Guy Clark
Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 - May 17, 2016)[1] was a Grammy Award w… Read Full Bio ↴Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 - May 17, 2016)[1] was a Grammy Award winning American Texas Country and folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer. He has released more than twenty albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, and Rodney Crowell. Guy Clark won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album: My Favorite Picture Of You.

Clark was born in Monahans, Texas and eventually settled in Nashville, where he helped create the progressive country and outlaw country genres. His songs "L.A. Freeway" and "Desperados Waiting for a Train" that helped launch his career were covered by numerous performers.

He was an accomplished luthier and often played his own guitars. He achieved success as a songwriter with Jerry Jeff Walker’s recordings of "L.A. Freeway" and "Desperados Waiting For A Train". Artists such as Johnny Cash, David Allan Coe, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, Brad Paisley, John Denver, Alan Jackson, Rodney Crowell, The Highwaymen, and Kenny Chesney have recorded Clark’s songs. Emmylou Harris has accompanied him on several recordings, particularly his own version of "Desperados Waiting For A Train" on his first album, Old No. 1, released in 1975. Clark is frequently referred to as "The Fifth Highwayman".
Clark has been a mentor to such other singers as Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell. He organized Earle's first job as a writer in Nashville. In the 1970s, the Clarks' home in Nashville was an open house for songwriters and musicians and it features in the documentary Heartworn Highways, an evocation of the songwriter scene in Nashville at that time. (Snapper/Catfish, 1981/2003, with Townes Van Zandt, David Allan Coe, and Steve Earle). Numerous artists have charted with Clark-penned tunes. In 1982, Bobby Bare made it to the Country Top Twenty with Clark’s "New Cut Road". That same year, bluegrass leader Ricky Skaggs hit No. 1 with Clark’s "Heartbroke", a song that permanently established his reputation as an ingenious songwriter. Among the many others who have covered Clark's songs are Vince Gill, who took "Oklahoma Borderline" to the Top Ten in 1985; The Highwaymen, who introduced "Desperados Waiting For A Train" to a new generation that same year; and John Conlee, whose interpretation of “The Carpenter” rode into the Top Ten in 1987.
Steve Wariner took his cover of Clark's "Baby I’m Yours" to No. 1 in 1988; Asleep at the Wheel charted with Clark's "Blowin’ Like a Bandit" the same year. Crowell was Clark’s co-writer on "She’s Crazy for Leavin’", which in 1989 became the third of five straight #l hits for Crowell. Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson cover Clark’s "Out in the Parkin' Lot," co-written with Darrell Scott, on Paisley's Time Well Wasted CD. Jimmy Buffett has covered Clark’s "Boats to Build" and "Cinco de Mayo in Memphis". Clark credits Townes Van Zandt as being a major influence on his songwriting. They were best friends for many years until Van Zandt's death in 1997, and since then Clark has included one of Van Zandt's compositions on most of his albums. In 1995, he recorded a live album with Van Zandt and Steve Earle, Together at the Bluebird Cafe, which was released in October 2001. Other live material can be found on his album Keepers.
In 2006 Clark released Workbench Songs. The album was nominated for "Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album" at the Grammy Awards. He also toured with Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, and John Hiatt in 2004, 2005 and 2007.
In May 2008, Clark canceled four concerts after breaking his leg. After two months on crutches, he began to perform again on July 4 at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC where he appeared with Verlon Thompson. On June 20, 2009, Clark announced a new album entitled "Somedays the Song Writes You" which was released on September 22, 2009. It features originals along with a Townes Van Zandt song entitled "If I Needed You".
In December 2011 This One's For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark (a two-CD set) was released by Icehouse Music.

Guy Clark won the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album in 2014 for My Favorite Picture of You.

On May 17, 2016, Clark's death was announced on his Facebook page.

