• Your The Rock In My Shoe - Hank Williams, Jr.
• You're The Reason - Hank Williams, Jr.
• You Win Again - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Won't It Be Nice - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Women I've Ever Had - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Wine Spodeeodee - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Why Don't You Leave Me Alone - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Whiskey, Weed & Women - Hank Williams, Jr.
• What Did Love Ever Do To You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Walkin' With Sorrow - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Tuesday's Gone - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Trashville - Hank Williams, Jr.
• To Love Somebody - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Thunderstorms & Neon Signs - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Thrown Out Of The Bar - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Things You Do To Me - Hank Williams, Jr.
• They All Want To Go Wild (And I Want To Go Home) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• There's A Tear In My Beer - Hank Williams, Jr.
• There's A Devil In The Bottle - Hank Williams, Jr.
• The Sun Comes Up - Hank Williams, Jr.
• The Ride - Hank Williams, Jr.
• The Pressure Is On - Hank Williams, Jr.
• The Last Love Song - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Tennessee Driver - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Straight To Hell - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Stirrin' It Up - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Smoke & Wine - Hank Williams, Jr.
• She's Still The Star (On The Stage Of My Mind) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Runnin' & Gunnin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Queen Of My Heart - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Pills I Took - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Paying On Time - Hank Williams, Jr.
• One Horse Town - Hank Williams, Jr.
• On My Own - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Not Everybody Likes Us - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Nighttime Ramblin' Man - Hank Williams, Jr.
• My Name Is Bocephus - Hank Williams, Jr.
• My Drinkin Problem - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Mississippi Mud - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Men With Broken Hearts - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Lowdown - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Lovin' & Huggin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Louisiana Stripes - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Lonesome For You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Lone Wolf - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Life Of Sin - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Life Gets Tee-Jus Don't It - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Let's Keep The Heart In The Country - Hank Williams, Jr.
• JUST WAITING - Hank Williams, Jr.
• If The Shoe Fits - Hank Williams, Jr.
• If Heaven Ain't A Lot Like Dixie - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I've Been Down That Road Before - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'm Just A Man - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'm Drunk Again - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Don't Know - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Honky Tonk Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Here I Am Fallin' Again - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Hellbilly - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Gravel Pit - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Gotta Buy Paw A Truck - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Frist Campaign) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Free Born Man - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Everything Comes Down To Money And Love - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Dick In Dixie - Hank Williams, Jr.
• DEVIL'S DAUGHTER - Hank Williams, Jr.
• D Ray White - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Cutthroat - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Crazed Country Rebel - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Country Heroes - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Country Boy - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Cold Cold Ground - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Cocaine Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Choking Gesture - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Cecil Brown - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Callin' Your Name - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Broke, Lovesick & Driftin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Both Sides Of Goodbye - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Blue Devil - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Been There,done That - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Atlantic City - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Angels Are Hard To Find - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Angel of Sin - Hank Williams, Jr.
• A eee - Hank Williams, Jr.
• 87 Southbound - Hank Williams, Jr.
• 7 Months, 39 Days - Hank Williams, Jr.
• 5 Shots Of Whiskey - Hank Williams, Jr.
• The Blues Man - Hank Williams, Jr.
• A Country Boy Can Survive - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Whiskey On Ice - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Don't Give Us A Reason - Hank Williams, Jr.
• F Word - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Country State Of Mind - Hank Williams, Jr.
• All My Roudy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Attitude Adjustment - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Man Is On His Own - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Making Believe - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Make The World Go Away - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Low As A Man Can Go - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Your Love's Like A Stranger - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Time To Sing - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Your Turn To Cry - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Young Man's Fancy - Hank Williams, Jr.
• You're Gonna Change (or I'm Gonna Leave) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• You Can't Take My Memories Of You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Wrong Doin' Man - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Women I've Never Had - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Window Up Above - Hank Williams, Jr.
• WHY SHOULD WE TRY ANYMORE - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Why Don't You Love Me - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Window Shopping - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Why Can't We All Just Get a Long Neck - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Whole Lotta Loving - Hank Williams, Jr.
• WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE - Hank Williams, Jr.
• What's on the Bar - Hank Williams, Jr.
• What We Used To Hang On To Is Gone - Hank Williams, Jr.
• What A Heck Of A Mess - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Weather Man - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Weary Blues From Waitin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• WEALTH WON'T SAVE YOUR SOUL - Hank Williams, Jr.
• We Can Work It All Out - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Waylon's Guitar - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Walkin' To New Orleans - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Walk On By - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Wait for the Light to Shine - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Wabash Cannonball - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Understand Your Man - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Too Soon To Think Of Love Again - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Three Miles To Right - Hank Williams, Jr.
• They'll Never Take Her Love from Me - Hank Williams, Jr.
• These Men Who Never Sleep - Hank Williams, Jr.
• There's Gotta Be Much More To Life Than You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Ten Ton Load - Hank Williams, Jr.
• There Must Be A Better Way To Live - Hank Williams, Jr.
• There Goes My Everything - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - Hank Williams, Jr.
• That's How I Wanted It To Be - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Texas Women - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Tennessee Stud - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Take These Chains From My Heart - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Sweet Dreams - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Streets Of Laredo - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Stop and Think It Over - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Stoned At The Jukebox - Hank Williams, Jr.
• She - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Something To Think About - Hank Williams, Jr.
• So Easy To Forgive Her (so Hard To Forget) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Singing The Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• She Went A Little Bit Farther - Hank Williams, Jr.
• She Thinks I Still Care - Hank Williams, Jr.
• So Sad (to Watch Good Love Go Bad) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Settin' The Woods On Fire - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Send Me Some Lovin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Same Old Story - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Salt Lake City - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Rock in My Shoe - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'm In No Condition - Hank Williams, Jr.
• River - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Ring Of Fire - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Removing The Shadow - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Ready To Go Home - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Rainy Night In Georgia - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'M GONNA SING - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Rainmaker - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Rainin' In My Heart - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Prison Of Memories - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Pride's Not Hard To Swallow - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Pressure Is On - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Please Help Me I'm Falling - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Can't Help It (if I'm Still In Love With You) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Picture From Life's Other Side - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Outlaw Women - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line - Hank Williams, Jr.
• On Trial - Hank Williams, Jr.
• MY SWEET LOVE AIN'T AROUND - Hank Williams, Jr.
• On Susan's Floor - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Old Nashville Cowboys - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Old Habits - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Old Frank - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Old Flame New Fire - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Old Before My Time - Hank Williams, Jr.
• My Son Calls Another Man Daddy - Hank Williams, Jr.
• North To Alaska - Hank Williams, Jr.
• No Meaning And No End - Hank Williams, Jr.
• No Letter Today - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Nighttime And My Baby - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Night Train To Memphis - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Next Time I Say Goodbye I'm Leaving - Hank Williams, Jr.
• My Hometown Circle R - Hank Williams, Jr.
• My Heart Would Know - Hank Williams, Jr.
• My Bucket's Got a Hole In It - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Mule Skinner Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Move It On Over - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Mansion On The Hill - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Montana Song - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Money Can't Buy Happiness - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Moanin' the Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Mind Your Own Business - Hank Williams, Jr.
• May You Never Be Alone - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Losing You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Loser - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Long Black Veil - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Long Black Limousine - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Lonely Street - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Little Boy's Prayer - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Liquor to Like Her - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Let's Talk It Over Again - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Last Love Song - Hank Williams, Jr.
• It Don't Take But One Mistake - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Can't Help It - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Knoxville Courthouse Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Kiowa Jones - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Kind Of Woman I Got - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Just Waitin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Just Like Me - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Just Enough to Get in Trouble - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Just Another Town - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Jesus Is A Soul Man - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Jesus Don't Give Up On Me - Hank Williams, Jr.
• It's All Over But The Crying - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Is This Goodbye - Hank Williams, Jr.
• If I Were A Carpenter - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I've Loved You All Over The World - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I've Got Rights - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I've Got My Future On Ice - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I've Got A Right To Cry - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'm Sorry For You My Friend - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'm One of You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'm Just Crying Cause I Care - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'm Gonna Break Your Heart - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'm A Long Gone Daddy - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'll Follow You Up To Our Cloud - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Can't Decide - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I WON'T BE HOME NO MORE - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Went To All That Trouble For Nothin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Was With Red Foley (the Night He Passed Away) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Walk The Line - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Uncle John - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Really Did - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Love You A Thousand Ways - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Know It's Not Been Easy Loving Me - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Can't Take It No Longer - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Can't Cry Back In - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Hope It Rains Today - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Dreamed About Mama Last Night - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Don't Have Anymore Love Songs - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Can't Be Myself - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Can Take Anything - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Almost Lost My Mind - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Ain't Sharin' Sharon - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Howlin' At The Moon - Hank Williams, Jr.
• How Can You Refuse Him Now - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Home Of The Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Good Leavin' Alone - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Hey Porter - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Happy Kind Of Sadness - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Hanging My Teardrops Out To Dry - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Hamburger Steak Holiday Inn - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Guess What That's Right She's Gone - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Guess Things Happen That Way - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Goodbye - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Going Steady With The Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Goin' Home - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Glass - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Give My Love To Rose - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Funny Feelings - Hank Williams, Jr.
• For Me There Is No Place - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Folsom Prison Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Everytime I Hear That Song - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Always Loving You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Everything's Okay - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Endless Sleep - Hank Williams, Jr.
• End Of A Bad Day - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Driven Away - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Dream That Woke Me Up - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Doc Holliday - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Dixie on My Mind - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Divorce Or Destroy - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Day in the Life of a Fool - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Day Dreams - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Custody - Hank Williams, Jr.
• CRAZY HEART - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Cry Cry Darling - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Cowpoke - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Country Music (those Tear Jerking Songs) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Country Love - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Country Boy Can Survive - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Cool Water - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Come And Go Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Coalition To Ban Coalitions - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Cold, Cold Heart - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Clovis New Mexico - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Chair That Rocked Us All - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Can't You See - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Calling You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Bye Bye Love - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Brothers Of The Road - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Blueberry Hill - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Blizzard - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Big Midnight Special - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Heard That Lonesome Whistle - Hank Williams, Jr.
• At The First Fall Of Snow - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Are You Lonely Too - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Another Place Another Time - Hank Williams, Jr.
• BABY WE'RE REALLY IN LOVE - Hank Williams, Jr.
• American Dream - Hank Williams, Jr.
• All I Can Give You Is My Heart - Hank Williams, Jr.
• All For The Love Of Sunshine - Hank Williams, Jr.
• After All They Used To Belong To Me - Hank Williams, Jr.
• A Mansion On The Hill - Hank Williams, Jr.
• All Jokes Aside - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Between Heaven and Hell - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Yours And His - Hank Williams, Jr.
• You're Gonna Change - Hank Williams, Jr.
• X-treme Country - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Woman On The Run - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Wolverton Mountain - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Who's Taking Care Of Number One - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound - Hank Williams, Jr.
• When You're Tired Of Breaking Other Hearts - Hank Williams, Jr.
• When I Stop Dreaming - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Wedding Bells - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Weatherman - Hank Williams, Jr.
• We Don't Apologize For America - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Uncle Pen - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Too Many Parties Too Many Pals - Hank Williams, Jr.
• These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• The Nashville Scene - Hank Williams, Jr.
• The Count Song - Hank Williams, Jr.
• The Cheatin' Hotel - Hank Williams, Jr.
• That Ain't Good - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Thanks A Lot - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Takin' Back The Country - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Take Back Our Country - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Storms Never Last - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Stock Market Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Stirrn' It Up - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Standing In The Shadows - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Sounds Like Justice - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Something To Believe In - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Shadow Face - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Red White & Pink-slip Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Ramblin' Man - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Ramblin' In My Shoes - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Please Make Up Your Mind - Hank Williams, Jr.
• O.d.'d In Denver - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Nobody's Child - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Name Dropper - Hank Williams, Jr.
• My Heart Won't Let Me Go - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Mr Lincoln - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Moods Of Mary - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Mighty Oak Tree - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Lyin' Jukebox - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Lost Highway - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Leave Them Boys Alone - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Last Pork Chop - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Jambalaya (on The Bayou) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Jambalaya - Hank Williams, Jr.
• If You've Got The Money (i've Got The Time) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• If The Good Lord's Willin' (and The Creeks Don't Rise) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'm Gonna Get Drunk And Play Hank Williams - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Saw The Light - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Really Like Girls - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Just Ain't Been Able - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Got Rights - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Fought the Law - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Don't Care (if Tomorrow Never Comes) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• How Long Will You Keep Coming Back To Me - Hank Williams, Jr.
• House Of Gold - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Honky Tonk Train - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Hollywood Honeys - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Hold What You've Got - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Hog Wild - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Hide And Seek - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Half As Much - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Gulf Shore Road - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Guitar Money - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Greeted In Enid - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Games People Play - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Forged By Fire - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Fly Trouble - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Feelin Better - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Fax Me A Beer - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Farm Song - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Family Tradition - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Eleven Roses - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Dirty Mind - Hank Williams, Jr.
• DINOSAUR - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Diamind Mine - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Devil In The Bottle' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Detroit City - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Daytona Nights - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Cross On The Highway - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Conversation - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Confused - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Come On Over To The Country - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Born to Boogie - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Blues My Name - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Blue Lady In A Red Mercedes - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Blood's Thicker Than Water - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Big Twenty - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Big River - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Beyond The Sunset - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Amos Moses - Hank Williams, Jr.
• American Offline - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Almost Nearly But Not Quite Plumb - Hank Williams, Jr.
• All The Roads - Hank Williams, Jr.
• All My Rowdy Friends (have Settled Down) - Hank Williams, Jr.
• All In Alabama - Hank Williams, Jr.
• After You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• A Countryboy Can Survive - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Where He's Going I've Already Been - Hank Williams, Jr.
• What It Boils Down To - Hank Williams, Jr.
• the f word - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Tee Tot Song - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Rockin' Chair Money - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Once And For All - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Someone To Give My Love To - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Lawyers, Guns And Money - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Outlaw's Reward - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Outdoor Lovin' Man - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Major Moves - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Still Miss Someone - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Keep Your Hands to Yourself - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams, Jr.
• It's A Start - Hank Williams, Jr.
• In The Arms Of Cocaine - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I'm Walkin' - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Wouldn't Change A Thing About You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink - Hank Williams, Jr.
• How's My Ex Treating You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Honky Tonk Women - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Homesick - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Hank Hill Is The King - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Go Girl Go - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Gibbonsville Gold - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Getting Over You - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Fat Friends - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Eyes Of Waylon - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Eyes Of Death - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Cajun Baby - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Buck Naked - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Big Top Women - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Before You Fell Out Of Love With Me - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Ballad Of Hank Williams - Hank Williams, Jr.
• America Will Survive - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Almost Persuaded - Hank Williams, Jr.
• All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight - Hank Williams, Jr.
• All I Had To Do - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Ain't Nobody's Business - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Ain't Misbehavin' - Hank Williams, Jr.

(written by Hank william Sr. and Hank Williams Jr. his dad started it he finished it
the song is sung in the style of his dads songs.)
I've Ment A Girl Or Two
In My Life Time
And I've Love'd A Few
But Not The Right Kind
I Think I'm Wastein'
My Time Lovin' Anyone But You
You Got A Hold On Me
I Just Can't Seem To Break Free
I Walk A Girl In Ta Town
And Start To Fool Around
But Honey Your The Rock In My Shoe
I Strole Into The Nightspot
Thinking That I'm Something Real Hot
I Got A Pretty Girl And She's Got A Lot
But I Know She Ain't True
It's Just Not The Same
I'm Playin A Fool's Game
But When I Start To Dance
And Try To Make Romance
Honey Your The Rock In My Shoe
Now My Heart Has Reached A Deiscon
Cause My Mind Keeps Having A Vison
Of Towels That Read Hers And Hisin'
And I Guess I Always Knew
You Make The Bells Ring
And Pull My Heart Strings
I'm Walkin' Down The Isle
With A Great Big Smile
Cause There Ain't No Rocks In My Shoe
Theres Always A Rock In My Shoe
When I 'm Out With Someone New
I've Tried To Find Love In Anothers Arms
But It Seems I Just Dream Of You
Now My Heart Has Reached A Deiscon
Cause My Mind Keeps Having A Vison
Of Towels That Read Hers And Hisin'
And I Guess I Always Knew
You Make The Bells Ring
And Pull My Heart Strings
I'm Walkin' Down The Isle
With A Great Big Smile
Cause There Ain't No Rocks In My Shoe
I'm Walkin' Down The Isle
With A Great Big Smile
Cause There Ain't No Rocks In My Shoooes

I lay here at night
I toss and I turn
Lovin you so
How my heart yearns
Honey, You're the reason I cain't sleep at night
Just a walkin' the floor
Thinking of you
Smoke cigarettes
And Drink coffee too
Honey, You're the reason I cain't sleep at night
I'm bettin your not losin' sleep over me
But if I'm wrong, don't fell to call
Come over and keep me company
Sometimes I go for a walk
Look at the moon
Strum my guitar
Sing out an old tune
Honey, You're the reason I cain't sleep at night
I'm bettin your not losin' sleep over me
But if I'm wrong, don't fell to call
Come over and keep me company
Sometimes I go for a walk
Look at the moon
Strum my guitar
Sing out of tune
Honey, You're the reason I cain't sleep at night
Honey, You're the reason I cain't sleep at night

The news is out all over town that you've been seen out running 'round.
I know that I should leave but then I just can't go you win again.
This heart of mine could never see what everybody knew but me.
Just trust in you was my great sin.What can I do?You win again.
I'm sorry for your victim now 'cause soon his head like mine will bow.
He'll give his harm but all in vain and someday say you win again.
You have no heart.You got no shame.You take true love and give the blame.
I guess that I should not complain.I love you still you win again.
I love you still you win again

Won't it be nice to see you again seems I've been gone since I don't know when.
I've had lonely nights and bottles for friends and it'll be nice to see you again.
Babe I've been down since you've been gone
its hard to love over a phone
but it won't be long now 'til I hold you tight, 'cause I'm coming home.I'll be there tonight.
Though I don't always get standing ovations I don't always knock the ball over the fence.
My life is not always a perfect situation and it will be so nice to see you again.
I used to hate to go home its a bad feeling to be alone
theres been some changes since way back then
it will be so nice to see you again.

I like to play my music and have good time
I love to hear no train rolling down the line
I am into happy and I don't like sad
I like to have women I never had
I'll take a little smoke and a lot of wine
I get high and I call old friends of mine
I like the sweet young things and Old Grandad
And I like to have women I've never had
I like to ride my hoses and shoot my gun
You know a cowboy's work is just never done
I am in to bacics and I don't like fads
And I like to have women I never had
Hey, I don't mean to ever do anybody no wrong
I was just born the son of a singer of songs
I do things that makes some people mad
And I like to have women I never had

Well down in New Orleans where everything's fine
All them cats is sippin' that wine
Drinkin' that mess is sure delight
Soon to be fightin' and fussin' all night
Drinkin' wine spodee-o, drinkin' wine
(drinkin' wine)
wine spodee-o, drinkin' wine
(drinkin' wine)
wine spodee-o, drinkin' wine
Pass that bottle to me
Wine, wine, wine
(Blackberry)
Wine, wine, wine
(Raspberry)
Wine, wine, wine
(Huckleberry)
Wine, wine, wine
(Wild Cherry)
Wine, wine, wine
Pass that bottle to me
Drinkin' that mess is sure delight
Soon to be fightin' and fussin' all night
Knockin' out windows, kickin' down doors
Drinkin' a half-gallon and askin' for more
Drinkin' wine spodee-o, drinkin' wine
(drinkin' wine)
wine spodee-o, drinkin' wine
(drinkin' wine)
wine spodee-o, drinkin' wine
Pass that bottle to me
Wine, wine, wine
(Blackberry)
Wine, wine, wine
(Raspberry)
Wine, wine, wine
(Huckleberry)
Wine, wine, wine
(Wild Cherry)
Wine, wine, wine
Pass that bottle to me
Well down in New Orleans where everything's fine
All them cats is sippin' that wine
Drinkin' that mess is sure delight
Soon to be fightin' and fussin' all night
Drinkin' wine spodee-o, drinkin' wine
(drinkin' wine)
wine spodee-o, drinkin' wine
(drinkin' wine)
wine spodee-o, drinkin' wine
Pass that bottle to me
Wine, wine, wine
(Blackberry)
Wine, wine, wine
(Raspberry)
Wine, wine, wine
(Huckleberry)
Wine, wine, wine
(Wild Cherry)
Wine, wine, wine
Pass that bottle to me

Last night ya told me that I ain't worth a dime
Well don't worry honey 'cause I'm leaving this time
Why don't ya leave me alone
Why don't ya leave me alone
Well, your hillbilly daddy's packin'
and I'm gonna get gone
We never got along, I guess we never will
so I'm saying 'So long,' it oughta give you a thrill
Why don't ya leave me alone
Why don't ya leave me alone
Well, your hillbilly daddy's packin'
and I'm gonna get gone
Well I'm going joint-jumpin' down at Club 21
I ain't looking for trouble, I just wanna have fun
You want a sensitive sissy that'll hear your command
not a hillbilly singer with a five-piece band
Why don't ya leave me alone
Why don't ya leave me alone
Well, your hillbilly daddy's packin'
and I'm gonna get gone
Last night ya told me that I ain't worth a dime
Well don't worry honey 'cause I'm leaving this time
Why don't ya leave me alone
Why don't ya leave me alone
Well, your hillbilly daddy's packin'
and I'm gonna get gone
Well, your hillbilly daddy's packin'
and I'm gonna get gone

As I watch the sun
set slowly I hold back the tears
And I can't help but wonder
why the lord had to put me here
Caused I've raised hell
All night long
And I've seen a good
man go wrong
And I can't help
The way that I am
Cause the whiskey weed and women
had the upper hand
Livin' lonely
is the life that I been livin'
I got drunk
the day my paw went to prison
And when my mama died
I just didn't care about livin'
And I drank myself blind
just tryin' to find a good reason
And I've raised hell
All night long
And I've seen a good
man go wrong
And I can't help
The way that I am
Cause the whiskey weed and women
have the upper hand
Yeah the whiskey weed and women
have the upper hand,
hand,
hand

(chorus)
Some day you'll find out what it means to be blue'Cause everybody pays for the things that they do
You broke something precious, sacred and true
Darlin', what did love ever do to you
(1st verse)
I still can't believe what I'm feelin'As my heart turns slowly to stoneI'm staring a hole thru the ceiling
The memory of your leaving won't let go
(repeat chorus)
(solo)
(2nd verse)
Your words built the walls of this prison
and like a fool I'm doin' time for you
I searched thru my mind for a reason
But when you left, you left me without a clue
(repeat chorus)
You broke something precious, sacred and true
Darlin', what did love ever do to you

Well walkin' with sorrow
through a lonely day
with those empty bottles
tryin' to ease my pain
I'm still here drinkin'
over the good ol days
when I had my gal
and everything was ok
(Yodeling)
Well walkin' with sorrow
is a lonely way
with those empty bottles
tryin' to ease my pain
I'm still here thinkin'
about the good ol days
when I had my gal
and everything was ok
(Yodeling)

Train roll on, on down the line,
Won't you please take me far away?
Now I feel the wind blow outside my door,
Means I'm leaving my woman at home.
Tuesday's gone with the wind.
My baby's gone with the wind.
And I don't know where I'm going.
I just want to be left alone.
Well, when this train ends I'll try again,
But I'm leaving my woman at home.
(chorus)
Tuesday's gone with the wind.
Tuesday's gone with the wind.
Tuesday's gone with the wind.
My baby's gone with the wind.
Train roll on many miles from my home,
See, I'm riding my blues away.
Tuesday, you see, she had to be free
But somehow I've got to carry on.
(chorus)

Now Playin' country music
it ain't like it used to be
I'm so tired of this new stuff
they're tryin' to get me to sing
That ain't no country music to me
Well, you can only take so much
of putting people down
when you got the best,
that's tryin' to beat your back doors down
Well, I used to think that country
was out of Nashville Tennessee
but all I see in Nashville,
is a bunch of backstabbers takin' you and me
They don't care about the music ya see
Well, I used to think that country
was out of Nashville, Tennessee
I'd rather take my things and
go back to Texas ya see
Now, I would pack up
and I'd leave this dirty town
but they've done taken me for so much
that I can't get out now
Maybe one day but not right now
Well, I used to think that country
was out of Nashville, Tennessee
I don't think that country's here
'cause they killed it ya see
Well, I used to think that country
was out of Nashville, Tennessee
I'd rather take my things and
go back to Texas ya see

There's a light,
certain kind of light,
that never shines on me,
I want my life to be lived with you ,
I want to live with you.
There's a way, everbody say,
to do each and every little thing,
but what does it bring if I ain't got you,
if I ain't got you baby
You don't know what it's like ,
baby you don't know what its like,
to love somebody,
to love somebody like I love you
There's a brain.
I see your face again and I know my frame of mind.
You ain't got to be so blind,
because I'm blind so very blind.
But Babe I'm a man.
Can't you see that I am.
I live and I breathe for you.
What good does it do?
Cause I ain't got you,
I ain't got you baby!
You don't know what it's like,
Baby you don't know what it's like to love somebody,
to love somebody,
like I love you.
You don't know what it's like, baby,
you don't know what it's like to love somebody,
love somebody like I love you.
Baby you don't know what its like, baby,
you don't know what it's like..........

Well there's some big black clouds
that's a blowin in from the west
I've been drivin all day
Lord, I sure could use some rest
And there's a motel up ahead where I can unwind
Cause I sure love thunderstorms and neon signs
I grew up on the road from town to town
My daddy's line of work kept us movin around
I got fond memories of the way things were back then
The warmth of a neon when a cold storm is movin in
Listen to the opry in a small cafe
When we stop to get a bite along the way
Whenever I hear the wheels begin to whine
It takes me back to another time
I got a real nice room with a radio and TV
This here motel livin is the only life for me
And it looks like it'll be rainin for quite some time
Mixed with the lightning is the glow from a neon sign
Listen to the opry in a small cafe
When we stop to get a bite along the way
Whenever I hear the wheels begin to whine
It takes me back to another time
Well there's some big black clouds
that's a blowin in from the west
I've been drivin all day
Lord, I sure could use some rest
And there's a motel up ahead where I can unwind
Cause I sure love thunderstorms and neon signs
Cause I sure love thunderstorms and neon signs

I been beat up bad, I been kicked around,
I been thrown out of every damn bar in this old town,
In this old town.
I guess you don't like the way we like to have our fun,
'Cause I'm always out there an' I'm on the run,
Yeah, I'm a-runnin' an' a-gunnin' an' a-lookin' for a damn good time.
I done so much trip, I can't look you in the eye,
You know I's tryin' to find that ultimate high,
An' I was hangin' with my good friend, an' his name is David Allan Coe.
(Coe, Coe, Coe.)
Well, I was runnin' real hard an' he was runnin' real fast,
An' we got caught-up, up there on the pass:
And we ended up back at this bar on the side of that road.
I been beat up bad, I been kicked around,
I been thrown out of every damn bar in this old town,
In this old town.
I guess you don't like the way we like to have our fun,
'Cause I'm always out there an' I'm on the run,
An' I'm a-runnin' an' a-gunnin' an' a-lookin' for a damn good time.
-Instrumental Break-
I done so much trip, I can't look you in the eye,
You know I's tryin' to find that ultimate high,
An' I was hangin' out with my friend Mr, er, George Jones.
(Jones, Jones.)
Well, I was messed up bad an' he was messed right,
An' me an' George, well we sat an' talked all night,
About the good times an' how country music's lost it's soul.
I been beat up bad, I been kicked around,
I been thrown out of every damn bar in this old town,
In this old town.
I guess you don't like the way we like to have our fun,
'Cause I'm always out there an' I'm on the run,
An' I'm a-runnin' an' a-gunnin' an' a-lookin' for a damn good time

Well you never took my heart,
When I tried hard to give it to you.
And I know you can't be true,
'Cause you wanna be roamin' free. (Free.)
Now I'm lookin' straight at you,
An' see you with another man.
So I take the shot of whiskey,
So I don't have no regrets.
Well, I've fallen drunk again:
I guess she must have got to me.
I don't need little little woman,
Getting upper hand on me.
Now I'm lost an' now I'm broke,
An' now I ain't got nothin' to lose.
But I still here an' think about,
The things we used to do.
-Instrumental Break-
Walkin' through the crowwded streets,
I don't see no-one carin' for me.
That's all right, I don't need anyone,
Except myself, you see.
'Cause now I'm stronger an' I'm smarter,
An' I'm not like I used to be.
But I still sit here an' think about,
The things you did to me.
Yeah, I still sit here an' think about,
The things you did to me.

Well I have been riding hard and wet, you never met one quite like me.
No rules and no regrets but time is sneaking up you see.
Can't party all night like I use too. Can it be I'm slowin' down?
But friends are always here wanting to have a beer and take me right back out on the town.
Can you believe I feel out of place in a smoke filled honky-tonk?
Well I can put on my game face after all that used to be my home.
There's a girl sittin' in mylap. Now everybody is getting down
and I'm thinking about just exactly how in the world I'm going to get out.
They all want to go wild and I want to go home,
cause I've been there done that living life to fast way to much carrying on.
I've walked on the wildside but they drag me along.
They all want to go wild and I want to go home.
Now if my wife walked in right now there would be some hell to pay
and I've payed to much before so here is all I got to say,
all the head and heart-ache aint worth it not to mention alimony.
A man's got to be a fool sittin' here on a stool. She bring a whole lot back to me.
They all want to go wild and I want to go home.
Yeah, I've been there done that, living life to fast, way to much carrying on.
I've walked on the wildside but they drag me along.
They all want to go wild and I want to go home.
They all want to get wild and I just want to get home.
Yeah, I'll meet ya' later!

[Hank Jr:]
There's a tear in my beer
Cause I'm cryin for you, dear
You are on my lonely mind
Into these last nine beers
I have shed a million tears
You are on my lonely mind
I'm gonna keep drinkin until I'm petrified
And then maybe these tears will leave my eyes
There's a tear in my beer
Cause I'm crying for you dear
You are on my lonely mind
[Hank Sr:]
Last night I walked the floor
And the night before
[Both:]
You are on my lonely mind
[Hank Sr:]
It seems my life is through
And I'm so doggone blue
[Both:]
You are on my lonely mind
[Hank Sr:]
I'm gonna keep drinkin til I can't move a toe
And then maybe my heart won't hurt me so
[Both:]
There's a tear in my beer
Cause I'm cryin for you dear
You are on my lonely mind
[Hank Sr:]
Lord, I've tried and I've tried
But my tears I can't hide
[Both:]
You are on my lonely mind
[Hank Sr:]
All these blues that I've found
Have really got me down
[Both:]
You are on my lonely mind
I'm gonna keep drinkin til I can't even think
Cause in the last week I ain't slept a wink
There's a tear in my beer
Cause I'm crying for you dear
You are on my lonely mind

I come home late at night with my boots in my hands.
Stumble in the back door being quiet as I can.
And I know she's there in bed, cold and all alone.
and she's crying because I'm breaking up our home.
And she knows the hell I'm going through in this world inside my head.
There's a devil in the bottle lord and he wants to see me dead.
I fall into her arms and she helps me with my clothes.
Guess she stays on with me cause she really knows,
that I'm tryin' Lord, to find my freedom by excaping to the only freedom I've ever known.
And she knows the hell I'm going through in this world inside my head.
There's a devil in the bottle lord and he won't rest until I'm dead.
There's a devil living in the bottle Lord and he won't rest 'til I'm dead
and its killing her too, watching me die this way

The sun comes up, but I won't go down
I been real high up and I've hit the ground
Memories of the past race through my mind
Just like that train on that old track of life
The sun comes up, but I won't go down
I'm too far gone to start turning around
Well there's no more good times - it's all gone bad
ever since the day I lost the best friend I ever had
The pain began the day she left me
I've made a new friend called misery
So I started drinking to help ease my mind
but it don't seem to keep these tears from my eyes
The sun comes up, but I won't go down
I'm too far gone to start turning around
Well theres no more good times - it's all gone bad
ever since the day I lost the best friend that I ever had
Ever since the day I lost the best friend that I ever had

I was thuming through montgomery, had my guitar on my back when a stranger stopped beside me in a antique cadillac. Now he was dressed like 1950 half drunk and hollow eyed..he said its a long walk to nashville would u like to ride..i sat down in the front seat, he turned on the radio and them sad old songs coming out of them speakers were solid country gold..then i noticed the stranger was ghost when he asked me for a light and i knew there was something strange about this ride..
(Chorus)
He said rippler can you make folks cry when you play and sing. have u paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings.. rippler can you make folks feel what you feel inside,cus if your big star bound let me worn you its a long hard ride.
then he cried just south of nashville and he turned that car around..he said this is where u get off boy cus im going back to alabam. when i stepped out of that cadillac i said mister many thanks. he said you dont have to call me mister mister the whole world calls me hank..
(Chorus)
He said rippler can you make folks cry when you play and sing. have u paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings.. rippler can you make folks feel what you feel inside,cus if your big star bound let me worn you its a long hard ride. yea if your big star bound let me wourn its a long.... hard ride.

I got someone at home,don't know whats going on,
thinks I love her and her alone and the pressure is on.
I got a new love you see.She does new things to me.
We sneak our love you's on the phone and the pressure is on
and it puts pressure on a man if he ever lets his heart call his hand.
He ain't no rolling stone,but the pressure is on.
Feel like your ten thousand feet down under the sea
and its crushing all your bones and the pressure is on.
The trains I ride in my dreams
run on the pressure of the steam.
Lord I could pull one a mile long cause the pressure is on.
Lord I could pull one a mile long cause the pressure is on,
the pressure is on, the pressure at home.

I know its over because I don't keep you satisfied anymore but before you move along let me sing you the last love song.
Tomorrow when I wake,what will take the place
of smiles on your face and black hair against white lace
and I wonder, will I be thinking of our early morning love
all the sweet things that you'd say that brighten my darkest day
and tomorrow night what do you suggest to take the place or your breasts
breast against my chest oh how I'll miss your tenderness
but there's no use crying because loves a grown up game alittle pleasure and then alot pain
first we called each other bad names then what we had was never quite the same
I wish I could find eyes that won't cry,
lips that won't lie and a love that won't die.
And a love that won't die.

Well I was driving by myself through Tennessee
and I broke down on the side of the road, look at me
Well I got a mohawk, and that's really sad
that I don't think that they'll think I'm a good man
So I went to a bar, so I could use the phone
The guy just looked at me and said 'Hell no!'
Fuck you, motherfucker!
Well I was driving by myself through Tennessee
and I broke down on the side of the road, look at me
Well I got a mohawk, and that's really sad
that I don't think that they'll think I'm a good man
So I went to a bar, so I could use the phone
The guy just looked at me and said 'Hell no!'
Fuck you, motherfucker!

Well my worn-out boots are taking me downtown
and I'm looking for trouble and I wanna get loud.
Serve me up a drink and I'll shoot it right down
and I'll jump up on the bar and holler 'One more round!'
I'm going straight to hell
Ain't nothing slowin' me down
I'm going straight to hell
so you just better get me one more round!
Well back in the day with my uncle Jed,
he kept a lot of moonshine out in the shed.
He taught me how to drink - how to be real proud
of my hillbilly ways and my outlaw style.
I'm going straight to hell
Ain't nothing stoppin' me now
I'm headin' straight to hell
so you just better get me one more round!
Well I'm racin' these backroads trying to save my life,
'cause the sherriff wants to kill me 'cause I fucked his wife.
Always on the run with a gun in my hand
'cause I like a good time and a one-night stand.
I'm going straight to hell
Ain't nothing slowin' me down
I'm going straight to hell
so you just better get me one more round!

All the talk shows, you know, geniouses and experts
Looking to lay some blame
Some on the left and some on the right
Playing that controversy game
I'm not in a real cheery mood so I think I'll call them up
And them em, why don't you play some blues
And both sides shut up
But do we just love trouble
Ain't the world got enough
Without y'all stirrin it up
I am from the old school
Cowboy hat, sure enough
Too damn old to change horses now
Cause I would probably fall off
I'm a little whiskey bent and slowed my roll
And if you ain't real sure about me
Why don't you take it up with Gretchen and Tim
Rockin Shawn Hannity
But you just love trouble
Ain't the world got enough
Without y'all stirrin it up
Back off
So some celeb has teed y'all off
Well, I get teed off too
Why didn't you know that you're supposed
To except our point of view
I have learned at the school of hard knocks
Things change quite a bit
Folks get all jacked up
I don't really give a ... darn
I got a little child and a fishing pole
A can of worms and a boat
I'm goin down to the river now
And let all my problems float
Yeah, I've mellowed a lot
And I don't jump into things like I used to
Hey, what'd you say
Why, you son of a gun
Now see what you made me do
I don't want no trouble
Ain't the world got enough
Without y'all stirrin it up
Stirrin it up
Let the pot simmer (stirrin it up)
Let the dust settle (stirrin it up)
Let's try and get along
And it'll be more better
(Stirrin it, stirrin it, stirrin it up)
(Stirrin it up) sick em, Rush
(Stirrin it up) jump in there, Bill
Stir it up, Shawn
(Stirrin it up)
(Stirrin it up)

Well, I have got no money but I am doin' fine.
I'm just a hillbilly hell-raiser; I'm tryin' to kill my time.
An' I'm lookin' for that gal, about five foot ten.
An' I'm gonna take her down that road of livin' a life of sin.
Because I'm drinkin', druggin': I'm havin' lots of fun.
I always carry round my loaded shotgun.
If I think I'm gonna have a bad time,
I got a little bit of smoke an' a whole lotta wine.
-Instrumental break-
Well, I once had this gal: I thought she'd be my bride.
But then she had to leave my ass for that other guy.
An' now I'm drinkin', druggin': I'm havin' lots of fun.
I always carry round my loaded shotgun.
If I think I'm gonna have a bad time,
I got a little bit of smoke an' a whole lotta wine.
-Instrumental break-
Well, I don't really care if you hate me, you see,
'Cause I'm just a country boy from the state of Tennessee.
A little bit crazy, on the loudish side,
'Cause I like drink my whiskey an' I like to get high.
An' now I'm drinkin', druggin': I'm havin' lots of fun.
I always carry round my loaded shotgun.
If I think I'm gonna have a bad time,
I got a little bit of smoke an' a whole lotta wine.

Did you say she asked about me today?
I guess that she heard of the records I've made.
Tell her I've found money but I ain't found the time,
but she's still the star on the stage of my mind.
Since you mentioned her who I already miss,
the look of her smile and the touch of her kiss,
and I thought I was through with feeling like this,
but in this point in time, she's the star on the stage of my mind.
The runway lights whisper as the plane passes by.
Where's the dark-haired young lover that was with you last time?
The stewardess smiles and the first class seat cries,
cause to all others I'm blind for she's still the star on the stage of my mind.
Tell her I've found money but I ain't found the time

Well I'm a runnin' and gunnin'
a little bit crazy,
got half drunk on the day they made me
I don't know why,
I guess it's in my genes
Well I'm a runnin' and gunnin'
a little bit shady,
got half-stoned on the day they made me
I don't know why,
I guess I'm dangerous and mean
(You better)
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby - I'm dangerous and mean
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby - I'll drop you to your knees
Well I'm a runnin' and gunnin'
a little bit shady,
got tattooed on the day they made me
I don't know why,
I guess I'm dangerous and mean
Well, I 've got my 4-speed 2-door Chevy,
driving outta hell like Satan's gonna catch me,
I don't know why - I guess it's in my genes
(You better)
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby - I'm dangerous and mean
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby I'll - drop you to your knees
Well I'm a runnin' and gunnin'
a little bit crazy,
got half-drunk on the day they made me
I don't know why,
I guess it's in my genes
Well, I 've got my 4-speed 2-door Chevy,
driving outta hell like Satan's gonna catch me,
I don't know why - I guess I'm dangerous and mean
(You better)
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby - I'm dangerous and mean
(You better)
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby, oh you better watch out!
look out baby I'll - drop you to your knees

I just wanted to tell you what I think about you,
and I don't wanna leave out some important part.
You know I love you and I can't live without you,
you know that you are the queen of my heart.
I've had ladies of passion and women of beauty
but you're the only girl I've opened up to.
But I closed up tight when you left for another,
and that's the part I've never gotten used to.
(Chorus)-
And the Queen's still in England, the King's still in Spain,
my love for you is still the same.
You know that I want you till death do us part - - -
you know that you are the queen of my heart.
If you get this letter, please let me know somethin' :
if you’re comin' back, or is it all through?
Hey, just tell me yes or no, don't keep me hangin',
'cause that's the part I could never get used to.
And the Queen is in England, and the King is in Spain,
and all the King's horses and all the Queen's men
could never do one thing to keep us apart - - -
if you'll just come back to me, queen of my heart.
I'm tellin' you, you are the queen of my heart.

Well, I've been awake for eight days straight:
Well, it must've been them pills I took.
I been twitchin' an' turnin' an' seein' visions:
It must've been them pills I took.
Well, I don't know if it were an' I don't know where I got 'em,
But they sure did make me feel good.
They kept my heart from feelin' blue,
An' kept my thoughts away from you.
Well, there's blood on the carpet an' holes in the walls:
Well, it must've been them pills I took.
Yeah, the mirrors are all busted an' someone's cryin':
It must've been them pills I took.
-Instrumental Break-
I've lied an' I've stole an' I ain't fuckin' jokin':
It must've been them pills I took.
Yeah, the mirrors are all busted an' someone's cryin':
It must've been them pills I took.
I still don't know if it were an' I don't know where I got 'em,
But they sure did make me feel good.
They kept my heart from feelin' blue,
An' kept my thoughts away from you.
'Doctor Forrest, dial 118, please.'
'He's in a ward.'
'Doctor Forrest, dial 118.'

I'm sure that I won't be your first or your last,I'm sure I'm just one of many. you are the kind that would make a man ask,does she love me or this money?
But I'll pay what ever the cost.Trying to get back part of me that I lost.I'll stand in line,paying on time for you.
I guess that its true that most men are weak,they just can't make it alone.They like to be known by the women they keep, instead of one woman at home.
So I'll pay whatever it takes.Trying to get back part of my younger days.Yeah I'll stand in line paying on time for you.
So I'll pay whatever it takes.Trying to get back part of my yesterdays.Yeah I'll stand in line,I'll pay on time for you.

Ah Yodel-ay-heeee he-he-he
Ah Yodel-oh-hooo hoo-hoo-hoo
Ah Yodel-ay-heeee he-he-he
Well my hat's done worn out
my boots are bad
I ain't got a gun
but I wish I had
And I'm down
in a one horse town
My gal done left me
the other day
Said I didn't bring home
enough of that pay
And I'm down,
in a one horse town
But I'm doin' fine,
I'm doin' ok
I think I might get by
just one more day
Well when you get low down
you got nothin' to lose
All you can do
is start singin' the blues
When you're down,
in a one horse town
I drank on Tuesday
until I fell down
I woke up on Wednesday
and you weren't around
And I'm down,
in a one horse town
But I'm doin' fine
I'm doin' ok
I think I might get high
just one more day

Lookin' back thru the years, I saw my anger
There was things that I could not control
Wanderin' thru my memories with my darlin'
Now I fall thru the door on my own
On my own again
All alone again
Now I see what it's like when your away
On my own again
All a lone again
Now I see what its like I'm away
He was a man, walkin' big and proud
And he was walkin' thru a mighty thick crowd
Although we never could understand where this man had been
For as time grew on, he grew weak and thin
As the days rolled on, thru the nights
Well, he started drinkin' so much
He was loosin' his mind
And as he sits back, he knows that he'll die alone
On my own again
All alone again
Now I see what it's like when your away
On my own again
All a lone again
Now I see what its like I'm away
Now I see what its like I'm away

Well, hello there folks, how the hell are you doin':
It's good to be in your local bar again.
So let's get loud, we'll get stoned an' get proud,
Have a damn good time until the show's at an' end.
Sometimes I'm wired an' sometimes, I'm tired,
But I'm doin' the best that I can.
So let's have a drink and a glum with Hank,
An' may the outlaws rise again.
Well I'm a son of a son:
I've got a chip of what I've said an' done.
Well, I remember watchin' ol' Waylon,
When he was shootin' his shotgun.
It's a certain kinda livin',
It's a certain kinda style.
Not everybody likes us,
But we we drive some folks wild.
-Instrumental Break-
Well I think I'd rather eat the barrel,
Of a double-barrel loaded shotgun,
Than to hear that shit they call pop-country music,
On ninety-eight-point-one.
Just so you know, so it's it's set in stone,
Kid Rock don't come from where I come from:
Yeah, it's true, he's a Yank, he ain't no son of Hank:
If you even thought so, god-damn, you're fucking dumb.
So let's get real loud:
Let's get stoned and proud.
Pour me another shot of whiskey,
An' this one's for the south.
It's a certain kinda livin',
It's a certain kinda style.
Not everybody likes us,
But we we drive some folks wild.
Not everybody likes us,
But we we drive some folks wild.
Not everybody likes us,
But we we drive some folks wild.

