John Prine Lyrics
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1. Knockin on Your Screen Door
2. I Have Met My Love Today
3. Egg & Daughter Nite. Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)
4. Summers End
5. Caravan of Fools
6. The Lonesome Friends of Science
7. No Ordinary Blue
8. Boundless Love
9. God Only Knows
10. When I Get to Heaven
Other Songs A Good Time A John Prine Christmas A Star A Jewel And A Hoax Aimless Love Aint Hurtin Nobody All Night Blue All The Best All The Way With You Angel From Montgomery Automobile Aw Heck Baby Lets Play House Baby Ruth Back Street Affair Bad Boy Be My Friend Tonight Bear Creek Blues Beautiful World Big Fat Love Big Old Goofy Man Big Old Goofy World Billy The Bum Blue Eyed Elaine Blue Umbrella Bruised Orange Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow) Chinatown Christmas In Prison Clay Pigeons Clocks And Spoons Cold Cold Heart Color of the Blues Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard Common Sense Crazy As A Loon Crooked Piece of Time Daddys Little Pumpkin Day Is Done Dear Abby Dear John Dear John (I've Sent Your Saddle Home) Death Of Floyd Collins Diamonds In The Rough Dim Lights Thick Smoke And Loud Loud Music Donald And Lydia Donald Lydia Dont Be Ashamed Of Your Age Down By The Side Of The Road Dreaming My Dreams Egg Egg and Daughter Nite Lincoln Nebraska 1967 Egg and Daughter Nite Lincoln Nebraska 1967 (Crazy Bone) Everybody Everybody Wants To Feel Like You Everything Is Cool Falling in Love Again Far From Me Fish and Whistle Flashback Blues Forbidden Jimmy Glory Of True Love Grandpa Was A Carpenter Great Compromise Great Rain Great Society Conflict Veterans Blues He Forgot That It Was Sunday He Was In Heaven Before He Died Hello In There Hey Good Lookin' / Jambalaya How Lucky How Much Tequila Humidity Built The Snowman I Forgot To Remember To Forget I Had A Dream I Hate It When That Happens To Me I Just Called to Say I Love You I Just Want To Dance With You I Know One I Love You Because I Love You So Much It Hurts I Remember Everything I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus I Want To Be With You Always If I Could If She Were You If You Dont Want My Love If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man Illegal Smile Im Tellin You In A Town This Size In Spite Of Ourselves In The Garden Iron Ore Betty Its A Big Old Goofy World Its A Cheating Situation Its Happening To You Jackie O Jesus The Missing Years Just The Other Side Of Nowhere Just Waitin Just Wanna Be With You Killing The Blues Kokomo Lake Marie Leave The Lights On Lets Invite Them Over Lets Talk Dirty In Hawaiian Lets Talk Dirty In Hawaiin Letter To The Penthouse Forum Linda Goes To Mars Living In The Future Lonesome Friends of Science Long Monday Look at Us Loose Talk Loretta Love is on a Roll Love Love Love Lulu Walls Maureen Maureen Me Myself And I Mental Cruelty Mexican Home Middle Man Milwaukee Here I Come Morning Train My Darlin Hometown My Happiness My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight My Own Best Friend New Train Nine Pound Hammer No Name Girl Often Is A Word I Seldom Use Old Cape Cod Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine Old Rugged Cross One Red Rose Only Love Onomatopoeia Other Side Of Town Out Of Love Paradise People Puttin People Down Picture Show Pistol Packin Mama Please Dont Bury Me Pretty Good Quiet Man Quit Hollerin At Me Remember Me (When Candlelights Are Gleaming) Rocky Mountain Time Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone Saddle In The Rain Safety Joe Saginaw Michigan Saigon Sailin Around Sam Stone Same Thing Happened To Me She Is My Everything Shop Talk Silent Night All Day Long Silver Bells Six OClock News Sleepy Eyed Boy Slow Boat To China So Sad So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) Some Humans Aint Human Somewhere Someones Falling In Love Sour Grapes Souvenirs Space Monkey Spanish Pipedream Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness Stick A Needle In My Eye Storm Windows Storms Never Last Sweet Revenge Sweet Suzanne Take A Look At My Heart Take The Star Out Of The Window Taking A Walk That Close To You Thats The Way That The World Goes Round Thats The Way the World Goes Round The Accident The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) The Blue Side Of Lonesome The Bottomless Lake The Frying Pan The Great Compromise The Hobo Song The Jet Set The Late John Garfield Blues The Moon Is Down The Oldest Baby In The World The Other Side Of Town The Sins Of Memphisto The Torch Singer The Twentieth Century is Almost Over There She Goes Theyll Never Take Her Love From Me Third of July This Cold War With You This Love Is Real Til A Tear Becomes A Rose Treat Me Nice Ubangi Stomp Unlonely Unwed Fathers Way Back Then Way Down We Are The Lonely We Could We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds Wedding Bells / Lets Turn Back The Years Wedding Bells / Lets Turn Back The Years Wedding Bells/Let's Turn Back the Years Wedding Day In Funeralville (Were Not) The Jet Set When Two Worlds Collide Where The Blue Of The Night Whos Gonna Take the Garbage Out Wonderful 99 Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You You Got Gold You Mean So Much To Me You Never Can Tell You Never Even Call Me By My Name Your Flag Decal Wont Get You Into Heaven Your Flag Decal Wont Get You Into Heaven Anymore