Clark was married to songwriter and artist, Susanna Clark from 1972 through her death from cancer on June 27, 2012.
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Guy Clark Lyrics


A Little Of Both I like drinking whiskey I like being straight I like a voodo…
A Nickel for the Fiddler Chorus Well it's a nickel for the fiddler. It's a nickel…
A Song For Close the curtains Switch off all the alarms Just pause for…
Ain Baby don't let em' blow smoke up your dress Don't…
All She Wants Is You He's sneaky like Tennessee whiskey He always takes me by su…
All Through Throwin' Good Love After Bad Oh a time there was I was feelin' so hopeless…
Analog Girl Well she ain't got no cell phone You got to call…
Anyhow I wish I had a dime for every bad time But…
Arizona Star It was in the town of Nashville in the…
Baby Took a Limo to Memphis She did not want to drive She did not want…
Bag Of Bones He said his hip talks to him when it's ready…
Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint Here comes Martha runnin' down the pier Looks like Captain F…
Baton Rouge I'm gonna leave Texarkana I'm goin' down to Louisiana I'm go…


Be Gone Forever Sometimes a loser Sometimes a hero This is a lonely…
Better Days Standing at the window her face to the glass As far…
Black Diamond Strings Black Diamond Strings Black Diamond Strings Drinkin' 1 W. …
Black Haired Boy He's a black haired boy of some confusion And he makes…
Blowin Lawdy mercy land of goshen shades of gray out on…
Boats to Build It's time for a change I'm tired of that same o'l…
Broken Hearted People Now broken hearted people always seem to drink And tryin' to…
Bunkhouse Blues At the Broken Heart Ranch You can always get work…
Calf-Rope The last time it snowed in Del Rio hell froze I…
Cinco de Mayo In Memphis Meanwhile down on Biel Street Drinking in a Biel Street bar…
Cold Dog Soup William Butler Yeats in jeans Got up to play guitar…
Come From The Heart My daddy told me when I was a young girl A…
Comfort and Crazy Now you have got the best years of my life…
Cornmeal Waltz There's nothin' like cornmeal on a dance-hall floor for danc…
Crystelle That Crystelle, you temptress, you creature of back booths S…
Dancin' Days Some of her dancin' days are over Some of her dancin'…
Desperadoes Waiting For A Train I'd play the Red River Valley And he'd sit out in…
Desperados Waitin' For A Train I'd play the Red River Valley And he'd sit out in…
Desperados Waiting For A Train And I'd play the Red River Valley And he'd sit in…
Desperados Waiting For The Train I'd play the Red River Valley And he'd sit out in…
Diamond Joe Now there's a man you'll hear about Most anywhere you go, …
Die Tryin Don't be a stranger If you're looking for a friend…
Doctor Good Doctor I was feelin' depressed I was feelin real low down…
Don't Let The Sunshine Fool You Me and a friend name a Street life Brown We got…
Don't You Take It Too Bad Well don't you take it too bad if you're feelin'…
Dont Let The Sunshine Fool You Me and a friend name a Street life Brown We got…
Dublin Blues Well, I wished I was in Austin, mm In the Chili…
El Coyote In the town of Reynosa, there's a beautiful river That shine…
Expose Now when you write your expose' I wish you'd leave me…
Fool In The Mirror I wake up every mornin' Lord and what do I…
Fool on the Roof Now don’t let the moon catch a fool on your…
Fool on the Roof Blues Well, there’s a fool on the roof, mama What do you…
Fools for Each Other Who walked out when the times got hard When the truck…
Forever Sometimes a loser Sometimes a hero This is a lonely…
Forever For Always For Certain Forever ain't easy to come by For always ain't never to…
Fort Worth Blues Fort Worth neon shinin' bright Pretty lights red and blue…
Funny Bone Well, he used to be a pretty good rodeo clown People…
Good Advice In one ear and out the other, Just like talking to…
Good Hearted Woman A long time forgotten Are dreams that just fell by the…
Good To Love You Lady Now here comes Texas rolling through my mind There ain't not…
Hands A hand is just another kind of hammer made of…
Hangin I used to be Juanita's old boyfriend We sure gave…