Well I'm gonna do some drinkin'
I'm gonna drink all that whiskey that I can
Well I'm gonna do some drinkin'
I'm gonna drink all that whiskey that I can
Cause I'm a drinkin', smokin'
Nighttime Ramblin' kinda man
Well I'm gonna do some smokin'
I'm gonna smoke all that good stuff that I can
Well I'm gonna do some tokin'
I'm gonna smoke all that best stuff
across this land
Cause I'm a drinkin', smokin'
Nighttime Ramblin' kinda man
Well I'm gonna do some raisin'
I'm gonna raise all that Hell that I can
Then I'm gonna do some drinkin'
I'm gonna be the loudest man in this Damn Band
Cause I'm a drinkin', smokin'
Nighttime Ramblin' kinda man
Cause I'm a drinkin', tokin'
Nighttime Ramblin' kinda man

I just came in here to have some whiskey and beer and to say howdy to you all.
Now you all know me, this is Hank Williams, Jr. you see. Hat and shade beard and all.
Now I have heard, mmm hmm, I've gotten' the word,
about all these silly imposters running 'round.
Let me tell you something now they ain't real, they ain't got no scars, they ain't got no feel. Why they don't know nothing about whiskey bent and hellbound.
Now I'm looking for a lover and I'm looking for some fun.
My name is Bocephus. I'm a son of a gun.
Some of us are born with it, some of us don't ever ever get it.
Thank God I'm a guitar man,
and its true I love the money
and its true I love all the honeys
but the thing I really love is to get down with the band.
Not everybody loves me but those that do will fight.
Right to the end they're guitar friends from legendary Saturday Nights.
I learned something from Lynyrd Skynyrd, from my Daddy and Ernest Tubb too.
I do country-rock. I do blues.
Now I'm looking for a lover and I'm going to have some fun.
Oh my name is Bocephus. 'ell, I'm a son of a gun.
Some of us are born with it.
Some of 'em don't ever, ever get it.
Thank God I'm a guitar man.
Oh its true I love the money
and I really, really love the honeys,
but the thing I really love is to get down with the band.
Oh boy. Ain't no rookies on this record.
I say my name is
B-O-C-E-P-H-U-S
OH YEAH!

She said she's gonna quit me,
If I didn't quit the booze.
So I just started drinkin' more,
To see if she would really choose.
And I have to hand it to that girl:
She meant every breath.
An' I'm glad she did, 'cause I was about,
To drink myself to death.
Because my drinkin' problem left today.
She packed up all her things and walked away.
Well, it looks like off the bottle now is where I'm gonna stay,
Because my drinkin' problem left today.
-Instrumental Break-
Well, she said I had problems:
Boy, was she ever right?
To keep from goin' home to her,
I'd stay out, drunk, all night.
And I believe that woman left me,
In the nick of time.
If she'd a-stayed much longer,
I'd have drinked up my last dime.
Because my drinkin' problem left today.
She packed up all her things and walked away.
And it looks like off the bottle now is where I'm gonna stay,
Because my drinkin' problem left today.
Yeah, it looks like off the bottle now is where I'm gonna stay,
Because my drinkin' problem left today.

Sittin' in the bayou country,
just me and my fishin' line
I raised a lot of hell and I hollered,
sippin' on that Georgia moonshine
Well, I know how to have a damn good time
And I take my shots
straight out of the jug
and I like to get pure drunk
in that Mississippi mud
Well lets throw us a little party baby,
I'll call a few friends of mine
We'll dance all night till the sun comes up
and we'll drink our selves completely blind
Then we'll rock on down the line
And I take my shots
straight out of the jug
and I like to do a little dance
in that Mississippi mud
Well, I was raised by an awful alligator
he taught me how to walk the line
He used to deal cards from the bottom of the deck,
but a Tennessee woman took his life
But he sure gave me some damn good advice
And I take my shots
straight out of the jug
and I like to get pure drunk
in that Mississippi mud
And I take my shots
straight out of the jug
and I like to do a little dance
in that Mississippi mud

You will meet many just like me upon lifes busy street.
with shoulders stooped and heads bowed low and eyes that stare in defeat.
For souls that live within the past where sorrow plays all parts,
for a living death is all thats left for men with brokens hearts.
You have no right to be the judge, to critisize and condemn.
Just think but for the grace of God it would be you instead of him.
One careless step, a thoughtless deed and then the misery starts
and to those who weep death comes cheap, these men with broken hearts.
Humble you should be when they come passing by,
for its written that the greatest of men never get to big to cry.
Some lose faith in love and life when sorrow shoots her darts,
with hope all gone, they walk alone these men with broken hearts.
You've never walked in that man's shoes or saw things through his eyes,
or stood and watched with helpless hands while the heart inside you dies.
Some were porpers, some were kings, some were masters of the arts,
but in their shame they're all the same, these men with broken hearts.
Life sometimes can be so cruel that a heart will pray for death.
God why must these living dead know pain with every breath?
So help your brother along the road, no matter where he starts!
For the God that made you,made them too. These men with broken hearts!

Lowdown, once again
Well I'm strugglin' now
To get by, my friend
It's keepin' me up
Late at night
I can't settle down
My honky tonk life
Driftin' 'round 'bout half past four
With the blues on my back
And a bottle on the floor
Drinkin' until I think I'm gonna fall down
'Cause my sweet little baby had to kick me lowdown
And she told me, 'It'll be OK,
Things'll soon get better one day'
But I don't see how
Driftin' 'round 'bout half past four
With the blues on my back
And a bottle on the floor
Drinkin' until I think I'm gonna fall down
'Cause my sweet little baby had to kick me lowdown
And she told me, 'It'll be OK,
Things'll soon get better one day'
But I don't see how
'Cause I'm too lowdown

Well, we were lovin' and a-huggin' and a-kissin' and a-squeezin'
on a Friday an' Saturday night
Just a-dancin' and a-prancin' and a lotta romancin' and
boy, did it sure feel right
But now we're cussin' and a-fussin' and we can't win nuthin'
ev'ry Friday an' Saturday night
Now there's no more dancin' for this king of romancin'
'cause it looks like I've lost the fight
Just a little more lovin' and no more cussin'
would make me feel alright
How 'bout some lovin' and a-huggin and a little bit of rubbin'
on this cold and lonely night
Because I'm lonesome and I'm jonesing for a little bit of lovin'
and baby, I'm just your type
Now there's no more dancin' for this king of romancin'
and it looks like I've lost the fight
Well now my sweet little baby done got plum crazy
and she's lookin' to start a fight
And she's a-cussin' and a-fussin', talkin' 'bout her cousin
walkin' around with a forty-five
And she's a tough one and a fun one who can sure give a good one
if you ever get to spend the night
She's a sexy honey-baby that's just plum crazy
with them wild and crazy eyes
Well, we were lovin' and a-huggin' and a-kissin' and a-squeezin'
on a Friday an' Saturday night
Just a-dancin' and a-prancin' and a lotta romancin' and
boy, did it sure feel right
But now we're cussin' and a-fussin' and we can't win nuthin'
ev'ry Friday an' Saturday night
Now there's no more dancin' for this king of romancin'
and it looks like I've lost the fight

I got the Louisiana Stripes,
and their always chainin' me down
I'm in debt for 99 years for shootin' my wife to the ground
Well she had to love my friend,
and that's not right with me
So I grabbed my gun, shot both in the head and then I threw their ass in the creek
Now I'm doin' my time, in this Louisiana Pen
Thinkin' about maybe bein' free on the day that I'm a dead man
-Instrumental Break-
Well it took some time getting' used to,
being locked in this prison cell
But I always hum those tunes of George Jones to help me through my days of hell
I've done me 25 years,
and that's alright with me
‘Cause I got me a lot of damn good friends in this Louisiana penitentiary
Now I'm doin' my time, in this Louisiana Pen
Thinkin' about maybe bein' free on the day I'll be walkin' to feel
that fire of the Loui-si-an-a Pen-i-ten-tia-ry
(Spanish)
'At 2:59 AM'
'This is Houston calling, we just wanted to say Hello, Hello,
Hi *giggles* Alright goodnight bye'

I don't need nobody
to call me on the phone
I don't need no company
I'd rather be alone
I'm just happy by myself
here being blue
I'm not lonely,
I'm just lonesome for you
When my friends come,
I don't care if they stay
When they talk to me,
I don't care what they say
You're still gone so darlin'
there ain't nothing new
I'm not lonely,
I'm just lonesome for you
I'll just be lonesome
without you here
'cause there ain't no one
I love like you dear
Thinkin' of you
is all I ever do
I'm not lonely,
I'm just lonesome for you
Any comfort I find
these days is small
Everybody tries
but nothing helps at all
They'd just give up
before they started if they knew
that I'm not lonely,
I'm just lonesome for you
I'll just be lonesome
without you here
'cause there ain't no one
I love like you dear
Thinkin' of you
is all I ever do
I'm not lonely,
I'm just lonesome for you
I'm not lonely,
I'm just lonesome for you

There aint no man gonna invade my territory there aint nobody out there gonna mess with me
because I'm big and hard and battlescarred and getting long in the tooth desperate and hungry and got nothing to loose.
Yeah I'm a lone wolf I've been chased and I've been bit.yeah I'm a lone wolf.They like to shoot at me but they miss.
Yeah I'm a lone wolf and I ain't never been trapped, and God help the people that think they got me cornered at last.
I've been hunting.I've been tracking. I've been running since I was 3,born in Louisiana Swamp,moved with the pack to Tennessee.
Raised by black and white dogs to some country,some rock-n-roll. They said now boy your gonna have to quit your houlling so.
Staying up all night and chasing Lassies by the moon laying up all day on the porch playing guitar tunes.
Yeah I'm a lone wolf and I no longer run with the pack.Yeah I am a lone wolf.I don't ever look back.
Hey I am a lone wolf out here on the prowl and most of us have been penned up but I'm still running wild.
Hey I'm a lone wolf.I've been chased and I've been bit.Yeah I am a lone wolf this ole dog knows all the tricks.
Hey I'm a lone wolf.Still hungry and I'm on the prowl, and most of us have been penned up but Bocephus is running wild.
You better watch out because I'm hungry and I'm on the prowl.

Well I'm runnin down the road about a hundred and five
Don't care if I live, I just wanna die
Searching for a gal who wants to keep me alive
Satan's in the backseat givin' me advice again
Livin' a life of sin
Well the highways are rocking with our hillbilly sound
tryin' to show these people how we like to get down
Searching through the crowd for another drunken round
Satan's in the backseat givin' me advice again
Livin' a life of sin
(You're going straight to hell, motherfucker!)
Well the highways are rocking with our hillbilly sound
tryin' to show these people how we like to get down
Searching through the crowd for another drunken round
Satan's in the backseat givin' me advice again
Livin' a life of sin
Life of sin, life of sin, life of sin, life of sin

The sun comes up and the sun goes down. Hands on the clock they just keep going around.I just get up and its time to lay down.Life gets tee-jus don't it?
My shoes untied but I don't care.I really ain't figuring on going anywhere.I just have to wash and comb my hair, and thats just wasted effort.
The water in the well its getting lower and lower can't take a bath for six month's more.But I've heard it said and its probably true,that to much bathing it'll weaking you.
I open the door and the flies swarm in.I shut the door and I'm sweating again.I move to fast and I crack my shin.Its just one darn thing after another.
Old brown mule he must be sick.Jabbed him in the rump with a stick.He humped his back but he didn't kick.Something cockeyed somewhere.
Mouse chauwing on the pantry door.Fool's been at it for a month or more.When he gets through he sure going to be sore.There ain't a dang thing in there.
The cows gone dry and the hens won't lay.Fish quit biting last Saturday.Troubles pile up day by day.Now I'm getting dandriff.
Grief and misery,pains and woes,debts and taxes and so it goes.Now it seems I'm getting a cold in the nose.Life gets tasteless don't it?

Everyone's here, talking and dancing. There havin' a good time,
but its hard to smile when my friends all know I got you on my mind.
Hey I'm not in the mood to hear another fast dancin' song. I don't care if it's old country gold or new country soul.
I've had enough of this rock-n-roll.
Let's keep the heart in the country, 'cause thats where it should always be.
Don't get me wrong I like to party, but tonight I must sit this one out you see,
because the one I love is leavin', bartender bring me whiskey please,
let's keep the heart in the country, 'cause love has torn the heart right out of me.
Now that was great,please thank the band for playing that song.
It was nice and smooth like this Kentucky brew that I am sipping on
Oh how I'll miss her,but I got my music and now I'll get along,
I don't feel bad now you see, misery loves company in a country song.
Let's keep the heart in the country, 'cause that's where it should always be,
don't get me wrong I like to party but tonight I must sit this one out you see.
'cause the one I love is leavin', bartender, bring more whiskey please,
and let's keep the heart in the country 'cause love torn the heart right out of me,
and lets keep the heart in the country, 'cause love has torn the heart right out of me.

The old maid is waiting for leap year to come.The crooner is just waiting to sing.The old cow is standing by the old Bull Durim sign just waiting for the grass to turn green.
The barn flies are just waiting for an easy mark.The hitchhiker's just waiting for a ride. The life term'ers waiting for a prison break.The beach combers waiting for the tide.
Farmers daughter waiting for the salesman to take her into town.The city slicker's waiting for the countryboy to lay all his money down.
You know everything comes to a stand still. Nothing seems to make a turn.Worm must be waiting for the early bird.I reckon the early bird's just waiting for the worm.
Nobody wants to do nothing.Just waiting to get a finger in the pie. Waiting for a call from a big quiz show or waiting for some rich uncle to die. Everybodies waiting for something but nothing seems to turn out right,'cause the night shifts waiting for morning and the burgler he's just waiting for night.
The congregation's waiting for the preacher.The preacher is just waiting for the groom.The groom is just waiting for the June bride and the bride is waiting for June.
Sunflowers waiting for the sunshine.Violets just waiting for dew.Bees just waiting for honey and honey I'm just waiting for you!

Sittin up all night trying to have a good time singing my songs and trying to get paid
Ive been roughed up beat up Ive been cut I got a tattoo at a tender age
Never could respect a sheriff trying to break my neck with a few friends and a can of mace
Born on the south side with alot of rebel pride raised alot of hell in my younger days
Hey I cant help what I say
I could be right I could be wrong
It just might hurt but it makes me strong
If the shoe fits wear it
If the truth hurts bear it
Well thats the kind of life Im living and I plan on living long
Its a hard road to choose
Being good and paying dues
But thats the kind of life Im living and I plan on living long
Running hard running free never gonna catch me driving too fast on a black top road
Loaded up hammered back I'll smack you with my tire jack you better walk away before I carry you home
Passing my pig sty sleeping where the dogs lie anywhere I go is where I call my home
Been stoned been straight been to hell and heavens gate I got thrown out when they said I didnt belong
Hey I just keep movin on
I could be right I could be wrong
It just might hurt but it makes me strong
If the shoe fits wear it
If the truth hurts bear it
Well thats the kind of life Im living and I plan on living long
Its a hard road to choose
Being good and paying dues
But thats the kind of life Im living and I plan on living long

If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I don't wanna go
If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I'd just as soon stay home
I was one of the chosen few
To be born in Alabam
I'm just alike my daddy's son
I'm proud of who I am
I went through a lot of good women
And shook old Jim Beam's hand
If I never see the pearly gates
I've walked through the promised land
If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I don't wanna go
If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I'd just as soon stay home
If they don't have a Grand Ole Opry
Like they do in Tennessee
Just send me to hell or New York City
It would be about the same to me
I've got wild honey trees and crazy little weeds
Growin around my shack
These dusty roads ain't streets of gold
But I'm a happy right where I'm at
All these pretty little southern belles
Are a country boy's dream
They ain't got wings or halos
But they sure look good to me
If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I don't wanna go
If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I'd just as soon stay home
If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I don't wanna go
If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I'd just as soon stay home
If they don't have a Grand Ole Opry
Like they do in Tennessee
Just send me to hell or New York City
It would be about the same to me
If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I don't wanna go
If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I'd just as soon stay home
If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I don't wanna go
If heaven ain't a lot like Dixie
I'd just as soon stay home
If they don't have a Grand Ole Opry
Like they do in Tennessee
Just send me to hell or New York City
It would be about the same to me

Now friends if you'll just listen to me
you'll get some good hard earned advice
I don't aim to meddle in your business
just trying to save ya an awful price
you see these teeth that I ain't got
and these knots on my bald head
I'll guaranty you boys I didn't get um'
there a lyin' home in bed
now take the smart-aleck in any town
of him folks want no part
he acts like his head was only
made to hold his ears apart
now he might not like what
I'm bout to say and my words
might make him sore
but I'm just trying to be helpful
cause I been down that road before
to bully folks and play mean tricks
was once my pride and joy
till one day I was toted home
and mama didn't know her little boy
my head was swelled up so doggone big
I couldn't get it through my front door
now I ain't talkin just ta hear myself
I been down that road before
a little fella about my size
got tired of bein' pushed about
so he went to work and when he got through
he'd knocked everyone of my teeth out
one time to many I rubbed him wrong
and he even'd up the score
now that's what happens when you
get too big for your britches
I been down that road before
now when you get to thinking your really smart
there's somebody smarter then you
and no matter how much you boast and brag
you can still learn a thing or two
go get you some treatments just like I've had
and you wont hanker for more
I've really learned the meaning of living and loving
Cause I've been down that road before
Now the man that walks this rocky road
usually gets just what he deserves
but he's just a helpless servant to
a master that he servers
now I've learned to slow my temper down
and not to pick no scraps no more
boys its alot easier on the head and the eyes
Cause I've been down that road before.

I'm just a man.I breath and I bleed yes I got feelings I can hear and I can see
and you are the lady that brings them out of me making me feel special aww thats your specialty.
'cause you let me be me and I let you be you.Hey don't that sound so easy but that is so hard to do.
Some things make me feel sad. I feel like I could cry, feeling you next to me, aww, that makes me feel alright!
I'm not made of steel and I'm not made of stone I'm not a super hero I'm made of flesh and bone.
I'm just a man I breath and I bleed yes I've got feelings.I can hear and I can see,
and you are the lady that brings them out of me making me feel special, aww, thats your specialty!

I'm drunk again
I'm drunk once again
Feeling bad,
all alone
Since you left me
on my own
I'm drunk again
I'm drunk again
I'm drunk again
I'm drunk again
I had a real good wife
Until she took her life
And she left me all alone
And I don't think I can go on
I'm drunk again
I'm drunk again
I'm drunk again
I'm drunk again

I might get drunk and rob a bank,
shoot my car if it don't crank
Try to raise a little Cain,
mess the walls up with some paint
Might even join a rodeo,
ride my horse to Buffalo,
change my name to Bill -
I don't think I ever will
But I can't promise you I won't
Some people do, some people don't
Some people win, some people lose
Some people never get to choose
All you can do is the best you can
and hope things work out like you plan
I plan to stay but I might go
I can't say cause I don't know.
(Instrumental break)
I might become the president
and tell the world I'm heaven sent
Take up drinking cold iced tea,
quit watching women and tv
Might even smoke those cigarettes,
play my guitar like Dickey Betts
Get in miss Shania's pants -
I don't think I've got a chance
But I ain't sayin' I won't try
to do it all before I die
I just might win, but if I lose,
well I'll just blame it on the booze
Cause I'm just doin the best I can,
and I hope ya understand
I plan to stay, but I might go
and if I do, I told you so

I went honky tonkin'
last Saturday night
Dancin' and prancin'
beneath the neon lights
Pocket full of silver
and not a care in the world
Havin' fun and flirtin'
with them honky tonk girls
Honky tonkin' baby,
I'm gonna make you mine
Eyes that sparkle like the stars,
lips that's sweeter than wine
Two step with ole' Willie,
and slow dance with ole' Merle
Goin' round in circles
with them honky tonk girls
Honky tonk girls,
honky tonk girls
with their big hair and their rhinestones
and their pearls
Honky tonk girls,
honky tonk girls
Well come Saturday night well I'm getting' tight
with them honky tonk girls
(Instrumental break)
All day long I'm workin' hard
pushin' this broom around
Thinkn' about the things I'll do
goin' out on the town
When that yellow moon comes
shinin' on this old world
I'll be makin' love to my honky tonk girl
Honky tonk girls,
honky tonk girls
with their big hair and their rhinestones
and their pearls
Honky tonk girls,
honky tonk girls
Well come Saturday night well I'm getting' tight
with them honky tonk girls
Well come Saturday night well I'm getting' tight
with them honky tonk girls

Here I am fallin' again, in places that I've already been.
I sure didn't plan it and I don't understand it but here I am fallin' again.
Here I am lyin' again making up places that I've never been.
I thought I was through with these heart breaking blues but here I am lyin' again.
Why don't a man ever take time to think what is at stake?
Is it the danger or the pleasurable stranger but those are the chances we'll take.
I'd hate to come face to face with her and her at the same place
cause it will be hell If I had to tell her someone has taken her place.
I had a beautiful wife,she found it all out one night
and the pleasurable stranger, lord I didn't change her and I lost it all this time.
So here I am cryin' again and callin' symphothy from my ole friends
he once loved her and she once him and here I am cryin' again.

Well hey there mister man,
what's that you say
Well you don't like our style
and you say that we're out of date
With a little bit of hellbilly country music
a little bit of hellbilly country music
a little bit of hellbilly coming your way
I'm a little hellbilly
I'm a little hellbilly
Well I's raised on a farm
and I drive my truck
and I milk them cows
and I don't give a fuck
Drink my wine
nine to five
catch catfish
and I like to fight
I'm a little hellbilly
I'm a little hellbilly
Well I'm doing my time
and I drive my truck
and I don't give a fuck
when I'm stuck in the mud
Drink my beers
raise my steers
I like country music
and I love Webb Pierce
I'm a little hellbilly
I'm a little hellbilly

Livin' on a bloody street
Watch the bullets fly by me
as you get your drugs for your disease
Livin' on a bloody street
Watch the bullets fly by me
as you get your drugs for your disease
Hangin out on the bad side of town
No one likes us 'cause were fuckin' proud - yeah
Feel that hatred deep inside your bones
Better start a runnin' if your gonna get down with it
We dont need another kiss-ass full of bullshit
Better start a runnin' if your gonna get down with it
'cause were hard
We don't need another kiss-ass full of bullshit
or ya just might end up with a busted lip
Better see a doctor make sure your down with it
in your fuckin' heart
Is it in your fuckin' heart?
Why why why
Why why why
Where I grew up
you stupid punk
Where you threw up
'cause you were so scared
Where I grew up
you stupid punk
Where you threw up
'cause you were so scared
Where I grew up
you stupid punk
Where you threw up
'cause you were so scared
Got another busted lip
livin' in the gravel pit
The more hate that I feel for you will help me knock
you the fuck out
you the fuck out
you the fuck out
Know your power when you're livin' on a bloody street
Watch the bullets fly right by me
My blood is tuff from the gravel...
My blood is tuff from the gravel...
Come on, come on, come on and get me
Get another kick right to the knee
My blood is tuff from the gravel pit
Yeah, we'll always stick together -
'cause were hard
Fighting like a bunch of pitbulls -
in your yard
Livin' in the gravel pit
Livin' on a bloody street
Watch the bullets fly by me
as you get your drugs for your disease
Livin' on a bloody street
Watch the bullets fly by me
as you get your drugs for your disease

gotta buy my paw a truck
cause he got totally too fucked up
He got so drunk he got in a fight
and then he stole my redneck ride
I gotta buy my paw a truck
cause he got totally too fucked up
He got so drunk he got in a fight
and then he stole my redneck ride
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
I gotta buy my paw a truck
cause he got totally too fucked up
I gotta buy my paw a truck
cause he got totally too fucked up
He got so drunk he got in a fight
and then he stole my redneck ride
I gotta buy my paw a truck
cause he got totally too fucked up
He got so drunk he got in a fight
and then he stole my redneck ride
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck
Gotta buy my paw a truck

This is Bush country
cause we’ve got our pride
Yes the sons and the daughters
on America’s side
Our hair is not orange
we don’t wear chains and spikes
But we know how to have fun
and we know wrong from right
We like old Andy Jackson
and Fred and Bill too
We love Sergeant York
just to name a few
We’re the Volunteer state
and of that we’re proud
And we’ll make a stand
for Freedom again now
This is Bush / Cheney country
cause we’ve got our pride
And we don’t believe
in more Taxes and lies
Get out of our schools
Big Government leave us alone
And with George W. president
take your OWN money home!
We’re the home of old Elvis
Grand Ole Opry too
The Tennessee Titans
will rock and roll you
Ol’ Gore is from D.C.
he’s deserted us all
For his Hollywood friends
he’ll need 'em this fall
Cause this is Bush / Cheney country
we don’t sell out our pride
And we don’t believe
in more taxes and lies
Get out of our schools
Big government leave us alone
And with George W. president
take your own money home
Old Hank would be proud
and I sure am too
And we trust our country
in the hands of George W.

I was born in the Southland! Twenty some odd years ago.
Now I ran away for the first time when I was about four years old.
I'm a free born man.My home is on my back.
Lord, I know every inch of highway and every foot of backroad never a mile from a railroad track.
I got a gal in Cincinatti, got a woman in San Antone.
But I always love that girl next door and any ole place is home.
I'm a free born man.My home is on my back.
Lord, I know every inch of highway and every foot of backroad never a mile from a railroad track.
I've got me a worn out guitar.I carry an ole tote sack.
I've hocked it about two-hundred times but I always get it back.
I'm a free born man.My home is on my back.
Now I know every inch of highway and every foot of backroad never a mile from a railroad track.
You May not like my appearance.You may not like my song,
You might not like the way I am but you sure like the way I'm gone
I'm a free born man.My home is on my back.
Lord, I know every inch of highway and every foot of backroad never a mile from a railroad track.

Sitting at the kitchen table Monday afternoon house is so quiet.
I spent the morning looking for a job but the job markets pretty tight
and I'm wondering just what I'm gonna do,someone to hold and the rent I owe are long overdue.
Seems like everything comes down to money and love in my life. It seems like everything comes down to money and love in my life.
I'm used to having a woman around, cooking for me and when I lay down to love.
I got used to having a woman around looking to me to rise above.
I've got a lonely heart, two open arms, and a pillow I never use.
I know it ain't much to offer but its the best I can do.
Seems like everything comes down to money and love in my life.
I've loved alot of good women and I could sure love one now. I've had more then enough money in my bank account,
but where they went and how it got spent isn't really clear.
They just left me here and it all disappeared.
Sitting in another office Tuesday morning, application filled.
I doubt they'll ever call me but I can't keep from hoping that they will.
I know I need to keep my chin up but I'm telling you the truth,
if there's no one else to live for is there anything left to lose?
It seems like everything comes down to money and love in my life.
Seems like everything comes down to money and love in my life.
In my life.

Well some say I'm not country
and that's just fine with me
'Cause I don't wanna be country
with some faggot looking over at me
They say that I'm ill-mannered
that I'm gonna self-destruct
But if you know what I'm thinkin'
you'll know that pop country really sucks
So I'm here to put the 'dick' in Dixie
and the 'cunt' back in country
'Cause the kind of country I hear now days
is a bunch of fuckin' shit to me
They say that I'm ill-mannered
that I'm gonna self-destruct
But if you know what I'm thinkin'
you'll know that pop country really sucks
Well we're losing all the outlaws
that had to stand their ground
and they're being replaced by these kids
from a manufactured town
And they don't have no idea
about sorrow and woe
'Cause they're all just too damn busy
kissin' ass on Music Row
So I'm here to put the 'dick' in Dixie
and the 'cunt' back in country
'Cause the kind of country I hear nowdays
is a bunch of fuckin' shit to me
And they say that I'm ill-mannered
that I'm gonna self-destruct
But if you know what I'm thinkin'
you'll know that pop country really sucks
And if you know what I'm thinkin'
you'll know that pop country really sucks

Well, If the Devil's got a Daughter
I got her in my arms
She drinks Gin and water
When she hears those, lonely country songs
She'll howl all night long
Well, she just can't be tamed, she's a burnin flame
Well, If the devil's got a daughter
she's sittin here next to me
looking good and evil
keeping me a bad company
Well, she meltin me
Well, she just can't be tamed, she's a burnin flame
Well, If the devil's got a daughter
She calls me by my name
I'd go to hell and back for her
And live, a life of pain
Just to see her face
Well, she just can't be tamed, she's a burnin flame
Well, she just can't be tamed, she's a burnin flame
she's a burnin flame

Way down in West Virginia,
There are some people who are one of a kind.
They don't need nothin' from nobody,
'Cause they're already doin' fine.
You got Hasil Adkins punchin',
An' Mamie's raisin' hell.
The legend of D Ray White,
Will never die like a rebel yell.
An' ol' Jesco's dancin' in his Daddy's shoes.
Yeah, ol' Hasil's still punchin' out them boom-towny blues.
(Boom-towny blues.)
An' ol' Mamie, you know she's done some time in jail.
The legend of D Ray White will never die like a rebel yell.
-Instrumental break-
Birdie May White, she's the strongest woman,
That I've ever met in my life.
She raised over twenty-four of her own,
An' had to watch her husband dyin'.
She's always fightin' hard,
An' livin' off the land.
When she's done livin' in this world,
You know, the Lord's gonna take her by her hand.
An' ol' Jesco's dancin' in his Daddy's shoes.
Yeah, ol' Hasil's still punchin' out them boom-towny blues.
(Boom-towny blues.)
An' ol' Mamie, you know she's still rain' hell.
The legend of D Ray White will never die like a rebel yell.
Yeah, the legend of D Ray White will never die like a rebel yell

I'll kill again, rape you indeed(?)
Always a job, for what I need
Don't think you're smart ???
When I hear you I'll come to you
When I cut you what will you do
No one will look into my eyes
'cause no one will cut the cutthroat man
I'm not ashamed of what I've done
Just like a dog, I'm on the run
Doing my time with a loaded gun
Do you know that I'm the only one
When I hit you, I'll go through you
When I cut you, what will you do
No one will look into my eyes
'cause no one will cut me
'Cause I am the cutthroat man
Bring it on
Bring it on
You can't kill me cause I'm the cut throat man
The mighty warrior
Fuck your lover
Kill your sister
Rape your mother
Fight your father
Fuck your lover
Kill your sister
Rape your mother

Well, I was rollin' by myself, went down to Memphis, Tennessee
and I was lookin' for a guy who had a mullet and no teeth
and I was trippin' on some acid a latino gave to me
Hey, I was smokin' morphine 'til it knocked me off my feet
Then I scored some 'H' from my old Uncle Pete
now I'm startin' to feel like I might've ODed
On an overdose of drugs, overdose of sin
I'm gonna live it to the fullest like I'm on ten
and I love gettin' high - hate bein' low
and I like to drive my truck down a muddy dirt road
and I'm workin' real hard, tryin' to get paid
'cause I'm a crazed country rebel and I'm driftin' state to state
Somehow I made it up to Texas with a carload full of grass
and I'm seeing all these pigs who wanna bust my ass
and I'm always livin' hard - always smokin' weed
now I'm hangin' out in Texas drinkin' mushroom tea
and I'm fucked up on the floor - think I know why,
must've been some of that Boone county moonshine
and an overdose of drugs, overdose of sin
I'm gonna live it to the fullest like I'm on ten
and I love gettin' high - hate bein' low
and I'm always about stayin' on this road
and I'm workin' real hard, tryin' to get paid
'cause I'm a crazed country rebel and I'm driftin' state to state
I tried to get up off the floor, tried to get myself in line
'cause the ceiling's talkin' to me, and the pisser's flushin' fire
That's why they call me 'full throttle' - I like a good time
it all started at a bar with a friend of mine
Had to hook me up - he said he'd blow my mind
I've been up for four days so cut me out another line
of an overdose of drugs, overdose of sin
I'm gonna live it to the fullest like I'm on ten
I love bein' high - hate bein' low
and I like to drive my truck down a muddy dirt road
and I'm workin' real hard, tryin to get paid
'cause I'm a crazed country rebel and I'm driftin state to state

Well, oh what a feeling
that burns down low
when you ain't got no where to turn,
or no where to go
It makes me feel like sometimes
I'm outta control
So I'm gonna get wasted
with all my country heroes
I'm drinkin' some George Jones,
and a little bit of Coe
Haggard's easin' my misery
and Waylon's keepin' me from home
Hank's givin' me those high times -
Cash is gonna sing it low
I'm here gettin' wasted -
here with my country heroes
I'm drinkin' that whiskey
out of that glass
and if that ain't country,
boy, you can kiss my ass
I wanna hear them old songs -
nothin' of the new
'cause this might be the last time
I'm gonna see you
So I'm drinkin' some George Jones,
and a little bit of Coe
Haggard's easin' my misery
and Waylon's keepin' me from home
Hanks givin' me those high times -
Cash is gonna sing it low
and I'm here gettin' wasted -
just like my country heroes
I'm here gettin' wasted -
with all my country heroes

The preacher man says it's the end of time
And the Mississippi River she's a goin' dry
The interest is up and the Stock Markets down
And you only get mugged
If you go downtown
I live back in the woods, you see
A woman and the kids, and the dogs and me
I got a shotgun rifle and a 4-wheel drive
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
I can plow a field all day long
I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Because you can't stomp us out
And you cant make us run
Cause one-of- ‘em old boys raisin ole shotgun
And we say grace and we say Ma'am
And if you ain't into that we don't give a damn
We came from the West Virginia coalmines
And the Rocky Mountains and the and the western skies
And we can skin a buck; we can run a trot line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
I had a good friend in New York City
He never called me by my name, just hillbilly
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a businessman
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights
And I'd send him some homemade wine
But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
For 43 dollars my friend lost his life
Id love to spit some beechnut in that dudes eyes
And shoot him with my old 45
Cause a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Cause you can't stomp us out and you can't make us run
Cause one-of- ‘em old boys raisin ole shotgun
And we say grace and we say Ma'am
And if you ain't into that we don't give a damn
We're from North California and south Alabam
And little towns all around this land
And we can skin a buck; we can run a trot line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

Oh the clock here in the barroom says its half past nine. Thats usually how long it takes me to drink my first bottle of wine.
Yes every fifteen minutes, I can drink another bottle down and get fifteen minutes closer to that cold,cold ground, to that cold cold ground.
Well I think I'll play the jukebox and light up another cigarette
They say for every puff of that loving smoke you get another minute closer to death.
Well I smoke two or three packs a day and my arithmatic is not to sound.
But I know I'm getting hours closer to that cold,cold ground.
To that cold, cold ground.
Now this morning I had me a woman and a love so nice and fine.
But this evening I watched her board that train and move on down the line.
Our love was so good but now she's gone and this is what I've found.
Her leaving sure brought me closer to that cold, cold ground.
To that cold, cold ground.
Well I'm standing in the back alley with a pistol in my hand.
I never thought a womens love could do this to a man.
I hear that hammr clickin',what a sweet, terrible sound.
Let my tombstone read 'no liquor, no smoke, no drugs, but a woman's love put me in that cold, cold ground.Put me in that cold, cold ground.

Early one mornin' while making the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
Went right home and I went to bed
I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head
Got up the next morning and I grabbed my gun
took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made a good run, but I run too slow -
they overtook me down in Juarez Mexico
Laid in the hot joint, takin' the pill
In walked the Sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said 'Willie Lee, your name is not Jack Brown'
'You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down'
Yes, oh yes my name is Willie Lee
If you've got a warrant just read it to me
I shot her down 'cause she made me slow
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more
(Instrumental break)
When I was arrested, I was dressed in black
They put me on a train and they took me back
I had no friend for to go my bail
They slapped my doddered carcass in that county jail
The next morning 'bout a half past nine
I spied a Sheriff comin' down the line
He kind of coughed as he cleared his throat
He said 'Come on you dirty hack, to the district court'
Entered the courtroom, and my trial began
where I was held by twelve honest men
Just before the jury started out
I saw that dirty judge commence to look about
(Instrumental break)
In about five minutes, in walked a man
holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict read 'In the first degree..'
I hollered 'Lordy, Lordy - have mercy on me!'
The judge smiled as he picked up his pen
'Ninety-nine years in the Folsom State Pen'
Ninety-nine years underneath that ground
I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
Come on you've gotta listen up to me
'Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be!'

Out of breath - I can't breathe in
Choking hard when I inhale in
Pouring drinks with a broke hand
Now I'm up in your face again
When I fuck I don't want to
When I drink I just want to - kill
When I smoke I don't get high
Maybe I should just fucking chill
CHOKING GESTURE (can't breathe in) x4
Out of breath - I can't breathe in
Choking hard when I inhale in
Pouring drinks with a broke hand
Now I'm up in your face again
When I fuck I don't want to
When I drink I just want to - kill
When I smoke I don't get high
Maybe I should just fucking chill
CHOKING GESTURE (can't breathe in) x4
Feeling black lung as you're choking on your blood again
CHOKING - Pour me a drink and I need it right now
COUGHING - I'm coughing up blood and I can't keep it down
CHOKING - Pour me a drink and I need it right now
COUGHING - I'm coughing up blood and I can't keep it down
Wretch it up from deep within(?)
Always living on until the end
I can't give up my hell
I am always living for myself
Choking on my marijuana
Choking on my marijuana
Cho-ch-choking on
Cho-ch-choking on
Cho-ch-choking on
Cho-ch-choking on
Cho-ch-choking on
Cho-ch-choking on
CHOKING ON... MARIJUANA - MARIJUANA
Addicted to your problems
'cause you never can feel bad
and you never will
and you must die alone!
Out of breath and I can't breathe; out of breath and -
Out of breath and I can't breathe; out of breath and -
Out of breath and I can't breathe; out of breath and -
Out of breath and I can't breathe;
OUT OF BREATH AND I - CAN'T - BREATHE!

Well my name is Cecil Brown
and I'm from a little town
and people don't think much of me
I never understood
why they thought I was no good
But this is how it seems
The feelings of this worn out cowboy
will make you feel so cold
I've traveled up and down so many
kind of lonesome roads
I once took the high road
and it took me straight to hell
and I stood there all by myself
Cause all alone's where
I feel like I belong
Cause it don't matter
who's right or wrong
The feelings of this worn out cowboy
will make you feel so cold
I've traveled up and down so many
kind of lonesome roads
Pickin' up the pieces
of my broken family
Is not an easy sight to see
And as the leaves have changed
it helps ease the pain
and sufferin' they left for me
The feelings of this worn out cowboy
will make you feel so cold
I've traveled up and down so many
kind of lonesome roads

I've been up all night and I can't sleep
I've been thinkin' about you and I can't eat
I tried to go outside, but it strarted to rain
and I'm sittin' here in tears callin' your name
Callin' your name O Lord, I need you now
I didn't know how far I was driftin' out
It's been so hard livin' all alone
I need ya this time - Lord, please can ya give me a home
It's been so hard these last few years without you
I've been wild and I didnt have a care
I've caused myself so much sorrow
so I'm callin' this time - can I be saved
Callin' your name O Lord, I need you now
I didn't know how far I was driftin' out
It's been so hard livin' all alone
I need ya this time - Lord, please can ya give me a home
I'm calling this time - Lord, please can ya give me a home

Well I'm broke, lovesick, and driftin'
and I've done a lot of hard, hard livin'
Livin' on the road
and seein' how it goes
I grew up fast and it shows
Cause livin' the nightlife
is where I belong
and drinkin' with the drunks
who don't want to go home
and it's hard, it's rough
but I can't quite get enough
Oh I'm doin' the best that I can
Well I'm broke, lovesick, and driftin'
and I've had my share of good women
I once had a good home,
a wife to call my own,
but now I'm here drunk and alone
Cause livin' the nightlife
is where I belong
and drinkin' with the drunks
who don't want to go home
and it's hard, it's rough
but I can't quite get enough
Oh I'm doin' the best that I can

When you pack your clothes tonight, don't pack up all the blame
You're not the first to walk away and leave someone in pain
I know how much it's hurting you, hurting me this way
Believe me, I've been in your shoes and I know you can't stay
I've been on both sides of goodbye
And I know there ain't no easy side
I've loved and I've been loved but not at the same time
I've been on both sides of goodbye
Don't feel so bad for doing what you have to do
You can't make your heart love me if it doesn't want to
When love doesn't go both ways and someone's got to go
So close that door and don't look back, believe me I know
I've been on both sides of goodbye
And I know there ain't no easy side
I've loved and I've been loved but not at the same time

I used to have a nice life
I used to live by the right
But I've strayed from the good side of the lord
And I flirted with the Devil and he dealt me a card
And he told me that you will never win
And he told me that I was his only friend
I had nothing to go home too
So I sold my soul to the Devil now I'm blue
I never thought it could be this bad
Hurtin like this Oh, its killin me bad
And now I'm stuck in a life of pain
And I got the devil takin me away
And he told me that you will never win
And he told me that I was his only friend
I had nothing to go home too
So I sold my soul to the Devil now I'm blue

Been there,done that.Every spot on the map.
See these lines on my face and these bones out of place.
I got dirt on my hat, been blessed and cussed at.
No brag,just fact.Been there,done that.
I wear old blue jeans.They got holes in the seams.
I've got boots made of brass.Kicked a whole lot of,you know what I mean.
I've been up and down,both sides of the town.
I'm stating the facts.Been there,done that.
Been there,done that.Every town on the map.
See these lines on my face and these bones out of place.
I got mud on my hat.I've been blessed and cussed at.
I ain't no pussy cat.Been there,done that.
Guess there's only one thing. Keeps a man like me going.
Gets my attention right now.Well, you know what I'm talking about,
a pretty green eyed queen dolled up in tight jeans.
It makes my heart beat fast,'cause I've been there and done that.
Been there,done that.Every joint on the map.
See these lines on my face and these guitar pickin' fingers way out of place.
I got mud on my hat.I've been blessed and cussed at.
Don't put up with no crap.
Been there,done that

Well they blew up the chicken man
in Philly last night
Now they blew up his house too
Down on the boardwalk they're gettin'
ready for a fight,
Gonna see what them racket boys can do
Now there's trouble busin' in
from outta state,
and the D.A. can't get no relief
Gonna be a rumble
out on the promenade and the
gamblin' commission's hangin'
on by the skin of its teeth
CHORUS:
Well now everything dies, baby that's a fact,
but maybe everything that dies, someday comes back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
and meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Well I got a job and tried to
put my money away,
but I got debts that no honest man can pay
So I drew what I had,
from the Central Trust,
and bought us two tickets on that City Coast bus
CHORUS
Now our luck may have died,
and our love may be cold,
but with you forever, I'll stay
Now I been lookin' for a job,
but it's hard to find
Down here it's just winners and losers
Honey, last night,
I met this guy,
and I'm gonna do a favor for him.
Everything dies, baby that's a fact,
but maybe everything that dies
someday, comes back
Put your hair up nice and sit up pretty,
and meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Meet me tonight in Atlantic City

Lord I'm singing you this message up to heaven
asking you to send me down another angel.
I've been looking for along time for someone to get her off my mind,
but you know Lord, Angels are hard to find.
I want an angel with arms and not with wings.
Someone that I can call my darling.
If you can think of someone to fit that description,
Lord could you help me one more time.
But I know Lord, Angels are hard to find.
Its my fault I lost the first one you sent to me.
I didn't know 'til she was gone how much she mean't to me.
She loved me but I was blind.
I bet I do a whole lot better next time.
But I know Lord, Angels are hard to find.
I want an angel with arms and not with wings.
Someone that I can call darling.
If you can think of someone to fit my description,
Lord could you help ole Hank one more time,
but I know Lord, yeah angels are hard to find.
One like that right there Lord. Angels are hard to find

Yeah, I can feel it's time for me to be movin' on.
And the reason I know is for us, the good times have gone.
We keep gettin' further than closer, day by day.
And if you ever need someone to help you, don't ever call my way.
'Cause Lord, I'm fallin' further, day by day.
The devil's movin' in like he's gonna stay.
I tried, my heart, to give her somethin' true.
But when you're lovin' an angel of sin, she'll never be there for you.
-Instrumental break-
My poor heart broke the day you said goodbye:
I cried an' tried to drink myself nearly dry.
Bein' alone is a pain that's hard to .....
When I'm lyin' here thinkin' of all the good times with you.
And Lord, I'm fallin' further, day by day.
The devil's movin' in like he's gonna stay.
Oh, I tried, my heart, to give her somethin' true.
But when you're lovin' an angel of sin, she'll never be there for you.
Yeah, when you're lovin' an angel of sin, she'll never be there for you

She's got soft finger tips and a warm red ruby lips.She 24 in the waist and 36 and 38.
She's is pretty as she can be and got a beautiful body,
and when she makes love to me I can't help but hollar A-EEE!
They say that I'm a crazy cajun always rantin' and a ravin'.
But they don't know what they're missing if they ain't never had her kissin'.
In the car or in the shower I'm thinkin' of every hour
and sometimes I get this urge to just hollar 'cause I love her.
I jumped up in a bar one night when I was feeling alright.
Let out a great big A-EEE and the sheriff said come with me.
Well he threw me into the jail I guess he didn't like my Louisiana yell,
but a man come and bailed me out and said in his mind there was no doubt.
That I could be a big star probably get myself a brand new car.
I says you mean your going to pay me just to hear me hollar A-eee!
Yes he said thats right son!We're gonna make a million.
So we went to Nashville town.I made a record and it played all around.
From then on they were Number 1,but I wasn't having no fun.
I miss my Cajun Baby and all that good A-eee!
So I went on back to Louisian' to find my girl and have a love again,
'cause after all she's the one you see that made it all happen to me.
She's my soul and inspiration and soon her love I'll be tasting.
Oh she's drivin' me crazy with all of her A-eee!
She's got soft finger tips and a warm red ruby lips.
Well she's 24 in the waste and 36 and 38
and she's as pretty as she can be.She's got a beautiful body
and thats all that matters to me. Me and my baby and A-eee!