Other Songs A Good Time A John Prine Christmas A Star A Jewel And A Hoax Aimless Love Aint Hurtin Nobody All Night Blue All The Best All The Way With You Angel From Montgomery Automobile Aw Heck Baby Lets Play House Baby Ruth Back Street Affair Bad Boy Be My Friend Tonight Bear Creek Blues Beautiful World Big Fat Love Big Old Goofy Man Big Old Goofy World Billy The Bum Blue Eyed Elaine Blue Umbrella Bruised Orange Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow) Chinatown Christmas In Prison Clay Pigeons Clocks And Spoons Cold Cold Heart Color of the Blues Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard Common Sense Crazy As A Loon Crooked Piece of Time Daddys Little Pumpkin Day Is Done Dear Abby Dear John Dear John (I've Sent Your Saddle Home) Death Of Floyd Collins Diamonds In The Rough Dim Lights Thick Smoke And Loud Loud Music Donald And Lydia Donald Lydia Dont Be Ashamed Of Your Age Down By The Side Of The Road Dreaming My Dreams Egg Egg and Daughter Nite Lincoln Nebraska 1967 Egg and Daughter Nite Lincoln Nebraska 1967 (Crazy Bone) Everybody Everybody Wants To Feel Like You Everything Is Cool Falling in Love Again Far From Me Fish and Whistle Flashback Blues Forbidden Jimmy Glory Of True Love Grandpa Was A Carpenter Great Compromise Great Rain Great Society Conflict Veterans Blues He Forgot That It Was Sunday He Was In Heaven Before He Died Hello In There Hey Good Lookin' / Jambalaya How Lucky How Much Tequila Humidity Built The Snowman I Forgot To Remember To Forget I Had A Dream I Hate It When That Happens To Me I Just Called to Say I Love You I Just Want To Dance With You I Know One I Love You Because I Love You So Much It Hurts I Remember Everything I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus I Want To Be With You Always If I Could If She Were You If You Dont Want My Love If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man Illegal Smile Im Tellin You In A Town This Size In Spite Of Ourselves In The Garden Iron Ore Betty Its A Big Old Goofy World Its A Cheating Situation Its Happening To You Jackie O Jesus The Missing Years Just The Other Side Of Nowhere Just Waitin Just Wanna Be With You Killing The Blues Kokomo Lake Marie Leave The Lights On Lets Invite Them Over Lets Talk Dirty In Hawaiian Lets Talk Dirty In Hawaiin Letter To The Penthouse Forum Linda Goes To Mars Living In The Future Lonesome Friends of Science Long Monday Look at Us Loose Talk Loretta Love is on a Roll Love Love Love Lulu Walls Maureen Maureen Me Myself And I Mental Cruelty Mexican Home Middle Man Milwaukee Here I Come Morning Train My Darlin Hometown My Happiness My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight My Own Best Friend New Train Nine Pound Hammer No Name Girl Often Is A Word I Seldom Use Old Cape Cod Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine Old Rugged Cross One Red Rose Only Love Onomatopoeia Other Side Of Town Out Of Love Paradise People Puttin People Down Picture Show Pistol Packin Mama Please Dont Bury Me Pretty Good Quiet Man Quit Hollerin At Me Remember Me (When Candlelights Are Gleaming) Rocky Mountain Time Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone Saddle In The Rain Safety Joe Saginaw Michigan Saigon Sailin Around Sam Stone Same Thing Happened To Me She Is My Everything Shop Talk Silent Night All Day Long Silver Bells Six OClock News Sleepy Eyed Boy Slow Boat To China So Sad So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) Some Humans Aint Human Somewhere Someones Falling In Love Sour Grapes Souvenirs Space Monkey Spanish Pipedream Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness Stick A Needle In My Eye Storm Windows Storms Never Last Sweet Revenge Sweet Suzanne Take A Look At My Heart Take The Star Out Of The Window Taking A Walk That Close To You Thats The Way That The World Goes Round Thats The Way the World Goes Round The Accident The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) The Blue Side Of Lonesome The Bottomless Lake The Frying Pan The Great Compromise The Hobo Song The Jet Set The Late John Garfield Blues The Moon Is Down