* JOHN PRINE STARTERS from various songs of his ! change pronouns and/or tenses if necessary !
“ i’m trying to hide my sorrow from the people i meet. ” “ i’d like to stay. ” “ i’m tired of running around. ” “ i could built a castle of memories. ” “ just give me one thing that i can hold on to. ” “ no matter how hard i try, the years just flow by like a broken down dam. ” “ i haven’t done anything since i woke up today. ” “ i hope i didn’t ruin your whole vacation. ” “ you never know how far from home you’re feeling until you watch the shadows on the ceiling. ” “ you don’t have to be alone. ” “ just come on home. ” “ valentine’s breaks hearts. ” “ you can’t win for trying. ” “ new year’s eve’s bound to leave you crying. ” “ i still love that picture of us walking. ” “ it’s just like that old house we thought was haunted. ” “ summer’s end came faster than we wanted. ” “ when i woke up this morning, things were looking bad. ” “ total silence was the only friend i had. ” “ a bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down and won. ” “ won’t you please tell the man i didn’t kill anyone ? ” “ sometimes it seems like the bottom is the only place i’ve been. ” “ i sat down in my closet trying to get away from all the ears inside my walls. ” “ i dreamed the police heard everything i thought. ” “ i remember everything. ” “ i remember the way you turned and smiled on me. ” “ i remember every night. ” “ i remember how i missed you in the morning. ” “ i miss you in the morning. ” “ a little tenderness was the best i could do. ” “ i’ve been holding on for you. ” “ look at us, after all these years together ” “ look at you, pretty as a picture. ” “ look at me, still crazy over you. ” “ in a hundred years from now, they’ll look back and wonder how we made it all work out. ” “ we’ll go down in history. ” “ when they want to see how true love should be, they’ll just look at us. ” “ storms never last, do they, baby ? ” “ your hand in mine stills the thunder. ” “ you make the sun want to shine. ” “ you’ll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry. ” “ you know you need and want my love, yet you’re afraid to try. ” “ someday, i’ll get over you. ” “ i’d rather believe in love and give it away as much as i can. ” “ i’ll always miss dreaming my dreams with you. ” “ you, my happiness. ” “ everybody’s waiting for something.. ” “ the saddest words i ever heard were words of parting. ” “ sweetheart, remember me. ” “ you will never be the same. ” “ life is empty without you. ” “ i know you loved me. ” “ you’re still the first one in my heart. ” “ i can’t put all the blame on you. ” “ i guess we could have made it, but pride stood in our way. ”