Well, I caught you with him
on those damp satin sheets,
So I packed my things
and then I hit the streets
87 southbound
to San Antone
It's getting late out,
I ain't got no home
The pavements burning
at ninety-two
I don't need to hear no more excuses
that I don't love you
Lord, the sun keeps beating me down
and it's hotter than hell
And if I'm lucky I'll catch a ride,
but you can never tell
I'd rather be here with the bugs and flies
than back there hearing your alibis
Heard all that I'm gonna hear you say,
I'm gonna take my pride and go the other way
87 southbound
to San Antone
It's getting late out,
I'm 40 miles from home
The rain keeps falling
like the tears in my eyes,
I'm just trying to wash away
the hurt from all your lies
Lightning streaks across the evening sky
and if I'm lucky I'll make it big
or lay right down and die
I know when the morning comes
I'm gonna be a walking son of a gun.
When afternoon comes rolling around,
I'll have ten more miles and one more town
87 southbound,
to San Antone
It's getting late out,
I ain't got no home
The pavements burning,
at a hundred and two
I don't need to hear no more excuses
that I don't love you
I don't need to hear no more excuses
that I don't love you

Well I'm leavin mississippi
and im looking for higher ground
said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around
Well I ain't proud of the things I've done
so I've got to change it now
I said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around
I got an 18 wheeler and a worn out dog
and I ain't got nothing to say to the law
I got 10 more miles and I'm hittin' that county line
and I ain't got no more worries on my mind
Well I'm leavin mississippi
and im looking for higher ground
said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around
Well I ain't proud of the things I've done
so I've got to change it now
I said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around
Well my worn out jeans didn't fit no more
had long hair on my back
I guess that's not the best 'pearance
to that judge in black
So he picked up his pen and he put me away
for a little stretch of time
I said 7 long months 39 days and never did a crime
I got an 18 wheeler and a worn out dog
and I ain't got nothing to say to the law
I got 10 more miles and I'm hittin' that county line
and I ain't got no more worries on my mind
Well I'm leavin mississippi
and im looking for higher ground
said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around
Well I ain't proud of the things I've done
so I've got to change it now
I said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around
I said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around
I said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around
I said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around
I said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around

Livin alone,
singin my songs
Thinkin bout the good times
when you were my own
Lady you taught me
how to hurt and cry,
and each day I'm not with you
I die more inside
Honey sweet lady why did you go?
and leave me here dying
all alone in my world?
It's all gone wrong
since you've been gone
So give me 5 shots of whiskey
to help kill the misery and pain
you put me through
Thanks for the good times,
for they were the best of my life
I spent with you
Now what can I do?
Walkin' on Broadway
not havin a care
I see you and your new guy
who's strokin' your hair
And I can't keep staying
here in my hometown,
got to get on with my life somehow
It's all gone wrong
since you've been gone
So give me 5 shots of whiskey
to help kill the misery and pain
you put me through
Thanks for the good times,
for they were the best of my life
I spent with you
and I still love you

I'm just a singer a natural born guitar ringer, kind of a clinger to sad old songs.
I'm not a walk behind'er, I'm a new note finder but my name's a reminder of a bluesman that already gone.
So I started drinking,took things that messed up my thinking I was sure sinking when you came along.
I was alone in the hot lights,not to much left in sight but she changed all that one night when she sang me this song.
Hey baby I love you. Hey baby I need you. Hey baby you ain't got to prove to me that your some kind of macho man.
You've wasted so much of your life running through the dark nights let me shine some love light down on this bluesman
I got so sick from speeding all the stuff they said I wasn't needed if I was to keep pleasing all of my

The preacher man says it's the end of time
And the Mississippi River, she's a-goin' dry...
The interest is up and the stock market's down
And you only get mugged if you go downtown...
I live back in the woods, you see,
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me...
I got a shotgun, a rifle, and a four-wheel drive
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive...
I can plow a field all day long,
I could catch catfish from dusk till dawn...
Make our own whiskey and our own smoke, too,
Ain't too many things these old boys can't do...
We grow good old tomatoes and homemade wine,
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive...
Because you can't stomp us out and you can't make us run
'Cause we're them old boys raised on shotguns...
We say grace, and we say ma'am,
If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn...
We came from the West Virginia coal mines
And the Rocky Mountains, and the Western skies...
And we can skin a buck, we can run a trot line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive...
I had a good friend in New York City,
He never called me by my name, just hillbilly...
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land,
And his taught him to be a businessman...
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights,
And I'd send him some homemade wine...
But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife,
For forty-three dollars, my friend lost his life...
I'd love to spit some Beech-Nut in that dude's eye
As I shoot him with my old forty-five
'Cause a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive...
Because you can't stomp us out and you can't make us run
'Cause we're them old boys raised on shotguns...
We say grace, and we say ma'am,
If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn...
We're from North California and South Alabam',
And little towns all around this land...
And we can skin a buck, we can run a trot line,
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
A country boy can survive
Country folks can survive...

Woke up this mornin',
Tastin' Jim Beam.
Holdin' the answer,
To some ol' boys dream.
I gotta bad reputation,
Guess I made life wild.
Like my whiskey on ice,
And my women on fire.
From Memphis to Mobile,
I've played all the die.
Lord knows I'm lucky,
Just to still be alive.
I'm an all around rebel,
And I won't be denied.
Like my whiskey on ice,
And my women on fire.
I like my whiskey on ice,
My women on fire.
Like a good soundin' guitar,
And won't be called a liar,
I spent many long night,
With a burnin' desire.
Pour my whiskey on ice,
And my women on fire.
Some folks talk about me,
Guess they always will.
They think it's been an easy ride,
And all been down hill.
What they don't think about,
What they don't realize.
Is the shoes that I'm fillin',
Are a mighty big size.
One night in Nashville,
Tried to take my life.
'Cause my friends had all left me,
And so had my wife.
But a fast flight to Floida,
Made me realize,
I had some whiskey on ice,
And some Florida women on fire,
I like my whiskey on ice,
My women on fire.
Like a good soundin' guitar,
And won't be called a liar.
I spent many long nights,
With a burnin' desire.
Pour my whiskey on ice,
And my women on fire.
I like my whiskey on ice,
Women on fire,
I like a good feelin' guitar,
And won't be called a liar,
I may grow old,
But I'll never grow tired,
Of my whiskey on ice,
And my women,
Women on fire.

Hey ole' Saddom you figured wrong
When you thought the whole world would back down
And let you take all the oil in red kuwait and plunder and spoil
Let sleeping dogs lie don't give us a reason
Cuz people in the USA are not really afraid
Of your starving army and all your worn out tanks
And if you take some innocent lives
Thats when the furs really gonna fly
Hey, man back off get smart, don't give us a reason
Don't give us a reason
To come gunning for you
Cuz the odds don't look so good
And your neck is in a nouse
Cuz the eagle and the bear
Make a mighty strong pair
And my advice is don't give us a reason
When all our people over there
Know that we all care
Now that's a situation ole' Saddom you don't wanna be in
Cuz if you do something stupid
We're gonna come down hard ole cupid
You better think this thing all the way out
Don't give us a reason
Don't give us a reason
To come gunning for you
Cuz the odds don't look so good
And your neck is in a nouse
Yeah you picked on your little neighbor
So do yourself a favor
Get out and go home and don't give us a reason
Yeah we've heard all your threats and you're gonna freight yourself to death
My advice is don't give us a reason
You can take that poison gas, and stick it in your sassaphras
Don't give us a reason
Yeah I'd like to find out, just for fun, just how fast those camels run
I'll tell you son don't give us a reason
No the desert ain't veitnam
And there ain't nowhere to run
And we got the real top guns
Don't give us a reason

Now I been hanging out with my rebel son Mr Rock,
And I don't really like the stuff they call hip-hop,
But hesure been good to me, and I'm bound to make him see,
In Country Music you just can't say the 'F' word.
My son Shelton says he's been a havin' a hard time,
Yeah he does great shows but he's just gotta speak his own mind,
Now Hank I wonder where that came from, you know that he's a real son
of a gun,
Take the old man's advice, and lose the 'F' word.
No,No, in country music you just can't say the 'F' word,
Oh we've come a long way but It's best if that one's not heard,
Oh we've had some hell's and damm's, we don't say 'bitch' we say
'why, yes ma'am',
In country music you just can't say the 'F' word.
Today's hot new country, it sounds all the same to me,
I think it's time for basic's, root's, and reality,
You gotta scrape me off of the ceiling, when Mrs. Hawkin's says it with feeling,
But in country music, Bobby I just can't say the 'F' word.
No,No, in country mustc you just can't say the 'F' word,
Oh we've come a long way but It's best if that one's not heard,
Oh we've had some hell's and damm's, we don't say 'bitch' we say
'why, yes ma'am',
In country music you just can't say the 'F' word.
Some of these guys say it 500 times, but in country music you don't
use it one damm line,
In country music we don't say the 'F' word.

That hot ol' summer sun make you beg for your next breath
So you best be on the creek bank, laid in the shade
Chewin' on a hickory twig
Pass that bottle, I'll have me a swig
I ain't got a lot but I think I got it made in the shade
I'm just laid up here in a country state of mind
Catchin' these fish like they're goin' out of style
And drinkin' this homemade wine
Hey, if the sun don't come up tomorrow
People, I have had a good time
I’m just laid up here in a country state of mind
I bet the old man's in the kitchen, he's got my kind of music on his radio
Oh, I'm drinkin' his beer and dialin' up the request lines
Mama and old aunt Joan
Probably in the dinin' room, tryin' to use the phone
Me, I'm thinkin' about that girl and later tonight
I'm just laid up here in a country state of mind
I'm catchin' these fish like they're goin' out of style
I'm drinkin' this homemade wine
And if the sun don't come up tomorrow
People, I have had a good time
I’m just laid up here in a country state of mind
You know, the red necks and the preppies
They are in their discos and honky-tonks
Somewhere between 'Raising Hell' and 'Amazing Grace'
Lord, I know just how they feel, you gotta get out and kick up your heels
And ain't it great to be 'Livin' In The U.S.A'
Me, I'm laid up here in a country state of mind
Catchin' these fish like they're goin' out of style
And drinkin' this homemade wine all the time
If the sun don't shine tomorrow
People, I have had a good time
I’m just laid up here in a country state of mind

I got ketchup on my blue jeans
I just burnt my hand
Lord, it's hard to be a bachelor man
I got girls that can cook
I got girls that can clean
I got girls that can do
anything in between
I got to get ready
make everything right
Cause all my rowdy friends
are comin' over tonight
Do you want a drink?
Hey, do you want to party?
Hey, honey, this is ole Hank
ready to get the thing started
We cooked the pig in the ground
got some beer on ice
And all my rowdy friends
are comin' over tonight
Now, my party pad is
out in the woods
It's a long long way
from here to Hollywood
But I got some natural queens
out on the floor
And ole Miss Mississippi
just walked through the door
Got a little wirlpool
just made for ten
And you can jump out
and you can jump in
You can do anything
that you wanna do
But, uh-uhh, don't you step
on my cowboy boots
Do you want to drink?
Hey, do you want to party?
Hey, this is ole Hank
ready to get this summer started
I cooked a pig in the ground
we got some beer on ice
And all my rowdy friends
are comin' over tonight
Do you want to drink?
Hey, do you want to party?
Hey, hey, this is
rockin' Randall Hank
ready to get the summer time started
We cooked the pig in the ground
We got some beer on ice
All my rowdy friends
are comin' over tonight

Now I met an old friend
In the bar the other night
And he got a little drunk
And he wanted to fight
And he jumped up
And challenged every man in the room
And just about the time he got the words out
An ol' boy jumped up and closed his mouth
And used his head for a mop
And his butt for a broom
It was an attitude adjustment
I guess it was his first time
An attitude adjustment
Now he understands just fine
He got bent out of shape
Then he opened his mouth
And just one appointment
Straightened him right out
It was an attitude adjustment
Oh it'll work every time
Now I've got this big ol' brother-in-law
And me and him just never did get along
Because he wants to be sure
I'm treating his sister right
He got drunk one night
And started beating me up
And I went and got a tire tool
Out of my truck
And laid him out as cold as a block of ice
It was an attitude adjustment
And it'll work every time
An attitude adjustment
I made him see the light
Now he says I'm his kind of man
And he comes around me with his hat in his hand
It was an attitude adjustment
I cured all his family pride
Now my girlfriend slapped me in the face
I said, "Darlin' that was your first mistake."
Then she went wild and her eyes turned red
She started breaking everything
And screaming loud
And kickin' me and cussin' me out
And I gave her a little adjustment
On the top of the head
It was an attitude adjustment
Aw she loves on me all the time
Just an attitude adjustment
She got a whole new frame of mind
She don't nag
I don't beg
And we get along and like I said
Just an attitude adjustment
Aw everything's just fine
Well almost
She called the cops to take me in
And I said, "You're never gonna do it friends."
And they just smiled
And said, "Oh, yes we will."
Now a stick to the head
And some kicks to the shins
And a several bites by Rin Tin Tin
And I couldn't wait to get into that jail
It was an attitude adjustment
Oh I went along peacefully
Attitude adjustment
They made me clearly see
Cause my head is black
And my legs are blue
And both knee caps are bit clean through
It was an attitude adjustment
It made my whole outlook brand new
Just a attitude adjustment

When a man leaves his home and walks out in this world alone
Leaves behind all the friends that he's known then a man is on his own
I walk through the night through the cold and the sight of a tombstone chills my soul
My mother's name is carved there in the stone
I would have been here long before if I had known
I don't know where my life's road will end this guitar is my only true friend
It takes the place of love I've never known it reminds me that I am on my own
When a man leaves his home...
Then a man is on his own

Making believe that you still love me it's leaving me alone and so blue
But I'll always dream still I'll never own you making believe that's all I can do
I can't hold you close honey when you're not with me
You're somebody's love you'll never be mine
Making believe I'll spend my lifetime loving you making believe
(I can't hold you close) can't hold you close
(When you're not with me) when you're not with me
(You're somebody's love) you're somebody's love
(You'll never be mine) no no never be mine
Making believe I'll spend my lifetime loving you making believe

Make the world go away and get it off my shoulder
Say the things you used to say and make the world go away
Do you remember when you loved me before the world took me astray
If you do then forgive me and make the world go away
Make the world go away...
I'm sorry if I hurt you I'll make it up day by day
Just say you love me like you used to and make the world go away
Make the world go away...
Say the things you used to say and make the world go away

I'm so low I could sit down on an old newspaper and hang my feet over the edge
I can't stand to look anyone in the eye I'm as low as a man can go and still be alive
I've heard everybody I've known I'd lost everything that I own
I'm so low I could sit down on an old newspaper and hang my feet over the edge
I can't trust myself in a room with my own life
I'm as low as a man can go and still be alive
I've heard everybody...

Like a lamp in the corner like a rug on the floor
I'm taking for granted like the waves to the shore
Though you say that it's over and you walk out the door
Your love's like a stranger I've never met before
But today you're as sweet as can be but tomorrow you won't even notice me
Now I'm goin' crazy my heart's all turned around
Your love's like an ocean I may swim or I may drown
But I'm gonna stop trying cause I can't take no more
Your love's like a stranger I've never met before
But today you're as sweet...

(Your cheatin' heart will tell on you)
Your cheatin' heart will make you weep you'll cry and cry and try to sleep
But sleep won't come the whole night through your cheatin' heart will tell on you
When tears come down like falling rain you'll toss around and call my name
You'll walk the floor the way I do your cheatin' heart will tell on you
When tears come down...
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you

The waters of a river flow down stream sometimes stand still
And it makes its own way through this world and the road is all down hill
But no man ever knows what his life will bring
But he'll get where he's goin' if he finds a time to sing
A time to sing a song of his love a time to sing of what he's dreamin' of
Maybe over the next hill the grass is green
But rocky road gets smoother if he finds a time to sing
And no man should stay in the way of another's dream
And no one should stop someone to find a time to sing
A time to sing a song...
Finds a time to sing finds a time to sing

The day that we parted you laughed when I cried
You said you didn't care that your love had died
Now you say you're sorry that you said goodbye
But it's my turn to laugh and your turn to cry
Darling when you left me I thought my life was through
Everything that I did reminded me of you
But now I've forgotten no more tears in my eyes
It's my turn to laugh and your turn to cry
My turn to laugh your turn to cry my love was true yours was a lie
But now I've forgotten no more tears in my eyes
It's my turn to laugh and your turn to cry
[ steel ]
My turn to laugh your turn to cry...

I knew a girl in Charleston twas back a long time ago
She was the one I'd searched for God knows I loved her so
Oh yes I loved her I loved only her
I was but a young man wild and full of fire
Just had turned eighteen filled with challenge and desire
I thought that she loved me I thought she loved only me
Then I had to leave Charleston but I left her with the ring
I told her we would marry when I came back in the spring
How happy we would be how happy we would be
When I got back to Charleston I couldn't wait to see
The girl I thought loved and cherished only me
She'd left with another man she'd left with another man
As I wandered round Charleston to myself I say
When I'll find out you darling you are going to pay
I found her in the town and there I'd beat her down I'd beat her down
I dragged her to the river and threw her body in
Oh Lord won't you forgive me for this greatest sin
Well now the hurt is gone and there's no use to go on loving her
Loving her loving her loving her loving her

You wore out a brand new trunk a packin' and unpackin' your junk
Your daddy's mad he done got peeved you're gonna change or I'm a gonna leave
You're gonna change your way of livin' change the things you do
Stop doin' all the things that you oughtn't to
Your daddy's mad I done got peeved you're gonna change or I'm a gonna leave
[ guitar ]
Now this ain't right that is wrong you just keep nuggin' me all the day long
And it's gotta stop I don't mean please you're gonna change or I'm a gonna leave
You're gonna change...
Now honey you got to change ha ha honey there ain't no way

Today you tell me you are leaving that you are going far away
Darling I've got no way of holding you so this is all that I can say
You can't take my mem'ries of you you can go and leave me oh so blue
Break my heart and you can make me cry but you can't take my mem'ries of you
I tried every way to make you happy but I guess it was never meant to be
So today you say you are going far away across the deep blue sea
Now after you are gone my darling each night I go down to the sea
And gaze at the stars as I wonder where you are
And pray some day that you'll come back to me
But you can't take my mem'ries...

My daddy was a good man my mother was a saint
But regular thing that they were it seems somehow I ain't
And I know it's wrong but understand
When the Lord made me he made a wrong doin' man
Now I chanced to meet a good girl and steal her heart away
But when other gal start tempted me Lord I just got to play
I know it's wrong but understand when the Lord made me he made a wrong doin' man
Well now you can tell your tall tale about the things you've done
But when it comes to my turn I'll bet I tell a bigger one
I know it's wrong but understand when the Lord made me he made a wrong doin' man
[ ac.guitar ]
Now I may not be so big and I'm not a man of might
But brother don't you get me mad cause I've been known to fight
I know it's wrong but understand when the Lord made me he made me wrong doin' man
Well I know it's wrong to gamble I'm gonna wear up this and yet
If you give me the right ups you got yourself a bet
I know it's wrong but understand when the Lord made me he made a wrong doin' man
Now listen all you nice boys take your gals and run and hide
Cause if they flag my choo choo train I'm sure gonna let 'em ride
And I know it's wrong but understand
When the Lord made me he made a wrong doin' man
When the Lord made me he made a wrong doin' man

I like to play good music and have good time
I love to hear old trains rolling down the line
I am into happy and I don't like sad and I like to have women I never had
I take a little smoke and a lot of wine I get high on all old friends of mine
I like the sweet young things and Old Grandad and I like to have women I've never had
[ dixieland ]
I like to ride my hoses and shoot my gun you know a cowboy's work is just never done
I am in to bacics and I don't like fads and I like to have women I never had
Hey I don't mean to ever do nobody no wrong
I was just born the son of a singing song
I do things to make people mad and I like women I never had

I've been living a new way of life that I love so
I can see the clouds are gathering and the storm will wreck our home
For last night he held you tightly and you didn't even shove
This I know for I was watching from the window up above
You must have thought that I was sleeping Lord I wish that I had been
But it's best to get to know you and the way your heart can sin
I thought that we belonged together that our hearts fit like a glove
But I was wrong for I've been watching from the window up above
[ steel ]
From my eyes the teardrops started as I listened on and on
I heard you whisper to him softly that our marriage was all wrong
Well I hope he makes you happy and you don't ever lose his love
I lost mine while I was watching from the window up above
Yes I hope he makes you happy and you don't ever lose his love
I lost mine while I was watching from the window up above

What's the use to deny we've been living a lie that we should have admited before
We were just victims of a half hearted love so why should we try anymore
The vows that we make are only to break we drift like a wave from the shore
The kisses we steal we know are not real so why should we try anymore
[ strings - piano ]
The dreams that we knew can never come true they're gone to return no more
False love like ours fades with the flowers so why should we try anymore
Our story so old again has been told on the past let's close the door
And smile don't regret but live and forget there's no use to try anymore

Well, Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do
How come you treat me like a worn out shoe
My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used To Do.
Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin'
in a long, long while
We don't get nearer or further or closer
than a country mile;
Why don't you spark me like you used to do
And say sweet nothin's like you used to coo
I'm the same old trouble that you've always been through
So, Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do.
Well, why don't you be just like you used to be
How come you find so many faults with me
Somebody's changed so let me give you a clue
Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do.
Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin'
in a long, long while
We don't get nearer or further --> OR CLOSER
than a country mile;
Why don't you say the things you used to say
What makes you treat me like a piece of clay
My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
Why Don't You Love Me like you used to do.

You're window shopping, just window shopping
You're only lookin' around
You're not buyin', you're just tryin'
To find the best deal in town
You give away your kisses but you never give your heart
To anyone who's fool enough to fall
You don't feel love, you don't want real love
You're window shopping, that's all
You're window shopping, just window shopping
You're only lookin' around
You're not buyin', you're just tryin'
To find the best deal in town
You give away your kisses but you never give your heart
To anyone who's fool enough to fall
You don't feel love, you don't want real love

There's crime in the city streets
Always trouble in the middle east
How'd they let things get so out of hand
Just watchin' the evening news
that would give anybody the blues
The more I know, I think the less I understand
Chorus:
Oh Why can't we all just get a long (neck)
And make a toast to peace and harmony
Why, Why can't we all just get a long (neck)
And see how good getting a long might be
I'd like buy the world a round
In the honky tonk neutral ground
So we can see that on the inside we're all the same
Pop a top and let the good times pour
Til we forget what we was fightin for
I'll ask again can someone please explain
CHORUS
As different as we may be
We're all one big family
Cuz if we just agree we're gunna disagree
CHORUS
...and see how good getting along could be....

I got a whole lotta loving for you true true loving for you
I got a whole loving for you I got a whole love for you I got a whole love for you
I got a whole love and kisses for you
We got a whole lot to do a whole lot to do and I'm so glad to see you
[ piano ]
I got a whole lotta loving for you...
I got a whole lotta loving for you...
I got a whole lotta loving for you...

Slowly but surely I've watched your love die now you run my heart over with care
I know oh so well that you don't want me now tell me darling where do I go from here
I've built all my plans and my hopes around you no other can replace you dear
I've seen all my dreams and my hopes fade away
So tell me darling where do I go from here
You know that your pride is making you stay but sympathy ain't what I want to hear
Cause what good is kindness to a man that needs love
So tell me darling where do I go from here
[ strings - guitar ]
I know that your heart is far away and there's nothing for me but my tears
I din't want to see my tears turn to hate so my darling I'm going from here

Whats on the movies
Whats on the tube
Whats on a woman's mind
I don't have a clue
Whats with this cell phone
What the hell is wrong
With my car
I think I'll go in here
Check it out
And see whats on the bar
What is the game plan
Whats with this job
Whats the problem at home
Thats the problem by far
Whats a matter with me
Drinking friends let me
Tell you the truth
I've been close to love
But no cigar
So tell me whats on the bar
Do you have a little Jim Beam
Do you have a little green Jack
Do you have a little coke and ice
So I can knock it on back
And when I get back from the dance floor
My number one prior
Is whats a girl
And whats on the bar
Can you make a Margarita
Do you have a glass tall
Do you have a bad that knows
How to play an old
Jimmy Reeves song
Would you like to know the hot spots
The best places by far
Can't recommend whats on the menu
But I know whats on the bar
Whats on your mind
Whats in your heart
Well thats the difference in a
Happy kind of life
Or just falling apart
Do you wanna know the hot spots
I know 'em near and far
I don't know whats on the menu
But I know whats on the bar
Do you have a little Jim Beam
Do you have a little green Jack
Do you have a little coke and ice
So I can knock them both back
And when I get back from the dance floor
My number one prior
Is hello baby
And whats on the bar
Whats a girl
And whats on the bar

We might as well throw in the tower and call it quits
We patched things up too many times now nothing fits
Since we both feel the way we do we can't keep hanging on
Now that what we used to hang on to is gone
There's no more love you in my heart you'd know it
And the love lights burned out in your eyes they'd show it
Why don't we both just face facts we can't keep hanging on
Now that what we used to hang on to is gone
Let's let our mem'ries rest in peace and leave the past behind
We'll bury all our dyin' dreams and break the ties that bind
There's no use being prisoners we'll regret it so let set one another free forget it
It's the only thing to do we can't keep hanging on
Now that what we used to hang on to is gone
Now that what we used to hang on to is gone

Well it's over yes it's finished that's what they tell me
The judge just signed the papers at his desk
Well it's over and it's finished so they tell me but oh what a heck of a mess
There stands my daughter and my son she's just three he's only one
They don't seem to understand why mommy's standing with another man
Well it's over and it's finished guess I'll move to a new address
But oh what a heck of a mess
[ steel ]
There stands my daughter and my son...
But oh what a heck of a mess

Mr Weather man what is your forecast,
I need a mager change I can't stand nomore rain
Everything's been goin wrong please tell me it's somethin in the O-zone,
or is the atmosphere and pressure just too strong
I can't ride out one more storm
Chorus
Cause I've had too many highs and too many lows
Too many storms and tornadoes
I need some blue skies and sunshine
I need a good outlook tonight
repeat Chorus

The snow falls round my window but it can't chill my heart
God knows it died the day you left my dream world fell apart
Weary blues from waitin' well Lord I've been waitin' too long
These blues have got me cryin' oh sweet mama please come home
[ piano ]
Through tears I watch young lovers as they go strolling by
Oh all the things that might have been God forgive me if I cry
Weary blues from waitin'...

As we journey along down life's wicked road so selfish are we for silver and gold
You can treasure your wealth your diamonds and gold
But my friends it won't save your poor wicked soul
For when God calls from his home upon high
To your earthly wealth you must say goodbye
Then it's useless to you if you're strayed from the fold
For my friends it won't save your poor wicked soul
[ steel ]
The rich man like Paul will be judged at that time
But all of his wealth shall be left behind
For no matter how much of earthly wealth you hold
For my friends it won't save your poor wicked soul
For my friends it won't save your poor wicked soul

Wouldn't it be so nice if we could all live in peace and harmony
If Arab and Jew and North and South and me and you could just work it all out
I used to cry and wonder why war had to be fought and people have to die
But now they don't count all I think about
Is that me and you could just work it all out
I had a dream the world's leaders came together to talk and stop to think
I wish me and you could make it come true and show the world how to work it all out
The yellow and red the black and white
North and South me and you we could work it all out

Mr. Cash has got that lic America loves.
Hank's songs came direct from heaven above.
But the music I got strait from the hoase's mouth.
Yeah Waylon's guitar had that sound.
I got my first lesson from him around seventy-three.
He didn't lonesome or honoree to me.
He was about the nicest guy I've ever met on the road.
Yeah Waylon's guitar could carry the load.
"You've gotta take that E string Hank and turn it down"
"You've gotta have that half time beat that walks around"
Now I love Eric and Keith and theres alot of hot hands around.
But Waylon's guitar had that sound.
Yeah.
"You've gotta get a Finder Telle and dress it in black."
"Put leather all around it, so your buckel won't scratch the back"
Now I'm into Eric and Keith and theres alot of hot hands around.
But Waylons Guitar had that sound.
You've gotta get a Finder Tellercaster and dress it in black!
Put leather all around it, so a cowboy wont scratch the back!
Says: You know how them cowboys are.

This time I'm walkin' to New Orleans I'm walkin' to New Orleans
I'm gonna need two pair of shoes and I get to walkin' these blues
And I get back to New Orleans
I've got my suitcase in my hand now ain't that a shame
I'm leavin' here today yes I'm goin' back home to stay
Yes I'm walkin' to New Orleans
(I'm walkin' to New Orleans)
You used to be my honey till you spent all my money
No use for you to cry I'll see you by and by cause I'm walkin' to New Orleans
I've got no time for talkin' I've got to keep on walkin'
New Orleans is my home that's the reason why I'm gone
Yes I'm walkin' to New Orleans
I'm walkin' to New Orleans I'm walkin' to New Orleans I'm walkin' to New Orleans

If I see you tomorrow on some street in town pardon me if I don't say hello
I belong to another and it wouldn't look so good
To know someone I'm not supposed to know
Just walk on by wait on the corner I love you but we're strangers when we meet
Just walk on by wait on the corner I love you but we're strangers when we meet
[ guitar ]
In dimly little corner in a place outside of town tonight we'll try to say goodbye again
But I know it's not over I'll call tomorrow night I can't let you go so why pretend
Just walk on by...
I love you but we're strangers when we meet

When the road is rocky and you're carrying the load wait for the light to shine
If you find you're friendless on that weary lonesome road wait for the light to shine
Wait for the light to shine wait for the light to shine
Pull yourself together and keep looking for the sign wait for the light to shine
Don't forget your brother as you travel through this land wait for the light to shine
He may be in trouble and may need a helping hand wait for the light to shine
Wait for the light to shine wait for the light to shine
Never give up hope or cast your pearls and pour this wine wait for the light to shine
[ dobro - banjo ]
Don't let trouble fool you and your sin will all be gone wait for the light to shine
Don't forget his darkness just before the break of dawn wait for the light to shine
Wait for the light to shine wait for the light to shine
Keep these wordson your mind as you walk out narrow line wait for the light to shine

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore
From the green New Hampshire mountains to the southland's cajun lore
She's streamlined and she's welcome by the train and one and all
She's a railroad institution called the Wabash Cannonball
Listen to the jingle the rumble and the roar
As she rolls on down the mountains from the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine hear those lonesome whistle's call
Hear the mingle with the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball
She came down from Birmingham one cold December day
As she rolled into the station you could hear the people say
There's a girl from Tennessee she's long and she's tall
She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball
Eastern states are dandy so the western people say
From Pittsburg to St Louis and Cincinnati by the way
From the hills of Minnesotta where the wrippling waters fall
The flatlands of New Jersey on the Wabash Cannonball
We'll drink a toast to Casey Jones may his name forever stand
He's built a reputation with the railroads of our land
His final run is over nad all the curtains fall
We'll carry him back to Dixie on the Wabash Cannonball
Listen to the jingle...

Don't call my name out your window I'm leaving and I won't even turn my head
Don't send your kinfolks to give me no talkin' I'll be long gone like I said
You say the same old things that you've been saying all along
Lay there in your bed and keep your mouth shot till I'm gone
And don't give me that old familiar cryin' cussin' moan
Understand your man understand your man
[ guitar - steel ]
You can give my other suits to the Salvation Army and everything else I leave behind
Cause I ain't takin' nothin' that'll slow down my traveling
While I'm untangling my mind
Oh I ain't gonna repeat what I've said anymore
While I'm breathin' this air that ain't been breathed before
I'll be as gone as a wild goose in winter you'll understand your man
Think about it honey understand your man hear me talkin' understand your man
Cause I'm leavin' understand your man don't be grievin' understand your man

Love without devotion is just loneliness in motion just the way to pass away some time
A fire without an ember leaves nothing to remember
And it sure won't burn her mem'ry from my mind
Cause it's much too soon for me to think of love again
For my heart's still living in another time
I'm still walking through the pieces of a world that's fallin' in
And it's much too soon to think of love again
[ piano ]
They say that time erases fills all the empty places
And heals the wounds inside a broken mind
But my heart's too full of sorrow to even think about tomorrow
Cause I've looked upon forever my last time
So it's much too soon...
Yes it's much too soon to think of love again

It's three miles to right and four miles to wrong
I'm sittin' in this tavern I'm tryin' to soothe my mind
I'm smokin' up the ciagrettes and drinkin' down the wine
It's three miles down the road to my loving wife
But four miles down the road is where I'll spend the night
It's three miles to right and four miles to wrong
If I go home I'll just leave her alone for my love grows just four miles down the road
The only thing that I feel for my wife is sympathy
Cause four miles down the road is where my heart longs to be
She planted all the seeds of love but she wouldn't let them grow
So four miles down the road is where I'm bound to go
It's three miles to right...
It's three miles to right and four miles to wrong

If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares
There is one who's smiling face the Gods would see
Cause she'll walk along beside me up to golden stairs
Oh they'll never never take her love from me
What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave
And to see her love turn into sympathy
It's the one regret I'll carry with me to my grave
Oh they'll never never take her love from me
[ steel ]
I'm so thankful for each golden hour of happiness
That we shared together in the used to be
Someone else's arms may hold her now in uncaress
But they'll never never take her love from me
I thought I'd make her happy if I'd step aside
But I knew her love would never set me free
And even on the day that she became another's bride
I'll say they'll never never take her love from me
No they'll never never take her love from me

The city is sleeping now ....?

I was born long before I ever met you but I never lived until you came along
If you left me now I never could forget you and I don't know if I could go on
Cause there's gotta be much more to life than you
Though I don't know just what more there can be
Cause how can to be much more to life than you
When you are more than life itself to me
When I'm alone I see your face before me you're on my mind no matter what I do
You've made the world a thing of wonder for me
And I'd hate to think of living without you
Still there's gotta be much more...
When you are more than life itself to me

I`ll pretend I`m free from sor- row
Make believe that wrong is right
Your wedding day will be to-morrow
But There`ll Be No Teardrops To-night.
Why, oh why - should you de-sert me
Are you doin` this for spite
If you only want to hurt me
Then There`ll Be No Teardrops To-night.
I`ll believe that you still love me
When you wear your veil of white
But you think that you`re above me
So There`ll Be No Teardrops Tonight.
Shame, oh shame - for what you`re doin`
Other arms will hold you tight
You don`t care whose life you ruin
But There`ll Be No Teardrops Tonight.

Well I pulled out of Georgia with a ten ton load
I'm headin' down the cold stone that black topper road
Looked out the window at the sky up above
Sat back and I thought of the life that I love
Now you can give a banker a nice easy seat
And you can give the sailor all those sea that he meet
But when it comes to drive and just leave that of me
Cause I know in my heart it's my destiny
The love of a woman now I'll never see
Cause dark nights and city lights keep on calling me
I'm headin' down to Florida on this black top road
Got a high wide rig with a ten ton load
Well I met a lotta people and I seen a lotta towns
But this rig is my palace and the highway's my crown
I'll never give up this truck driving life
For a son to call me daddy or a sweet loving wife
All you people have heard my story when I'm in my cab well I'm in my glory
Now it may be hard for some to understand
I was born and I'll die the truck driving man
I was born and I'll die the six wheeler man
I was born and I'll die the truck driving man

I've had three jobs this year and that's a record for my kind
It seems like when they lay man off I'm always at ahead of the line
But that's alright I got a woman that'll stand by me
And there's lots of places we ain't seen
And there's always a job waitin' somewhere for me
But late at night that's when it hurts
As I hold her and tried to explain why I lost my last job
But she always comforts me with her kisses and say it's alright
You know I still love you Bob
Then she says honey I know you've tried so hard and you're givin' all you can give
But in my heart I know there's gotta be a better way to live
And why she stood by me in these past years God only knows
Cause there's been times when we hadn't had enough to eat
And too many nights I've felt her shiver with cold
But I've never heard she complain cause she knows I'm too proud to beg
And people had offered help but I can't take no charity
I've always stood on my own two legs
Well I'm a loser son of a gun why does this have to be
I want so to give her everything that she could ever need
But that's alright I got a woman that'll stand by me
And there's lots of places we ain't seen
And there's always a job waitin' somewhere for me
Now we've made it all right together I guess but so far our road's been all up hill
But every night oh Lord we pray please help us find a better way to live
And we know he will

(There goes my only possesion there goes my everything)
I hear footsteps slowly walking as they gently walk across a lonely floor
And a voice is softly saying darling this will be goodbye forever more
There goes my reason for living there goes the one of my dreams
There goes my only possesion there goes my everything
As my mem'ry turns back the pages I can see the happy years we had before
Now the love that kept this old heart beating
Has been shattered by the closing of a door
There goes my reason...

Kiss me each morning for a million years hold me each evening by your side
Tell me you love me for a million years
If it don't work out if it don't work out then you can tell me goodbye
Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss soften my dreams with your sigh
After you've loved me for a million years
If it don't work out if it don't work out then you can tell me goodbye
If you must go I won't grieve if you'll wait a lifetime before you leave
If you must go I won't say no just so we can say we try
Tell me you love me for a million years
If it don't work out if it don't work out then you can tell me goodbye

I thought I'd like to leave the black side of life for a while
To live alone and have some fun
So I told her to take the kids and go back to her ma
That's how I wanted it to be and I felt satisfied it was over and done
I wake up every morning make myself a cup of jay
Down to the factory that's where I spend my pay
Five o'clock the whistle blows and that leaves the evening free
That's how I wanted it to be
Well it didn't take me long to find out just how much I missed her
So I wrote and told her to take the kids and come on back home
Cause I was ready to settle down now
Well you see I just got her letter today
And it seems she's found someone she can depend on
That's how I wanted it to be she ain't coming home no more
I wake up every morning...

I've got some fond memories of San Angelo, and I've seen some beauty queens in El Paso, but the best lookin women that I've ever seen, have all been in Texas and all wearin jeans
Chorus:
I'm a country plowboy, not an urban cowboy, and I dont ride bulls but I have fought some men, drive a pickup truck, trust in God and luck and I live to love Texas women.
I thought I'd seen beauty in faraway places, till I looked upon those Houston faces, spent Hollywood nights up in Beverly Hills, but they werent nothin like one night down in BROWNSVILLE
Repeat Chorus
I'm a pretty fair judge of the opposite sex, and I aint seen nothin that will touch em' yet, they may be from Waco or out in Lampassas, but one thing about it they all come from Texas.
Repeat Chorus
I'm an Oiler fan not a soccer man, and my arms are red and so is my blood, and they make it boil with that soft Texas drawl and I love em all, Texas women.

Back about 1825 I left Tennessee very much alive
I never would've got through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been a ridin' on the Tennessee Stud
I had some trouble with my sweetheart's pa one of his brothers was a bad outlaw
I send her a letter by my Uncle Fudd and I rode away on the Tennessee Stud
The Tennesee Stud was long and lean the color of the sun and his eyes were green
He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a horse like the Tennessee Stud
We drifted on down onto no man's land we crossed the river called the Rio Grande
I raced my horse with a Spaiard foal till I got me a skin full of silver and gold
Me and a gambler we couldn't agree we got in a fight over Tennessee
We jerked our guns and he fell with a thud and I got away on the Tennessee Stud
Well I got just as lonesome as a man can be dreamin' of my girl in Tennessee
The Tennessee Stud's green eyes turned blue
Cause he was dreamin' of his sweetheart too
We loped right back across Arkansas I whipped her brother and whipped her pa
I found that girl with the golden hair and she was a ridin' on the Tennessee Mare
The Tennesee Stud was long and lean...
Stirrup to stirrup and side by side we crossed the mountains and the valleys wide
We came to Big Muddy and we forded the flood
And the Tennessee Mare and the Tennessee Stud
A pretty little baby and the cabin floor a little horse cold playin' round the door
And I love the girl with the golden hair
And the Tennessee Stud loves the Tennessee Mare
The Tennesee Stud was long and lean...

Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You`re grow cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Take these tears from my eyes and let me see
Just a spark of the love that use to be
If you love somebody new let me me find a new love too
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Give my heart just a word of sympathy
Be as fair to my heart as you can be
Then if you no longer care for the love being there
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You`re grow cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free

Sweet dreams of you every night I go through
Why can't I forget you and start my life anew
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
You don't love me it's plain I should know you'll never wear my name
I should hate you the whole night through instead of having sweet dreams about you
Sweet dreams of you things I know can't come true
Why can't I forget the past start loving someone new
Instead of having sweet dreams about you sweet dreams about you

1.As I walked out in the streets of Laredo, as I walked out in Laredo one day,
I spied a young cowboy wrapped up in white linen-
Wrapped up in white linen as cold as the clay.
"I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy.",
These words he did say as I boldly stepped by.
"Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story.
I'm shot in the chest and I know I must die.
It was once in the saddle I used to go dashin'
It was once in the saddle I used to go gay;
First to the dramhouse and then to the cardhouse,
Got shot in the chest and I'm dying today."
Chorus:
Oh beat the drum slowly play the fife lowly, play the death march as you carry me along.
Take me to the green valley there lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong.
2."Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin. Get six pretty maidens to bear up my pall;
Put bunches of roses all over my coffin, put roses to deaden the clods as they fall.
Then swing your ropes slowly and rattle your spurs lowly,
And give a wild yell as you carry me along.
Then in the grave throw me and roll the sod o'er me,
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong.
Go bring me some water, a cup of cold water
To cool my parched lips.", the cowboy then said.
Before I returned his soul had departed and gone to the roundup- the cowpoke was dead.
Ending Chorus:
We beat the drum slowly, we play the fife lowly. We bitterly weep as we carry him along;
We take him to the green valley there lay the sod o'er him-
Just a young cowboy that surely done wrong.

We got to stop and think it over before we say we are in love
Are we right for each other can what we feel be lasting love
We got to stop and think it over before we break each other's heart
Will this love last forever or some day calls us to part
[ guitar ]
For so many loves have done gone wrong and so many hearts are in pain
Just like us they were too young and they played a loosing game
We got to stop and think it over before we break...
We got to stop and think it over

Just as long as I can keep a lot a friends around me,
Oh, it helps to keep a worried mind occupied.
I do alright till dark of night surrounds me,
Then I think of her and then I cry.
Lord, there's a cold heart gone and I'm stoned at the jukebox,
Playin' I can't help it if I'm still in love with you.
Cause that's the kind of songs it takes to get all this ole hurtin' out,
Lord, I love that hurtin' music, cause I am hurtin', too.
Lord knows, I been runnin' up and down this ol' interstate 65,
I loved in Nashville, Tennessee high falutin' woman I tried,
Now I'm busted stone flat down in Springhill.
I got nothin' but time and the bottles to kill,
Well, I never thought I could ever feel like that.

She is just someone to wash your dirty clothes
Someone who never knows where all your money goes
She is just someone to teach the children right from wrong
And you never know how much she means until she is gone
She is just someone to cook all your meals
And act like you're a milionaire though you can't pay the bills
She is just someone to answer the telephone
And you never know how much she means until she is gone
And she's gone for good cause I was bad
Now everything I have is gone cause she was all I had
She is just someone to give me love and keep me warm
And you never know how much she means until she is gone

Now listen to my story good advice I'll give to you
Life can have its good times but it has its sorrows too
So if you're looking for some new love there'd better not be any doubt
Before you'll leave your woman here's something to think about
Now friends this story almost ended in divorce
About the worst thing that can happen in this world
How can you marry and love and then leave
After you fought so hard to win this girl
Well maybe you've been married for five or six years
And everything seems to be gettin' just a little old
Well that's still not much reason to betray this true woman
And leave her out in the cold
Now she may get on your nerves and you may have fight sometimes
So you try to make yourself think she don't love you
But you know she'll love you till the end of time
And I tell you it's mighty hard to look in the eyes
Of the one you've loved and tell her this is the end
And if you don't think so then you'd better stop and think hard about it my friend
And when you see her out with a stranger and your heart begins to doubt
If you'd made the right decision or not now brother that's something to think about
So you see this all runnin' around and night life it ain't very much fun
I know cause I've just been through it but thank God she's let me come home
So if you're thinking about leaving stop before you walk out
Cause you might not be so lucky it's something to think about

I lay in darkness in our room and shed an unseen tear
I try to solve without a sound I don't want her to hear
She's home again that's all that really matters I'll admit
It's so easy to forgive her but so hard to forget
To love her so not let her go oh I must bein' saint
While in her sleep she held my hand and called another's name
I try hard to solve life's puzzle but old memories won't fit
It's so easy to forgive her but so hard to forget
[ piano ]
I try to walk away from her but my heart always slips
And I long to hold her though his kiss is fresh upon her lips
I love her so my heart says that her hurting me will quit
It's so easy to forgive her but so hard to forget
It's so easy to forgive her but it's so hard to forget

Well I never felt more like singing the blues cause I never thought that I'd ever lose
Your love dear why'd you do me this way
Well I never felt more like crying all night
Cause everything's wrong and nothing ain't right
Without you you got me singing the blues
The moon and stars no longer shine the dream is gone I thought was mine
There's nothing left for me to do but cry-I-I-I-I over you
Well I never felt more like running away but why should I go cause I couldn't stay
Without you, you got me singing the blues
[ harmonica ]
Well I never felt more like singing the blues cause I never thought that I'd ever lose
Your love dear why'd you do me this way
Well I never felt more like crying all night
Cause everything's wrong and nothing ain't right
Without you you got me singing the blues
The moon and stars no longer shine the dream is gone I thought was mine
There's nothing left for me to do but cry-I-I-I-I over you
Well I never felt more like running away but why should I go cause I couldn't stay
Without you, you got me singing the blues

Loving me to you seems such a bother you made it so easy for me to love another
So don't you blame her for stealing me you let her
Cause where your love stopped she went a little bit farther
Why you changed so much I was more at ease with a stranger
And it wasn't so hard our love was already in danger
Now she does everything that pleases me that you never
And where your love stopped she went a little bit farther
She went a little bit farther just to make me feel love
She considered my feelings now she's all that I'm thinking of
So don't blame her for stealing me you know you let her
And where your love stopped she went a little bit farther
[ steel ]
Yeah where your love stopped she went a little bit farther

Now just because I asked a friend about her
And just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I rang her number by mistake today she thinks I still care
And just because I haunt the same old places
Where the mem'ry of her lingers everywhere
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be she thinks I still care
Now if she's happy thinking I still need her then let that silly notion bring her cheer
Oh how could she ever be so foolish and where would she get such an idea
Just because I asked a friend about her
And just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be she thinks I still care
Now she thinks I still care

We used to have good times together
But now I feel them slip away
It makes me cry to see love die
So sad to watch good love go bad
Remember how you used to feel dear?
You said nothing could change your mind
It breaks my heart to see us part
So sad to watch good love go bad
Is it any wonder
That I feel so blue
When I know for certain
That I'm losing you
Remember how you used to feel dear?
You said nothing could change your mind
It breaks my heart to see us part
So sad to watch good love go bad

Comb your hair and paint and powder you act proud and I'll act prouder
You sing loud and I'll sing louder tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
You're my gal and I'm your feller dress up in my frock and yeller
I'll look swell but you'll look sweller settin' the woods on fire
We'll take in all the honky tonks tonight we're having fun
We'll show the folks a brand new dance that never has been done
I don't care who thinks we're silly you'll be daffy I'll be dilly
We'll order up two bowls of chili settin' the woods on fire
[ guitar - steel ]
I'll gas up my hot rod stoker we'll get hotter than a poker
You'll be broke but I'll be broker tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
We'll sit close to one another up our street and down the other
Tonight we'll have ball oh brother settin' the woods on fire
We'll put aside a little time to fix a flat or two
My trey and tubes are doin' fine but the air is showin' through
You clap hands and I'll start howlin' we'll do all the law's allowin'
Tomorrow I'll be right back plowin' settin' the woods on fire

Send me the pillow that you dream on oh don't you know that I still care for you
Send me the pillow that you dream on so darling I can dream on it too
Each night while I'm sleeping oh so lonely
I share your love in dreams that once were true
So send me the pillow that you dream on and darling I can dream on it too
[ guitar - strings ]
I've waited so long for you to write me but just a mem'ry's all that's left of you
Send me the pillow that you dream on so darling I can dream on it too
So darling I can dream on it too

Send me some lovin' send it I pray how can I love you when you're far away
Send me your picture send it my dear so I can hold it pretending you're here
Can you send me your kisses I still feel their touch
I need you so badly I miss you so much
My days are so lonely my nights are so blue I'm here and I'm lonely I'll wait for you
Send me some lovin'...
Send me some lovin'

Hey there lonely girl can I sit with you
I've just got to find someone to tell my story to
You've heard it all before now here it is once more
And please kiss away my tears when I am through
It's just the same old story once again with a sweet beginning and a bitter end
A love affair that didn't turn out right
And the world has one more broken heart tonight
Would you like to dance oh you know it's been a long time
Since I had a woman satisfy my urge
But you know it never works a false love won't take away hurt
But just pretend I'm him and I'll pretend you're her
And it'll be just the same old story...
And the world had one more broken heart tonight

Sun's up better get up and make the rounds
All alone on my own here in this old town of Salt Lake City
Gotta find work forget the hurt and how she put me down
For a man who didn't care but with fast talk and curly hair
He took her from me and Salt Lake City
[ ac.guitar ]
Night has come day is done but there's no job to be found in Salt Lake City
Room's cold no one to hold so I'll just walk around
And think of all the times that she said that she loved me
But that's just a mem'ry in Salt Lake City
I should pack my things and go but my heart keeps saying no
Some day she'll come back to me and Salt Lake City

I've met a girl or two in my lifetime and I've loved a few but not the right time
I think I'm a wastin' my time lovin' anyone but you
You got a hold on me I just can't seem to break free
I walk a girl to town and start to fool around but honey you're the rock in my shoe
I stroll into the night spots thinkin' that I'm something real hot
I got a pretty girl and she's got a lot but I know she ain't true
It's just not the same I'm playin' a fool's game
Oh when I start to dance and try to make romance honey you're the rock in my shoe
Now my heart has reached that decision cause my mind keeps havin' a vision
No --- hers and his and and I guess I always knew
You'd make the bells ring and pull my heart strings
I'm walkin' down the aisle with the great big smile
Cause there ain't no rocks in my shoe
There's always a rock in my shoe when I walk with someone new
I try to find love in another's arms but it seems I just dream of you
Now my heart has reached...
I'm walkin' down the aisle...

Don't look at me with love in your eyes
Go look for someone that can make it worth while
I'm hurtin' from the love affair I didn't want to end
I'm in no condition to try to love again
Don't smile at me because it's no use I don't have a smile that I can give to you
Someday I might look you up but let me be till then
I'm in no condition to try to love again
I'm in no condition to try to love again
The girl I love just broke my heart and it must have time to mend
She gave me the breeze now she's gone with the wind
I'm in no condition to try to love again
[ ac.guitar ]
I'm in no condition to try to love again...
I'm in no condition to try to love again

I've been here longer and I'm stronger and I've seen as much as any man
Now many's crossed me but none have bossed me and I don't believe they ever can
Hello son I see you're wearin' a gun and you say you're on your way into town
You say your Ma told you not to but you feel you got to
Get that man that gunned your daddy down
From the sheriff's office to the gallows boy that's a mighty mighty short walk
So why you worry your horse son let you and I take it easy and have a little talk
Cause I've been here longer...
Well I can see that you're angry and I guess you've got plenty right to be
But the law can handle your daddy's killer much better than you or me
And remember your promise you made your mother
That you never would fought on a gun
So go on home to her boy cause she needs you she wouldn't stand to lose her only son
Well I see you thought it over and I'm glad to see you going home boy
And you wanna know what they call me
Well I'm just the river they call me the Mississippi
I've been here longer...

Love is a burning thing and it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire Lord I fell into a ring of fire
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down down down and the flames went higher
And it burns burns burns the ring of fire the ring of fire
[ steel ]
I fell into a burning ring of fire...
Now the taste of love is sweet when hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a child oh but the fire went wild
I fell into a burning ring of fire...
[ guitar ]
I fell into a burning ring of fire...
And it burns burns burns the ring of fire the ring of fire

I'm slowly removing the shadow that endangers the future we have planned
With her gone I'd give you the best in loving well I'm removing the shadow so you can
It's hard to hurt someone that really loves you
Specially after you've promised them the moon
I know but I've been waiting a long time so if you want me you've got to tell her soon
Now I'm not complaining cause I love you
And I want to be with you every minute I can
I want to wake up in your arms and not worry
Honey I know how to satisfy a man
Now I know I'm taking too long removing the shadow
But honey no matter what I have to do just put your trust in me
I love you cause you're kind sweet and understanding
In fact you're everything I wanted her to be
Well if I'm that close to what you're wanting come and get me
And let removing the shadow be through
I think I've learned how to give you love with satisfaction
And whatever she didn't know I'll teach you
I'm slowly removing the shadow that endangers the future we have planned
With her gone I'd give you the best in loving well I'm removing the shadow so you can

There's coming a day when the world shall melt away
And Jesus shall come to claim his own
No more tears no pain no woe in this wicked world below
Then will you be ready to go home
Will you be ready to go ready to go home to live with him up there round the throne
When he says come unto me will your soul be claim and free
Then will you be ready to go home
[ steel ]
In this world of greed and hate will you wait till it's too late
Too late to claim the Saviour for your own
For he's coming someday to bear your soul away then will you be ready to go home
Will you be ready to go...
Then will you be ready to go home

Hoverin' by my suitcase tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
A heavy rain a fallin' seems I hear your voice a callin' it's all right
On this rainy night in Georgia a rainy night in Georgia
I believe it's rainin' all over the world
Neon signs a flashin' taxicabs and buses passin' through the night
The distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain onto the night
On this rainy night in Georgia such a rainy night in Georgia
I think it's rainin' all over the world
How many times I have wondered but it always comes out the same
No matter how I look at it'll think about it
It's just like some of its pleasures some of its pain
[ piano ]
I find me a place in a boxcar so I take out my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest
I hold your picture to my chest and then I'm all right
But it's still a rainy night in Georgia it's a rainy night in Georgia
I believe it must be rainin' all over this world all over the world rainy night in Georgia

In this world of sorrow I've seen trouble and woe when
I get to glory I'll see no more
For I know my prayers have not been in vain
When I get to glory I'm gonna sing sing sing
When I get to glory I'm gonna sing sing sing I'm gonna
let the hallelujahs ring
I'm gonna praise my blessed Saviour's name
When I get to glory I'm gonna sing sing sing
[ banjo ]Sometimes I get so weary inside then I recall how my Jesus died
Up there I know there'll be no pain when I get to glory
I'm gonna sing sing sing
When I get to glory...
[ fiddle ]Up there no tears will blind my eyes and
I'll walk along by my Jesus side
I'll meet my loved ones all once again when I get to
glory I'm gonna sing sing sing

1. The fields were parched like cinders; rivers all dried up-
When a stranger appeared in a little town they called Dry Gulch.
When he said, "I'm a rainmaker.", most of the folks just stood in doubt;
But could he be the miracle sent Lord, to end this awful drought?
Chorus:
Things in old Dry Gulch haven't been the same
Since the old rainmaker came to make it rain.
2. Without a moment's hesitation they all agreed to pay his fee,
When he said for a thousand dollars boys, "I'll moisten your sandy sea!"
They gathered every penny; from far and wide they came
To have a big celebration, for tonight it was gonna rain.
3.As he was preparin' his potion the hearts were filled with love
And every eye was fixed on those cloudless skies above.
Hour after hour- but no rain came down
And they caught the old rainmaker- just as he was leavin' town.
Yeah, they hung the rainmaker beneath the dead oak tree;
As he cried and he pleaded, "Just wait! Wait- and you're gonna see!"
Ending Chorus:
Things in old Dry Gulch haven't been the same.
When they hung the rainmaker, they walked home in the rain.
When they hung the rainmaker, they walked home in the rain

Rainin' in my heart since we've been apart
I know I was wrong darling please come on home
You got me cryin' bout to lose my mind
Don't let me cry in vain try my love just once again
[ guitar ]
Now honey I need your love and darling you know why
So if you just come on back home there'll be no need for me to cry
Rainin' in my heart since we've been apart
I know I was wrong darling please come on home
Rainin' in my heart since we've been apart darling please come on home

My heart's a prison of mem'ries oh how I wish they would escape
My mind's a prison of mem'ries they're here to stay they'll never go away
My love for you was always true dear I told no lies or alibis to you
But now we're through dear
You found someone new so my prison turn starts soon
They're locked up tight the sentence was a life the mem'ries you left me with
I wish they'd leave but why should I grieve with mem'ries like these to relive
My heart's a prison of mem'ries...
[ steel ]
They're locked up tight...
My heart's a prison of mem'ries...

I wish you'd look who's crawling back to you I never thought I'd live to see today
I swore to you the day I left this time I'd go for good
And I was even proud enough to tell myself I could
But it took a lot of lonely nights to ever change my mind
It took a lot of missing youth and things that I'd left behind
Intending to keep going but the going it got too rough
And pride's not hard to swallow once you chewed it long enough
[ steel ]
I know we won't always see eye to eye
But if you'll take me back this time I'll really try
So many things I could have done so much I failed to do
I've never needed anyone as much as I need you
And it took a lot of lonely nights...

I got someone at home don't know what's going on
Thinks I love her and her alone and the pressure is on
I've got a new love you see she does new minds to me
We sneak our love you's on the phone and the pressure is on
And it puts pressure on a man if he ever lets his heart call his hand
He ain't no rolling stone but the pressure is on
[ fiddle - organ ]
Feel like your ten thousand feet down under the sea
And it's crushing all your bones and the pressure is on
The trains I ride in my dreams run on the pressure of the steam
Lord I could pull one a mile long cause the pressure is on
Lord I could pull one a mile long cause the pressure is on
The pressure is on the pressure at home

Please help me I'm falling in love with you
Close the door to temptation don't let me walk through
Turn away from me darling I'm begging you to
Please help me I'm falling in love with you
I belong to another whose arms have grown cold
But I promised forever to have and to hold
I can never be free dear but when I'm with you
I know that I'm losing the will to be true
[ strings - guitar ]
Please help me I'm falling and that would be sin
Close the door to temptation don't let me walk in
For I mustn't want you but darling I do please help me I'm falling in love with you

Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
Somebody else stood by your side and he looked so satisfied
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
A picture from the past came slowly stealing
As I brushed your heart and walked so close to you
Then suddenly I got that old time feeling I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
[ steel - piano ]
It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you and hold you just the way I used to do
Oh heaven only knows how much I miss you I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

In the world's mighty gallery of pictures hang the scenes that're painted from life
There's pictures of love and of passion and there's pictures of keys and of strife
There hung pictures of youth and of beauty of old age and a blushing young bride
They all hung on the wall but the saddest of all are the pictures from life's other side
Just a picture from life's other side someone has fell by the way
A life has gone out with the tide that might have been happy some day
There's a poor old mother at home she's watching and waiting alone
Just longing to hear from a loved one so dear just a picture from life's other side
Now the first scene is that of a gambler who's lost all of his money at play
And he drowses dead mother's ring from her finger
That she wore long ago on her wedding day
It's his last earthly treasure but he stakes it
Then bows his head that his shame he might hide
But when they lifted his head they found he was dead
That's just a picture from life's other side
Now the last scene is that by the river of a heartbroken mother and babe
As the harbor lights shine and they shiver on an outcast soon no one will save
And yet she was once a true woman she was somebody's darling and pride
God help her she leaps but there's no one to weep it's a picture from life's other side

She works in a bank and she works in a store
And she don't go for that old stuff anymore
She likes to get high and listen to the band
She likes to make love to her kind of man
These outlaw women, first of their kind
Outlaw women they got here right on time
Outlaw women don't need any guns
Outlaw women just out for fun
In many ways she's a lot like me
She don't give a damn 'bout society
Might be little rich girl, she might be poor
Might be a married woman that needs a little more
Yeah she's an outlaw woman first of her kind
These outlaw women ridin' high in seventy-nine
These outlaw women don't need any guns
These outlaw women just out for fun
Some call her a lady some call her other names
But you wont ever call her that around me and my gang

Everybody knows you been steppin' on my toes and I'm gettin' pretty tired of it
Steppin' out of line and a messin' with my mind if you had any sense you'd quit
Cause ever since you were a little bitty teeny girl
You said I was the only man in this whole world
Bettter do some thinkin' then you'll find
You got the only daddy that'll walk the line
Walk the line walkin' the line
I keep a workin' every day all you wanna do is play I'm tired of stayin' out all night
I'm a comin' unglued from your funny little moods now honey baby that ain't right
Cause ever since you were a little bitty teeny girl
You said I was the only man in this whole world
Bettter do some thinkin' honey you might find
You got the only daddy that'll walk the line
Walk the line walkin' the line walkin' the line
[ guitar ]
You keep a packin' up my clothes nearly everybody knows
That you're still just a puttin' me on
When I start a walkin' gonna hear you start a talkin'
And a beggin' me to come back home
Cause ever since you were...

Order in the court I heard His Honor say
A man was called before the bench and his trial got under way
[ fiddle ]
You're standin' here on trial today the third time within a year
And each time you've been before me your drinkin' brought you here
The last time I gave you 30 days and a 50 dollar fine
Oh but you well know the price you'll pay won't be so light this time
For drunk drivin' is not the only charge that we have you on today
But also the light of a little girl the one you took away
As I sat there and heard the judge condemn the man's disgrace
I saw a look of pitty reflected on his face
I couldn't understand then why he was lettin' him go free
But as the judge continued to talk he made it plain to see
No I'm not gonna have you thrown into a prison cell
I want you out where you can walk through a life of living hell
I want you to see the tiny children as they come out to play
And let your mind take you back to the life you took away
You'll see a cold deathly picture in every bottle you get near
And when you put it to your lips your hands will shake with fear
You'll never get a goodnight sleep for always in your dreams
You'll see a car strike down a little girl and hear her painful scream
This is one disgrace that you'll never live down
For ever once in awhile you'll hear someone say
There goes the man that killed his only child
Case dismissed

Listen to the rain a falling can't you hear that lonesome sound
Oh my poor old heart is breaking cause my sweet love ain't around
[ piano - guitar ]
Lord I think I'll start to ramble got to leave this weary town
This old place is way to lonely cause my sweet love ain't around
[ harmonica - steel ]
On that train tonight I'm leaving and don't ask me where I'm bound
I can't stay here any longer cause my sweet love ain't around

Like crippled ships that made it through the storms and finally reached a quiet shore
The homeless found a home on Susan's floor
I didn't feel so cold and tired stretched out before her fire
Rolling smokes and drinking up her wine
And I remember candle light and singing till we could not sing no more
And falling warm asleep on Susan's floor
Well now that my song is sweeter I think I'd like to greet her
And thank her for the favors that she gave
A stranger I came my head bowed in the rain to her door
I sat and sang my songs on Susan's floor
In the morning I'd go on buying kingdoms with my songs
Knowing I'd be back in just a while warming in the sunlight of her smile
[ steel ]
Well lots of time and songs have passed I catch myself looking back
Reliving all the wonder of those nights
That's where I'd be today if I had only stay one night more
And sang another song on Susan's floor
Like crippled ships that made it through the storms and finally reached a quiet shore
The homeless found a home on Susan's floor

The old Nashville cowboy was burdened with time
He was bent by his years and the fight with the wine
With a head full of music and an old nursery rhyme
A heart full of sadness and dark sunken nights
He told me they've cheated he told me they stole
The strenght from his youth and the songs from his soul
He said he raised family till he got too old
And he called them miners mother Lord finders
Digging so deep in search of more gold
Oh where are the cowboys and the home on the range
Does anyone know that they've killed Jesse James
Now the good guys on TV seem bad ain't it strange
And the old Nashville cowboys missed out on the change
The old cowboy's life now is gone with the past
Like whiskey he drank it all went out too fast
He didn't know how to make each swallow last
And a head waitress won't be back to fill up his glass
Oh where are the cowboys and the home on the range
Does anyone know that they've killed Jesse James
Is anyone listening or is everyone blind
And old Nashville cowboys will sing for a dime
And hard times are cheap at the end of the line

Well I kicked the habit, of smoking back sometime ago. And I tried the hard stuff,but I had to let all that go. But the toughest thing I ever gave up was today.
Cause Old Habits Like You are hard to break.
I chew lifesavers to help me get off ciggarates. But you know for your love I aint found no lifesavers yet. And I've grown cold Turkey cause theres not even on kiss ad day.
And Old habits like you are hard to break.
Old habits like you are hard to break.
Love with someone new is so hard to make.
I had grown so use to your love and all of your ways.
And Old Habits Like You are hard to breakBla

Sittin' by a campfire eatin' old pork and meats
Waitin' on an old slow freight headin' south to New Orleans
They say it's warm and there's a hot a pretty Creol queen
So I'm leavin' this poor north so cold and eatin' shramps instead of beans
Just like old Frank sittin' there by me the fire was dying neath the pot
And his hands so old tremble from the cold a scene I've never forgot
He said son go on home to your mama before you wind up like me
Hurtin' everyone else includin' yourself don't waste your life foolishly
I could see the tears filling his eyes as he handed me a picture faded bad
And as the angel of death took his last breath
There's standing by me in the picture I could see old Frank and it was sign of death

Old flame new fire let the good times roll while the fire burns out of control
Hello honey (how you doin') it's so good to see you
Sure has been a long time come right on in
You can kick your shoes off you can let your hair down
Baby you're lookin' so good just like I knew you would
Old flame new fire burnin' so hot cause we got a whole lot to catch up on
Old flame new fire let the good times roll while the fire burns out of control
Gonna make up for lost time I'm gonna make you a believer
I'm gonna spend your loving like money from home
You and me together ah we can make a good thing better
Can't do no wrong honey child from now on
Old flame new fire burnin'...

You'd like to have me take you dancin' every other night
It's gotten so my eyes're runner custom to daylight
My bills're runnin' up and I am runnin' down
The way I'm goin' soon I'll be sent the underground
You're gonna make me old before my time
I don't know how you go on like you do
But I don't mind growin' old before my time just as long as I'll grow old with you
You're gonna make me old...
You're gonna make me old...

Tonight my head is bowed in sorrow I can't keep the tears from my eyes
My son calls another man daddy the right to his love I've been denied
My son calls another man daddy he'll never know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me for another to be in my place
Each night I lay there in prison I pictured a future so bright
For he was the one ray of sunshine that shone through the darkness of night
Today his mother shares a new love she just couldn't stand my disgrace
My son calls another man daddy and longs for a love he can't replace
My son calls another man daddy...

(Way up north north to Alaska way up north north to Alaska
North to Alaska go north the rush is on)
Big Sam left Seattle in the year of 1902
With George as his partner and brother Billy too
They crossed the Yukon River and found the Bonanza gold
Just below that old White Mountain just a little southeast of Nome
Sam crossed the majestic mountain to valleys far below
He talked to his team of huskys as he mushed on through the snow
Well the northern lights were running wild in the land of the midnight sun
Yes Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of 1901
Where the river is winding big nuggets they're finding
North to Alaska go north the rush is on
(Way up north north to Alaska...
George turned to Sam with this gold in his hand
Said Sam you're a looking at a lonely lonely man
I'd trade all the gold that's burried in this land
For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Jeannie's hand
Cause a man needs a woman to love him all the time
Remember Sam a true love is so hard to find
I'd build for my Jeannie a honeymoon home
Just below that old White Mountain just a little southeast of Nome
Where the river is winding...
North to Alaska go north the rush is on north to Alaska go north the rush is on

I played tonight in Richmond a town I think is fine
Tomorrow night is Dallas a long way down the line
I played the towns through the winter and in the summer again
This story has no meaning this story has no end
I couldn't wait to be a big star to have fortune and fame
I couldn't wait to make the records so everyone would know my name
And when I finally made it I stopped and thought again
This story has no meaning this story has no end
But life it isn't easy on this hard lonesome road
For today the doctors told me I got six months to go
I never was a loser all I could do was win
I hope my story had a meaning for now it has an end
[ steel ]
I never was a loser...

No letter today I've waited since dawn I've waited each day since you have been gone
No letter today all the days are so long oh why don't you write I know I was wrong
Just give me one chance please won't you forgive I'll love you my dear as long as I live
I know it's no use though I hope and I pray the postman goes by no letter today
[ strings ]
Just give me one chance...

Well I work like a dog eight hours a day you know I'm nearly dead
When I stop by a bar on my way home and loosen up my head
Lord knows this is a hard life sometimes it'll drive a man crazy
And there ain't no pleasure in this life for me but the nighttime and my baby
Well I'd love to ride all over town in a brand new Cadillac
But on the money that I'm makin' it'll never be like that
But money don't buy everything
Like tender love that I always got at home just a waitin'
And the only pleasure in this life for me is the nighttime and my baby
When I get home she's always got good lovin' saved up for me
Her warm sweet lips will make me forget all of my misery
With her arms wrapped around me all through the long long night
I wake up in the morning feeling right mighty right
Start back to that old job again with the boss standin' over me
Sayin' hurry up you gotta do your work that's the way it's gonna be
Ten hours just keep on draggin' Lord don't you know that this life of mine ain't easy
But I wanna thank you for sendin' me the nighttime and my baby
Yeah I wanna thank you very much for sendin' me the nighttime and my baby
Oh I don't know bout makin' a nap if it wadn't for the nighttime and my baby
I believe I'd lose my mind if I didn't have the nighttime and my baby

Take that night train to Memphis take that night train to Memphis
And when you arrive at the station
I'll be right there to meet you I'll be right there to greed you
So don't turn down my invitation
Hallelujah hallelujah I'll be shoutin' hallelujah all the day
Oh we're gonna have a jubilee down in Memphis Tennessee
And I'll shout hallelujah all the day
(Take that night train to Memphis take that night train to Memphis
You know how I'm longing to see you)
Leave that 3-50-7 and arive at eleven then I'll be shoutin' hallelujah
Hallelujah hallelujah...
[ strings - ac.guitar ]
Take that night train to Memphis take that night train to Memphis
Tell that engineer to pull a trottle open
Keep that engine stack a smokin' son I'm not kiddin' I'm not jokin'
And I'll soon be with my girl and I'll be hopin'
Hallelujah hallelujah...
Yes I'll shout hallelujah all the day

Next time I say goodbye I'm leaving I'm leaving even though I love you so
Next time I say goodbye I'm leaving unless I change my mind before I go
I know that's what I said the last time the last time and a hundred times before
But darling next time I say goodbye I'm leaving
Unless you kiss when I reach the door
Your tender lips soon melt my will of art
Your loving tricks may mean or make my name of mind
Next time I say goodbye I'm leaving unless I change my mind before I go
[ guitar ]
Next time I say goodbye...
Unless I change my mind before I go

Tomorrow night I'll be appearin' with my band and my guitar
And I'm gonna sing my heart out at my hometown Circle R
I've made a fortune singing songs and they say I'm a real country music star
But I remember back when I started at my old hometown Circle R
Just an old white plaster building a tipical club with a broken neon sign
Why I left her and all my good drinking friends to make this long and dreary climb
I hope to see familiar faces when I'm at the microphone
Hope to see the girl I left there at a Circle R back home
But I wanted to sing my songs to the world so we slowly but surely drifted apart
I traded her love for a taste of fame that's how I got my start
But now I gladly give up all this fortune and fame just to know I'd be her star
And to be back in my baby's arms and with all my friends at my hometown Circle R
Tomorrow night I'll be appearin'...

I could say it`s over now
That I was glad to see you go
I could hate you for the way I`m feelin`
My lips could tell a lie, but My Heart Would Know.
It`s a sin to make me cry
When you know I love you so
I could tell my heart that I don`t miss you
My lips could tell a lie, but My Heart Would Know.
I could give you all the blame
But I`m sure the truth would show
I could tell this world I`ve found a new love
My lips could tell a lie, but My Heart Would Know.
I can`t fool my cryin` heart
`Cause it knows I need you so
I could tell my heart I`m glad we parted
My lips could tell a lie, but My Heart Would Know.

Yea! My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
Yea! My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
Yea! My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
I can't buy no beer.
Well I'm standin' on a corner - With a bucket in my hand
I'm waitin' for a woman - That ain't got no man.
CHORUS
'Cause My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
Yea! My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
Yea! My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
I can't buy no beer.
Well, I went upon the mountain - I looked down in the sea
I seen the crabs and the fishes - Doin' the be-bop- bee.
CHORUS
Well, there ain't no use - of me workin' so hard
When I got a woman - in the boss man's yard.
CHORUS
Extra verse.
Well, me and my baby - we just bought a Ford
And now we sit together - on the running board.
CHORUS

Hey good morning Captain good morning sunshine
Do you need a mule skinner on your new line I do ol lei ee ee ha ha ha ha ha ha
[ strings ]
Hear that old whip crackin' hear that old mule skinner yell
He comes down from Kentucky he hears the southern bell
I do ol lei ee ee ha ha ha ha ha ha
[ strings ]
Hey little water boy bring your water round
You don't like your job just got that buck buck bucket down
I do ol lei ee ee ha ha ha ha ha ha
Hey good morning Captain...

Came in last night at a half past ten that baby of my wouldn't let me in
So move it on over (move it on over) move it on over (move it on over)
Move over little dog cause the big dog's movin' in
She changed the lock on our front door now my door key don't fit no more
So get it on over (get it on over) scoot it on over (scoot it on over)
Scoot over skinny dog cause the fat dog's movin' in
This doghouse here is mighty small but it's better than no house at all
So ease it on over (move it on over) drag it on over (move it on over)
Move over old dog cause a new dog's movin' in
[ piano ]
She told me not to play around but I done let her deal go down
So pack it on over (pack it on over) tote it on over (tote in on over)
Move over nice dog's cause a mad dog's movin' in
She warned me once she warned me twice but I don't take no one advice
So scratch it on over (scratch it on over) shake it on over (shake it over)
Move over short dog cause the tall dog's movin' in
[ steel ]
She'll crawl back to me on her knees I'll be busy scratchin' please
So slide it on over (move it on over) sneak it on over (move it on over)
Move over good dog's cause a mad dog's movin' in
Remember up before you whine that side of door ain't this side of mine
Su shut it on over (shot it on over) sweep it on over (sweep it on over)
Move over cold dog cause the hot dog's movin' in

Tonight down here in the valley I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin I can see your mansion on the hill
Do you recall when we parted the story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love dear in your loveless mansion on the hill
I've waited all through the years love to give you a heart true and real
Cause I know you're living in sorrow in your loveless mansion on the hill
The light shines bright from your window the trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride dear in your loveless mansion on the hill

I'm going to Montana to spend the winter
I hear the snows are deep up there and the winds are cold
Way out there the blues will never find me oh I'm going to Montana to rest my soul
I wish that special someone was goin' along
But she don't love me anymore so I'll be gone
Maybe I can find someone who cares bout the man I am stead of clothes I wear
Cause I ain't takin' nothin' but my boots and jeans and a big ole cold along
But oh Lord wouldn't her warm skin feel good at night
Makin' love in a sleepin' bag and holdin' me pretty tight
We've spent the days side by side right upon the great divide
And look across America and feel so free inside
[ guitar ]
Oh Lord that would be quite a change for a country boy like me
Up there in the snow drifts right up to my knees
And as I warm my hands by the fire I'd have to fight off the great desire
To call that girl and ask her to come out here for a while
I'm going to Montana to spend the winter
I hear the snows are deep up there and the winds are so cold
Way out there the blues will never find me oh I'm going to Montana to rest my soul
I wish that special someone was goin' along
But she don't love me anymore so I'll be gone
Maybe I can find someone who cares a sweet simple baby who'd love to share
This love I've held inside me for so long and help me sing my Montana song ooh

Money can't help you took fine real happiness you say
It may not help but then again it don't stand in your way
So don't come knockin' at my door if you want sympathy
Well now money can't buy you happiness but neither can poor ole me
Money won't help you very much if you wanna find true love
But that don't mean just being poor will make you better off
If you can't win a girl with a Cadillac don't switch to a Model T
Well now money can't buy you happiness but neither can poor ole me
You got troubles tropubles and worries it's all true no doubt
But all your cares are just a thing I'd love to worry about
I wish just once that I got a chance to sit back and complain
About a steak that's overdone and underaged champagne
My schauffer bein' late ain't my idea of real misery
Well now money can't buy you happiness but neither can poor ole me
Money can't buy you happiness but neither can poor ole me
Neither can poor ole me neither can poor ole me

When my baby moved out and the blues moved in
There wasn't nothin' I could do
But mosey around with my head in my hands
Lord what am I comin' to
I just keep Moanin'
Moa-oanin' the blues. ...
I wrote a nice, long letter
Sayin' mama please come home
Your dad-ad-dy is lon-one-some
And all I do is moan ...
I been lovin' that gal for so doggone long
I can't afford to lose her now
I thought I was right but I must of been wrong
'Cause my head is startin' to bow
And now I'm Moanin'
Moa-oanin' The Blues.
If you want a good gal to stay around
You gotta treat her nice and kind
If you do her wrong she'll leave this tonw
And you'll almost lose your mlind
Then you'll moanin'; Moa-oanin' The Blues.
Aw! baby, baby, baby
Honey baby, please come home
Your dad-ad-dy is lon-one-some and all I do is moan
I promise you baby that I'll be good
And I'll never be bad no more
I'm sittin' here waitin' for you right now
To walk through that front door
Then I'll stop moanin'; Moa-oanin' The Blues.

If the wife and I are fussin', brother that's our right
'Cause me and that sweet woman's got a license to fight
Why don't you mind your own business
(Mind your own business)
'Cause if you mind your business, then you won't be mindin' mine.
Oh, the woman on our party line's the nosiest thing
She picks up her receiver when she knows it's my ring
Why don't you mind your own business
(Mind your own business)
Well, if you mind your business, then you won't be mindin' mine.
I got a little gal that wears her hair up high,
the boys all whistle when she walks by.
why don't you mind your own buisness
(Mind your own business)
Well, if you mind your own business, you sure won't be minding mine.
If I want to honky tonk around 'til two or three
Now, brother that's my headache, don't you worry 'bout me.
Just mind your own business
(Mind your own business)
If you mind your business, then you won't be mindin' mine.
Mindin' other people's business seems to be high-toned
I got all that I can do just to mind my own
Why don't you mind your own business
(Mind your own business)
If you mind your own business, you'll stay busy all the time.

Like a bird that's lost its mate in flight I'm alone and oh so blue tonight
Like a piece of driftwood on the sea may you never be alone like me
[ piano ]
I believed the lies you told to me when you whispered dear I worship Thee
Now here am I alone and blue all because I loved no one but you
I gave up my friends I left my home when you promised to be mine alone
Now you're gone our love could never be may you never be alone like me
[ fiddle ]
In the Bible God's own words to say for every wrong someday you'll pay
I pray the Lord to set me free may you never be alone like me

I got a feelin' called the blu-ues, oh, Lawd
Since my baby said good- bye
And I don't know what I'll do-oo-oo
All I do is sit and sigh-igh, oh, Lawd
That last long day she said good- bye
Well Lawd I thought I would cry
She'll do me, she'll do you, she's got that kind of lovin'
Lawd, I love to hear her when she calls me
Sweet dad-ad-ad-dy, such a beautiful dream
I hate to think it all o-o-ver
I've lost my heart it seems
I've grown so used to you some- how
Well, I'm nobody's sugar- daddy now
And I'm lo-on-lonesome
I got the Lovesick Blu-ues.
Well, I'm in love, I'm in love, with a beautiful gal
That's what's the matter with me
Well, I'm in love, I'm in love, with a beautiful gal
But she don't care about me
Lawd, I tried and I tried, to keep her satisfied
But she just wouldn't stay
So now that she is lea-eav-in'
This is all I can say.
REPEAT

Well I told you once and I told you twice and I ain't gonna tended to you no more
You don't do nothin' that I tell you anyway
And now you're tellin' me to walk out your door
Ain't no denyin' you been lyin' ain't no mistakin' my heart is breakin'
Ain't do much choosin' that I'm losin' losin' you
[ guitar ]
I finally find out the way you are and it's so hard for me to take
I can't understand your feelin's I wish I had known before it was too late
Ain't no denyin'...
[ guitar ]
Ain't no denyin'...
Ain't no denyin'...

Play that song again about the loser the same one that's been playing all night long
It's good to know I'm not the only loser and all this time I thought I was alone
She wanted to walk out and I'm the fool that let her
It's so good to hear the part where I'll soon be gettin' better
So play that song again about the loser
The same one that's been playing all night long
It's good to know I'm not the only loser and all this time I thought I've hurt alone
So play it just for me then I'll go home

Ten years ago on a cold dark night someone was killed neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
The judge said son what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else maybe you won't have to die
I spoke not a word although it meant my life
For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me
The scaffold was high and eternity near she stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones
She walks these hills...
Long black veil

There's a long line of mourners driving down our little street
Their fancy cars are such a sight to see
They're all of your rich friends who you knew in the city
And now they finally brought you back home to me
When you left me you told me that someday you'd be returnin'
In a big fancy car for our town to see
Well everyone is watching you dear and you finally got your dream
Cause you're ridin' in a long black limousine
The papers told the story of how you lost your life
Of the party you went to and the fatal crash that happened that night
About the race on the highway and that curve you didn't see
And now you're ridin' in a long black limousine
Through my tear dimmed eyes I watch as you ride so slowly by
With a chauffer at the wheel he's dressed so neat and so fine
Oh God I'll never love another cause my heart and my every dreams
Ride with you dear in that long black limousine
Go with you in that long black limousine

(Where's this place called Lonely Street)
I'm looking for that Lonely Street I've got a sad sad tale to tell
I need a place to go and weep where's this place called Lonely Street
It's a place where there's just loneliness where dim lights bring forgetfulness
Where broken dreams and mem'ries meet where's this place called Lonely Street
Perhaps upon that Lonely Street there's someone such as I
Who came to bury broken dreams and watch an old love die
Oh if I could find that Lonely Street where dim lights bring forgetfulness
Where broken dreams and mem'ries meet where's this place called Lonely Street
Perhaps upon that Lonely Street...
Where's this place called Lonely Street Lonely Street

Darling I don't know whether you can hear me or not
Because of this lump in my throat I can't talk very loud
But I've got to tell you about our little son's prayer tonight
If you could've heard it honey youd've been so proud
I'd already left a note on the table for mom and dad
As if they didn't know what was wrong
I asked them to take a care of him now that you and I both were gone
After I finished the note I figured that he was alseep
So I've slipped in to see him once more
But he was just startin' to pray and his words froze me at the door
He said dear God it's late and I hope I didn't get you up
But there's somethin' we gotta talk about
You see God my mommy was burried today and my daddy needs straighten out
Ever since mommy got sick he's been nervous and hollered at me a lot
But that part I can't understand
Cause a little boy like me knows that worry sometimes overload a man
But God he loved mommy so much
He used to tel her nothin' would ever come between 'em
And I know that's what's botherin' him now cause somethin' has
And I'm afraid he's thinkin' about joinin' her somehow
God I'm glad he loved mommy
And I want him to be with her again one of these days
But I want to talk to him and tell him that just now he's got me to raise
Tell him every now and then a little boy needs a helping hand
I guess you probably still need your daddy even after you're a fullgrown man
And God if I'd lost him and mommy both it'd be more than I could stand
I know my grandma and grandpa would take care of me cause they both love me a lot
But God they're older and they don't always understand
The problems a little boy like me has got
Well God I won't bother anymore tonight
But tomorrow night I'll be sure to talk to you again
You take care of my daddy now you hear me thank you God Amen
I've just stood there thinkin' bout his prayer what he said in it
Finally I opened the door and asked himif I could talk to him for a minute
We sat down on the edge of his bed we both took turns laughin' and cryin' for a while
And he could tell it'd been a change in me
Because for the first time and the long time I saw him smile
So darling you go on ahead but you walk slow
And someday when you'll turn around I'll be there
But it'll be a while cause I'm gonna spend the next few dozen years
Being an answer to our little boys prayer

It takes a whole lot of liquor
To like her
Thats why I drink all the time
It takes a whole lot of liquor
To like her
But when I'm liquored up
I like her just fine
She wants to tell me where to go
Tell me what to do
Tell me what to eat
And how loud I can chew
She even wants to tell me
What thoughts I oughta think
It used to drive me crazy
Till it drove me to drink
It takes a whole lot of liquor
To like her
Thats why I drink all the time
It takes a whole lot of liquor
To like her
But when I'm liquored up
I like her just fine
Well shes such a pretty thing
You'd think shes heaven sent
She's the quarrelsome kind
Love's an argument
She could yell all day
She can scream all night
I just sit there smilin
As high as a kite
It takes a whole lot of liquor
To like her
Thats why I drinking all the time
It takes a whole lot of liquor
To like her
But when I'm liquored up
I like her just fine
This drinking buddy of mine
Said he met a girl
Said she was the meanest
Woman in the world
I saw her pretty picture
I said man your poking fun
Then the day I met her
I said pour me one
It takes a whole lot of liquor
To like her
Thats why I drink all the time
It takes a whole lot of liquor
To like her
But when I'm liquored up
I like her just fine
You may look down your nose at me
Think I'm an old sorry
Son of a b
The only way I'm giving up
My drinking glass is if I can
Find a way to get her off my back
Spoken: Your wife's on the phone.
Little brown jug upon my lips
Your saving our love
With every sip
It takes a whole lot of liquor
To like her
Thats why I drink all the time
It takes a whole lot of liquor
To like her
But when I'm liquored up
I like her just fine
Every time I get sober
She drives me out of my mind
It takes a whole lot of liquor
To like her
But when I'm liquored up
I like her just fine
But when I'm liquored up
I like her just fine
But when I'm liquored up
Hell I love her

In our home were never the angry words said but thing are like they were then
Cause hearts have been broken and teardrops have fell let's talk it over again
Let's talk it over again let's give our hearts a fair chance to win
It's so easy to walk out but so hard to walk in let's talk it over again
[ steel ]
Now the first time we sat down and tried to work things out
We just borrowed all our heartache that we mend
Let's be honest with each other let's not leave it down let's talk it over again
Let's talk it over again...
Let's talk it over again

I know it's over
Cause I don't keep you satisfied anymore
But before you move along
Let me sing you the last love song
Tomorrow when I wake
What will take the place
Of smiles on your face
And black hair against white lace
And I wonder
If I'll be thinking of
Our early morning love
All the sweet things that you'd say
That brightens up my darkest day
And tomorrow night
What do you suggest
To take the place of your breast
Pressed against my chest
Oh how I'll miss your tenderness
But there's no use cryin'
Cause love's a grown up game
A little pleasure then a lot of pain
First we call each other bad names
Then what we had is never quite the same
I wish I could find
Eyes that won't cry
Lips that won't lie
And love that won't die
Hmm hmm hmm hm and a love that won't die

It don't take but one mistake and you can lose every take
No it don't take but one mistake and I'm the only one there is to blame
As I sit here with this mem'ry and a bottle to hold
I'm no longer a man just the body and soul
Lord I think back when my life at one time was so complete
Back then I'd never known of a hurt this deep
Once I had a loving wife and kids who kissed me when I came home
Then I made just one mistake and now everything I had is gone
If I hadn't been drinkin' so much that night and made 'em let me drive
I know they'd all still be here with me smilin' and happy and so alive
Now that night we'd celebrated cause it was our 10th wedding anniversary
all of our friends was there and as usually the drinks was free
And after we picked up the kids at night I guess my eyes were dimmed by the wine
I heard the horn blowin' but Lord I didn't see no stop sign
No it don't take but one mistake...

