Steve Earle(born January 17, 1955) is a singer-songwriterbest known for his countrymusic and rock 'n roll tinged " alt-country." He is also a published writer, a keen political activist (particularly in protesting against the death penalty in the U.S., as in his song "Ellis Unit One" from the movie Dead Man Walking), and has written and directed a play. Born in Hampton, Virginia, legend has it that a box of Texas dirt, sent by his grandfather, was brought into the delivery room, so that it could be said that the first soil Earle's feet ever touched was Texan. He moved around the U.S. with his parents, before dropping out of school in the 8th grade and heading to Houston, Texas, to explore a career in music. In 1975, he moved to Nashville and worked as a songwriter.
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Steve Earle
Well sometimes in the evenings I start to get that feeling
Like Im empty inside
I know Im doin good now but tonight Im headed downtown
Down by the riverside
I sit underneath the freeway with an old friend from the old days
And a bottle of wine
Well he used to call me big time, and he knew someday that Id shine
Said hed seen all the signs
He said . .
Keep yourself to yourself
Keep your bedroll dry
And boy you never can tell
What the shadows hide
Keep ene eve on the ground
Pick up whatever you find
cause youve got no place to fall
When your backs to the wall
Hes gettin old and its showin when I asked him how its goin
He said Ive seen better I guess
Ive been rained on, Ive been frozen, but this heres the life Ive chosen
If it just wasnt for the loneliness
Now this river suits me to a t. but if youre trying to raise a family
It aint no place to be
Theres a kid down by the dump there, ought to be in grade school somewhere
Now he hangs out with me
And I told him . . .
Well we finished off the bottle and I told him,joe I think I ought to
Be headed uptown
Well it was late, and Id been drinkin, drivin home I got to thinkin
bout whats been going down
Cause theyre nervous down on wall street, but theyre trying to keep it upbeat
Or maybe they just dont care
But down at the river eyes are burnin cause they feel the tables turnin
So if you wind up down there . . .