Lyrics Stoney - Jerry Jeff Walker
I
first
ran
into
Stoney.
.. it
was
a
bar
downtown;
Was
Richmond,
Virginia.
.. we
were
bumming
around,
Suitcase
to
suitcase.
.. we
started
him
talking,
Finding
out
about
the
things
we've
shared
in
the
miles
we've
been.
He
had
a
gray
pillowcase
full
of
books
by
Durrell,
And
he
had
this
old
concertina,
all
beat
up
and
she
played
like
hell,
Until
you
got
him
started
singing
those
Gospel
songs,
Well,
he
drank
all
night
for
nothing,
he
told
his
stories
till
dawn.
And
he
said,
"Come
on,
get
your
bag,
boy!
Sun's
up
now
and
it's
time
to
roll!
Hell,
you
know
there
ain't
no
better
time
than
early
in
the
morning
To
be
out
walking
down
that
road!
Just
feeling
another
day
beginning
while
some
fools
just
rushing
on
by,
We'll
be
like
some
Mr.
Independence:
we're
taking
our
own
sweet
time!"
We
walked
on
out
that
highway
under
a
clear
blue
sky,
I's
listening
to
the
tales
he
told,
drinking
warm
red
wine.
'Bout
the
night
he
rolled
seven;
bout
some
girl
he'd
done
wrong;
'Bout
everything
he
could
think
of
while
we
walked
along.
Yeah,
ol'
Stoney
had
a
magic;
made
him
hard
to
forget.
Like
the
night
we
flew
down
the
highway
(his
old
pickup,
it
nearly
wrecked!)
Was
a
crazy
woman
driving,
all
drunked
up
and
carrying
on;
Till
Stoney
finally
calmed
her
singing
those
Gospel
songs.
Well,
we
split
the
road
at
Norwood,
and
he
just
shook
my
hand.
He
said,
"I'll
see
you
some
place,
friend,"
but
you
know
he
never
has.
But
we
were
that
free
then,
just
walking
down
the
road,
Never
really
caring
where
that
highway
goes.
Yeah,
Stoney
was
a
liar
(a
bullshitter!)
ain't
no
doubt
about
it.
It
was
just
the
way
he
told
things,
and
you
never
want
to
doubt
him.
'Cause
he
kept
you
going
when
the
road
got
rough,
And
brought
you
through
the
lean
times
by
making
it
up.
"Hey,
did
I
ever
tell
you
the
time
I
married
my
cousin
up
in
Las
Vegas?"
Yeah,
Stoney.
Tell
it
again,
will
you?
1 Gypsy Songman
2 Morning Song to Sally
3 Mr. Bojangles
4 I Makes Money ( Money Don't Make Me )
5 Viva Luckenbach
6 Woman In Texas
7 I Promise to Love You
8 She Knows Her Daddy Sings
9 Little Man
10 The Road You Choose
11 May Music Be Your Wings
12 My Old Man
13 Little Bird
14 Stoney
15 That Old Beat-Up Guitar
16 David and Me
17 Driftin' Way of Life
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