CAPO: 2nd Fret/KEY: E/PLAY: D
Today I passed you on the street
And my heart fell at your feet
I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You
Somebody else stood by your side
And he looked so satis-fied
I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You. ...
A picture from the past came slowly stealing
As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you ...
Then suddenly I got that old time feeling
I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You.
It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you
And hold you just the way I used to do
Oh, heaven only knows how much I miss you
I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You.

I'm sittin' in Knoxville courthouse ain't got a thing to do
I don't wanna go to the movies couldn't if I wanted to cuz I'm on trial for lovin' you
Now this all started in a honky tonk just the other side of town
A girl come in took a stool by me ordered gin and drank it down
She lit up a cigarette sexly turned around
Well she said my name is Jannie and asked me what was mine
I answered Hank as I walked to the jukebox droppin' a dime
checked out her short dress low neck line
Well we danced for five or ten minutes and I held her close to me
Kissed her lips and squeezed her hips and judged about twenty three
Whispered in my ears I said yes siree
Now the scene is a little motel out on the state highway
There in room 12 little love is about to take place
And a state trooper breaks down the door shines a flash light in my face
I said what the hell is this and another man and woman come in
And the girl I'm with starts cryin' and screamin' and she runs over to them
Said thank God you're here he tried to hurt me mama
I said now you don't mean the cop says son the girl is seventeen
So that's why I'm in Knoxville courthouse and the judge passed sentence on me
And it's ten long years for statutory rape in the state penitentiary
Lord I can't believe this is happened to me
So when next time you give a girl the eye she gives you that certain smile
Just remember under that woman's breast may beat the heart of a child
Don't you let yourself be the one to help a mixed up kids go wild
This story happened a lot that's true
But you better hope and pray it never happens to you

Like the prairie breeze you go where you please ridin' trails that lead to nowhere
There's places to grow roots but your restless boots never seem to want to go there
Kiowa Jones Kiowa Jones
But no man can lead his life without a reason for his bein'
Your world's such drifter's world but there's another world that's more worth seein'
Kiowa Jones Kiowa Jones
[ whistle ]
But no man can lead his life...
Kiowa Jones Kiowa Jones

Kind of Woman I Got
(version from Osborne Brothers "Country Bluegrass" tape)
You ain't the kind of woman I wanted, but you're the kind of woman I got.
Well, the very first thing in the morning is "Get Up."
The last thing I hear every night is "Shut Up."
I found out my own cooking don't tast too hot.
You ain't the kind of woman I wanted, but you're the kind of woman I got.
Well, when I'm around the house, you're always a fussing.
Nothing pleases you and you start cussing.
I put up with you, and that's a heck of a lot.
You ain't the kind of woman I wanted, but you're the kind of woman I got.
If I had any sense at all I'd go crazy,
But that would do you too much good so I'm not.
Your mamma and your daddy both told me you was lazy.
You aint' the kind of woman I wanted, but you're the kind of woman I got.
(Banjo plays a verse)
If I had any sense at all I'd go crazy,
But that would do you too much good so I'm not.
Your mamma and your daddy both told me you was lazy.
You ain't the kind of woman I wanted, but you're the kind of woman I got.

The old maid's a waitin' for leap year to come the crooner's just waitin' to sing
The old cow's standin' by the Bull Durham sign
Just waitin' for the grass to turn green
The bar-fly's waitin' for an easy mark the hitchhiker's just waitin' for a ride
The lifetirmer's waitin' for a prison break the beachcomber's waitin' for the tide
Farmer's daughter's waitin' for the salesman to take her into rown
The city slicker's waitin' for the country boy to lay all his money down
You know everything comes to standstill nothing seems to make a turn
Worm must be waitin' for the early bird
Now I reckon the early bird's waitin' for the worm
Nobody wants to do nothin' just waitin' to get a finger in the pie
Waitin' for a call for a big quiz show or a waitin' for some rich uncle to die
Katy she's waitin' at the garden gate the moonshiner's waitin' at the still
The gambler's still waitin' for that Ace in the hole and I guess Jack's still waitin' for Jill
Everybody's waitin' for something but nothing seems to turn out right
Cause the night shift's waitin' for mornin' and the burglar he's just waitin' for night
The congregation's waitin' for the preacher the preacher's just waitin' for the groom
The groom's just waitin' for the June bride and the bride's just waitin' for June
Sunflower's waitin' for the sunshine violet's just waitin' for dew
Bee's just waitin' for honey and honey I'm just waitin' for you

I just stop in here to drink one beer and get my story straight
And to make sure there's no lipstick on my shirt
I don't know why I worry so she knows I'm working late
And on Wednesday night she always goes to church
I've heard it said when people live together for so long
They often start to look and act alike
And it never really mattered just how much of this was truth
Till I caught her actin' just like me tonight
From a booth back in the corner came a laughter so familiar
And a sight that knocked me right down to my knees
Often looks can be deceivin' but if seein' is believin'
Then she's finally started actin' just like me
Often looks can be deceivin'...

I've been down my share of
Country roads, boulevards, and interstates
I kinda know my way around
A little bout a lot of things
I know what the cards say
Sometimes the hard way
It looks so easy
My curiosity always gets me in a ditch
What really happens if
You turn that knob
Or flip that switch
Something I shouldn't do
Why you already knew
Thats all been taught to me
I know just enough to get in trouble
And thats just enough to understand
That the more I know
The more I'm sure
Someday it's gonna do me in
Yeah when my time comes
And I'm dead and gone
Let em put it on my tombstone
He knew just enough to get in trouble
But not enough to leave it alone
They got a book somewhere
On everything a woman wants
Bout how and when and where
And why they will
And why they won't
Thats complicated stuff
And when it comes to love
I'm still learning
I know just enough to get in trouble
And thats just enough to understand
That the more I know
The more I'm sure
Someday it's gonna do me in
Yeah when my time comes
And I'm dead and gone
Let em write it on my tombstone
He knew just enough to get in trouble
But not enough to leave it alone
Waylon always told me
Son everybody makes mistakes
And how come it's always me
Standing there when something breaks
Yeah I know just enough to get in trouble
And thats just enough to understand
That the more I know
The more I'm sure
Someday it's gonna do me in
Yeah when my time comes
And I'm dead and gone
Let em write it on my tombstone
Here lies just enough to get in trouble
But not enough to leave it alone
He knew just enough to get in trouble
But not quite enough to leave it alone

This is just another town that I painted
You're just another girl that were not too well equated
I'm a drifter at this time and we parted oh but why am I so heavy hearted
It's just another town on the highway
Just like a thousand others I passed her goin' my way
I just came to say goodbye why do I wanna cry after all it's just another town
That's just another door why can't I open it and go
If I told you what's in my heart I'm sure that you'd say no
It's just another town that won't miss me
You're just another girl that was kind enough to kiss me
My mind says walk away why does my heart say stay
After all it's just another town after all it's just another town

Jesus he's a soul man Jesus he's a soul man
Jesus he's a soul man and I'm sure soul on on him
Oh they say that he's a square that Jesus he ain't nowhere
But I know better cause he lives in my heart Jesus is a soul man
Yes you can find him in the Bible pages Jesus he's a Rock of Ages
He hides me in the cleft of the rock Jesus is a soul man
Jesus he's a soul man...
He comes to wait when the storm is raging keeps me saved when the devil's raving
He's my staff he's my sword and my shield Jesus is a soul man
Jesus he's a soul man...
Jesus he's a soul man...

Jesus I know I've neglected to do the little things the big things you wanted me to
I've let you down Jesus that's not hard to see Jesus oh Jesus don't give up on me
Stand by me Jesus forgive me somehow if there's any hope left don't leave me now
I might be worth saving I'm trying to be Jesus oh Jesus don't give up on me
[ steel ]
It's late I know and I've made you wait
But don't turn the light out don't lock the gate
Forgiveness and patience that's all I need Jesus oh Jesus don't give up on me
Stand by me Jesus...

It seems that you've changed in these past few days
For when I try to kiss you you just push me away
Now I don't know what's wrong but I don't see how we can go on
I think your love for me is dying and it's all over but the crying
I called you on the phone just to find out what was wrong
And the thing you said made my suspicions real
You said tonight again you had to stay with this sick friend
But that story I'm not buying cause it's all over but the crying
It's all over but the crying I never would have thought you were lying
It sounded so true when you said I love you
Now I say my goodbying cause it's all over but the crying it's all over but the crying

Well you say we are through and for me to me move on
But tell me sweet mama will you cry when I'm gone
Are you sure you mean it when you tell me to fly what I want to know is this goodbye
Oh after I leave you will you follow me around fightin' and fussin' all over this town
Are you gonna be happy or will you cry what I want to know is this goodbye
Now you know you've said this many times before
When your money runs out you're bangin' on my door
Are you gonna be good or try to black my eye what I want to know is this goodbye
Like a stubborn mule you always change your mind
Will the weather be fair or will it rain all the time
Will the lightenin' strike when me'n my blonde walks by
What I want to know is this goodbye
Now baby you know I always aim to please for I want your little heart to be at ease
I don't want no dynamite fallin' from the sky what I want to know is this goodbye

If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway would you have my baby
If you were a carpenter and I were a lady
I'd marry you anyway I'd have your baby
If a thinker was my trade would I still find you
I'd be carrying the pots you made following behind you
Save your love through loneliness save your love through sorrow
I gave you my ownliness give me your tomorrow
If I were a miller at a mill wheel grinding
Would you miss your colored blouse and your soft shoes shining
If you were a miller at a mill wheel grinding
I'd not miss my colored blouse and my soft shoes shining
Save your love through loneliness...
If I worked my hands in wood would you still love me
I'd answer you yes I would and would you not be above me
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady I'd marry you anyway I'd have your baby
Save your love through loneliness...

(I've loved you all over the world)
I've loved you all over the world in every place I've been you were with me and then
There never was anyone but you sweet girl I've loved you all over the world
You still share my pillow each night pressed so close to me sharing each memory
You still keep my mind in a whirl sweet girl I've loved you all over the world
Carolina Virginia California to Maine from New York to Texas the feeling remains
City sidewalks and each country lane sweet girl I've loved you all over the world
[ piano - strings ]
(I've loved you all over the world)
Carolina Virginia California to Maine...
I've loved you all over the world sweet girl

I went down to the Mary Carter paint store
I said give me one of them Smith and Wesson magnum forty fours
Cause there's a man that the law let loose and justice was not done
This man killed my wife and my only little son
I'll never forget the way he looked all through the trial
He had his big named lawyer and he had that smirkey smile
Oh yeah he got you off on a technicality
But you'll have to grow wings and fly to ever get away from me
Cause I got rights I got rights too
And this time there won't be no damn lawyer and system to protect you
But I'm gonna read you I'm gonna read you your rights
You gotta right to know that you're gonna go to hell one of these black nights
When the trial was over he had the nerve to say that's the way it goes
I said well hoss you better get you some corks
Cause you're gonna have to plug up a few holes
Guess he thought I was talkin' just to pass away time
But it kinda looks different now on his knees beggin' for his life
Hey I got rights I got some rights too...
No this time there ain't no damn lawyers and systems to save you

"I Got A Past
That'll Last Me Forever
And Enough Memories For One Man's Life (That Is True)
The One I Love
She Ain't Comin Back Ever
So It Looks Like I've Got My Future On Ice
Chrous:
I Got Bottles and Cans
That Just Left my Hand
And A Chill To Just The Right Fahrenheit
O Love Let me Down
Now A Truer Friend I've Found
Why I've Got My Future On Ice
There Was A Time
She Was my One and Only
Until Someone Else Caught Her Eye
Then For Awhile,
Can You Believe I Was Acting So Lonely?
Now I've Got My Future On Ice
Chrous:
I Got Bottles and Cans
That Just Left my Hands
And A Chill To Just The Right Fahrenheit
Yes Love Let me Down
Now a Truer Friend I Found
Now I've Got My Future On Ice
O Love Let Me Down
Now A Real True Friend I Found
Why I Got My Future On Ice

I've got a right to cry I've got a right to cry
All day I sing the blues I'm in my lonely shoes
Could you be so unkind I nearly lost my mind
I wonder if you care my life is a sad affair
My heart is aching and it's breaking
And I don't know what to do sweetheart it's all because of you
You know you've done done me wrong come on back home where you belong
And in this reason why I've got a right to cry
Yeah my heart is aching...
I've got a right to cry

You've known so long that you were wrong but still you had your way
You told her lies and alibies and hurt her more each day
But now your conscience bothers you you've reached your journey's end
You're asking me for sympathy well I'm sorry for you my friend
You laughed inside each time she cried you tried to make her blue
She tugged along through right and wrong because she worshipped you
You know that you're the one to blame there's no use to pretend
Today's the day you start to pay I'm sorry for you my friend
[ steel ]
Today as she walked arm in arm at someone else's side
It made you stop and realize that time has turned the tide
You should have known you'd be alone cause cheaters never win
You tried and lost now pay the cost I'm sorry for you my friend

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill,
He sounds too blue to fly.
The midnight train is whining low,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by.
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry.
Did you ever see a robin weep,
When leaves began to die?
That means he's lost the will to live,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky.
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

They say it takes more now
To do what our Mom & Daddy's did
They made it look so easy
Working hard and raising kids
If you get in trouble at school
You got in trouble at home
You can't outrun mommas wooden spoon
Or the principles telephone
Raise your hand if you only had
Three channels on TV
And that little town
That kept you down
Is where you wanna be
Yeah I'm one of you
Yeah I'm one of you
No your not by yourself
There's somebody else
Who's been there too
If you still wish you still had
Some growing up to do
Your one of me
And I'm one of you
Tell the truth
Do you still wonder
How fast your car will go
When Sweet Home Alabama
Comes on the radio
I bet Jesus, and your momma
Now their way up there
On your mind
Anytime you take a sip
Or you walk across the line
If you understand why your old man
Said the whole worlds gone to hell
But you still believe the American Dream
Is alive and well
I'm one of you
Yeah I'm one of you
No your not by yourself
There's somebody here
Who's been there too
I know what ya thinking
What ya drink
And I know why you do
Your one of me
Yeah and I'm one of you
Do you feel a little bit
Out of touch
Or politically incorrect
Then you and me both agree
What did you expect
I'm one of you
Yeah I'm one of you
No, No your not by yourself
There's somebody else
Who's been there too
I know what you think
About the good 'ol
Red, White, and Blue
Your one of me
And I'm one of you
Your one of me
And I'm one of you

You were my every dream come true but your love can never share
A heart can't smile if it's filled with tears now I'm just crying cause I care
I'm crying cause your love is gone my burden seems more than I can bear
I saw my angel pass me by now I'm just crying cause I care
[ piano ]
Your eyes were like the heaven's blue your heart I thought so true and fair
Still you'll always be mine in dreams now I'm just crying cause I care
May all the dreams that you dream come true this will be my daily prayer
May life reserve for you the best now I'm just crying cause I care
Now I'm just crying cause I care

There's a time to laugh and there's a time to cry
There's a time to live and love but my love for you has died
I just don't want you anymore although you've done your part
I can love you out of sympathy I'm gonna break your heart
I always kinda like you dear and your cute little ways
But I never meant for you to fall in love with me this way
I should have never let you on and drag your love this far
I'm sorry dear don't waste your tears I'm gonna break your heart
The time to laugh is over and the time to cry has come
But we shared a lot of good times I've thought we had a lot of fun
I've stayed as long as I'm goin' to now I've just got to go
But darling before I do there's something I want you to know
I tried to make you happy dear I tried to do my part
But love just died go on and cry I'm gonna break your heart
But love just died go on and cry I'm gonna break your heart

Well all you want to do is sit around and pout
And now I've got enough so I'm gettin' out
I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
I've been in the doghouse for so doggone long
That when I get a kiss I think that somethin's wrong
I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
I'll go find a gal that wants to treat me right
You go and get yourself a man that wants a fight
I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
You start your jaws a waggin' and they never stop
You never shut your mouth until I blow my top
I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
I remember back when you were nice and sweet
Now things have changed you'd rather fight than eat
I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
I'm gonna do some ridin' on the midnight train
I'm taking evrything except my ball and chain
Well I'm leavin' now I'm leavin' now I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow
I'm a long gone daddy I don't need you anyhow

Recorded by Hank Williams
Written by Hank Williams and Fred Rose
Capo: 1st Fret Key: F# Play: F
Now you're [F] lookin' at a man that's gettin' kind-a mad
I had lot's of luck but it's all been bad
No [C7] matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world a-[F] live.
My fishin' pole's broke the creek is full of sand
My woman run away with another man
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.
A [Bb] distant uncle passed away [Bb7] and [F] left me quite a batch [F7]
And [Bb] I was livin'g high until that fatal [Bb7] day
A lawyer [C7] proved I wasn't born
I was only hatched.---[F]
Ev'rything's agin' me and it's got me down
If I jumped in the river I would prob'ly drown
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.
These shabby shoes I'm wearin' all the time
Are full of holes and nails
And brother if I stepped on a worn out dime
I bet a nickel I could tell you if it was heads or tails.
I'm not gonna worry wrinkles in my brow
'Cause nothin's ever gonna be alright nohow
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.
(ADDITIONAL VERSES)
I could buy a Sunday suit and it would leave me broke
If it had two pair of pants I would burn the coat
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.
If it was rainin' gold I wouldn't stand a chance
I wouldn't have a pocket in my patched up pants
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.

I've been told my days are numbered soon Mother Earth will claim me for her own
But I won't go we've just started and I just can't leave you here all alone
So my life must go on living my heart must keep on beating true somehow
I'll let go when you leave me then I'll follow you on up to our cloud
[ piano ]
My arms will hold you all your lifetime my love for you will always keep them strong
I'll let go when it's your time and you'll never be alone for very long
Then my life can stop its living my heart can stop its beating and rest now
Then I'll let go cause you'll be with me and I'll follow you on up to our cloud
Yes I'll follow you on up to our cloud

I can't decide my heart is in abide I can't decide but I know now's the time
I love you dear I won't leave you behind
But there's someone else I can get off my mind
Now I don't know what to do in this case all that I know is that I will have to pay
I'm not able to throw one's love aside I know I must but I can't decide
[ steel ]
I guess that there's only one thing to do
Just tell the judge my wife can't have both of you
How could I leave my daughter or my son behind I guess it's best I can't decide
I guess it's best I can't decide

I'll take you to the picture show and babe I'll hold your hand
I'll sit up in your parlor let you cool me with your fan
I'll listen to your troubles and pet you when you cry
But get that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die
[ piano - guitar ]
I done my honky tonkin' round and had a lot of fun
But somehow I can't understand how one and one makes one
I like to cuddle near you and listen to you lie
But get that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die
[ harmonica ]
Now if you want a help mate you're just wasting lots of time
Cause I'm afraid of church bells how they scare me when they chime
I've seen those married people just up and say goodbye
So keep that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die
[ steel ]
This freedom's mighty precious in this land of liberty
I've seen what matrimony done to better men than me
I don't mind keepin' comp'ny with the apple of my eye
But keep that marryin' out of your head I'll be a bachelor till I die

Well you're just in time to be too late I tried to but I couldn't wait
And now I've got another date so I won't be home no more
You're just in time to miss the boat so don't take off your hat and coat
Be on your way that's all she wrote cause I won't be home no more
I stood around a mouth or two and waited for your call
Now I'm too busy pitchin' woo so come around next fall
I stretched your name right off my slate and hung a sign on my front gate
You're just in time to be too late and I won't be home no more
[ guitar - piano - fiddle - steel ]
Well you're just in time to turn around and drive your buggy back to town
You lookedf me up I turned you down and I won't be home no more
You're just in time to change your tune go tell your troubles to the moon
And call around next May or June cause I won't be home no more
I used to be a patient kind believed each alibi
But that's all done I've changed my mind I've got new fish to fry
Well you're just in time to celebrate the thing you didn't calculate
You're just in time to be too late and I won't be home no more

He went to all that trouble for nothin' I hear them say
It's too bad that things turned out for him that way
You took my love and turned around and made me blue
I went to all that trouble for nothin' for you
I turned my back on the girl I thought that she was mine
I gave up my friends and now it seems I'm givin' up my mind
I did everything you wanted me to do I went to all that trouble for nothin' for you
I hear the whistle blow the train will soon be here
And just for it takes me I've got more cause to care
To face my friends is something I just can't do
I went to all that trouble for nothin' for you
I went to all that trouble for nothin' for you

(There'll be peace in the valley for him how we pray
I was with Red Foley the night he passed away)
We was down in Port Wayne Indiana the night the Lord took Red away
And we had to get there a little early cause we had a matinee
And when Red first went on stage it seemed that he moved and talked a little slow
But of course he went on to do his regular great show
So soon the afternoon show was over with and we all went down the street and ate
Red said he wasn't very hungry but he came along anyway
And we got done eaten and came back to the last show
But the thing just would be Red's very last well who's to know
And when he went on the stage for his own ten thousandth time
We was all back to the curtains there just shootin' the lines
But when he sang Peace In The Valley there was such a quiet still
I know I'll never forget it and anyone that was there never will
Well soon the last show was over with
And I went back to the hotel and Red gave me a call
I told him to come on over I was just starin' at the four walls
So he came over to my room he was just next door there
Lit a cigarette and sat down in the chair
And he started talkin' bout all the worries that a country music singer has
I said old Red I reckon it's not that bad
He said yeah you're workin' a lot now and you'll have 'em some day
Your dad had 'em and I have 'em I guess it's just meant that way
Then he got up and these were the last words he said
I'm awful tired now Hank and I've got to go to bed
And while I layed there with Red just a few steps away
The angels came and took him into the last golden stage
(There'll be peace in the valley for him how we pray
I was with Red Foley the night he passed away)

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds because you're mine I walk the line
I find it very very easy to be true I find myself alone when each day is through
Yes I'll admit that I'm a fool for you because you're mine I walk the line
[ guitar ]
As sure as night is dark and day is light I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've known proves that it's right because you're mine I walk the line
[ guitar ]
You've got a way to keep me on your side you give me cause for love that I can't hide
For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide because you're mine I walk the line
[ steel ]
I keep a close watch...

I'd like to tell a story if you folks wouldn't mind
But this one is true and it really happened in that little hometown of mine
There was a kind old colored feller who the folks was always fond
I don't even remember what his last name was we always just called him Uncle John
Why I remember when I was little I used to go and see him nearly every day
Just to sit and hear his stories an' while some time away
Why he was in his height of Glory when there was children around his feet
I've seen him laugh right out loud and say Lord God your children show is sweet
I know in his big wide world there must be kind folks by the bushel
But I just believe that in this one old man Lord put something special
Why I've seen times when folks was sick that the old man would walk for miles
Just to offer his assistance and try to help out a little while
He was always doin' things like that givin' when he couldn't afford
Funny thing was though he never did ask for no pay
Said he was always a workin' for the Lord
Now Uncle John have the sickness that he didn't know about
Folks didn't know whether to tell him or just let him live without
But then one day they decided they oughta let him know
So they asked Doc boy if he go tell him and he said yeah he'd go
He found old John sittin' in his homemade rockin' chair
Thumbin' thru a worn out Bible and readin' little scriptures here and there
The Doc was scared and he was nervous cause he didn't know quite where to start
Don't you know his conscience fought him he come to break the old man's heart
But he gathered up his courage and he found the words to say
Uncle John the Lord's comin' and he's gonna take you away
Why there must've been a choir of angels started singin' in that old man's ears
For a great big smile come on him and his eyes broke out in tears
And he said why Doctor boy that's the most glorious news I ever heard
I've been livin' almost eighty five years now just to hear them blessed words
Now to know that he's finally callin' me to leave this earthly sod
Why Doc I've just been livin' this old life so's I can get to meet my God

You found out I've been cheatin' and then you left you had a good reason
But I never meant to do anything to ever hurt
You and that ain't no lie this is the truth
Baby I loved you I really did and when I whispered I need you I meant what I said
But now you don't want me around and Lord that's got me down
Cause baby I loved you I really did
[ guitar ]
I found out lately you've been cheatin' too
Ad I doubt that it's hurtin' me like it's hurtin' you
Now you know how it feels to make love that ain't real
And if we ever try again I'm sure we'd be closer now than then
Baby I loved you I really did
And when I whispered I need you I meant every word I said
I didn't wanna tie you down I just wanted to be around
Cause baby I loved you I really did cause baby I loved you I really did

I love you I'll prove it in days to come I swear it's true darling you're the only one
I think of you of the past and all our fun I love you I'll prove it in days to come
You're my darling you've been true I should have been good to you
You're the one that's in my heart while we're apart
I'll be true I'll prove it to you some day I love you in my heart you'll always stay
I've been so blue and lonesome all these days I love you I'll prove it a thousand ways
I'll be nice and sweet to you and no more will you be blue
I'll prove I love you every day all kinds of ways
Darling please wait please wait until I'm free
There'll be a change a great change made in me
I'll be true you'll have no more blue days I love you and I'll prove it a thousand ways

I know how much you worry when I stay out late at night
But you always smile and kiss me just like everything's all right
With cruel words I've made you cry and hurt you constantly
And I know it's not been easy loving me
Cause I've shamed you and I've blamed you but you never let it change you
And through it all you've never once been untrue
And I'm glad you're my lady and thanks for staying with me
Cause I know it's not been easy loving me
[ steel ]
Through all your lonely heartaches you love me just the same
And looking back I see how wrong I was and I'm ashamed
But like an angel you forgave a man too blind to see
And I know it's not been easy loving me yes I know it's not been easy loving me

No I can't take it no longer I'm goin' out of my mind
Baby since you been goner you know I cry all the time
I'm gonna crawl right back to you on my knees
Cryin' take me back please baby please please please
I can't take it no longer I got to be in your arms
You know it really is a wonder I ain't in the funny farm
Cause the sun ain't shinin' and it's nine eight degrees
But I'm shiverin' and shakin' and bout to freeze
I can't take it no longer I can't take it no longer
[ steel ]
I ain't gonna pay no attention to my pride
Cause without your sweet love I get to be tired
I can't take it no longer I'm goin' out of my mind
Baby since you been goner you know I cry all the time
I'm gonna crawl right back to you on my knees
Cryin' take me back please baby please please please
I can't take it no longer I can't take it no longer
I can't take it no longer I can't take it no longer

Well somebody's hurtin' and I know why
And he's a livin' in torment from a love that won't die
He thought it was funny when she walked out on him
Now the love that he laughed out he can't cry back in
He faces the sunrise and prays for the night
And when the darkness gets around him then he prays for the light
His mixed up emotions just keep choking him
Cause the love that he laughed out he can't cry back in
Now you've heard the story of one foolish man
By now you know it's me so give me some pitty if you can
I know it's all over but when will it end
This love that I laughed out I can't cry back in
The love that I laughed out Lord I can't cry back in

I just don't like this kind of livin' I'm tired of doin' all the givin'
I give my all and sit and yearn and get no lovin' in return
And I just don't like this kind of livin'
Why do we stay together if we always fuss and fight
You ain't never done to be wrong and I ain't never been right
Tell me where you think we're goin' cause I ain't got no way of knowin'
When things go wrong you go your way you leave me here to pay and pay
And I just don't like this kind of livin'
[ steel - harmonica ]
I just don't like the things you're doin' your evil heart will be your ruin
When things start runnin' smooth and free you haul right off and you pick on me
And I just don't like this way of livin'
They say the road of love is long it's rocky and it's rough
But if this road don't start to get smooth I've traveled it long enough
Why don't you act a little older and get that chip off of your shoulder
I told you once now I'll tell you twice you better start to treat me nice
Cause I just don't like this kind of livin'

I had that dream again the same one I've had before
I heard you call my name saw you standing at the door
I reached out to hold you but you faded away
And the mood I'm in I hope it rains today
Your lips were there in the shadows warm and sweet
I tried to run to them but I had shackles on my feet
I heard you laughing at me in that old familiar way
And the mood I'm in I hope it rains today
I hope the clouds will cover up the sky
I don't want somebody's happy sunshine shining in my eyes
Our love was just a dream I couldn't make it stay
And the mood I'm in I hope it rains today and the mood I'm in I hope it rains today

(I've just been to heaven with someone so true I dreamed about mama last night
She read me the Bible like she used to do I dreamed about mama last night)
She never closed her eyes and sleep till we were all in bed
And on party nights till we came home she often sat and read
We little thought about it then for we were young and gay
Just how much mama worried when we children were away
We only knew she never slept then when we were out at night
That she waited just to know that we'd all come home all right
Why sometimes when we'd stay away until one or two or three
It seemed to us that mama heard the turning of the key
For always when we'd step aside she'd call and we'd reply
But we were all too young back then to understand the reason why
Until the last one had returned she'd always keep a light
For mama couldn't sleep until she kissed us all goodnight
She had to know that we were safe before she went to rest
For she seemed to fear the world might harm the ones she loved the best
And once she told me when you're grown to women and to men
Perhaps I'll sleep the whole night through I may be different then
And so it seemed that night and day we knew a mother's care
That always when we got back home we'd find her waitin' there
Then came the night that we were called together round her bed
The children're all with you now the kindly doctor said
And in her eyes there gleamed again that old time tender light
That told that she's just been waitin' to know that we were all right
She smiled that old familiar smile and prayed to God to keep
Her children safe from harm throughout the years and then she went to sleep
(My dream is a treasure that I'll always keep I dreamed about mama last night)

There's been some things that I wanted to say a long time
Never have I spent a day without you on my mind
And I've tried a lotta songs and I need to try one that's new
But I don't have anymore love songs to try on you
You just can't ever get it together it seems
Your arms don't hold me the way that they do in my dreams
And it's hard to make up the things that you never do
And I don't have anymore love songs to make up bout you
I don't have anymore love songs to write for you
Too many I wrote before have never come true
And it's hard to make up the things that you won't do
And I don't have anymore love songs to sing for you
And it's hard to make up the things that you won't do
And I don't have anymore love songs to sing for you

It's the way of mine to say just what I'm thinking
And to do the things I really want to do
And you want to change the part of me I'm proud of
So I can't be myself when I'm with you
Oh you never like the clothes I wear on Sunday
Just because I don't believe the way you do
But I believe the Lord knows I'm unhappy
Cause I can't be myself when I'm with you
No I can't be myself and be what pleases you
And down deep inside I don't believe that you want me to
And it's not my way to take so long deciding
That I can't be myself when I'm with you
No it's not my way...

I can take anything cause I'm different from the rest
Your lying lips don't bother me they still bring me happiness
And I don't see all the things other people say you do
I can take anything but losing you
I can take anything cause I'm living for that day
You get tired of running round and come back in my arms to stay
I don't care how long you treat me like you do I can take anything but losing you
I can take anything cause my heart's learned to live
Oh what you used to be and the love you used to give
How do I take it now knowing I'm just a fool I can take anything but losing you

When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind
When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind
Lord my head is in a spin since she left me behind
I went to see a gypsy and I had my fortune read
Yeah I went to see a gypsy I had my fortune read
But Lord I hung my head in sorrow when she said what she said
[ steel ]
Now I can tell you people the news was not so good
Yes I can tell you people the news was not so good
She said your baby has quit you this time she's gone for good
She said your baby has quit you and this time she's gone for good
I almost lost my mind

Every time I take you out on the town the boys look at you like they're dumb found
How can I blame them though you look so fine
But they're just gonna have to wait for their time
So stop starin' I ain't sharin' Sharon
Why it is everywhere we go out their mouths fall open up their eyes bug out
Droolin' like a kid for an ice cream cone but I got news they'd better leave you alone
So stop starin' I ain't sharin' Sharon
I ain't sharin' Sharon and I'll tell you why that little gal's the apple of my eye
Now you may think I'm strangy but one thing I know
I'm not gonna spill no sugar from my sugar bowl
I know they all like to get a chance at you
But they're a little late cause I've done come through
We'll be marryin' I ain't sharin' Sharon
[ guitar ]
I ain't sharin' Sharon...
We'll be marryin' I ain't sharin' Sharon

I know there's never been a man in the awful shape I'm in
I can't even spell my name my head's in such a spin
Today I tried to eat a steak with a big old table spoon
You got me chasin' rabbits walkin' on my hands and howlin' on the moon
Well Sug I took one look at you and it almost drove me mad
And then I even want and lost what little sense I had
Now I can't tell the day from night I'm crazy as a loon
You got me chasin' rabbits pullin' out my hair and howlin' at the moon
[ steel ]
Some friends of mine asked me to go out on a huntin' spree
Cause there ain't a hounddog in this state that can hold a light to me
I ate three bones for dinner today I tried to tree a coon
You got me chasin' rabbits I'm cratchin' fleas and howlin' at the moon
[ piano - guitar ]
I rode my horse to town today and a gaspump we did pass
I pulled him up and I hollered whoa and I said fill him up with gas
The man picked up a monkey wrench and wham he changed my tune
You got me chasin' rabbitts spittin' out teeth and howlin' at the moon
I never thought in this old world a fool could fall so hard
But honey baby when I fell the whole world must have jarred
I think I'd quit my doggish ways if I'd take me for your goom
You got me chasin' rabbitts pickin' out rings and howlin' at the moon

How can you refuse him now how can you refuse him now
How can you turn away from his side
With tears in his eyes on the cross there he died
How can you refuse Jesus now
There's a story old that has often been told of how our Saviour died
As they nailed his hands he cried they don't understand
As the blood flowed from his side
How can you refuse him now...
[ steel ]
As he hung there on the tree he prayed for you and me
There was no one his pain to ease
Before he died he faintly cried oh father forgive them please
How can you refuse him now...

Say, hey good lookin', whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin' something up with me
Hey, sweet baby, don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe
I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill
There's soda pop and the dancin's free
So if you wanna have fun come along with me
Say hey good lookin', whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin' something up with me
I'm free and ready, so we can go steady
How's about savin' all your time for me
No more lookin', I know I've been tooken
How's about keepin' steady company
I'm gonna throw my datebook over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents
I'll keep it till it's covered with age
'Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page
Say hey good lookin', whatcha got cookin'

Just around the corner there's heartaches down the street that losers use
If you can wade in through the teardrops
You'll find me at the Home of the Blues
I walk and cry while my heartbeat keeps time with the drag of my shoes
The sun never shines through this window of mine
Oh it's dark in the Home of the Blues
But the place is filled with sweetest mem'ries mem'ries so sweet that I cry
Dreams that I've had left me feeling so bad I just wanna give up and lay down and die
So if you just lost your sweetheart and it seemes there's no good way to choose
Come along with me misery loves company
Oh you're welcome at the Home of the Blues
[ guitar ]
Yeah you're welcome at the Home of the Blues

I'm gonna give her a good leavin' alone she thinks I want her to come back home
She thinks I've been cryin' since she's been gone
Well I'm gonna give her a good leavin' alone
I'm gonna give her a good forgettin' about
And all of my dreams she's a gonna be left out
I'm gonna let her keep her heart of stone
And I'm gonna give her a good leavin' alone
She thinks I need what we all study in biology
But I'm gettin' smart and I'm a gonna use a little real psychology
I'm gonna give her a good leavin' alone
I ain't her dog and I ain't gonna beg for bone
She's got a heart as warm as an ice cream cone
Well I'm a gonna give her a good leavin' alone
[ dobro ]
She thinks I need what we all...
Yeah I'm a gonna give her a good leavin' alone

Hey porter hey porter would you tell me the time
How much longer will it be till we cross that Mason Dixon Line
At daylight would you tell that engineer to slow it down
Or better still just stop the train cause I want to look around
Hey porter hey porter what time did you say
How much longer will it be till I can see the light of day
When we hit Dixie tell that engineer to ring the bell
And ask everybody that ain't asleep to stand right up and yell
[ guitar ]
Hey porter hey porter it's gettin' light outside
This old train is puffing smoke and I have to strain my eyes
But ask that engineer if he will blow his whistle please
Cause I smell frost on cotton leaves and I feel that southern breeze
Hey porter hey porter please take my bags from me
I need nobody to tell me that we're in Tennessee
Go tell that engineer to make that lonesome whistle scream
I know we're not too far from home so take it easy on the steam
[ steel ]
Hey porter hey porter please open up the door
When they stop this train I'm gonna get off first cause I can't wait no more
Tell that engineer I said thanks a lot I didn't mind the fare
I'm gonna set my feet on southern soil and breathe that southern air

It's a happy kind of sadness when I think of you
And a lonely kind of togetherness when your company's the blues
Now all you love has ended as you left me for someone new
It's a happy kind of sadness when I think of you
Well you're happy when you think of all the good times and the sweet love you had
But you're sad when you want her and she's not there
It's a happy kind of sadness when her love turns cold
Oh I laughed and made jokes about it but there's one joke that I ain't told
Oh how I cried all the nights long if that's so funny why am I so blue
It's a happy kind of sadness when I think of you
[ steel ]
Well you're happy...

I'm hanging my teardrops out to dry over you no longer will I cry
You hurt me and you lie too many times so I'm hanging my teardrops out to dry
I gave you everything I had dear but all I've got in return were these tears
You took all my love and my pride I'm hanging my teardrops out to dry
I'm gonna try to start over again but I really doubt that I can
There's nothing for me to do but forget about you my heart's had all it can stand
I'm hanging my teardrops out to dry over you no longer will I cry
You took all my love and my pride I'm hanging my teardrops out to dry

Hamburger Steak Holiday Inn that's the kinda world that I live in
Play a different town most every night
Lovin' your woman write a new song that's my life
That's my life and I love it that's my life
There ain't nothin' else in the world above it
I see people all alone pickin' their guitars and singin' their songs
But I tell 'em forget it cause you can't fake it
If you're gonna make it you've gotta live it
I got a big bus with a TV and a bar
And a little room in the back for me and my ole guitar
Gotta stop and fuel up every five hundred miles
Give a picture to the waitress eat a little breakfast country style
That's my life and I love it...
We get home to Nashville on a Monday night
Record songs on Tuesday and on Wednesday take out the wife
But then on Thursday night it's back on the road
I don't care if it's Montana or down in Louisiana just as long as I go
That's my life and I love it...

My blood pressure worked no normal my temperature started to rise
A cold chill's a comin' all over and tears are fillin' my eyes
Guess what that's right she's gone
The days will turn into weeks the weeks will turn into years
And I'm turnin' into a block of stone I can't see for my tears
Guess what that's right she's gone
The train left town this morning guess who waved goodbye
A cute little trig in a bridal red dress and a man with a little bowtie
My mind is spinnin' in circles I'm about to go insane
Like a fool I'm a runnin' down the railroad track I'm tryin' to stop that train
Guess what that's right she's gone
[ ac.guitar ]
The train left town this morning...
Guess what you're right she's gone guess what that's right she's gone

You ask me if I'll forget my baby I guess I will someday
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way
You ask me if I'll get along I guess I will someway
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way
God gave me that girl to lean on then he put me on my own
Heaven help me be a man and have the strenght to stand alone
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way
[ steel ]
You ask me if I'll miss her kisses I guess I will everyday
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way
You ask me if I'll find another I don't know I can't say
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way
Lord gave me that girl to lean on...
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way

It takes an awful lot to get me down but it only took one word from her goodbye
Takes an awful lot to make me cry it only took one word from her goodbye
What's wrong with me why couldn't I see
The lonely nights for her would be too long I'm here she's gone
Takes an awful lot to make me cry it only took one word from her goodbye
[ piano ]
How can one word cut you so deep
And leave you with an ugly scar for life cut you like a knife
Takes an awful lot to bring me down it only took one word from her goodbye
Goodbye goodbye

Don't think that I've been lonely because you left me and broke my heart in two
I've got company I'm going steady with the blues
Yes every evening while you are dancing and you're romancing oh well I'm busy too
I've got company I'm going steady with the blues
Though I don't have you in my embrace found a lotta things to take your place
I've got my teardrops I've got my heartaches
So don't you worry I won't be needin' you
I've got company I'm going steady with the blues
[ trumpet ]
Though I don't have you...
I've got company I'm going steady with the blues
Don't you worry bout me going steady with the blues

I'll ride the train out of here tomorrow and these years I've paid for what I've done
I'll say goodbye to these old walls around me
I'm goin' home tomorrow goin' home to see my son
Every day I prayed for my forgiveness and I can tell my soul's been won
Now I can hardly wait for the sunrise
Cause tomorrow I'm goin' home and see my son
Now he was just a little boy when they took me away
And with his mother gone I left him for my mama to raise
Now he knows that I love him and I tell anyone
I'm goin' home tomorrow and see my son
The train is pullin' in now and there stands dear gray haired mom
But there must be somethin' wrong cause I don't see my son
Mama said son I should have written but I knew you will comin' home
I tried to raise him right but the boy just turned wrong
Now I can still see the flowers down by that old oak tree
And it looks like there's room beside him just enough room for me

You walk in a tavern and you order yourself a drink
And wonder if she brings the glass
You try to imagine what kind of person had a drink from at last
Was he a rich man who stopped in on his way to make another big business deal
Or maybe just a poor man in old clothes who spent his last hard earned dollar bill
Was he dreamin' of his future or drawnin' his past or maybe just spendin' some time
A meetin' his sweetheart or somebody's wife
Or a barmaid he couldn't get off his mind
How many times did he refill the glass or just how long did he stay
And just how much money did he leave behind before he finally went on his way
Did he drink up the groceries or maybe the rent or even the baby's new pair of shoes
And what kind of music I wonder did he use to play
I'm sure his selection was the blues
This glass has been held in the hands of a hundred or so at one time
And been pressed to the lips of the fairest young girl
Who sat there sippin' on beer whiskey or wine
God just what would happened if this glass could talk and let the secret come true
I guess it's better that he'd never learned it might mean trouble for you

I found him by the railroad track this morning I could see that he was nearly dead
I knelt down beside him and I listened just to hear the words the dyin' fellow said
He said they let me out of prison out in Frisco
For ten long years I paid for what I've done
I was tryin' to get back to Louisiana just to see my Rose and get to know my son
Give my love to Rose please won't you Mister
Take her all my money tell her buy some pretty clothes
Tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him and don't forget to give my love to Rose
[ steel ]
Won't you tell them I said thanks for waitin' for me
Tell my boy to help his mom at home
Tell my Rose to try and find another cause it ain't right that she should live alone
Now Mister here's the bag with all my money it won't last them long the way it goes
God bless you for finding me this morning now don't forget to give my love to Rose
Give my love to Rose...