The Oldest Baby In The World The Other Side Of Town The Sins Of Memphisto The Torch Singer The Twentieth Century is Almost Over There She Goes Theyll Never Take Her Love From Me Third of July This Cold War With You This Love Is Real Til A Tear Becomes A Rose Treat Me Nice Ubangi Stomp Unlonely Unwed Fathers Way Back Then Way Down We Are The Lonely We Could We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds Wedding Bells / Lets Turn Back The Years Wedding Bells / Lets Turn Back The Years Wedding Bells/Let's Turn Back the Years Wedding Day In Funeralville (Were Not) The Jet Set When Two Worlds Collide Where The Blue Of The Night Whos Gonna Take the Garbage Out Wonderful 99 Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You You Got Gold You Mean So Much To Me You Never Can Tell You Never Even Call Me By My Name Your Flag Decal Wont Get You Into Heaven Your Flag Decal Wont Get You Into Heaven Anymore
ohn Edward Prine was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music. Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine was known for his signature blend of humorous lyrics about love, life, and current events, often with elements of social commentary and satire, as well as sweet songs and melancholy ballads. He was active as a composer, recording artist, live performer, and occasional actor from the early 1970s until his death.
Born and raised in Maywood, Illinois, Prine learned to play the guitar at age 14. He attended classes at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. After serving in West Germany with the U.S. Army, he returned to Chicago in the late 1960s, where he worked as a mailman, writing and singing songs first as a hobby. A student of Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music, he performed at the nearby Fifth Peg. A laudatory review by Roger Ebert put Prine on the map. Singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson heard Prine at Steve Goodman's insistence, and Kristofferson invited Prine to be his opening act. Prine released his eponymous debut album in 1971. Featuring such songs as "Paradise", "Sam Stone" and "Angel from Montgomery", it has been hailed as one of the greatest of all albums.
The acclaim Prine earned from his debut led to three more albums for Atlantic. Common Sense (1975) was his first to chart on the Billboard U.S. Top 100. He then recorded three albums with Asylum Records. In 1981, he co-founded Oh Boy Records, an independent label which released all of his music up until his death. His final album, 2018's The Tree of Forgiveness, debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200, his highest ranking on the charts.
Prine struggled with health issues throughout his life, surviving cancer twice. He died in 2020 from complications caused by COVID-19. Earlier the same year, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Birth Name: John Edward PrineBorn and raised in Maywood, Illinois, Prine learned to play the guitar at age 14. He attended classes at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. After serving in West Germany with the U.S. Army, he returned to Chicago in the late 1960s, where he worked as a mailman, writing and singing songs first as a hobby. A student of Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music, he performed at the nearby Fifth Peg. A laudatory review by Roger Ebert put Prine on the map. Singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson heard Prine at Steve Goodman's insistence, and Kristofferson invited Prine to be his opening act. Prine released his eponymous debut album in 1971. Featuring such songs as "Paradise", "Sam Stone" and "Angel from Montgomery", it has been hailed as one of the greatest of all albums.
The acclaim Prine earned from his debut led to three more albums for Atlantic. Common Sense (1975) was his first to chart on the Billboard U.S. Top 100. He then recorded three albums with Asylum Records. In 1981, he co-founded Oh Boy Records, an independent label which released all of his music up until his death. His final album, 2018's The Tree of Forgiveness, debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200, his highest ranking on the charts.
Prine struggled with health issues throughout his life, surviving cancer twice. He died in 2020 from complications caused by COVID-19. Earlier the same year, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Born: October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois, U.S.
Died: April 7, 2020 (at age of 73 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.)
Spouse(s): Fiona Prine (m. 1996)
Genre(s): Country-folk, progressive country, Americana
Instrument(s): Vocals, guitar
Occupation(s): Singer-songwriter
Active From: 1969-2020