Hangin' Your Life on the Wall I used to be Juanita's old boyfriend We sure gave…
Hank Williams Said It Best One man's hawk is another man's dove, one man's hug…
Heartbroke Who wouldn't notic the fire in your eyes Or the…
Heavy Metal Some days I think this old machine is out to…
Hell Bent On a Heartache Ain't love funny? Ain't love strange? I say love is a dang…
Heroes He brought the war home with him Still got sand in…
Hollywood Well, I was passing by a pawn shop In an older…
Homegrown Tomatoes Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better Than bacon…
HomeGrownTomatoes Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better Than bacon…
Homeless Cardboard sign old and bent says 'friend for life 25…
How'd You Get This Number Sorry 'bout your mama Sorry 'bout your paw Sorry 'bout…
I Cowboys and Indians and trees he could climb Tomorrow came …
I Don Don't love you much do I Just more than human tongue…
I Don't Love You Much To Much Don't love you much do I Just more than human tongue…
I'll Show Me Hooray for the drinkin' warm red wine On a day both…
I'm All Through Throwing Good Love After Bad Oh a time there was I was feelin' so hopeless…
If I Needed You If I needed you would you come to me, Would you…
Immigrant Eyes Oh Ellis Island was swarming Like a scene from a…
In The Jailhouse Now I had a friend named Bill Campbell He used to rob,…
Indian Head Penny I rolled off the San Francisco mint in 1909 The…
Instant Coffee Blues He washed all the road dirt from his face and…
Intro: The Randall Knife My father had a Randall knife My mother gave it to…
It Hear that old tune come driftin' down the hall Trying to…
Jack of All Trades Now I don't mind workin' hard You can't burn me down They…
L. A. Freeway Pack up all your dishes. Make note of all good…
L.A. Freeway Pack up all your dishes. Make note of all good…
Let Him Roll He's a wino, tried and true. Done about everything there…
Like A Coat From The Cold I found comfort and courage in bottles of whiskey I swear…
Lone Star Hotel The Lone Star Hotel Café is nothing but a Dive,…
Madonna w/Child ca.1969 Oh the beautiful red-haired Madonna with child Sat on the …
Magdalene I ain't lookin' for trouble I can't stay here tonight I got…
Magnolia Wind I'd rather sleep in a box like a bum on…
Maybe I Can Paint Over That I've smeared my heart on my sleeve I've tagged my name…
Me I Hooray for the drinkin' warm red wine On a day both…
Men Will Be Boys The only difference between men and boys Is the size…
Mud Now down by the creek where the water goes slow The…
Must Be My Baby Frankie D. said he got it Straight from Roger Miller Life'…
My Favorite Picture of You My favorite picture of you Is the one where you're staring S…
New Cut Road Coleman Bonner was a fiddle playin' fool He's a backwoods ro…
No Deal Now this man down at the used car lot Tried to…
No Lonesome Tune I ain't gonna sing no lonesome tune Ah, babe, I'm a…
Off The Map He's down a dead end road And he don't know where The…
Old Friends It's like when you're making conversation And you're trying…
Old Time Feelin And that old time feelin' goes sneakin' down the hall Like…
One Paper Kid Cowboys and Indians and trees he could climb Tomorrow came …
One Way Ticket Down I've been riding high so long|I can't see the ground|got…
Out In The Parkin I was sittin' on the fender of someone else's truck Drinkin…
Out In The Parkin Lot "Antithesis of the 'Boot Scootin Boogie'. Right up my alley.…
Out In The Parkin' Lot I was sittin' on the fender of someone else's truck Drinkin'…
Out In The Parking Lot I was sittin' on the fender of someone else's truck Drinking…
Picasso Picasso said in 1910 I'm gonna paint me a mandolin Could be…
Picassos Mandolin Picasso said in 1910 I'm gonna paint me a mandolin Could b…
Queenie Some S.O.B. shot my dog I found her under a tree If…
Queenie's Song Some S.O.B. shot my dog I found her under a tree If…
Rain in Durango She's a long way from Houston, long way from those…
Ramblin Now a Ramblin' Jack Elliot said: I got these lines in…
Ramblin Jack & Mahan Now a Ramblin' Jack Elliot said: I got these lines…
Randall Knife My father had a Randall knife My mother gave it to…
Red River From Palo Duro Canyon outside Amarillo Texas The prairie do…