Funny feelings how they thrill me funny feelings how they chill me
There's something I used to joke about now there's something I can't live without
And I think I'm falling in love with you
It used to be a game with me but now it's plain to see
It's not child's play it's gonna get you someday
Those funny feelings tear me apart and now they're reachin' into my heart
And I think I'm falling in love with you
[ steel ]
Funny feelings seems I'm needing your love all the time can't get you off my mind
The way you kiss the look in your eye sends me straight in paradise
And I think I'm falling in love with you
Funny feelings thry're so healing if you have a broken heart one has been torn apart
Funny feelings got me in a whirl and I know that you're the girl
I've gone and fell in love with you
Someday those funny feelings they're gonna get you too

You have always wanted the finest things in life
So that all your dreams could come true I've slaved with all my might
But the plans I made for you and me have all gone to waste
Cause in the world you live now for me there is no place
Gone is the sweet and simple girl that I have loved so long
And in her place a stranger lives who wants a dream world and not a home
With the sunrise I'll be gone and then daring you'll be free
Free to live the life you want and never be bothered by me
For I am just a simple guy who couldn't keep up with the pace
Cause in the world you live now for me there is no place
And in the world you live now for me there is no place

I hear that train a comin' it's rollin' round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps dragging on
But that freight train keeps a rolling on down to San Antone
Well when I was just a baby my mama told me son
Bocephus be a good boy don't ever play with guns
But I killed a man in Shreveport just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowing I hang my head and I cry
I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
They're prob'ly drinking coffee and smoking big cigars
But I know I had it coming I know I can't be free
But those people keep a moving and that's what tortures me
[ guitar ]
Well if they freed me from this prison if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison that's where I wanna stay
Then Lord I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away
Oh Lord I'd let that lonesome whistle blow all my blues away

it is an instrumental

I heard cowboys should never cry
But there are some things that bring tears to my eyes
Some old movie that shown some old people all alone
And everytime that I hear that song
Everytime I hear that song I think of someone who is gone
And the hurtin' starts comin' on real strong everytime I hear that song
[ steel ]
One makes big old boys like me get down on bended knee
And today's girl who's moving ahead stay at home all night crying in bed
It's those old loves that linger on just like some of those good old songs
Everytime I hear that song...

The evening is lonesome babe and the dead of night is cruel
And I recall all the things we done you know I'm always loving you
Sometimes I think that my train done gone the way all old things must do
Yet I still wait for its return just like I still wait for you
And I still hear that old whippoorwill I've seen the ghost of a midnight train
And I still love to walk alone down by the old Union station in the rain
Now I don't know where you are tonight but I feel you cross the miles
And I'm still standing there inside your mind just behind your pretty smile
Hey babe can't you hear...
Down by the old Montgomery station in the rain

I went to the country just the other day
To see my Uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away
I asked him how he'd been since at last I'd passed his way
He rubbed his chin and here's what he had to say
My wife's been sick and the young'ns too and I'm durn near down with the flu
The cow's gone dry and the hens won't lay but we're still a livin' so everything's okay
The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died
The bees got mad and they left the hive
The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay
But we're still a livin' so everything's okay
The porch rotted down that's more expense
The durned old mule he tore down the fence
The mortage is due and I can't pay but we're still a livin' so everything's okay
The cow broke in the field and ate up the beans
The durn rabbits they got the turnip greens
And my mainlaw just moved in to stay but we're still a livin' so everything's okay
My land's so poor so hard and yeller
You have to sit on a sack of fertilizer to raise an umbrella
And it rains out here nearly every day but we're still a livin' so everything's okay
The well's gone dry and I have to tote the water
Up from the spring about a mile and a quarter
My helper he quit for lack of pay but we're still a livin' so everything's okay
The house it leaks it needs a new top when it rains it wets everything we got
The chimney fell down just the other day but we're still a livin' so everything's okay
The corn meals gone and the meat's run out
Got nothin' to kill to put in the smokehouse
The preacher's comin' sunday - to spend the day
But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.
The canned stuff's spoiled - else the jar's got broke
And all we got left is one old billy goat
We're gonna have a new baby about the first of may
But - we're still a-livin' - so ever'thing's okay.
My crop it rotted - in the ground
I asked for another loan but the banker turned me down
But - we're still a-livin' and we're prayin' for better days
So - after all, ever'thing's in purty good shape.

The night was black, rain falling down
Look for my baby, she's nowhere around
Traced her footsteps down to the shore
Afraid she's gone for evermore
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say
I took your baby from you away
I heard a voice cryin' in deep
Come join me, baby, in my endless sleep
Why did we quarrel, why did we fight
Why did I leave her alone tonight
That's why her footsteps ran into the sea
That's why my baby has gone from me
I looked at the sea
Ran in the water, heart full of fear
There in the breakers I saw her near
Reached for my darling, held her to me
Stole her away from the angry sea
I looked at the sea and it seemed to say
You took your baby from me away
My heart cried out, she's mine to keep
I saved my baby from that endless sleep
Endless sleep
Endless sleep

I'm out of money I'm out of friends and my six-packs are all gone
All the couples I've been watching dance now they've all gone home
Yes the barroom is all quiet except for fools who stay
And I'm glad it's finally come the end of a bad day
Well it's still hard to believe that you've left so suddenly
Well I just thought that you were kiddin' when you told me you're gonna leave
But truer words were never spoken than when you said I'm going away
And I'm glad it's finally come the end of a bad day
Lord I wish that old jukebox would be playin' those sad sad songs
Cause tonight I'm just a guy to sit right here and sing along
I'm cryin' tears of my own sympathy but through them I still say
Lord I'm glad it's finally come the end of a bad day
Lord I'm glad it's finally come the end of a bad day

Driven away day by day my love for you's turned to hate
The judge says it's my fault and I'll pay the cost
But God knows you're the one that's to blame
Adultery is the charge on these divorce papers before me
And it's true and that I won't try to deny
But Lord only knows the torture you've put me through
And I thought several times I'd surely lose my mind
Well I guess if I was suing you for divorce
Mental cruelty would be the charges I've make
Cause you've been tryin' to run my life and my mind for years now
And I finally had all I can take
Yes it's true that I went to another woman
Cause a woman's love is something a man can't live without
I know cause I've been livin' without it for a long time now
And in my mind there's no doubt
That I was driven away...

I could hear them singing Precious Mem'ries as the congregation sang a hymn for me
I saw my widowed wife tremble and cry
As my few friends passed to say their last goodbye
Now the preacher he never did say where I'd spend eternity
His sermon was pretty short and you could tell that he didn't even know me
Then I heard the strangers say why that man he just lived in the bars
And I saw my two little children pass with their hands full of flowers
I could hear them singing...
And then I awoke from my dream and realized that I wasn't dead
And I got down on my knees right there beside my bed
I said Lord now everything that I've torn down I'm gonna fill back with the love
Cause last night I had a dream a dream that finally woke me up
And now I thank the Lord above for the dream last night that woke me up

Old Doc Holliday was tendin' the town old Doc Holliday was tendin' the town
But he heard the news goin' around that the plain Fuel Kid is gonna shoot him down
Won't you have another drink on me Doc Holliday
Have another drink on me (Doc Holliday)
Have another drink on me Doc Holliday the Kid ain't gonna shoot you down
Old Doc Holliday was leanin' on the stand pistol on his hip and red iron in his hand
The Kid come waddlin' down the street old Doc said Kid saints know that you're mean
Won't you have another drink on me...
The Kid drew his pistol and Doc did too Doc got to him shot him through
But Kid looked up said don't shoot me more but Doc just smiled and emptied his 44
Oh won't you have another drink on me...
Have another drink on me...

All the stations up here don't sign off with Dixie,
The way they did in sweet home Alabama,
The people here don't sip Jack Daniels whiskey,
The way they do in that Tennessee mountain land.
I've always heard lots about the big apple,
So I thought I'd come up here and see,
But all I've seen so far is one big hassle,
Wish I was camped out on the Okachovee.
If this is the promised land,
I've had all I can stand,
And I'm headed back below that Dixie line
Well I just don't fit in,
And I'll never come back again,
I'm busted here with Dixie on my mind,
Oh, I'm stuck up here and I got Dixie on my mind.
These people never smile or say a word,
They're all too busy tryin' to make an extra dime,
Oh I'd love to haul 'em all down around Spartanburg,
And show 'em how to raise hell in Carolina.
Oh, the things you know that I miss most of all,
Is the freedom of the rivers and the pines,
They don't do much huntin' and fishin' up here ya know,
But I have met a few squirrels and one porcupine.
If this is the promised land,
I've had all I can stand,
Wish I was down in Houston town tonight,
Well I just don't fit in,
And I'll never come back again,
I'm busted here with Dixie on my mind,
Oh, I'm stuck up here and I got Dixie on my mind.

We've lived together for a long time but now the love is gone we once knew
We're old enough to know we can't live life this way
And young enough to start with someone new
So it's divorce or destroy each other which one of the two shall we do
You say in your heart there's no love left for me
And in my heart there's no love left for you
We've stayed together for the children but soon the kids will be grown and be gone
Yet we keep on destroying each other and Lord to live life this way it must be wrong
So it's divorce or destroy...
Yes in my heart there's no love left for you

I'm off to work with no kiss of goodbye I wear a smile on my face but I lie
Cup of coffee at the corner cafe catch the bus readin' new on my way
Go through motions to whole morning cool start a day in the life of a fool
Sometimes I dial out number in hopes you'll return
But there's never any answer I guess I'll never learn
Hurry home after my work is through check the mailbox no letter from you
Then I rush up the stairs to my mem'ries of you that's a day in the life of a fool
Yes I rush up the stairs to my mem'ries of you that's a day in the life of this fool

When we first met I had a funny feeling
That there was something very special about you
I've had a dream girl pictured in my mind and when I saw you my dreams came true
Now instead of day dreams my life's filled with love scenes
And I used to hate the night but now you may get all right
Your sweet softness keeps me so satisfied
And you turn day dreams into the real thing this time
[ guitar - steel ]
You've been walking through my dreams but now you're in my arms
And it's the real thing kissing warm lips and tasting all your charms
Now there's the beating of your heart pressed close to mine
And you turn day dreams into the real thing this time this time

Here I am late again for the last time and like I promised I just told her goodbye
Please believe me for this time it's really over and darling you know I wouldn't lie
I had to let her down easy as slow as I could after all she's got feelings too
But it took a little longer than I thought it would
Oh but this time she knows we're really through
She wanted to hold me forever and this lipstick shows her final try
And these tears on my shoulders have proved that she failed
And darling you know I wouldn't lie
[ steel ]
Didn't I come and tell you about her how temptation lured she and I
But I know it was only fascination and darling you know I wouldn't lie
I had to let her down easy as slow as I could after all she's got feelings too
But it took a little longer than I thought it would
But now she knows we're really through
Now she wanted to hold me forever and this lipstick shows her final try
Please believe me for this time it's really over and darling you know I wouldn't lie
And darling you know I wouldn't lie

Today dear you've heard a real grown up word
When you've heard the judge say custody
So little darling how I'd try before saying goodbye
To explain what that word means to me
(Custody) custody means coming home at night
To the emptiest house in this lonely world
(Custody) and custody is just a picture in my valise
And it's all that I've got left to my little girl
(Custody) and custody means no more carryin' a sleepin' princess
To her bed at the end of the day
(Custody) and custody means that no more little girl
With this great ---- will ask me to kiss her tears away
Little angel don't cry now you can smile if you try
You're going with mama so kiss daddy goodbye
(Custody) and custody means no more pretty little helper in blue jeans
Follow me around when I cut along
(Custody) and custody means no more frightenin' little girl in my arms
Durin' a thunder and a lightnin' storm
(Custody) and custody means that this day ends just before it really begins
(Custody) and custody means a fight between grownups that little girl never wins
Little angel don't cry you can smile if you try
You're goin' with mama so kiss daddy goodbye

You thought she'd cared for you and so you acted smart
Go on and break your crazy heart
You lived on promises I knew would fall apart go on and break your crazy heart
You never would admit you were mistaken
You didn't even know the chances you were taken
I knew you couldn't meant I've told you from the start
Go on and break your crazy heart
[ piano - guitar ]
I knew you'll wake up and find her missin'
I tried my best to warn you but you wouldn't listen
You told me I was wrong you thought that you were smart
Go on and break your crazy heart

Cry, cry, darling, that's what I'll do
If you should leave me with the blues
Cry, cry, darling, that's all I do
'Cause you're the one that's in my heart
For me there'll be no moonlight
If ever we should part
Cry, cry, darling, that's all I do
'Cause you're the one that's in my heart
Cry, cry, darling, my eyes will cry
And never dry if you should go
Cry, cry, darling, when shadows creep
I'll just weep all night I know
You know, how much I'd miss you
If ever we should part
Cry, cry, darling, that's all I do

Cowpoke
From Cheyenne to Douglas. all the ranges I know
I drift with the wind, no one cares where I go
I'm lonesome but happy' rich but I'm broke
And the good Lord knows the reason I'm just a cowpoke
Well I ain't got a dime in these old worn out jeans
So I'll quit eatin' steak and go back to beans
I'll pick up a ten spot in Prescott I know (not press God)
From ridin' the broncs in the big rodeo
Maybe this winter, a filly I'll find,
And I'll spend the whole summer with her on my mind,
But I'll never be saddled, I'll never be broke,
I'm a ramblin', gamblin', driftin' cowpoke
Uh huh huh ooo ooo ooo
Been down in the prairie my pony and I
hear the wail of the coyote hear his cry
Uh huh huh ooo ooo ooo
Thanks for helping me remember the words to this old-timer. I learned it from my dad when I was a kid, (I'm 62). I thought of this song today, couldn't remember all the words. Now I have them back. Never heard the last one though. Kind of awkward. Needs another word or two.
Anyway,
Thanks-George Bentley

Oh show me a home with a back breakin' lawn and a wife that nudge night and day
And I'll show you a man with a drink in his hand
Who stands over the jukebox and plays
Country music those tear jerking songs about life the way it really is
He's not happy at home so he'll play them old songs
And dance with someone that's not his
When the man of the house has trouble with his spouse
And she locks him out of the bedroom
He'll just stroll down the street and some darlings he'll meet
To have a drink and play them old tune
Country music...
So take my advice and go out tonight to your favorite honky tonk bar
Play some Haggard and Tubb or Jones or Acuff or yours truly H-W-J-R
Or anyone else just as long as it's
Country music those tear jerking songs about life the way it really is
Have a good time tonight and hope that your wife don't ever find out what you did

When the nighttime comes fallin' down I jump in my pickup and head out of town
I ride on out to the country and call up my sweet honey
And we'll mess around and make country love
Meet me at night tonight and we'll go down by the river side
Take along some moonshine our love is much too strong for wine
And we'll drink it up and make country love
Some folks fall to the city just to do that lovin' dirt
But just get me the smell of pine trees makin' love in the warm country air
Lord you know it feels so fine to hold that country girl of mine
And lay here in the moonlight and do what feels so right
To smooth and hug and make a lotta country love
Some folks fall to the city...
So tonight when the crickets start singin' the songs
That's when me and you will be gettin' it off
To who I would be who whoin' cause he'll see what we're doin'
We're foolin' we're makin' country love
When the night hang up we're makin' country love
I'm a southern boy spreadin' joy and country love

The preacher man says it's the end of time and the Mississippi River she's a goin' dry
The interest is up and the stock market's down
And you only get mugged if you go down town
I live back in the woods you see my woman and the kids and the dogs and me
I've got a shotgun a rifle and a four wheel drive
And a country boy can survive country folks can survive
I can plow a field all day long I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
Ain't too many things these old boys can't do
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
And a country boy can survive country folks can survive
Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run
Cause we'se them ole boys raised on shotguns
We say grace and we say mamm if you ain't in to that we don't give a damn
We come from West Virginia coal mines
And the Rocky Mountains and the western skies
And we can skin a buck we can run a trout line
And a country boy can survive country folks can survive
I had a good friend in New York City he never called me by my name just hillbilly
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land and his taught him to be a business man
He used to send me pictures of the broadway nights I'd send him some homemade wine
But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
For forty three dollars my friend lost his life
I'd love to spit some beechnut in that dude's eyes and shoot him with my ole 45
Cause a country boy can survive country folks can survive
Because you can't starve us out...
We're from North California and South Alabam and little towns all around this land
And we can skin a buck and run a trout line
And a country boy can survive country folks can survive
A country boy can survive country folks can survive

All day I face
the barren waste
without the taste
of water.
Cool Water.
Dan and I,
with throats burned dry
and souls that cry
for water.
Cool, clear water.
The nights are cool,
and I'm a fool.
Each stars a pool
of water.
Cool, clear water.
And with the dawn
I'll wake and yawn
and carry on
to water.
Cool, clear water.
The Shadows sway
and seem to say,
"Tonight we pray
for water."
Cool, clear water.
And way up there
He'll hear our prayer
and show us where
there's water.
Cool, clear water.
Keep moving Dan.
Don't you listen to him Dan.
He's the devil not a man.
He spreads the burning sands
With Water.
Say, Dan can't you see
that big green tree
Where the water's running free?
It's waiting there for you and me.
And water
Cool, clear water.
Dan's feet are sore.
He's yearning for
just one thing more
than water.
Cool, clear water.
Like me I guess
he'd like to rest
where there's no quest
for water.
Cool, clear water.

People say you're no good I couldn't cut to loose babe if I could
Well I seen this thing down on the ground
Baby I'm too far gone to start turnin' around
Well if only you make up your mind
Take me where you go or just leave me here to pine
Lord you got those come and go blues woman you got those come and go blues
Got me feeling like a fool just like a fool
Round and round round to go
Don't ask me why I stay here cause I do know
Maybe I'm a fool to care baby without your sweet love I would be nowhere
Here I'll stay lost in your will until that day I find someone else
But I don't know just when that will be
I don't know I can't say and I can't see
Lord you got those come and go blues woman you got those come and go blues
Got me feeling like a fool just like a fool

This is a coalition to ban coalitions I ain't a politician but I've got views
Some folks want to ban cars some want to get rid of Fender guitars
Why don't you do your thing and we do our thing too
Now they want to take my cigarettes and all my good whiskey
And these damn coalitions they're after you and me
They want to get rid of my forty fours and all the R rated films
If they only knew how much we'd all love to get rid of them
And this is a coalition to ban coalitions the views of a musician yeah I've got some
Some folks want to ban cars some want to get rid of electricguitars
Why can't everybody else leave everybody else alone
Now the latest thing they want to stomp out is violence on TV
And the worst of all is that Oscar winning rabbit Bugs Bunny
Farewell Foghorn Leghorn so long Yosemite Sam
They're missin' with our heroes and we got to stop them now
And this is a coalition to ban coalitions...

I tried so hard, my dear, to show that you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?
Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?
There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you, the more we drift apart

Well me and Billy,we left Boulder City
Decided that we'd head out west
We've been east and south but it didn't workout
We were getting' nowhere fast
Me with my guitar and him with his saddle
Tryin' to out do the rest
I sang my heart out and he rides them broncs now
And that's what me and Billy do best
We took 'Interstate 20' 'til we ran out of money
In a place just past Abilene
So I sang at a honky-tonk and he broke the bad bronc
And we bought some gas and some beans
With a whole lot of luck and an old pickup truck
We made it to New Mexico
We pulled up in Clovis and I sure didn't know this
Was as far as I ever would go
I needed some strings, Billy wanted a ring
The kind that the Indians made
A voice said, ?Hello boys, I've got silver and turquoise
And that's when I saw her face?
That's when I noticed that girl down in Clovis
A black haired beauty, she set a fire to me
A green eyed lady in old jeans that were faded
No, I didn't notice what happened in Clovis but I called her baby
I asked her with care if she'd like to share
An evening with someone like I
I said, ?I ain't a winner just a hard livin' singer?
She smiled and said, ?Meet me at nine?
We ate tacos and talked and then we took a walk
In the clean southwestern air
Then we went back to her house, I took my guitar out
And sang of my joy and despair
She served me her wine and she helped me write lines
To songs I could not complete
And her eyes seemed to say, put that guitar away
That's somethin' that both of us need
What a beautiful site was her face in the light
And the candles there on the wall
And we reached the height of good love on that night
And I hope we never will fall
And I'm glad I noticed that girl down in Clovis
Daughter of a driller, she's a born thriller
A green eyed lady, kinda wild, kinda lazy

I called you all together for in just an hour or two
There'll be an auction on the square that just might int'rest you
It's the first time I've seen most of you since mama passed away
And that old chair that rocked us all will be auctioned off today
Well I guess you know of course I lost the farm that daddy sweated all his life to keep
And even worked sometimes by moonlight when all of us kids were sound to asleep
Now I guess we were all just too busy fulfilling each one's worldly dreams
To even care when they took the old chair along with all the other things
You know if you could capture all the love that we found in that old chair
Why you could wipe out all the hatred in this old world
And you'd still have a lotta love to spare
Now all I ask and it's not too much is just go with me down to the square
And let's take a look among all the other things at mama's old rocking chair
And look at all the teeth marks put there when we were small
Just go with me for one last look at the chair that rocked us all

Well I'm gonna take a freight train down at the station Lord
And I don't care where it goes
Gonna climb a mountain the highest mountain jump off nobody gonna know
Can't you see oh can't you see what that woman Lord she's been doin' to me
Can't you see can't you see what that woman's been doin' to me
I'm gonna find me a hole in the wall I'm gonna crawl inside and die
Cause my lady now I mean old woman Lord she never told me goodbye
Can't you see...
[ guitar ]
Gonna buy me a ticket now as far as I can I ain't never coming back
Ride me a southbound all the way down to Alabam till that train is a runnin' a track
Can't you see...
Can't you see...

When you've strayed from the fold and there's trouble in your soul
Can't you hear the blessed Saviour calling you
When your soul is lost in sin and you're at your journey's end
Can't you hear the blessed Saviour calling you
Calling you calling you can't you hear the blessed Saviour calling you
He will take you by the hand lead you to that promised land
Can't you hear the blessed Saviour calling you
[ steel ]
As you journey day by day and temptation comes your way
Can't you hear the blessed Saviour calling you
If you follow in his light he will always guide you right
Can't you hear the blessed Saviour calling you
Calling you calling you...
[ piano ]
When your soul is burden down and your friends cannot be found
Can't you hear the blessed Saviour calling you
If you'll follow him each day he will brighten up your way
Can't you hear the blessed Saviour calling you
Calling you calling you...
Can't you hear the blessed Saviour calling you

Bye bye love bye bye happiness hello loneliness I think I'm gonna cry
Bye bye love bye bye sweet caress hello emptiness I feel like I could die
Bye bye my love goodbye
There goes my baby with someone new she sure looks happy I sure am blue
She was my baby till he stepped in goodbye to romance that might have been
Bye bye love bye bye happiness...
I'm through with romance I'm through with love
I'm through with countin' the stars above
And here's the reason that I'm so free my loving baby is through with me
Bye bye love bye bye happiness...
Bye bye my love goodbye bye bye my love goodbye

We all go on a two month tour
Nearly work ourselves sick
Now we don't know were all the money goes
But we sure ain't gettin' rich
And I think if that men in New York and L.A.
Are givin' us the old run around
Ya bring 50,000 home and he says your overdrawn
It'll just about get you down
Just about get you down
Chorus:
But we keep on pickin'(Keep on pickin')
And we keep on singin'(Keep on singin')
And we try and try to get high so we can keep on grinin'
Oh you wish you had a home and someone of your own
to love you when you get back in town
But this kind of life don't talk to a wife
It'll just about get you down
Just about get you down
Keep on pickin'
Keep on singin'
(Repeat x2)
Yeah you got fortune and fame and a well known name
Oh your really flyin' high
Whether your rock or country or blues or funky
We're all made the same inside
Livin' in fear of the later years
When nobody's gonna want you around
Yes the brothers of the road all share the same load
and it'll just about get you down
If you let it it'll bring you down
You gotta keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
You gotta keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
And you try and you try to stay high
so you can keep on grinin'
You spend a lot of time alone and talkin' on the phone
to the latest love that you've found
Then cry over the girl you really wanted in your world
It'll just about get you down
If you let it it'll bring you down
Just keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
Just you gotta keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
You gotta try and try to stay high
So you can keep on grinin'
Livin' in fear of the later years
When nobody's gonna want you around
Yes the brothers of the road all share the same load
And it'll just about get you down
Lord it's got a lot of us down
But I will keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
I'm gonna gonna keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
And I'll try and try to stay high so I can keep on grinin'
I'm gonna keep on pickin' (Keep on pickin')
Boy I'll do it
Gonna keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
You gotta try and try my music keeps me high
I'm gonna keep on grinin'
I'm gonna keep on pickin'
Keep on grinin'
Keep on singin' (Keep on singin')
I don't have to try and try to stay high
I'm gonna keep on grinin'

I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill on Blueberry Hill when I found you
The moon stood still on Blueberry Hill and linger until my dreams came true
Though the wind in the willows plays love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made were never to be
Though we're apart you're a part of me still for you were my thrill on Blueberry Hill
Though the wind in the willows...

A tongue can accuse and carry bad news the seeds of distrust it will sow
But unless you've made no mistakes in your life be careful of stones that you throw
A neighbor was passing my garden one time she stopped and I knew right away
That it was gossip not flowers she had on her mind
And this is what I heard my neighbor say
That bad girl down the street should be run from our midst
She drinks and she talks quite a lot
She knows not to speak to me or my child my neighbor then smiled and I thought
A tongue can accuse...
A car speeded by and the screaming of brakes a sound that made my blood chill
For my neighbor's one child had been pulled from the path
And saved by a girl lying still
The child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out oh who was that brave girl so sweet
I covered the crushed broken body and sad the bad girl who lived down the street
A tongue can accuse...

There's a blizzard comin' on and I'm wishin' I was home
For my pony's lame and he can't hardly stand
Listen to that northern sigh if we don't get home we'll die
But it's only seven miles to Mary Anne it's only seven miles to Mary Anne
You can bet we're on her mind for it's gettin' just about suppertime
Oh I know those hot biscuits're in the fryin' pan
Lord my hands feel like they're froze and there's a numbness in my toes
But it's only five more miles to Mary Anne it's only five more miles to Mary Anne
That wind's a howlin' and it seems mighty like a woman's screams
And we'd best be movin' faster if we can
Dan just think about that barn with all that hay so soft and warm
It's only three more miles to Mary Anne it's only three more miles to Mary Anne
Dan get up your ornery cuss or you'll be the death of us
I'm so weary but I'll help you if I can
All right Dan perhaps it's best we'll stop just a little while and rest
For it's still another mile to Mary Anne it's still another mile to Mary Anne
Late that night the storm was gone and they found him there at dawn
He'd have made it but he couldn't leave ol' Dan
Yes they found him out there on the plains his hands were frozen to the reins
He was just a hundred yards from Mary Anne
He was just a hundred yards from Mary Anne

Big midnight special shine your light on me
Big midnight special shine your everlovin' light on me
Woke up this morning I heard the whistle blow
The jailor says come on boy cause it's time to go
Big midnight special...
Never had the blues so in my life before
Until I left my good gal at that station door
Big midnight special...
Put me in a pullman guards around his door
Said you off to Atlanta you gonna serve ten years more
Big midnight special...
[ steel - guitar ]
Looked all around me in that pullman car
The men was wearing Stetson hats smoking big cigars
Big midnight special...
Took me off in Atlanta at the end of the line
Said you gonna start serving time boy for your awful crime
Big midnight special...
The whistle makes me lonesome of the midnight train
And it's gonna be ten long years till I go home again
Big midnight special...

I was ridin' No 9 headin' south from Caroline
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
I got in trouble had to roam left my gal and left my home
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
Just a kid actin' smart I went and broke my darling's heart
I guess I was too young to know
They took me off to Georgia Main they locked me to a ball and chain
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
[ steel ]
All I do is sit and cry when the evening train goes by
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
All I do is bear the shame I'm a number not a name
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
I'll be locked here in this cell till my body's just a shell
And my hair turns whiter than snow oh Lord
I'll never see that gal of mine I'm in Georgia doing time
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
I'll never see that gal of mine...

THE FIRST FALL OF SNOW - Hank Williams
Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Writer: Lorene Rose
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( Start cold )
I talked with a stranger - so sad and forlorn
His garments were sackcloth - all tattered and torn
He told me a story - of sorrow and woe
His heart went to heaven - at the first fall of snow
He spoke of his angel - a dear, baby girl
He loved every footstep - he loved every curl
But she went to heaven - just one year ago
The angels came for her - at the first fall of snow
He still had the dolly - that she used to love
He held and caressed it - and gazed up above
He whispered my baby - You're waiting, I know
I'll bring you, your dolly - at the first fall of snow
And there as I listened - my eyes filled with tears
I knew she was part of - his happier years
His frail body trembled - he spoke soft and low
I'll be with my baby - at the first fall of snow
I patted his shoulder - my feelings to hide
He couldn't know - I was crying inside
He smiled as we parted - 'cause he didn't know
That we lost our baby - at the first fall of snow
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Charts transcribed by John "JB" Brown

Darling I'm so lonely here all alone things're not the same dear now that you are gone
Are you lonely too my darling do mem'ries make you cry
Are you sorry now that we said goodbye
My days are full of sorrow my nights are full of tears
And there's no hope of tomorrow weeks have turned into years
Won't you please reconsider take me back in your heart
For I don't want to live if we're gonna stay apart
Now when you get this letter if you feel the way I do
Please hurry on back home for I'll be waitin' there for you
[ guitar ]
Won't you please reconsider...

One by one they're turning out the lights
Lord I've been feedin' out that jukebox just to get to hold you tight
Guess it's for the best I just put in my last dime
Heard you whisper we meet me again another place another time
The chairs are stacked all on the table and it's closing time they say
I could wait my here forever if they'd only let me stay
Anywhere would be much better than that lonely room of mine
And the sleepless nights are waitin' for another place another time
Won't that room of mine be a lonely place to be
After I've been holding you oh so close to me
And won't that old stairway be a little hard to climb
To my lonely room to wait for another place another time
And won't that old stairway...

If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
Baby, we're really in love
If you're happy with me like I'm happy with you
Old Cupid just gave us a shove
If you're thinkin' of me like I'm thinkin' of you
Then I know what you're thinkin' of
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
Baby, we're really in love
I run around in circles
And turn in fire alarms
I'm nutty as a fruit-cake
When you're not in my arms
If you're meant for me like I'm meant for you
Baby, we fit like a glove
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
Baby, we're really in love
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
Baby, we're really in love
If you're countin' on me like I'm countin' on you
Old Cupid just gave us a shove
If you're dreamin' of me like I'm dreamin' of you
Then I know what you're dreamin' of
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you
Baby, we're really in love
My folks think I've gone crazy
And I don't feel too sure
And yet there's nothin' wrong with me
That weddin' bells won't cure
If you go for me like I go for you
Baby, we fit like a glove
If you're lovin' me like I'm lovin' you

Too many lawyers in football, baseballs gotta few
The pitcher got a million dollars and the quarterback he got two
Pitcher threw his arm away and the quarterback burned his knee
And this they did so they could live the American dream
Now there are some preachers on T.V. with a suit and a tie and a vest
They want you to send your money to the Lord but they give you
Their address 'cause all of your donations are completely tax free
God bless you all but most of all send your money
Do you really want it? Do you really need it?
Ya gotta keep on grindin' just ta try ta keep it
Ya got no time for yourself, ya got more ba Roe Jim beam
You're goin' crazy, dreamin' the American dream
Reagan is a cuttin' the budget makin' the democrats scream
Says, "We gotta control inflation, quit spendin' our money on everything"
But this years tax increase, why? It's the biggest in history
Round and a round we go where we stop, who knows the American dream
Do you really want it? Do you really need it?
Ya gotta keep on grindin' just ta try ta keep it
We got no time for ourselves ya got more ba Roe Jim beam
You're goin' crazy, dreamin' the American dream
You're goin' crazy, dreamin' the American dream

Let's take the final step and get married cause a true love is all I'm looking for
Well I hope someday that I'll make you a million
Cause right now all that I can give you is my heart
But I've got two arms that were made just to hold you tight
And a real love to keep you satisfied
And I've got two lips that are just for kissing yours goodnight
And these two eyes that will never see you cry
I'd like to give you diamond rings from the start
But right now all that I can give you is my heart
Your love can't be bought for any price I know
Though I'd give anything to call you mine
But thank God you want me for just what I am
Cause right now all that I can give you is my heart
Right now all that I can give you is my heart

The darkness of my world was all cleared away
The flowers are blooming it's a beautiful day
There's a girl with a heart as big as the sky she's sunshine and I know why
All for the love of sunshine all for the love of sunshine
The Lord smiled down on this life of mine and sent me the love of sunshine
Though sunshine can always make my days seem bright
Sunshine can warm up a cold cold night
I know my sunshine was sent from above an angel that's filled with love
All for the love of sunshine...
Through winter the springtime the summer and fall
The moonlight the starlight she outshines them all
In a world filled with fear with pain and such harm my sunshine can be so warm
All for the love of sunshine...
All for the love of sunshine...
All for the love of sunshine...

I guess I'll get a cab and go by in my house today
No I can't visit her or my son I'm supposed to stay away
But it won't hurt to bring back old memories
Cause after all they used to all belong to me
Now there's our car the one that I'm still payin' for
And in the front yard Lord I see my little boy
And there's his mother I hope she's doing fine
Oh Lord I'd give anything if they were all still mine
But they're not and I'm the one to blame
I should have known I'd never win when I played that cheating game
This other man holds my life and my son calls him daddy tonight
But how can I complain cause after all they used to all belong to me
How can I complain cause after all they used to all belong to me

A Mansion on the Hill
A D A
Tonight down here in the valley
D A
I'm lonesome and O how I feel
A7 D
As I sit here alone in my cabin
A E A
I can see your mansion on the hill
Do you recall when we parted
The story to me you revealed
You said you could live without loving
In your loveless mansion on the hill
I've waited all through the years love
To give you a heart true and real
Cause I know you're living in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill
The light shine bright from yer window
The trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill

You think this band, on my left hand
don't really mean anything to me
You think you're here just to be convenient,
and you're just around to please me.
You think you're plain, and that is so strange
'cause everyone else can sure see, that you
are truly beautiful, and you mean everything
to me.
(Chorus 1)
and all jokes aside - I want you by my side
for the rest of my life - always be my Bride
No, I ain't kiddin' around - 'til they put
me in the ground
I'll love you for all time - all jokes aside
(walk up)
Now I know that I'm not the perfect husband,
but I've done the best that I can.
Honey if that is not good enough, don't worry
'cause I'll understand.
and for everytime that I've ever hurt you,
I'll probably answer to the Man.
and my heart's full of pride, 'cause I'm
serious tonight; I just wanna keep this ring
on my hand.
(Chorus 2)
and all jokes aside - I want you by my side.
for the rest of my life - always be my Bride.
No, I ain't kiddin' around - 'til they put
me in the ground; I'll love you for all time,

Well I've seen the devil
And I've seen the light
And I know the difference
Between wrong and right
But there still are times
When it's so hard to tell
If I'm going the wrong way
To heaven or hell
Cause I've been a sinner
And I've been a saint
There's a few things I ain't done
And a few things I can't
I was this close to heaven when I slipped and fell
Between a rock and a hard place
Between heaven and hell
Cause I have been lost
And I have been found
I've been a square
And I've been around
I'm down on my knees
At the heartbreak hotel
Begging for directions
Between heaven and hell
Cause I've been a sinner
And I've been a saint
There's a few things I ain't done
And a few things I can't
I was this close to heaven when I slipped and fell
Between a rock and a hard place
Between heaven and hell
Lord I'm down here on my knees
At some old hotel
Asking for directions

The hour's late and so I try to walk in silence
Toward the house we've shared so many years
Suddenly I find my feet will go no farther
And I stand here in the darkness fighting tears
How could I forget that I no longer live here
When this is where my life's whole meaning is
Oh how could i forget the hurt the night you told me
Everything, once yours and mine, is yours and his
What made me slip into the shadows toward a window
When I knew I had no business there
I lost control and I couldn't keep from shouting
Hey that's our room, someone get him out of there
My shout was heard I hear my daughter crying
Wish that I could give her just one little kiss
But I must run before they find me out here prying
Everything, once yours and mine, is yours and his
Oh I must run before they find me out here prying

You wore out a brand new trunk
Packin' and unpackin' all of your junk
Your daddy's mad, done got peeved
You're gonna change or I'm gonna leave
This ain't right and that is wrong
Just keep naggin' me all the day long
It's gotta stop, I don't mean please
You're gonna change or I'm gonna leave
You're gonna change your way of livin'
Change the things you do
Stop doin' all the things that you oughten too
Your daddy's gone mad, he's done got peeved
You're gonna change or you're gonna have to leave
Every time you get mad
You pack your rags and go back to dad
Tell him lies he don't believe
You're gonna change or I'm a-gonna leave
Only way to keep a woman happy
Make her do what's right
Love her every mornin', bawl her every night
Your daddy's mad, he's done got peeved

I want a suit just like Hank's
I want a voice just like Johnny Cash
A big Gibson guitar with "F" holes in the middle
A girlfriend like Dolly and a huge bass fiddle
'Cause I'm XXX X-Tremely country
I've got a dobro that really twangs
I've got a pick up truck with a name
We go swimmin' in the creek, put crickets on a hook
I know how to catch 'em and I know how to cook
'Cause I'm XXX X-Tremely country
Yea I am from XXX X-Tremely country
My family history is agriculturally honky tonky
Well I am right at home down in the swamp
With the skeeters and the crickets and the bullfrog's song
'Cause I'm XXX X-Tremely country
Hey I'm from XXX X-Tremely country
My family history is agriculturally honky tonky
May not be street smart bt we're woods wise
Have you done it in a truck girlfriend, don't lie

Not gonna be another notch on your gun
It's plain to see that your a woman on the run
Say you came from Louisiana and your headed for Alabam
You heard I'm a living legend and there's not to many around
What your looking for in your eyes
You came to the right place to find
I knew some day that you were bound to come
Woman on the run.
A Mississippi highway is lonely place to be
And I know if you could have your way
you'd have your way with me
Outlaw women have always got me by
I'm in love with you and your kind
What your looking for in your eyes
You came to the right place to find
I knew some day that you were bound to come
Woman on the run.
I know what you got on your mind
you came to the right place to find
I knew some day that you were bound to come
Woman on the Run

They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain
If you're looking for a wife
'Cause Clifton Clowers has a pretty young daughter
He's mighty handy with a gun and a knife
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey
And Wolverton Mountain protects her there
The bears and the birds tell Clifton Clowers
If a stranger should enter there
All of my dreams are on Wolverton Mountain
I want his daughter for my wife
I'll take my chances and climb that mountain
Though Clifton Clowers, he might take my life
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey
And Wolverton Mountain protects her there
The bears and the birds tell Clifton Clowers
If a stranger should wander there
I'm going up on Wolverton Mountain
It's too lonesome down here below
It's just not right to hide his daughter
From the one who loves her so
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey
And Wolverton Mountain protects her there
The bears and the birds tell Clifton Clowers
If a stranger should wander there
I don't care about Clifton Clowers
I'm gonna climb up on his mountain
I'm gonna take the girl I love
I don't care about Clifton Clowers
I'm a gonna climb up on that mountain

I want to dedicate this song to every working man and
Woman in this country and everyone that's trying to
Run a business and constantly punished,
Taxed and regulated by the federal government
I'm gonna call up a talk show I'm gonna give 'em a piece
I don't give a damn about Iran or the Middle East
Cause they been fightin' for about 2, 000 years you see
And we send billions to Mexico and Zimbabwe
Well I think it's time for America to watch her own store
So here is my question to everyone
Who is taking care of number one yeah
New Hampshire got it right live free or die
Don't tread on us and tell us how to run our life
Don't matter where you go everyone would like to know
Can Washington DC mind the store
Is there a soul still down on the farm
And who is taking care of number one
Our glorious leader just got back from China and Japan
Where he gave away our job put us down and sold out our plan
Well people here at home are tired of failed programs and loans
I believe they're ready to change all this stuff that's going on
Yeah it's time for American's to mind their own store
And here is my question for everyone
Who is taking care of number one
New Hampshire got it right live free or die
Don't tread on us and try to run our life
No it don't matter where you go everybody would like to know
Can Washington DC run a store no
Is there a soul still down on the farm

I've got a good woman at home, who thinks I do no wrong
But sometimes Lord she just ain't always around
And you know that's when I fall, I can't help myself at all
And I get whiskey bent and hell bound
Play me some songs about a ramblin' man, put a cold one in my hand
'Cause you know I love to hear those guitar sounds
Don't you play 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry'
'Cause I'll get all balled up inside
And I'll get whiskey bent and hell bound
Sure enough about closing time, 'bout stoned out of my mind
And I end up with some honky tonk special I found
Just as sure as the morning sun comes thinking of my sweet girl at home
And I need to get whiskey bent and hell bound
Play me some songs about a ramblin' man put old Jim Beam in my hand
'Cause you know I still love to get drunk and hear country sounds
But don't you play 'Your Cheatin' Heart'
That'll tear me all apart
I'll get whiskey bent and hell bound

When you're tired of breaking other hearts
Won't you come back again and break mine?
When you're tired of home and darlin'
And the love light no longer shines
When your dream world falls around you
And you sit by yourself and pine
When you're tired of breaking other hearts

The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life
The first time I ever have wanted to die
Was the night when you told me
You loved someone else
And you asked me if I could forget
When I stop dreaming
That's when I'll stop loving you
You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
You may take a pebble and teach it to grow
You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
But you can't teach my heart to forget
When I stop dreaming

I have the invitation that you sent me
You wanted me to see you change your name
I couldn't stand to see you wed another
But dear, I hope you're happy just the same
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
That should be ringing out for you and me
Down the aisle with someone else you're walking
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
I planned a little cottage in the valley
I even bought a little band of gold
I thought some day I'd place it on your finger
But now the future looks so dark and cold
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
I hear the children laughing out with glee
At home alone I hang my head in sorrow
Oh, wedding bells will never ring for me
I fancy that I see a bunch of roses
A blossom from an orange tree in your hair
While the organ plays 'I love you truly'
Please let me pretend that I am there
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
Ever since the day you set me free
I knew someday that you would wed another

What is your forecast?
I need a major change
I can't ride out one more storm
Everything's been going wrong
Please tell me it's something in the ozone
Or is the atmospheric pressure just too strong?
I can't handle no more rain
Because I've had too many highs and too many lows
Too many storms and tornadoes
I need some blue skies and sunshine
I need a good forecast tonight
'Cause I seen too many highs and too many lows
Too man storms and tornadoes
I need some blue skies and sunshine
I need a good forecast tonight
I need a good outlook tonight

No nation's lost more men than Uncle Sam
From the fields of France, to Iwo, Afghanistan
Though freedom isn't free neither is liberty
It ain't the protestors and politicians
It's the 19 year-olds on dangerous missions
Hey, we don't apologize for America
That old VFW, that is sacred ground
And we like to sing along on that good ole Haggard song
When you runnin' down our country hoss
You walkin' on the fightin' side of me
So get behind the stars and stripes
Boy, just get the hell out and quit your gripe
So you gotta long list of things that you don't like
Well please do us a favor all you America haters
Why don't you move to Mexico tonight
No we don't apologize for America
Walter Reid, that is sacred ground
And we're gonna sing along on that good ole Merle song
When you runnin' down our country hoss
You walkin' on the fightin' side of me, and Bocephus
Hey Obama, one more time
When you runnin' down our country man

Oh, the people would come from far away,
To dance all night to the break of day.
When the caller would holler: "Do Si Do",
They knew Uncle Pen was ready to go.
Late in the evening, about sundown,
High on the hill, an' above the town,
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang,
You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing!
Instrumental break.
Well, he played an old tune they called the "Soldier's Joy",
And he played the one they called the "Boston Boy".
Greatest of all was the "Jennie Lynn",
To me, that's where the fiddlin' begins.
Late in the evening, about sundown,
High on the hill, an' above the town,
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang,
You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing!
Instrumental break.
I'll never forget that mournful day
When old Uncle Pen was called away,
He hung up his fiddle and he hung up his bow,
And he knew it was time for him to go.
Late in the evening, about sundown,
High on the hill, an' above the town,
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang,
You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing!
Instrumental break.
Late in the evening, about sundown,
High on the hill, an' above the town,
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang,

Too many parties and too many pals
Will break your heart someday
Too many boyfriends and sociable sals
Will drive your sweetheart away
Gentlemen of the jury the judge's speech began
The scene was a crowded courtroom and the judge a sterned old man
This prisoner here before you is a social enemy
A lady of the evening and you know the penalty
Her eyes reflect the nightlife, her cheeks they're red with paint
But I knew her mother gentlemen, why her mother was a saint
Now, I know that she's not like her and yet she might have been
If it hadn't been for pettin' parties, cigarettes and gin
We took the night life off the streets and brought into our own homes
While girls beat time with lipstick and the streaks of saxophones
We opened up the underworld to the ones we loved so well
So tell me gentlemen is it right to send her to a cell?
If she drinks while you taught her and if she smokes you showed her how
So gentlemen do you think it's right to condemn her now?
And when you're in that juryroom just remember there and then
That for every fallen woman why, there's a hundred fallen men
And before you render a verdict on what this girl has done
Just remember there's a man to blame and that man might be your son
Now, gentlemen that's my story my testimony stands
This girl is my own daughter and the case is in your hands
Those Broadway roses and prevalent sounds

You keep saying you got something for me
Something you call love but confess
You've been a'messin' where you shouldn't 've been a'messin'
And now someone else is getting all your best
Well, these boots are made for walking,
and that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin'
You keep losing when you oughta not bet
You keep samin' when you oughta be a'changin'
What's right is right but you ain't been right yet
These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
LEADBREAK
You keep playing where you shouldn't be playing
And you keep thinking that you'll never get burnt (HAH)
Well, I've just found me a brand new box of matches (YEAH)
And what he knows you ain't had time to learn
These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
SPOKEN
Are you ready, boots?

