about Alaska The salmon

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl Nighttime would find me in Rosa's Cantina Music would play and Felina would whirl

alone But walking beside me Was Nina Simone Tonight im my dressing room xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On a plate of Spanish apples Outside in the train yard xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Is just Hanks Williams

will not save him That two healers will not heal him That three eyes will not see him That four ears will not hear him That five walls will not hide

Well, I had an old dog and his name was Blue Had an old dog and his name was Blue Had an old dog and his name was Blue Betcha five dollars he's a good

Old man river, that old man river he just keeps rolling along. Mississippi river runnin' backwards, earthquake shook the land, it happened down here

There?s a Mexican dead on a power line He?s deader than yesterday?s communion wine He was trying to get something he couldn?t afford for free A poor man