Rex Ride the blue wind high and free She'll lead you down…
Rex's Blues Ride the blue wind high and free She'll lead you down…
Rita Ballou She could dance that slow Uvalde Shuffle to some cowboy…
Shade of All Greens The blackbird she flies wherever she wants to The mockingbi…
She Well the bus pulled away In a roaring black cloud While I…
She Ain Standin' on the gone side of leavin' She found a thumb…
She Ain'T Goin' Nowhere Standin' on the gone side of leavin' She found a thumb…
She Ain't Going Nowhere Standin' on the gone side of leavin'. She found a thumb…
She Aint Goin Nowhere Standin' on the gone side of leavin' She found a thumb…
She Loves To Ride Horses Two shots of Wild Turkey puts the wind in her…
She's Crazy For Leavin' Well the bus pulled away In a roaring black cloud While I…
Shut Up and Talk to Me Love is never gonna be a solid bet It's kinda…
Sis Draper Kick your shoes off in the corner mama Tuck the…
Soldier First I thought a snake had got me it happened…
Somedays You Write The Song It's just one of those days you can?t explain When nothing'…
South Coast Of Texas The south coast of Texas is a thin slice of…
Stuff That Works I got an ol' blue shirt And it suits me…
Supply What is that sound what is that noise I cannot figure…
Supply And Demand What is that sound what is that noise I cannot figure…
Tears Who ever said the hand is quicker than the eye Has…
Texas Now bein' six years old, I had seen some trains…
Texas Cookin I'm going down to Austin, Texas I'm going down to save…
Texas Cookin' I'm going down to Austin, Texas I'm going down to save…
Texas-1947 Now bein' six years old, I had seen some trains…
That Old Time Feeling And that old time feelin' goes sneakin' down the hall, Like…
The Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint Here comes Martha runnin' down the pier Looks like Captain F…
The Cape Eight years old with a floursack cape Tied all around his…
The Carpenter Let us now praise a carpenter and the things that…
The Coat I found comfort and courage in bottles of whiskey I swear…
The Dark Hammer on both strings for the Em. You will have…
The Death of Sis Draper Kick your shoes off in the corner mama Tuck the babies…
The Guitar Well, I was passing by a pawn shop In an older…
The High Price of Inspiration The mirror's stained with dirty looks; At least it never lie…
The Houston Kid Now the Houston Kid’s got a new pair of jeans But…
The Indian Cowboy If you ever go out to the circus Where the…
The Last Gunfighter Ballad The old gunfighter on the porch Stared into the sun And reli…
The Partner Nobody Chose She’s a melodoy in search of the words I love…
The Randall Knife My father had a Randall knife My mother gave it to…
The South Coast Of Texas The south coast of Texas is a thin slice of…
Time Hear that old tune come driftin' down the hall Trying to…
To Live Is To Fly Days up and down they come, like rain on a…
Too Much Too much workin'll make your back ache Too much trouble'll…
Tornado Time Well the sky was blacker than a funeral suit Hotter than…
Tryin' to Try I threw a rock through your window Just to let…
Uncertain Texas The crickets are singin' the bluegills been bitin' The firef…
Viola An American Dream [Chorus] Yo we be out man, fukin it up for erbody I…
Virginia Gents to the middle said a young girl's fiddle And you…
Voila An American Dream I beg your pardon mama what did you say My mind…
Walkin Now what's up with the walkin' man I wonder where he's…
Walkin' Man Now what's up with the walkin' man I wonder where he's…
Walking Man Now what's up with the walking man I wonder where he's…
Waltzing Fool The waltzing fool He's got lights in his fingers The waltzin…
Water Under The Bridge They baptized me one fine day Down at the river's…
Watermelon Dream The sun was hot and the dust rose up like…
Who Do You Think You Are I like that word cosmic it’s just the way that…
Worry B Gone Gimme just one more puff Of that worry b gone I'm…
Worry Be Gone Gimme just one more puff Of that worry b gone I'm…
Wrong Side of The Tracks Nine ball rack sitting on the table Step right up if…


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