The streets are paved with tourist and the record companies flourish
Lord knows every singer wants to be the king
But some of them couldn't take it and some good one's didn't make it
That's the way it goes on the Nashville scene
Now there's a wino on the corner, he was a well known guitar picker
'Til he got burned out by the game
Now he'll bum you for some whiskey
And tell you how it was back in '52 when he played for Hank
And I'm watching the sun go down this evening
And soon it will wake this town thats made of dreams
But before it does a new star will be shining
And that's the way it is on the Nashville scene
From the outside it's a castle, from the inside its a prison
It's easy to live way beyond your means
And it's a long, long way to the top and even further when you drop
And I've been on both ends of the Nashville scene
And I'm watching the sun go down this evening
And soon it'll wake this town that's made of dreams
But before it does a new star will be shining
Lighting up the ole Nashville scene
And I'm standing here as the sun goes down this evening
And soon it will wake this town that's made of dreams
But before it does a new star will be shining
Lighting up the Nashville scene

One, two, three more, honey don't get mad and walk out the door
Five, six, seven, eight, we better start loving before it's too late
Nine, ten, hi come on in
Let's kiss and make up and start over again
Now we've all said and done things that we didn't mean
We get a little mad and we make a big scene
Oh yes I know it's kinda hard to go back
Be like Perry Mason though and get all the facts
One, two, three four, honey don't get mad and walk out like before
Five, six, seven, eight, we better make love girl before it's too late
Nine, ten, can I come in
Let's kiss and make up and start all over again
Since Adam and Eve men and women have disagreed
Love me or leave me ah that is the key
We got to control our temper to win
Why you son of a...whoops, count slowly to ten
Sing one, two, three more, honey don't get mad and walk out the door
Five, six, seven, eight, we better start loving before it's too late
Nine, ten, hi come on in
Let's kiss and make up and start over again
One more
One, two, three more, honey don't get mad and walk out the door
Five, six, seven, eight, we better start loving before it's too late
Nine, ten, hi come on in

When you check in the cheatin' hotel, you'll be back
For another spin at the wheel and a race at the track
They're off and runnin' down at the bar
This is Heather - This is John
They're all down at the cheatin' hotel lookin' for fun
Yea I'm the bartender in here and it's quite a scene
The women get dressed to kill and slip off their rings
Their husbands meet them an hour later
She'll have friends all around the table
And introduce the old man as one of her latest flings
Then they go out on the dance floor
Now there's a new man to sway for
And touch and talk and sip some more red wine
Then the slow dances get much closer
And now's the time for low words
That guy there with your wife's my husband but it's OK
Then I watch all of them leave
Then they share a stare and a squeeze
Now I don't know if it's wrong or right
I'm sure it feels good at the time
But if you keep on playin' this game you'll lose your mind
'Cause they're thinkin' about him or her
Then they feel like a piece of dirt
It's time to check out of the cheatin' hotel and go home for good
We get quite a few attractive lonely wives
They come in the bar together about six forty-five
And sit down and say with their eyes
My friend and I are lookin' for a good time
It don't take long to find a couple of guys at the cheatin' hotel
And then they go out on the dance floor
Now they got a new man to sway for
And touch and talk and sip some more red wine
Then the slow dances get much closer
And now they whisper low words
Are you married, why yes I am but that's OK
And they know it's really not, look at all the trouble they got
If you check in the cheatin' hotel
Somebody somewhere's gonna tell
And you'll be in the room from hell and you can't get away
The light blinks on and off
Bartender last round for us all

A different boss at work that might do me well
Cause I'm kinda mad at someone
Who thinks that they can tell me what to say and do
Hey everybody's got a butt and a point of view
Well I used to like to go fishin' watch that hook and line
But I sold my boat and motor and everybody wonders why
And that ain't good
No that ain't good
Cause that ain't me
My wife went to a lawyer I never dreamed she would
Now my address is rock bottom and they know me in this neighborhood
That ain't good
No no that ain't good
I need to get outta here
Watching these nuts on TV blowing themselves to Hell
So they can all get to Heaven and my kids want me to tell tell 'em why
Did all those people have to die
No that ain't good
Cause I don't know why
Went to church Sunday morning I never thought I could
Prayed to the man to help me get back to being myself like I should
And it done me good
Yeah it done me good
You gotta look on the good in this world

Thanks, thanks a lot, I've got a broken heart, that's all I got.
you made me cry, and I cried a lot.
I just wanted your love, baby thanks a lot.
You told my friends as I was passin' by,
that you're not sorry that you made me cry.
You said I deserved everything that I got,
well if that's how you feel, honey thanks a lot.
Yeah thanks, thanks a lot,
I've got a broken heart, that's all I got.
You made me cry, and I cried a lot.
I just wanted your love, so baby thanks a lot.
You ordered a fool, and I played the part,
now all I've got is a broken heart.
We loved a little and you laughed a lot,
and then you were gone. honey thanks a lot.
Thanks, thanks a lot, I've got a broken heart, that's all I got.
You made me cry, and I cried a lot.
I just wanted your love, honey thanks a lot.
I just wanted your love, baby thanks a lot.

I will find a network, Want to treat me right
Y'all can take the change, and stick it out of sight
Don't tread on me, don't you tread on me
Hey are you ready for some good news?
We're gonna take back our country!
Well it used to be easy, get a place, build a house
Now the EPA said no, that's the home of the blue mouse
Don't tread on me, don't you tread on me
We're gonna use some common sense
And We're gonna take back our country!
Well we've beaten to death that old race horse
This politically correct thing has run it's course
Don't tread on me, don't you tread on me
Hey are you ready for some good news?
We're gonna take back our country!
Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Bing
Mock for divorces, from showing them things
Mind your own business
That's good advice
Mind your own business
Dad got it right
Cause if you mind your own business
Then you won't be minding mine
Everything says for sale or for lease,
Price reduced, make an offer please
Don't tread on me, don't you tread on me
Hey are you ready for some good news?
We're gonna take back our country!
There's no way today we could build Hoover Dam
There's be way too many government permit scam
Don't tread on me, don't you tread on me
Hey are you ready for the good news?
We're gonna take back our country!
Hey Barack, pack your bags, head to Chicago
Take your telepṗrompter with you so you'll know where to go
Moving on over, Moving on over, Moving on over,
Oh, moving to the dark house
The big dog's moving me
Moving on over, sliding on over, Moving on over,
Hey are you ready for some good news?
Are you ready for some good news?
We're gonna take back our country!

I will find a network, Want to treat me right
Y'all can take the change, and stick it out of sight
Don't tread on me, don't you tread on me
Hey are you ready for some good news?
We're gonna take back our country!
Well it used to be easy, get a place, build a house
Now the EPA said no, that's the home of the blue mouse
Don't tread on me, don't you tread on me
We're gonna use some common sense
And We're gonna take back our country!
Well we've beaten to death that old race horse
This politically correct thing has run its course
Don't tread on me, don't you tread on me
Hey are you ready for some good news?
We're gonna take back our country!
Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Bing
Mock for divorces, from showing them things
Mind your own business
That's good advice
Mind your own business
Dad got it right
Cause if you mind your own business
Then you won't be minding mine
Everything says for sale or for lease,
Price reduced, make an offer please
Don't tread on me, don't you tread on me
Hey are you ready for some good news?
We're gonna take back our country!
There's no way today we could build Mover Dam
There's be way too many government permit scam
Don't tread on me, don't you tread on me
Hey are you ready for the good news?
We're gonna take back our country!
Hey Barack, pack your bags, head to Chicago
Take your telepá¹—rompter with you so you'll know where to go
Moving on over, Moving on over, Moving on over,
Oh, moving to the dark house
The big dog's moving me
Moving on over, sliding on over, Moving on over,
Hey are you ready for some good news?
Are you ready for some good news?
We're gonna take back our country!

Storms never last do they baby
Bad times all pass with the wind
Your hand in mine stills the thunder
And you make the sun want to shine.
You followed me down so many roads baby
I've picked wild flowers and sung you soft sad songs
And every road we took God knows
Our search was for the truth
And the clouds brewing now won't be the last.
Storms never last do they baby
Bad times all pass with the wind
Your hand in mine stills the thunder
And you make the sun want to shine.
Storms never last do they Jessi
Bad times all pass with the wind
Your hand in mine stills the thunder

Hey Charlie Snob could you make me some investments
I wanna get the hell out of here
I've ordered my Mercedes I wanna meet some classy ladies
And start drinking champagne instead of beer
Now I don't have much money but we could work out somethin'
I could send you twenty bucks a week
He said that's not how it works and just what is your net worth
I said my net worth is what I got on me
So I called up my mother-in-law told her about the ad I saw
Guaranteeing a fortune to be made
I said I need a hundred thou cause we have got to jump in now
We'll make a bunch and split it up two ways
So I met her down at the bank grabbed a check and then I ran
As fast as I could to their store
Now here's all the money so pick some winners sonny
And call me up when we make the big score
Well I saw it on the evening news stock market really had the blues
And when it closed it set an all time low
I wondered where did I go wrong why did this happen to me Lord
I've got to get that money back ya know
Well I just sat there and wondered why I was gonna buy low and sell it high
But things sure didn't work out that way
I don't know what I'm gonna do and to tell y'all the truth
I think I've lost my assets today
Hey broker man please don't make no more investments
Cause I would like to keep my shirt and pants
Cancel that Mercedes I'm going back to the old lady
In Little Rock instead of Paris, France
No I'll never play that game againI think y'all saw me comin' friend
And I jumped right in like a big fool
Oh I thought I'd make some money but it's really kind of funny
Cause I borrowed all of it from you know who
Oh I thought I'd make some money but it's really kind of funny

All the talk shows, you know, geniouses and experts
Looking to lay some blame
Some on the left and some on the right
Playing that controversy game
I'm not in a real cheery mood so I think I'll call them up
And them em, why don't you play some blues
And both sides shut up
But do we just love trouble
Ain't the world got enough
Without y'all stirrin it up
I am from the old school
Cowboy hat, sure enough
Too damn old to change horses now
Cause I would probably fall off
I'm a little whiskey bent and slowed my roll
And if you ain't real sure about me
Why don't you take it up with Gretchen and Tim
Rockin Shawn Hannity
But you just love trouble
Ain't the world got enough
Without y'all stirrin it up
Back off
So some celeb has teed y'all off
Well, I get teed off too
Why didn't you know that you're supposed
To except our point of view
I have learned at the school of hard knocks
Things change quite a bit
Folks get all jacked up
I don't really give a ... darn
I got a little child and a fishing pole
A can of worms and a boat
I'm goin down to the river now
And let all my problems float
Yeah, I've mellowed a lot
And I don't jump into things like I used to
Hey, what'd you say
Why, you son of a gun
Now see what you made me do
I don't want no trouble
Ain't the world got enough
Without y'all stirrin it up
Stirrin it up
Let the pot simmer (stirrin it up)
Let the dust settle (stirrin it up)
Let's try and get along
And it'll be more better
(Stirrin it, stirrin it, stirrin it up)
(Stirrin it up) sick em, Rush
(Stirrin it up) jump in there, Bill
Stir it up, Shawn
(Stirrin it up)

I know that I'm not great
And some say I imitate
Anymore I don't know
I'm just doing the best I can
After all I'm standing in the shadows
Of a very famous man
As I travel around from town to town
I have a lot of dad's fans and friends come around
They say I know Hank would be proud of you
If he were here today
Now well, we're all so glad
And we know he would be too
That you're carryin' on
His music this way
Yes, they say Hank was the all time great
And we know you'll be just as good as your dad
But I just smile and say there'll never be another Hank Williams friends
That's the part that always makes them sad
Yes, I know that I'm not great
And some say, I imitate
Anymore I don't know
I'm just doing the best I can
It's hard standing in the shadows
Of a very famous man
So many times when I'm on that stage
I feel something go through me
And for a minute I'm in a different world
And that's when it does something to me
The people are a hollering and clapping real aloud
While I'm out they're taking my bows
I look up toward the ceiling and I say to myself
"Listen dad, just listen to that crowd"
But as the show goes on the people clap and holler more
I start to singing another of your great songs
That's the time that I know although you're gone

He lived right acroos the street, it was on the news for the world to see. They caught with his hands on a neighbors child. Now he said he never done it before has he cried before the judge in court. So they put him away for a just a little while. Morning found him in his cell somebody sent him straight to hell. Down on his knees begging for his life. Sounds like justice to me.
Mom and Pops had a corner store it had been there 30 years or more and it had been robbed about a hundred times. Punk walked in like he owned the place said give me the money as he slapped his face. he didn't know Pops had a .45. Dude never made it to the door. Pops said I learned in the Army how to point and squeeze.

There ain't too much chance for opportunity
In this town that I live in
And I don't know what I'm gonna do with me
And it's getting hard to contend
With the fact that I ain't going nowhere
If I don't get out of here
I need a change of luck and a pick-me-up
Something more than the bars and the beers
I need something to believe in
Something to look forward to
Something to believe in
Cause I got a bad case of the blues
Something to believe in
Something to make me feel right
Something to believe in
Is that asking too much out of life
Well I quit my job
And I'm leaving today
Cause two hundred a week, it don't make it
I got a ticket going to L.A.
And I'm hoping I can take it
Cause I got enough money for about a month before I'll be back on the bus
But I got faith in me and all new things I see
I just need a little good luck
Well I was getting down
Soon I'd have to leave town
And I was out walking the street
When I met a girl
By the burger world
And I was needing her company
By the way she was dressed
I knew what to expect
When we got to her motel room
Ah, but when she found out I came from her hometown
She starting crying and Lord I did too
I need something to believe in
Ah, baby something to look forward to
Ah, do you feel like I do
Something to believe in
She said please stay with me tonight
I want something to believe in
Just talk to me and hold me tight
She was just eighteen
And I couldn't believe
What had happen since she left home
I thought I had some pains
But it wasn't the same
As the hell she had known
So we packed our stuff
And we got on the bus
And now it's back to the same old grind
But if you could have seen
The way she looked at me
When she saw the city limit sign
We got something to believe in
Something to look forward to
Something to believe in
And I believe in me and you
Something to believe in
Holding each other tight
Something to believe in

Shadow face. A little boy out on the stage.
Oh his daddy sings and plays 'em another song.
Shadow face. Now his daddy's gone away,
and his mother says, son you must carry on.
Shadow face, you're much too young to take his place.
You'll be walkin' in his shadow for so long, for so long.
Shadow face, Oh they say you're of his (grace)??,
with your hair and beard and singin' strange new songs.
Shadow face, son you and your friends better slow down the pace,
or you're gonna burn yourselves out before long.
Who ever told you, what you could and could not do.
Oh you get so tired of bein' told you're wrong,
but some of my friends are gone.
Better days, hear your songs on the hit parade,
now they tell you we were behind you all the way. Yeah.
Shadow face, boy don't you let it all go to waste,
you've seen so many fall who thought they had it made.
Shadow face, you're much happier these days,
does a smile really look so out of place,

Verse 1
I used to love this town,
and this neighborhood,
the streets were safe,
the schools were good,
the mill was humming 24/7,
I was foreman on the line 3 to 11
but 18 months and 2 days ago
the mill closed down
and moved to Mexico
Chorus
I paid my bills, I paid my dues
and I paid my share of taxes too
now I can't buy my baby shoes
I got these red, white, & pink slip blues
Verse 2
I hide the pickup truck in Ricky Brown's garage (over on the next block)
cause there's a repo to dodge
I slip out the back door
Lord I never thought I'd live to see this day
we're gonna need that truck
when they come to take the house away
Chorus
I paid my bills, I paid my dues
I paid my share of taxes too
now I can't even buy my little baby shoes
I got these red, white, & damn pink slip blues
Bridge
You know I love my country
and I'm not wandering away
but there's a lot of us
that feel like we've been stranded here out in the rain
Chorus
I paid my bills, I paid my dues
I paid my share of taxes too
now I can't buy my kids no shoes
I got these red, white, pink slip blues
Is anybody listening
Hey politicians we're talking to you
(Is anybody listening)

I can settle down and be doin' just fine
'Til I hear an old train rollin' down the line
Then I hurry straight home and pack
And if I didn't go, I believe I've blow my stack
I love you baby, but you gotta understand
When the Lord made me, he made a ramblin' man
Some folks might say that I'm no good
That I wouldn't settle down if I could
But when that open road starts to callin' me
There's somethin' o'r the hill that I gotta see
Sometimes it's hard but you gotta understand
When the Lord made me, he made a ramblin' man
I love to see the towns a-passin' by
And to ride these rails 'eath God's blue sky
Let me travel this land from the mountains to the sea
'Cause that's the life I believe he meant for me
And when I'm gone and at my grave you stand

Sometimes I wake up
And drag my sorry ass out of bed
Sometimes I don't
And I just lay there instead
I'm going down to the store today
And hope my cold sores all go away
Sometimes I just put on my socks
[Chorus:]
Well, I'm Ramblin' in my shoes
I'm ramblin' in my shoes
I'm a-ramblin' in my shoes
'Cause I got a hole in my socks
Sometimes I wet the bed
And lie in my own filth
Sometimes I don't
I get up and go to the bathroom
I'm going down to the store today
And hope my cold sores all go away
Sometimes I just go barefooted

When I agree with you baby it makes you mad
And when I don't, it makes you sad
When I argue back you pack and leave
And when I don't you pout in grieve
There just ain't nobody knows what I go through
Will you please make up your mind, what you want me to do?
You say get out and I'd better stay gone
Then you have a big policeman drag me back home
You holler good and loud put him in the calaboose
Then you cry and ask the judge, ?Won't you please turn him loose??
The good Lord only knows what I go through
Will you please make up your mind, what you want me to do?
My life with you baby has been one hard knock
Lord, my head looks like an old chop block
And I'll tell you right now honey that ain't all
You done kicked me till I feel like a used football
There just ain't nobody knows what I go through
Will you please make up your mind, what you want me to do?
You knock me down and then you pick me up
Honey do you have to love so doggone rough
I wish to my soul you'd slow down the pace
'Cause I tell you right now the hide's gettin' scarce
There just ain't nobody knows what I go through
Will you please make up your mind, what you want me to do?
Why when I married you, you were such a meek little thing
But honey among tigers, you'd be queen
If a poor little rabbit had you on his side
Every hound in the country would crawl off and hide
There just ain't nobody knows what I go through
Will you please make up your mind?

We started the tour out in Denver Colorado
I made the first one but I did not make the second show
'Cause I met this girl there that brought about quite a big change
But I O.D'd in Denver and I just can't remember her name
I guess you could say that my love life would not up to part
Too many nights alone had left some permanence scars
She told me she'd love me and I told her I'd do the same
Then I O.D'd in Denver and I just can't remember her name
I brought it on myself and I guess that I shouldn't complain
Doc said son you can't do anymore of that cocaine
But she made me higher than all of those expensive things
But I O.D'd in Denver and wish I could remember her name
I turned to other things tryin' to make my daydreams real
But they don't take the place of the woman's face and her feels
She treated me nice and I like to find her again
But I O.D'd in Denver and I just can't remember her name
I brought it on myself and I guess that I shouldn't complain
Doc said son you can't do anymore of that cocaine
But she made me higher than all of those expensive things

I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child
I'm like a flower just growing wild
There's no mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles
Nobody wants me I'm nobody's child
I was slowly passin' an orphan's home one day
And stop there for a moment just to watch the children play
Alone a boy was standin' and when I asked him why
He turned his eyes that couldn't see and he began to cry
People come for children and take them for their own
But they all seem to pass me by and leave me all alone
I know they'd like to take me but when they see that I'm blind
They always take some other child and I'm left behind
I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child
I'm like a flower just growing wild
There's no mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles
Nobody wants me I'm nobody's child
No mother's arms to hold me or soothe me when I cry
Sometimes it gets so lonely here, I wish I could die
I walk the streets of heaven where all the blinds can see
And just like for the other kids there'd be a home for me
No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles

She only likes big parties with folks of social fame
She knows them all the big and small even calls them by first names
But there's no place for me in that world where she spends all her time
She's just a name dropper and now she's droppin' mine
But there was a time when her love was mine and she was proud
To be just my wife and a simple life and her whole world was me
But beer just ain't the same after you tasted imported wine
She's just a name dropper and now she's droppin' mine
But there was a time, she's just a name dropper

You don't care one thing about me and you never will I know
Still I hang around you darling you know I can't let you go
I know you will only hurt me just because I love you so
I know I should be leaving but my heart won't let me go
[ steel ]Tonight when you are sleeping I will lie awake and cry
For in my heart I know that soon you'll say goodbye
How I hate to see tomorrow it will just bring tears and woe

Mr. Lincoln I wish you were here
The Republic's changed a lot in a hundred years
And I don't think it's working like you planned
Oh, Mr Lincoln, we could use a hand
I just read the headlines in The Nashville News
And I wish I'd made this up but I'm afraid it's true
'Cause a man was murdered for his money in the streets
He was taking his wife to a nice place to eat
When they caught the man he did 23 months of time
He pled insanity like they do now all the time
Sir, what would you have done in 1859?
Now if you shoot someone, sir, you can get off scott-free
It's the latest thing, Mr. Lincoln, can you believe?
Now they sue the manufacturers of the guns
Ain't the law changed a lot since 1861?
Mr. Lincoln, I wish you were here
'Cause things have changed a lot in a hundred years
And I don't think it's working out like you planned
Hey, Mr. Lincoln, we sure could use a hand
I just heard the news story on the radio
They let dangerous men out of prisons now
Yes, sir I'm afraid it's so 'cause they're overcrowded
And it was only his fifth offense
This time, he's killed someone, does that make any sense?
Now, my lawyer called me about a nuisance case
'Cause everybody sues over any little thing these days
Well, at least we're right
All we gotta do is tell the truth
He said, "You're living in the past, you romantic fool"
I said, "You got that right, I lean toward the older ways
And there's damn few backwoods lawyers left today"
Mr Lincoln, I wish you were here
The Republic's changed a lot in a hundred years
And I don't think it's working like you planned
Hey, Mr. Lincoln, we sure could use a hand
Mr. Lincoln, please, could you come here?
'Cause things have changed a lot in a hundred years
And I don't think it's working out like you planned

She speaks with the voice of an angel she smiles a heavenly smile
Soft as the warm winds of April and pure as the heart of a child
But that's just one of the moods of Mary one of her faces that I see
I know about the moods of Mary 'cause one of her moods is me
Mary will lie and deceive me she can be fickle and cold
She'll offer her lips just to tease me and then give me heartaches untold
But that's just one of the moods of Mary part of her personality
I don't mind the moods of Mary, when Mary's in the mood for me
Mary can change like the seasons she can be tender and kind
Then she hurts me without any reason and drives me out of my mind
But I can live with the moods of Mary if that's the way it has to be

Like mighty oak trees
they line a shaded well worn path
theyre the souls that hae walked beside me
and i can see that looking back
friends that stood by me
right up to the last
like mighty oak trees, that help me walk this well worn path.
down by the water
of a stream that never ends
they shelter me from the noon day sun and guard me from the wind
i close my eyes and i can see them all once again
like mighty oak trees, down by that stream that never ends.
strong and always there when i needed them the most
you know theyre rooted way down deep in my soul
i think about them all the time when im out on the road
and every night when i lay down i know im looking up at mighty oak trees
like mighty oak trees
they have stood the test of time
they were always there to lean on
when stregth was hard to find
i just hope that one day youre lucky enough to find
mighty oak trees

Well, I've been sittin' here listenin'
To your songs all night long
Oh, you think you've got it all figured out
You don't know at all
Everything I've heard from you
It's all a pack of lies
I wouldn't spend another quarter
For what you've said tonight
Lyin' jukebox, ain't you got a song
That tells the truth I didn't do her wrong
Lyin' jukebox, ain't a word of it so
You know I didn't leave her
That woman made me go
Well I think you've already said way too much
And I've had way too many rounds
I never fought a jukebox before
But it's time to hit you down
You've made a whole lotta accusations
Without one bit of proof
And if you say I cheated one more time
I'll pull the plug on you
Lyin' jukebox, ain't you got a song
That tells the truth I didn't do her wrong
Lyin' jukebox, ain't a word of it so
You know I didn't leave her
That woman made me go
You know I didn't leave her

I'm a rolling stone, I'm all alone and lost
For a life of sin, I have paid the cost
Oh, when I pass, all the people say
"There goes another boy walkin' down the lost highway"
Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine
And a woman's lies makes a life like mine
Oh, the day we met, Lord I went astray
I got me rollin' down that ol' lost highway
I was just a lad, nearly twenty-two
Neither good or bad, just a kid like you
Now I'm lost, too late to pray
Lord, I've paid the cost on the lost highway
Hey boys, don't start, let's keep it ramblin' 'round
On this road of sin, you're sorrow bound
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rollin' down that ol' lost highway

I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by
But when I got to the river so lonesome I wanted to die, oh Lord
So that I jumped in the river, but the doggone river was dry
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue
I had me a woman she couldn't be true
She made me for my money and she made me blue
A man needs a woman that he can lean on
But my leanin' post is done left and gone
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue
I'm gonna find me a river, one that's cold as ice
And when I find me that river, Lord 'm gonna pay the price, oh lord
I'm goin' down in it three times, but Lord I'm only comin' up twice
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue
She told me on Sunday she was checkin' me out
A long about Monday she was nowhere about
And here it is Tuesday, ain't had no news
I got them gone but not forgotten blues
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue

Now they say, Hank Jr. has strayed away
Of all them songs that put his daddy in an early grave
But his daddy would be proud, he could see Bocephus now
Why don't you leave that boy alone, let him sing his song?
Ole Waylon has been known to play half time
And he been known to get out of his mind
Don't know whether he's right or wrong
He's got a string of hits about two miles long
Why don't you leave that boy alone and let him sing his song?
Why don't you leave them boys alone, let 'em sing there songs?
You know there gonna do whatever they want
If you don't like the way they sing who's gonna cast the first stone?
Why don't you leave them boys alone, let 'em sing there song?
Hank Williams was the king of country soul
My daddy took me to see him in Lubuck but he didn't show
Now the people got mad and they all went home
The first thing we did was put his records on
I guess, we should have left him alone and let him sing his song
Why don't you leave them boys alone, let 'em sing there songs?
You know there gonna do whatever they want
If you don't like the way they sing who's gonna cast the first stone?
(One more time, Earnest)
Why don't you leave them boys alone, let 'em sing there song?

Well you know you get the hots for some gal, you just can't stop
Makin' love six times a day better than pork chop
'Cause ones' good as the other and you know what I mean
Some of them like a little bit of fat
Some of them like that meat just a little bit lean
I like gravy on the side with hot and juicy lovin'
Brown sugar on top, sausage warm out of the oven
Sometimes you get to eatin' Lord and you just can't stop
Make me wonder to myself
Why oh why,why did I leave that last pork chop
Well met this fine gal in the choir, she sure could sing
She said come down to my house
I'm gonna give you ham hocks and beans
We devoured each other Lord, her kitchen was smokin' hot
I had to jump up and open a window and I thought to myself
Why did I leave that last pork chop
I have been on a very strict diet of beer and scotch and love
I was offered lunch break specials, but now I'm a fool for her
She'd been serving that pie while I was gone punchin' the clock
I thought about that waitress down at Maxine's and I said to myself

Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh, my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh, my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya, and a-crawfish pie and a-fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Thibodeaux to Fontainbleau, the place is buzzin'
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style, and go hog wild, me oh, my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya, and a-crawfish pie and a fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya, and a-crawfish pie and a-fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh

Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh, my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh, my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya, and a-crawfish pie and a-fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Thibodeaux to Fontainbleau, the place is buzzin'
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style, and go hog wild, me oh, my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya, and a-crawfish pie and a fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya, and a-crawfish pie and a-fillet gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh

If you've got the money I've got the time
We'll go honky tonkin' and we'll have a time
We'll make all the night spots dance romance and dine
If you've got the money honey I've got the time
Now there ain't no use to tarry so let's start out tonight
We'll spread joy boy oh boy honey we'll spread it right
We'll have more fun baby all way down the line
If you've got the money honey I've got the time
If you've got the money I've got the time
We'll go honky tonkin' and we'll have a time
Bring along your cadillac leave your old wreck behind
If you've got the money honey I've got the time
[ strings - piano ]Yes we'll go honky tonkin' and we'll be pleasure bent
I'll look like a million but I won't have a cent
But if you run short of money I'll run short of time
Cause you with no more money honey I've no more time
If you've got the money...

If the good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise
I'll be lookin' into my baby's eyes
When the sun comes up in Tennessee
I could tell you right now where I'm gonna be
I've been ramblin' around from place to place
But I done got lonesome for my baby's face
Tomorrow mornin' I'll be in paradise
If the good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise
There's a whole lotta water between here and there
And I sure hope that the weather stays fair
That baby of mine is in for quite a surprise
If the good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise
I've got matrimony on my mind
I'm ready to sign on that dotted line
Well I'll soon be there the way this Cadillac flies
If the good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise
There's a whole lotta water between here and there
Man I hope that this weather stays fair
That baby of mine's gonna get a surprise
If the good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise
I've got matrimony on my mind
I'm gonna ask that gal, sign on the dotted line
I'll soon be there the way this Cadillac flies
If the good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise
I'm a lovesick man
And these lonesome livin' alone blues I just can't stand
I'm gonna be kissin' my brand new bride
If the good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise
Got matrimony on my mind
I mean I'm ready to sign right there on the dotted line
That baby of mine gonna get a surprise
If the good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise
That baby of mine gonna get a surprise
If the good Lord's willin' and the creeks don't rise
I'll be there soon the way this Cadillac flies

My good gal left and I can't stand the pain.
When she walked out my teardrops fell like rain.
So set-em up joe and give me some dimes.
I've got an appointment with a friend of mine.
I'm gonna get drunk and play hank williams all night long.
CHORUS:
Cause the wedding bells will never ring for me.
And that whipporwill ain't got no sympathy.
I'm broken down and torn apart,
The moanin blues and your cheatin heart.
I'm gonna get drunk and play hank williams all night long.
But lovesick blues sure ain't no state of mind.
And mixed with broken heart and juke joint wine.
But I ain't leavin done turned in my keys,
The bartender told me stay as long as you please.
I'm gonna get drunk and play hank williams all night long.
Ahh cause those wedding bells will never ring for me.
And that whipporwill ain't got no sympathy.
I'm broken down and torn apart,
Whiskey bent and your cheatin heart
I'm gonna get drunk and play hank williams all night long.
Cause the wedding bells will never ring for me.
Long gone lomesome blues sure fits me to a tee.
I'm broken down and torn apart,
Whiskey bent and your cheatin heart
I'm gonna get drunk and play hank williams all night long.
Why don't you love me like you used to do.

I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin
I wouldn't let my dear Saviour in
Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night
Praise the Lord, I saw the light
I saw the light, I saw the light
No more darkness, no more night
Now, I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight
Praise the Lord, I saw the light
Just like a blind man I wandered along
Worries and fears, I claimed for my own
Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight
Praise the Lord, I saw the light
I saw the light, I saw the light
No more darkness, no more night
Now, I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight
Praise the Lord, I saw the light
I was a fool to wander and stray
But straight is the gate and narrow the way
Now, I have traded the wrong for the right
Praise the Lord, I saw the light
I saw the light, I saw the light
No more darkness, no more night
Now, I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight

Well, well
I really, really, really, really, really, really like girls
Yeah, I really, really, really, really, really, really like girls
I like girls (3x)
I like the way that they giggle,
when they walk up and ask you to dance
I like the way that they wiggle,
wrapped up in the skin tight pants
They got style
They got smiles
They drive me wild!
Yeah, I really, really, really, really, really, really like girls
Yes, I really, really, really, really, really, really like girls!
I like them small
I like 'em tall
I like 'em all!
Now it don't bother me,
if a girl don't know how to cope
Because the things that they know,
how to do can't be learned in a book!
They got smarts
They got hearts
They got my heart!
That's why I really, really, really, really, really, really like girls
Yeah, I really, really, really, really, really, really like girls!
I want 'em small
I want 'em tall
I want 'em all!
Every day in every way they're here to stay
They're really really neat
They're really sweet
They're real petite

I just ain't been able to write no song
Guess I have been gone for too long
I hate to but I got to get back to getting stoned
'Cause I just ain't been able to write no song
I just ain't been able to sing no blues
But Lord knows I sure oughta know just how to
'Cause everybody's gone, now, Lord, except me and You
But I just ain't been able to sing those blues
I just ain't been able to keep no wife
But you know I tried hard a couple of times
They always said, "Is it gonna be your music or me"
And I just ain't been able to agree
I just ain't never made no superstar
But I will keep on playing this white guitar
I don't know how long or how far
But I just love to play these honky tonk bars
I hate to but I got to get back to getting stoned
'Cause I just ain't been able to write no song

I went down to the
Mary Cater Paint Store
I said, give me one of them
Smith and Wesson Magnum .44s
'Cause there's a man that the law let loose
And justice was not done
This man he killed my wife
And my only little son
I'll never forget the way he looked
All through the trial
He had a big name lawyer
And he had that smirky smile
Oh yeah, he got you off
On a technicality
But you'd have to grow wings
And fly to ever get away from me
'Cause I got rights
I got rights too
And this time there won't be no damn lawyers
And systems to protect you
But I'm gonna read you
I'm gonna read you your rights
You got the right to know that you're gonna go to hell
One of these black nights
And when the trial was over he had the nerve to say
"That's the way it goes"
I said, "Well, hoss, you better get you some corks
'Cause you're gonna have to plug up a few holes"
I guess he thought I was talkin'
Just to pass away time
But he kinda looks different
Now on his knees beggin' for his life
Hey, I got rights
I got some rights too
And this time there won't be no damn lawyers
And systems to protect you
But I'm gonna read you
I'm gonna read you your rights
'Cause I want you to know that you're gonna go to hell
One of these black nights
Yeah, and this time there ain't no damn lawyers

A breakin' these rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I wanted money 'cause I had none
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I left my baby and it feels so bad
Guess my race is run
She was the best thing, I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
Robbin' people with a six-gun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I left my little baby in good fun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
If I left my baby and it feels so bad
I guess my race is run
She was the best thing, I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
If I left my baby and it feels so bad
And I guess my race is run
She was the best thing, I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law, law won
I fought the law, the law won
I fought the law, the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

I don't care if tomorrow never comes
This world holds nothin' for me
I've been lonely night and day ever since you went away
So I don't care if tomorrow never comes
If tomorrow never comes and the sun don't ever shine
It won't matter with me
For when she ran away, my world ended that day
So I don't care if tomorrow never comes
My lonely mind wanders back to days that used to be
My broken heart cries out for you
Oh, if I can't have you here, I can't go on my dear
So I don't care if tomorrow never comes
If tomorrow never comes and the sun don't ever shine
It won't matter with me
For when she ran away, my world ended that day
So I don't care if tomorrow never comes
If tomorrow never comes and the sun don't ever shine
It won't matter with me
For when she ran away, my world ended that day

I know it's only natural
It's just the man that's in me
That makes me wanna do the things I do
It's not my fault my soul hungers
But it makes me stop and wonder
How long will you keep coming back to me
Oh I'll take your heart and break it
And yet somehow you make it
How long will you keep coming back to me
I call you a fool, I call you crazy
That's no way to treat a lady
How long will you keep coming back to me
The love it takes to keep me
It's more than one woman can give me
Though I know no one can love me more than you
Surely time will fill my hunger
And I won't have to wonder
How long will you keep coming back to me
Oh I take your heart and break it
And yet somehow you make it
How long will you keep coming back to me
I call you a fool, I call you crazy
That's no way to treat a lady
How long will you keep coming back to me
I call you a fool, I call you crazy
That's no way to treat a lady

People steal, they cheat, they lie
For wealth and what it will buy
But don't they know on the Judgment Day
All the gold and silver will melt away
I'd rather be in a deep dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my God and doom my soul
What good is gold and silver too
If your heart's not good and true
Sinner hear me when I say
Fall down on your knees and pray
For I'd rather be in a deep dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my God and doom my soul
Than to live in this world in a house of gold

When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go
Call me up, sweet baby, and bring along some dough
And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin'
Honky tonkin', honey baby
We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town
When you and your baby have a fallin' out
Just call me up sweet mama and we'll go steppin' out
And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin'
Honky tonkin', honey baby
We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town
We're goin' to the city - to the city fair
If you go to the city then you will find me there
And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin'
Honky tonkin', honey baby
We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town
When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go
Call me up, sweet baby, and bring along some dough
And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin'
Honky tonkin', honey baby

I've been riding this train a long time
And I'm still trying to unwind
All my rowdy friends have settled down
I'm out on the road just looking around
For that engineer of love to set me free
'Cause I'm locked up in this world of misery
And we ride on the honky tonk train
Everynight life in the fast lane
There's a woman on the dancefloor, she's messing with my brain
Well here goes my heart, pour on the cold honky tonk train
Everybody's got problems that's no lie
Everybody's got somebody on their mind
They wanna get on board and just leave their problems behind
And their engines are burning hard for honky tonk wine
So I take my guitar and make that little string moan
And they're moving on down the line like Casey Jones
Yeah we ride on the honky tonk train
Everynight life in the fast lane
There's a woman on the dancefloor, she's messing with my brain
Here goes my heart, pour on the cold honky tonk train
Yeah we ride on the honky tonk train
Everynight life in the fast lane
There's a woman on the dancefloor, she's messing with my brain
Here goes my heart, pour on the cold honky tonk train
Can I ever get off this honky tonk train
Everynight I'm living a hard driving fast lane
Hard driving fast land
Riding the honky tonk train

Everybody needs to have one a Hollywood honey to love
I'm going out and find me a Hollywood honey to love
There outta be a law to keep hoes in a row, Hollywood honey to love
I think I'm going to a lake, I gotta find my Hollywood honey right away
Well everybody outta have one a Hollywood honey to love
Hollywood! Hollywood! Hollywood honey
Oh How many of you girls out there wanna get close to me
Hold your hand up so I can see y'all standing there
I'm going out to find me a Hollywood honey to love
I can't get enough when they pose in the buck Hollywood honey to love
I'm going to a lake, I'm gonna find a Hollywood honey right away
Everybody outta have one, oh a Hollywood honey to love
Hollywood! Hollywood! Hollywood honey to love
Well the first California girl I saw really made me change my mind
In the movies they look so fine, just one thing to do
I'm going out and find me a Hollywood honey to love
When night time falls I'm gonna call a Hollywood honey to love

You had better hold on
Hold on to what you got
You had better hold on
Hold on to what you got
'Cause if you think nobody wants it
Just throw it away and you will see
Someone will have it before you can count
One, two, three, yes, they will, yes, they will
Listen fellas, you know, it's not all the time
That a man can have a good woman
A woman that he can call his very own
A woman who'll stay right there at home
And mind the children while he's gone to work
A woman who'll have his dinner cooked
When he comes home
Where some men make mistakes is when they go out
And stay because they feel that no other man
Wants his woman but him, but listen
If you think no other man wants her
Just throw her away and you will see
Some man will have her before you can count
One, two, three, yes, they will, yes, he will
Ha, ha, listen girls, this goes for you, too
Because you know I've seen so many women
Who've had so many good men in life
Men who would stand by 'em through thick and thin
Men who would go to work everyday and bring home
Their hard earned pay
Men who would give their women anything that their
Little heart desired
Where some women make mistakes
Is when their men go out and let 'em play
They would stay because they felt that no other
Woman wanted him but her, listen
If you think that no other woman wants him
Just pitch him out in the streets and you will see
Some woman will have your man before you can count

Well, I was born at a party in a barn
With a guitar strapped across my arm
So I learned to play in a different style
Everyone knows that I'm hog wild
Well, I pick it high and I pick it low
Pick it with my teeth and pick it with my toe
You can hear me play for a country mile
Everybody knows that I'm hog wild
Everybody knows that I'm hog wild
Well, I laid around on the farm too long
Me and them city folks couldn't get along
My momma said, "You're a destined child
They all know you's born hog wild"
So I traveled all over this land
And I found myself a back-woods band
You could hear us play for a country mile
Everybody knows that we're hog wild
Yeah, everybody knows that we're hog wild
Everybody knows that we're hog wild
Everybody knows that we're hog wild
Everybody knows that I play loud
Everybody know, everybody knows, everybody knows
Everybody knows that we're hog wild
Make it wild, make it wild
Make it wild, make it wild
Make it wild, make it wild

I think uncle sam killed Maralyn Monroe.
I think there's a lot of things.
Our leaders don't want us to know. Like
Why is it so easy to buy crack out on the street.
It's our national shame playing these games,
playing hide and seek.
Now what if you an I was a hundred thousandover
on our bank accounts?
And the s and L scandal,tax payers can bail 'em out.
And the Anita Hill Hearings, what exactly did that prove?
Except that a lot of senators think they're holier than you.
Let's cover it up Let' hide it No one can ever tell.
Let's cover it up let's hide it before it starts to smell.
Don't rock the boat,don't make any waves.
Just write a brand new speech.
Well here we are two hunderd years old.
and we're still playin' hide andseek.
Now the Rodney King case, if that ain't the livin' proof,
Six guys nearly beat 'im to death, and they all flew th coop?
And I don't like those odds of six goin' on one,
We're all playin' hide and seek, and noones havin' fun.
Our president didn't go to Viet Nam,He went
To harvard to write a speech.
Now come on who's kiddin' who?

