\"Lyrics
SEARCH HERE:
BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME:
#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
SITE MENU
Last Updates
Request Lyrics
Submit / Correct
Popularity Charts
VISITORS
Login / Register
Your Thoughts
My Playlists
[ More Tim O'Brien lyrics ]
add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment

Artist/Band: Tim O'Brien
Lyrics for Song: Footsteps So Near
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Tim O'Brien



There's a tale they tell down in old Wolf County

Of a murderous husband and his family of three

One day a neighbor from over the hill

He found them dead in the cabin it was so deathly still



The killer he left a note and I know how it read

I hope you don't find me I'd rather be dead

Than to live in your jailhouse for the rest of my days

Until a jury it hangs me for my wicked ways



Chorus:

Sometimes at night I wake to the sound

Of the men in the distance and the baying of hounds

Once on a full moon in the spring of the year

I heard breaking branches and footsteps so near



Well the posse it searched it was five days or more

He hid in a cave by the steep river shore

Â?Til he gave himself up he started walking downtown

Before he got to the courthouse a man shot him down



He said I'm not sorry for what I have done

But I cannot live like a man on the run

I'm glad that you killed me you can dig me my grave

It can't be much worse than that dark lonely cave



Chorus


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Tim O'Brien


Tim O'Brien
"Other Songs - Tim O'Brien"


1. A House Of Gold
2. Angel Band
3. Another Day
4. Bending Blades
5. Blackest Crow
6. Brother Wind
7. Climbing Up A Mountain
8. Cluck Old Hen
9. Daddy's On The Roof Again
10. Demon Lover
11. Don't Be Surprised
12. Drunkard's Hiccups (Jack Of Diamonds)
13. Every Tear Has A Reason Why
14. Fair Margaret And Sweet William
15. Family History
16. Fell Into Her Deep Blue Eyes
17. Few Are Chosen
18. First Days Of Fall
19. Five Rooms
20. Flora, The Lily Of The West
21. Footsteps So Near
22. For The Fallen
23. Handsome Molly
24. Hard Year Blues
25. Heartbreak Game
26. Hold To A Dream
27. How Come I Ain't Dead
28. I Like The Way You Cook
29. I'm Not Gonna Forget You
30. I've Endured
31. Ireland's Green Shore
32. John Riley
33. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
34. Kelly Joe's Shoes
35. Kick Me When I'm Down
36. Let Love Take You Back Again
37. Lone Tree Standing
38. Long Distance
39. Lost Little Children
40. Love Is Pleasing
41. Maggie's Farm
42. Me And Dirk's Trip To Ireland
43. Melancholy Moon (Not)
44. Mick Ryan's Lament
45. Mole In The Ground
46. Mountaineer Is Always Free
47. Nellie Kane
48. One Girl Cried
49. One Way Street
50. Orphan Girl
51. Queen Of Hearts
52. Raleigh And Spencer
53. Restless Spirit Wandering
54. Ribbon In Your Hair
55. River Of Blood
56. Rock In A Weary Land
57. Rod Mcneil
58. Romance Is A Slow Dance
59. Shadows Of Light
60. She's Runnin' Away
61. Skillet Good And Greasy
62. Stagger Lee
63. Talkin' Cavan
64. The Church Steeple [High On A Hillside]
65. The Farmer's Cursed Wife
66. The Perfect Place To Hide
67. The Tide Flows Into Miltown
68. Think About Last Night
69. Time To Learn
70. Travelers
71. Turning Around
72. Two Journeys
73. Wagoner's Lad
74. Walk Beside Me
75. Wayfarin' Stranger
76. What Does The Deep Sea Say
77. When I Die I'll Live Again
78. Working On A Building