If you love me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down
If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never feel this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you
If you love me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down
If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never feel this blue

I want to live on Gulf Shore Road
And lighten up my heavy load
Make all my blues go away
Lookin’ across Pelican Bay
I want to live on fresh seafood
And never be in a bad mood
I want to dance with you real slow
On Moonlight Beach on Gulf Shore Road
Not enough time now in the day
For people to ever find their way
Back to their heart and their homes
We’re too busy talking on the phone
My little girl just wants to play
In the sand and in the waves
And that’s all we’re gonna do you know
Life is good on Gulf Shore Road
Wish everyone could come on down
Jump in the water and mellow out
Don’t even think about the news
Just bring shorts and tennis shoes
Catch the fish and drink the wine
Stay here until it comes a time
For me to pass away and go

I had a nine to five day job at kentucky fried
trying to make the payments on a pick up truck and double wide
mamma always said son,
use a little common sense
so i took her at a whirl and
decided i could suck them in
i had an ol' les paul pulled out from under the bed
and the number of a drummer knew somebody in the grateful dead
and i got him on the line and he talked awhile
then he said i'm glad you called
we need a guitar player and a man that can sing it all
i started making me some guitar money
guitar money
i sure do like it when the people start screaming turn it up
turn it up
guitar money
guitar money
oh it aint no wonder old elvis quit driving that truck
we met a man in atlanta
he said he would sign us up today
he was a big movie maker, shaker, maker record radio might play
yeah maybe i will and maybe i wont
make it to the hall of fame
but either way it goes you'll never hear me complain
yeaah and i'm making guitar money
ggguitar money
i sure do like it when the girls start screaming
crank it up
crank it up
guitar money
guitar money
hey it aint no wonder old elvis quit driving that truck
making guitar money
tee shirt money
i sure do like it when the girls start screaming
turn it turn it turn it turn it turn it way up
hey guitar money
how about this hit lick honey
no it aint no wonder old elvis quit driving that truck
heres some for you
cousin jean too
and loretta, uncle hal
and you and you and you and you
im making all kind of guitar money
times are good
guitar money

Well if your from Texas it's more or less a law
There's no love loss for Oklahoma, especially in football
Well partner it's time for that ol' myth to die
I want you to see how they treated me in Enid last night
I was feeling low in Fort Worth, I had the heartbreak blues
My sweet love had left me for some California dude
To Sacramento that girl did go, said she won't be back
Well I never thought I could feel so good after I hurt so bad
Yes I was greeted in Enid last night
That old Oklahoma hospitality was really nice
Cause my girl walked out in cow-town and left me high and dry
But I was trapped down and loved on site
Oh those sooner folks are alright
I was greeted in Enid last night
Now thie pretty Ok-city-billy has really stole my heart
And I'll take bets that her and Tex are never gonna part
Well who would dream it here in Enid I would meet my wife
And Oklahoma and Texas are gonna get along just fine
Yes I was greeted in Enid last night
That good old Oklahoma hospitality was really nice
Yes my girl walked out in cow-town and she told me bye bye
But I was trapped down and loved on site
Oh those sooner folks are alright
I was greeted in Enid last night

One thing's for sure
We're all just passin' through
No we're not gonna live forever
Not me and you
But Lord, I've had a good time
Lyrics courtesy Top40db.
Yes Lord I've had a good good life
I've just one thing to say
This is all that matters anyway
CHORUS
Good friends, good whiskey, and good lovin'
I want to thank you Lord
For givin' me all of them
To get me by
Take my money, take my rings
I'd trade it all for just three things
Good friends, good whiskey, and good lovin
Don't you know I'm just like lotsa folks in your town
I laugh and I love and I cuss life's ups and downs
There really ain't much difference you see
Betweeen all of you and me
Yes I like cold beer and hot lips and a ride in the country.

Oh, the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean
So they while away the hours
In their ivory towers
Till there covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Oh, we make one another cry
Break our heart then we say goodbye
'Cause our heart say we hope to die
Let the other one to blame
Neither one will ever give in
So were gazing at an 8 by 10
Thinking bout the way
It might have been
Its a dirty, rotten, shame
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
People walking up to ya
Sayin' glory, hallelujah
And they try to sock it to ya
In the name of the Lord
They gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope and cheat your faith
And furthermore to hell with hate
Come on and get on board
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Look around tell me what you see
What's happening to you and me
God grant me the serenity
To remember who I am
'Cause your giving up your sanity
For your pride and your vanity
Turn your back on humanity
And you don't give a damn
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play

It was hard for him to get out of bed
When the phone rang sleepy eyed she said
Charlie's drunk again
Why don't you just let it ring?
Through the years he'd always picked it up
For the guy who came back and saved his butt
What they have in common is a brotherhood
So few could understand
They were forged by fire
Hard times you get beyond
Give you an unbreakable bond
Forged by fire
When you pray to God, beat the odds
And you walk through hell together
You're forever forged by fire
The young GI said from his VA bed
Why you wanna hang out with us broken men
While you could be spending your time
With your family and friends
He told him son, you're family too
I see myself when I look at you
In a place and time you don't forget
So even though we've just met
We're forged by fire
Hard times you get beyond
Give you an unbreakable bond
Forged by fire
When you pray to God, beat the odds
And you walk through hell together
You're forever forged
He said goodbye GI, see you next week
He rolls himself out to the street
Pretty hard for him to get up in that van
And throw the wheelchair in the back
He was headed home ready to unwind
When Charlie called, can you help me one more time?
He said Chuck, I'll be there on the double
For a brother, it's no trouble
When you're forged by fire
Hard times you get beyond
Iraq, Korea or [Incomprehensible]
Forged by fire
From Iwo Jima to Afghanistan
We're talking about the American fighting man
Forged by fire, forged by fire

Did you ever sit straight up in bed
With somethin' circlin' around your head?
And you swot at it as it whizzes by
And it's just one pesky little fly
You shake your head and you twitch your nose
And settle down to sweet repose
Then when you're just about the dose, fly trouble
Buzz buzz buzz
Goes that busy little fly
Buzz buzz buzz
He's takin' off and high
You roll a paper an' nice and tight
And you wait around for him to light
But there's a fly just livin' right
Buzz buzz buzz
Now the toughest hide grows on the mule
'Cause he's a balky stubborn fool
Well, he likes to look at you and glare
An' never even move a hare
But when his muscles start to twitch
And when his tail begins to switch
That mule ain't bothered with the itch, fly trouble
Buzz buzz buzz
Goes that busy little pest
Buzz buzz buzz
That mule can't get no rest
He shakes his head and bats his eye
And kicks his heels up to the sky
Did you ever see a jazz that cry
Buzz buzz buzz
Now you pick a perfect night in June
When flowers are bloomin' 'neath the moon
Your light of love is burnin' bright
And you tell yourself tonight's the night
You brace yourself and your courage grows
And you're on your knees where you propose
When something bites you on the nose, fly trouble
Buzz buzz buzz
Goes that busy little thing
Buzz buzz buzz
You swot and lose the ring
You fan the air as he goes by
And stick your finger in your eye
Hit every thing except that fly

Moved on down
To sweet home Alabama in 1974
Had to get out of Music City
And I had to get off the road
Woman, she left and the people
Wouldn't let me sing nothin' but them old
Sad songs, had to get high so I wouldn't cry
You know they hit pretty close to home
I'm feelin' better
Now that I'm back on the road
Getting it together
Between Macon and Muscle Shoals
I started turnin' up loud and looking at the crowd
And bendin' them guitar strings
Knew all the while, though it was my style
Could they ever forget my name
Rocked 'ed in Raleigh, knocked 'em outta Nashville
Just couldn't do no wrong
People went wild and the band said
"Child, better keep on playin' your songs"
I'm feelin' better
Now that I'm back on the road
Getting it together
Between Macon and Muscle Shoals
Well, my life ain't the same and I had to change
And I hope this music will show
A little bit less of cryin' in the beer
And a little of my own soul
Waylon and Toy and all them boys
I wanna say thanks to you
Your fiddle and your steel make me play what I feel
And I don't feel lovesick blues
I'm feelin' better
Now that I'm back on the road
Getting it together
Between Macon and Muscle Shoals
All came together in my sweet Alabama home
And I'm through forever of tryin' to put everybody on
And I'm feelin' better
I got hurt but I'm back on the road
Getting it together, had to eat a little cornbread
I've been eatin' that cornbread, sleepin' on a featherbed
Drinkin' that homegrown
Writin' some new songs, do it on, get home
Eat a little cornbread, lovin' on a featherbed
Smokin' that homegrown, write a few new songs

Well here we are smack in the middle of the 90's high tech age
We got lasers, CDs, microchips, and fat free fat these days
Well that's all fine but I got a mind that's changing to fast for me
'Cause what I thought was new last month this month is history
I got a brand new VCR, it's got 29,000 functions
And I can't make the damn thing work so there goes Petticoat Junction
That's when I got the best idea I think I had in years
I think I'll be cool and invent the tool that'll fax me a beer
Would you all please fax me a beer
This invention is gonna set the whole world on its ear
Yeah, makin' old whiskey that was riskey but this is all in the clear
Sit back, relax, and punch ol' fax and I'll fax you a beer
Japan and Germany they got nothing on us you see
Why this is the latest and good ol' American high technology
And when this hits the marketplace Uncle Sam will rule the world
Well hold on cause I'm working on a machine that'll faxa real live girl
Would you all please fax me a beer
This invention is gonna set the whole world on its ear
The old office code will never quite bet the same
when it come cold and clear
Sit back, relax, and punch ol' fax and I'll fax you a beer
Would you like me to fax me a beer
This invention is gonna set the whole world on its ear
The old office code will never be the same
when it comes out cold and clear
Sit back, relax, and punch ol' fax and I'll fax you a beer

Let me tell you about the farm
All my friends are in the barn
Barn Life, Farmers Wife
Don't you make me say it twice
Sunny days
Bale and Hay
Go to church and learn to pray
Cornbread, feather bed, buttermilk
scratch my head
Brown cow, Cat's meow
C'mon mule, pull my plow!
Oats and bread, turkey breast
Wait a minute
Catch my breath!
Candied yams,
scrambled eggs
Crazy Rooster plucked my leg
King nose, garden hose
watchin all the flowers grow
tractor rattle, horse and saddle
open line, fishin' paddle
green beans, blue jeans
electric guitar,washing machine
ho' down, gather around
Listen to the barnyard sound
fiddle and bow, mountain blow
bluegrass, country, rock and roll!
House fly, Apple pie
Coon skin hat, eagle eye
In-law, Out-law
Suit and tie, overall
great oaks, best smokes
jelly jam, jell-o roll
fried tomato, baked potato
soup and kettle, double barrell
Bow and arrow, camouflage
Left Paw, Buzz saw
Country boy, C'mon now
Make that good ol' fiddle squak!!
Hound dog, Bullfrog
Deer head hangin' on the wall
clothesline, grapevine
sippin on that ol' moonshine
Amen, women hollerin'
grey head men,brown eyed daughter
mom and paw,snake in the grass
duck call,2 steppin helpin
sun comin up, over the mountain
when it rains I'm insane
Guess that covers ever-thang!!!!
Pick-up truck, muffler loud
Welcome to the sunny south!!
Birkenberth, KFC
CMA and SCC
ASP, won't take cards
Civil war was in the yard
Love Life
Out of hand
waited on ten level tan
only going to do 20 shows
Hunting season, told ya so
He's goin' fishin!!
There he goes!
There he goes!

Country music singers
Have always been a real close family
But lately some of my kinfolk
Have disowned a few others and me
I guess it's because
I kinda changed my direction
And Lord, I guess I went
And broke their family tradition
They get on me want to know
Hank, why do you drink?
Hank, why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out
The songs that you wrote?
Over and over
Everybody met my prediction
So if I get stoned I'm just carryin'
On an old family tradition
I am very proud
Of my daddy's name
Although his kind of music
And mine ain't exactly the same
Stop and think it over
Put yourself in my position
If I get stoned and sing all night long
It's a family tradition
So don't ask me
Hank, why do you drink?
Hank, why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out
The songs that you wrote?
If I'm down in a honky tonk
Some old slicks trying to give my friction
I say leave me alone I'm singin' all night long
It's a family tradition
Lordy, I have loved some ladies
And I have loved Jim Beam
And they both tried to kill me in 1973
When my doctor asked me
"Son, how'd you get in this condition?"
I said "Hey sawbones, I'm just carryin' on
An old family tradition"
So don't ask me
Hank, why do you drink?
Hank why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out
The songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over
Try to put yourself in my unique position
If I get stoned and sing all night long

I guess you noticed there is only eleven roses
I chose them from our garden where they grew
Take the roses and look into the mirror
And the twelfth rose will be looking back at you
There's just something about a spray of roses
To a woman, they say more than man can say
After what I've done, you may not keep the roses
But I just thought I would send them anyway
There's just something about a spray of roses
To a woman, they say more than man can say
After what I've done, you may not keep the roses
But I just thought I would send them anyway
After what I've done, you may not keep my roses

Well I just got back from the liquer store,
I bought you some pink champaigne.
It's early afternoon so why don't you,
Come over and model these things.
I forgot to you I stopped at that little,
Loungerie shop in the mall.
And the girls showed me this,
The girls showed me that.
And baby I bought 'em all.
Now you can put on this garter belt.
Wear this hot little dress.
No it doesn't leave much for imagination,
But it shows off your assets
I can fix us a drink,while you slip into these things.
And i'll meet you in the bar at nine.
Yuo make me wanna' fantasy,
I've got a dirty mind.
(Ab)Yes it's true.I've got a dirty mind.
But I saw you enjoy it too,all those men giving you the eye.
You women are trying to keep us men turned on all the time.
We hope you never quit,cause we're enjoying it.
We've all got dirty minds.
Now don't you tell me i'm a dirty devil,through and through,
Sittin there with your dress hiked up
All those legs and hose and shoes.
I heard about your last party,so don't you be judging me.
You junped up on the table,did a slow strip
Girl your as bad as me.
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I need a night of counseling,to get my mind off of these things

Hey man them ain't high heeled sneakers
And they sure don't look like cowboy boots
And that ain't rock and roll you're playin'
And it sure ain't country or rhythm and blues
You're singin' a song about makin' love to your drummer
Well gay guitar-pickers don't turn me on
And we don't all get into Donna summer
Do you happen to know any old hank Williams songs
'Cause you see I'm a dinosaur
I should've died a long time before
Have pity on a dinosaur hand me my hat
Excuse me man but where's the door
It used to be I had a lotta fun in this old hangout
We'd get stoned at the jukebox and stay outta fights
Now and then we'd light a little smoke in the truck out back
Aww, then a little old Jim beam and we'd get right
And you know these flashing lights sure make me dizzy
And this disco's very strange to my ear
It looks like they've turned the longhorn into a spaceship
And I'll be leavin' just as soon as I finish this beer
'Cause you see I'm a dinosaur
Should've died a long time before
There's a whole lotta dinosaurs
Give us our hats, excuse me man but where's the door

Every guy I know says women are too damn particular.
Women talk and they expect the man to be a listener.
They wanna walk while holdin' hands and whisper I love you.
They need a combination Casanova Donahue.
The men pull up in foreign cars, and drop there little women off.
I serve'm frozen daqueries,while sugar daddys playin' golf.
The heroes from the golfin' wars return and holler scotch.
The ladies slip there rings back on.
I'm in a diamond they're not hard to find.
When I dig a little deeper, and take my time.
They sparkle and they shine,precoius jewels of every kind.
I'm just stealin' from the blind,I'm in a diamond mine.
The big shots at the country club all act like i'm invisable.
They never see me treet their women like they're irresitable.
They think that I don't have a clue about the way things are,
I hope the leave me in the dark.

I come home late at night with my boots in my hands
Stumble in the back door being quiet as I can
And I know she's there in bed, cold and all alone
And she's crying because I'm breaking up our home
And she knows the hell I'm going through in this world inside my head
There's a devil in the bottle, Lord, and he wants to see me dead
I fall into her arms and she helps me with my clothes
Guess, she stays on with me 'cause she really knows
That I'm tryin' Lord, to find my freedom
By escaping to the only freedom I've ever known
And she knows the hell I'm going through in this world inside my head
There's a devil in the bottle, Lord, and he won't rest until I'm dead
There's a devil living in the bottle, Lord, and he won't rest 'til I'm dead

I wanna go home, I wanna go home
Lord, how I want to go home
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city
And I dreamed of those cotton fields and home
I dreamed about my mother, my papa, sister and brother
I dreamed about that girl who's been waitin' for so long
I want to go home, I want to go home
Lord, how I want to go home
Home folks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
But by day I make the cars, by night I make the bars
If only they could read between the lines
I wanna go home, I wanna go home
Lord, how I want to go home
I rode a freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years I've found I'm wasting my time
So I'll take my foolish pride put her on a southbound freight and ride
Go on back to the loved ones I've left so far behind
I wanna go home, I wanna go home
Lord, how I want to go home
I wanna go home, I wanna go home

I got some sun tan oil
And a rebel flag
Stuck a Florida road map
In my saddle bag
I think Panama City
Would be a good place to start
On this little vacation
To loosen up my heart
Orange blossom trail
Over in Orlando
I've heard some wild tales about the women there standing out on the road
And when you leave out of there
On a midnight ride
Take that highway down to that famous town on the ocean side
Daytona nights
They make you dance
All the girls got that centerfold pose
And they all got a tan
And if they're looking for love
It's like a rising tide
And they will swallow you up like sand to the hubs, daytona nights
Now the Boothill Saloon
And the Last Resort
That's a few of the sites
You need to be looking for
Hawaian tropic women
They got the best buns of all
I like the way they sway when they walk up and say,
"hey and how are y'all"
So we swim all day
And we played all night
And I never want to leave this free as a breeze, daytona nights
Daytona nights
Sure make you dane
All these girls got that centerfold pose
And they all got a tan
And if they're looking for love
It's like a rising tide
They will swallow you up like sand to the hubs, daytona nights
Yes if they're looking for love
It's like a stormy tide
They will swallow you up like sand to the hubs, daytona nights
Stuck in those daytona nights

There's a cross on the highway where the tragic wreck occurred
And I lost y two friends taken to a better world
Oh there's stop signs and there's curves
But the one we got to observe
Always bow your head and pray anytime, night or day
Whenever you see a cross on the side of the highway
Now Derrick Thomas was a champion no one can deny that
He led the Alabama Crimson Tide in all time total sacks
But his heart was even bigger than all his natural skill
He always helped kids in the city and you know what
I think he always will
Now my buddy Mike Tellis was a good man everyone loved him so
He took care of his dear father 'til he too was called to go
How my little girl cried when we all got the dreaded news
She said but Daddy Derrick and Mike will always be with us
Don't children always tell the truth
I never paid no attention anytime I passed one by
Oh but now I say a prayer because now I know why
There's a cross on the highway where the tragic wreck occurred
And I lost my two good friends taken to a better world
Oh there's stop signs and curves but the one we must observe
Always bow your head and pray anytime night or day
Whenever you see a cross on the highway
I saw it in the morning paper we hear it on the evening news
A mother, a child, a family life sometimes can be mighty cruel
So God help us through these troubled times
And please bless us with peace of mind
There's just a shell there in the grave for the soul has flown away
There's a cross on the highway where the tragic wreck occurred
And I lost my two good friends taken from this mean old world
Oh there's warning signs and curves but the one we must observe
Always bow your head and pray, anytime night or day
Whenever you see a cross on the highway
Always bow your head and pray, anytime night or day

Hank, let's talk about your daddy
Tell me how your mama loved that man
Well, just break out a bottle, hoss
I'll tell you bout the driftin' cowboy band
We won't talk about the habits
Just the music and the man, that's all
Now Hank, you just got to tell me
Did your daddy really write all them songs? Did he?
That don't deserve no answer, hoss
Let's light up and just move along
Do you think he wrote 'em about your mama
Or about the man who done her wrong, you know that
Yeah, back then they called him crazy
Nowadays they call him a saint
Now the ones that called him crazy
Are still ridin' on his name
Well, if he was here right now, Bocephus
Would he think that we were right? Do you think he might?
Don't you know he would Watasha
Be right here by our side
If we left for a show in Provo
He'd be the first one on the bus and ready to ride, [Incomprehensible]
Wherever he is I hope he's happy
You know I hope he's doin' well, yes I do
He is 'cause he's got one arm around my mama now
And he sure did love Miss Audrey and raisin' hell
I won't ask you no more questions
To the stories only Hank could tell
[Incomprehensible]
Back then they called him crazy
Nowadays they call him a saint
Most folks don't know that they fired him from the Opry
And that caused his greatest pain
I loved to tell you about lovesick
How Miss Audrey loved that man
You know I've always loved to listen
To the stories about that driftin' cowboy band and the man
You know when we get right down to it

You use me, then refuse me
Oh you brought this lovesick heart so much pain
You abused me, confused me
But still I love you just the same
I can recall when I came first of all
Lord I thought our love would never change
But you use me, confused me
But still I love you just the same
I can recall when I come first of all
And I thought our kind of love would never change
But you used me, confused me
But still I love you just the same

You said you'd never be caught dead
Listening to people sing with hats on their heads
Well my how times have changed!
Did you get tired of heavy metal and chains?
Come breathe the cool mountain air
Yeah take a look at our pretty girls on display
Yeah buy a hat, no you won't look like a fool
'Cause country's hot and country's cool
Come on over to the country
I think you'll like it here just fine
Come on over to the country
We'll try to soothe your rattled mind
Come on over to the country
Listen to our people sing
Come on over to the country
You might find we're to your liking
Don't matter if you're in New York or L.A.
We'll take you to Montana from the freeway
Come ride with us down the radio way
We're here 24 hours a day
Yeah my girl used to be a rock and roll queen
That was until the night she heard Bocephus sing
She married me and she moved to the country
Why she even had cow poo on her jeans, ooh
Come on over to the country
I think you'll like ti here just fine
Come on over to the country
We'll try to soothe your rattled mind
Come on over to the country
Do you ever hear old Hank sing?
Come on over to the country
You might find we're to your liking
Come on over to the country

Well my momma met my daddy down in Alabama
They tied the knot so here I am
Born on the bayou on the Texas Line
Loved Louisanana and raised on Jabalaya
Now before I could walk I had a guitar in my hand by the time I could talk I had my own band
Went on the road when I was eight years old when I turned fifteen I was stealing the show
Money to burn and the girls were pretty it didn't take me long to learn that I was born to boogie
When I was eighteen I went to Hollywood I met Elvis, Marilyn and Johnny B. Goode
Got my guitar painted in the California sun a red caddilac having to much fun
Now we were playing them halls and jammin' then until they moved me on over to M.G.M
They said this is the boy we've been telling you about, he lit a cigar and stuck his hand out
He said son have we got a deal for you gonna make you a star give you fifty thousand too
I told him my Momma didn't raise no fool
I'll take your money, I'll make you a movie
But I can tell ya' right now I am born to boogie
Well my name is Bocephus I drink whiskey by the gallon and I never back down and I love a good chall
What I do now is what I did then I like to get down with all my rowdy friends
Now I can be sweet and I can be mean I still got my hat and I still wear my jeans
My shades are chromo my guitar is steal if you think I won't then believe me I will

Well you walked in here and took that stool right next to me
And you just got through your sad life's history
I'd like a few words before you start again friend
Blues my name, heartbreak is my next of kin
I'm living in a world of misery
Life ain't been peaches and cream for me
And I ain't smiled since I don't know when friend
Blues my name, heartbreak is my next of kin
Yes I know what it's like to love and loose
I've stood and watched my golden dreams turn to blue
I've lost my love to someone I called my best friend
Blues my name, heartbreak is my next of kin

There's a blue lady
In a red mercedes
Driving down from her big house on the hill
With her mind on fire
For an old desire
And sweet memories bring on the tears
And that blue lady
Would give that red mercedes
All the money and big house so fine
Just to feel him touch her one more time
She's sewn and reeped
And now she's gotta sleep
In empty arms tonight
All night she's got her little paradise
But she's a lonely wife
If that old flame could burn again
Would it justify the sin
I think it would considering the shape her heart is in
And that blue lady
Would give that red mercedes
All the money and big house so fine
Just to feel him touch her one more time
Just to feel him touch her
Just to feel him touch her

Death bells are ringing in Wichita town
Two brothers will meet when the sun's going down
Blood's thicker than water poor mother cry
Which son will live which son will die
Jimmy Laredo a man with a dream
Sent his young brother Johnny to old Abilene
To bring back his true love by name
Katy Lee the girl he attended his bride to be
The trip was along when they both came to know
That sometimes from friendship a sweet love would grow
He's bringing her back in a new weddin' gown
And there'll be a show down in Wichita town
Jimmy's not worried his six gun's tied down
And no one outdraws him in Wichita town
But can he do it can he kill his kin
Blood's thicker than water his, ma, cries again
The stage made it stop at the Last Chance Saloon
The crowd all stepped back to give both brothers room
Young Johnny stepped down there was fear in his eyes
But for lover pity he'd gladly die
They still tell the story to this very day
How their, ma, jumped between them when Jim made it play
She cried out in anguish oh sons are you blind
If you must take a life oh Lord let it be mine
Death bells are ringing in Wichita town
They mourn for a mother whose son's shot her down
And there in the Wichita's street where she lay

Move along big twenty, big twenty move along
You've got a master and you've got a home
Move along big twenty big twenty move along
You've got the muscle and you've got the bone
Went out on the Mojave with a twenty mule team
Ten tons of borax and a muleskinners dream
We'll soon be a-winin' and a-dinin' I know
With a cute little filly in the town of Reno
The Apaches are restless there's smoke in the sky
But I'm too old for scalpin' and I'm too young to die
But they'll soon be around us like ants on a hill
Bringin' this muleskinner up for the kill
(Here's where I can't remember much)
My mules started runnin' bring big twenty down
But we're still a-livin' so the story can be told

Well I taught the weeping willow how to cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die
Oh I met her accidentaly in St Paul Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl southern drawl
Then I heard my dream was back downstream cavortin' in Davenport
And I followed you Big River when you called
Then you took me to St Louis later on down the river
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone boy she's gone
I found her trail in Memphis but she just walked up the block
She raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone
Now won't you batter down by Boton Rouge River Queen roll it on
Take that woman on down to New Orleans New Orleans
Go on I've had enough dump my blues down in the gulf
Oh she loves you Big River more than me
Yeah I taught the weeping willow how to cry cry cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River

Should you go first and I remain to walk the road alone
I'll live in memory's garden dear with happy days we've known
In spring I'll wait for roses red, when fades the lilacs bloom
And in early fall when brown leaves fall, I'll catch a glimpse of you
Should you go first and I remain, for battles to be fought
Each thing you've touched along the way, will be a hallowed spot
I'll hear your voice I'll see your smile though blindly I may grope
The memory of your helping hand will buoy me on with hope
Beyond the sunset, oh blissful morning
When with our savior, heaven is begun
Earth's toiling ended, oh glory dawning
Beyond the sunset when day is done
Should you go first and I remain, to finish with the scroll
No lessening shadows shall ever creep in to make this life seem droll
We've known so much of happiness, we've had our cup of joy
And memory is one gift of God that death cannot destroy
I want to know each step you take that I may walk the same
For someday down that lonely road, you'll hear me call your name
Should you go first and I remain, one thing I'll have you do
Walk slowly down that long long path, for soon I'll follow you
In that fair homeland, we'll know no parting

Amos Moses was a Cajun and lived by himself in the swamp
Hunting alligator for a living knock 'em on the head with a stump
The Louisiana law's gonna get you, Amos
It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp, boy
Now everybody blamed his old man for raising him mean as a snake
When Amos Moses was a boy, his Daddy would use him as alligator bait
Tie a rope around his waist, throw him in the swamp
Alligator bait on the Louisiana bayou
Just about 45 minutes southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana
There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam and his pretty wife Hannah
They raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries
Named him after a man of the cloth, they called him Amos Moses
Now folks in South Louisiana said Amos was a helluva man
He could trap the biggest, meanest alligator, he only had to use one hand
That's all he got left 'cause the alligator bit him, ha ha
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow
Just about 45 minutes southeast of Tipidow, Louisiana
There lived a man called Duck Bill Sam and his pretty wife Hannah
They raised up a son that could eat up his weight in groceries
Named him after a man of the cloth, they called him Amos Moses
Here comes Amos and you should have seen his pretty wife, Hannah
Well, the Sheriff got wind that Amos was in the swamp
Hunting alligator skin, so he hid in the swamp, "I'm gonna get you boy"
He never did come out again
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?
Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?
Sure can get lost in the Louisiana bayou
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana Sheriff went to?

Three million megahertz, super-duper processors
Gotta two hundred gig harddrive
thirty-two inch screen and a scanner machine
Boy you wasting too much time
I say get out of that house
Pull away from that mouse
There's a mountain stream calling your name
Son you been missing
Some mighty good fishing
And a whole lot of better things
I'm an American offline
I'm into having a good time
It does you good to get some sunshine
Every once in a while
Get out and drive your '69
And sip some honky tonk wine
Hot women in the nighttime
I'm an American offline
I got a cabin in the country where I go sometimes
To clear my head and get away
Got my channel on TV, no laptop for me
Cold beer, smile on my face
Now take my advice
You better think twice
Before you turn that damn computer up
There's so much more to see than that old office routine
So forget all that logon stuff
Be an American offline
Go out and have yourself a good time
Now don't you think you need some sunshine
On that lily white business suit skin
Why don't you go and get a beach front room
Make some noise and wear your hat in the pool
Make some love in the day time
Be an American offline
Randall
Go and play that slide guitar
Check out those hot Atlanta bars
Meet some friends and make some homemade wine, til the sunshines
I'm an American offline
Process me baby

Well, I ain't been home for so doggone long
I almost forgot where I come from
Ain't got no money but I still ain't a bum
I'm almost nearly but not quite plumb
A back last summer down by the sea
I seen a pretty girl in
I snapped my fingers, said son of a gun
She's almost nearly but not quite plumb
Some people wonder how I live
Sometimes I pick, sometimes I give
People say I'm a bum
I'm almost nearly but not quite plumb
I met a pretty girl up in Chicago
She said, honey baby, I love you so
She begged me to stay and not act like a bum
I've been almost nearly but not quite plumb
Friends ask me why I don't take a wife
Settle down to a married life
They say it's good as most and it's better than some
I say I'm almost nearly but not quite plumb
Some people wonder how I live
Just the other night out in Tucson
I had a little date with a great big blonde
I took her home, she said didn't we have fun
Hmm, almost nearly but not quite plumb
When it's time for the final date with
Old Saint Pete's at the pearly gate
He'll say I hope you're ready for your time's come
I'll say I'm almost nearly but not quite plumb

I'm gonna keep all the roads open to my heart
Just in case you ever wanna come back this way sweetheart
Yea, the gate will be open and the door unlocked
So bring your horse and cart
Cause I'm gonna keep all the roads open to my heart
Like a snowstorm in Montana
Don't ever cut yourself off
Or you heart will freeze to death
And you'll stumble through life lost
So I'm gonna keep the trail open for you to come rescue me
But I'm not gonna stay here freezing
I'm gonna plow ahead you see
I'm gonna keep all the roads open to my heart
Just in case you ever wanna come back this way sweetheart
Yea, the gate will be open and the door unlocked
So bring your horse and cart
Cause I'm gonna keep all the roads open to my heart
When a man's cold and lonely, he's gotta stay warm
And I got a gal or two to help me through the storm
If you ever want to get rid of your snowman
And you wanna come back to me
I'll be waiting in my cave like a hungry grizzly
I'm gonna keep all the roads open to my heart
Just in case you ever wanna come back this way sweetheart
Yea, the gate will be open and the door unlocked
So bring your horse and cart
Cause I'm gonna keep all the roads open to my heart, Woo
Well all my road work finally paid off cause today I got a call
Baby let's meet like we use to
Hey baby let's have a ball
Said a new highwayman left her
Now she's out in the cold
And I'm gonna jump on my dog sled
And get us back on the right road
I'm gonna keep all the roads open to my heart
Just in case you ever wanna come back this way sweetheart
Yea, the gate will be open and the door unlocked
So bring your horse and cart
Cause I'm gonna keep all the roads open to my heart
I'm gonna keep all the roads open to my heart

I got ketchup on my blue jeans, I just burnt my hand
Lord, it's hard to be a bachelor man
I got girls that can cook, I got girls that can clean
I got girls that can do anything in between
I gotta get ready, make everything right
'Cause all my rowdy friends are comin' over tonight
Do you wanna drink, hey, do you wanna party?
Hey honey, this is ole Hank, ready to get the thing started
We cooked a pig in the ground, got some beer on ice
And all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight
Now, my party pad is out in the woods
It's a long, long way from here to Hollywood
But I got some natural queens out on the floor
And ole Miss Mississippi just walked through the door
Got a little whirlpool just made for ten
And you can jump out and you can jump in
You can do anything that you wanna do
But oh, don't you step on my cowboy boots
Do you wanna drink, hey, do you wanna party?
Hey, this is ole Hank, ready to get your summer started
I cooked a pig in the ground, we got some beer on ice
And all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight
Do you wanna drink, hey, do you wanna party?
Hey, hey, this is rockin' Randall Hank
Ready to get the summertime started
We cooked a pig in the ground, we got some beer on ice
All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight

I just had to show 'em I didn't need ?em
And so I headed out west to see some old friends of mine
I thought if I'd climb up ole Ajax mountain
Maybe that would help me get it all off my mind
I made it up to the top, picked out a clear spot
I thought a whole lot about the rest of my life
I had no idea then soon it would nearly end up
On this mountainside I would nearly die
And there all in Alabama and there all in Dixieland
God, I'm dying here in Montana
Please Lord, just want to go back to hold her hand
Just let me get back to my old homeland
They said I'd never sing again
I learned a lot about my friends
'Cause when you?re shot down and out
You don't get many calls
But I saw some tears in some eyes
And soon my poor old mother would die
I nearly lost it all when I lost my Grandpa
But you could find us all in Alabama
Yeah, we're all down in Dixieland
I didn't die out in Montana
No, Lord, you let me get back to my own homeland
And I'm gonna hold on to her hand
I done a whole searching, a whole lot of hurtin'
Before I finally found my road in life
You got to say things you want to say
Go on and do things your own way
You can climb any old mountain
Once you make up your mind
And I made mine in Alabama
And I found mine down in Dixieland
I didn't die out in Montana
No, Lord, you let me get back to my ole homeland

So September follows August
I don't mind so three and four and five come after two
Will anything mean anything?
Do I care what tomorrow brings?
I only wonder what comes after you
After you when someone smiles at me
I'll wonder what's the price after you
I'll be suspicious of anything that's nice
I don't know that I'll get over you but if I ever do
I'll never love this much again, not after you
Loving you it was just too good to last forever
So the world could end tomorrow I won't care
After you when someone tells me
There's no heaven on this earth
I can say that I know better I've been there
After you when someone smiles
I'll wonder what's the price after you

The preacher man says it's the end of time
And the Mississippi River, she's a going dry
The interest is up and the stock markets down
And you only get mugged if you go downtown
I live back in the woods, you see
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me
I got a shotgun and a rifle and a four wheel drive
And a countryboy can survive, country folks can survive
I can plow a field all day long, I can catch catfish from dusk 'til dawn
Make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
Ain't too many things these boys can't do
We grow good old tomatoes and homemade wine
And countryboy can survive, country folk can survive
Because you can't stomp us out and you can't make us run
'Cause we're them ol' boys raised on shotguns
We say grace and we say ma'am
And if you ain't into that, we don't give a damn
We came from the West Virginia coal mines
And the Rocky Mountains and the Western skies
And we can skin a buck, we can run a trout line
And a countryboy can survive, country folks can survive
I had a good friend in New York City
He never called me by my name just hillbilly
My Grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a business man
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Nights
And I would send him some homemade wine
But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
For forty three dollars, my friend lost his life
I'd love to spit some beechnut in that dudes eyes
And shoot him with my ol' forty-five
'Cause a countryboy can survive
Country folks can survive
'Cause you can't stomp us out and you can't make us run
And we're them ol' boys raised on shotgun
We say grace, we say ma'am
If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn
We're from North California and South Alabama
And little towns all around this land
We can skin a buck and run a trout line
And a countryboy can survive, country folks can survive

Well I don't envy him at all when I see him by your side
Cause I know you're making plans to take him on your loveless ride
On his trip through pleasure and he'll love every inch of the way
Right up to the end where he's going with you I've already been
But I would never go back there again
If I could chance the pages in my book of life I would
Rewrite the story different make it read the way it should
But I can't erase the mistakes I made I don't have no magic pen
Where he's going with you I've already been but I can
never never go back there again
What a fool I was to fall in love with you and try to change your ways
You will love him for awhile you will laugh and you will smile
But when you're through with him he'll pay the price I paid
And sure won't be here through the hurt and the tears
To pick you up at your journeys end
Where he's going with you I've already been and I will
never go back there again
Where he's going with you I've already been and I will

Baby we've been together, now for quite a while.
We've been around enough to know that we like each others style.
You got looks and smarts and all the right parts, to really turn me on.
We act like a couple of high school kids talkin' hot stuff on the phone.
We don't put no pressure on each other,
right there is the key, and the fire is hot
'cause baby we've got up a real good head of steam.
What it boils down to, is honey I love you.
When it's said and done, baby you're the one.
When it's cut and dried, I want you by my side.
What it boils down to, is the feelin' between me and you.
When a man loves a woman, it's gotta be no holes barred,
if she makes him uncomfortable, oh he'll know in his heart.
He wants someone to share his troubles with, and someone to talk to.
Now you either get along or you don't, that's what it all boils down to.
No I don't need a harem or a chambermaid you see
'cause my girl's nice she's sugar and spice,
but she'll belly dance with me.
What it boils down to, is honey I love you.
When it's said and done, baby you're the one.
When it's cut and dried, I want you by my side.
What it boils down to, is the feelin' between me and you,
That's what it boils down to, baby I got the hots for you.

Well I've been hangin' out with my Rebel son Kid Rock
And I don't really like this stuff they call Hip Hop
But he's sure been good to me
And I'm still tryin' to make him see
In country music, you just can't say the F word
My son Shelton say he's been havin' a hard time
Yea he does great shows but he's just gotta speak his own mind
Well I wonder where that came from?
I guess he's a real son-of-gun.
Take the old man's advice, be nice, and lose the F word
No, no in country music you just can't say the F word
Oh we've come a long way but it's best if that one's not heard
Oh we've had some hells and damns
But we don't say "bitch" we say, "why yes ma'am."
Cause in country music you just don't use the F word
Today's hot new country, it sounds pretty good to me
But it's time for basics, our roots and some reality
You gotta scrape me off the ceiling
Mrs. Hawkins says it with feeling
But in country music you just can't say the F word
No, no in country music you just can't say the F word
Oh we've come a long way but it's best if that one's not heard
Oh we've had some hells and damns
But we don't say "bitch" we say, "why yes ma'am."
Cause in country music you just don't use the F word
Some of these guys say it 500 times
But in country music you don't use it one damn line

Every mornin' ole Tee Tot come 'round
Settin'up his shoe shine box in town
And he'd sing "Good Mornin' Montgomery"
He'd sing "Good Mornin' Montgomery'
He'd sing "Good Mornin' Montgomery"
He's sing "Good Morinin' Montgomery, Alabam'
I'm so glad, don't be sad
There's no way you could feel bad
When this dear man with a tin pan
Started to play the blues!
Met this white boy little Hiram (Hank)
Took him in right under his wing
And he'd say, Tee Tot make it ring
And he'd say, Tee Tot make it ring
And he would laugh and he would sing
Could you please, "Show me"
"Show me"
"Show me, show me"
If I could play just like you
Why I'd give anything
Well he learned to play like the old man said he would
Little Hiram's got his name in Hollywood
I wish that Tee Tot could have stayed around
Then maybe Little Hiram would not have drowned
In all those things that does a boy
That wants to sing no good
Little Hiram's music's had a worldwide touch
And we all owe Mr. Rufus Payne so much
We got peanuts, fresh peanuts
Put your money in the tin cup
I can see them now with a big smile
Splittin' the days work up
Could you please, "Show me"
"Show me"
"Show me, show me"
If I could play just like you
Why I'd give anything

Rockin' chair money
Now I got rockin' chair money
But I got it the hard, hard way
I fought in every battle
From the start to the VJ day
Now I'll rock, yeah, rock
Oh baby rock, rock on down the line
Now some folks seem to be jealous
Some don't seem to care
But I got rockin' chair money, honey
To rock on away from here
'Cause I love to rock, yeah rock
Baby rock, rock on down the line
I rocked away out on the ocean
I rocked from here and there
My baby stepped out while I was gone
Now she don't get my rockin' chair
'Cause I love to rock, yeah rock
Baby rock, rock on down the line
I'll soon get my big check, baby
And then we'll have some fun
This rockin' chair money, honey
Is better than totin' a gun
'Cause I love to rock, yeah rock
Baby rock, let's rock on down the line
Now honey, let's go honky-tonkin'
Let's honky-tonk all night
Let's lolly gag and smooch and love
And do it all upright
'Cause I love to rock, yeah rock

Time is catchin' up with me cause I've been on the road
And the keys to the city are all I've got to show
Though it's easy to take home the belle of the ball
I'm getting tired of it all
And I'm gonna love you once and for all
Cause you're the one that helped me find myself
And I'm gonna love you and nobody else
You pick me up everytime I fall
And if you ever need me just gimme a call
Cause I'm gonna love you once and for all
Now I look forward to rainy days
So I can learn more of your lovin' ways
And when I'm home and you're the star on the stage
And until the final curtain calls
I'm gonna love you once and for all
Cause you're the one that stuck it out
And you know that's what love's all about
I could have a woman everytime I call
But I'd rather see you walkin' down the hall
And I'm gonna love you once and for all
And if you ever need me just give me a call
Cause I'm gonna love you once and for all

I could search from now to the end of time and I'd never find another you
I'm so glad because I know you're mine someone to give my love to
I believe my love that you're one of the kind for there's
no one else like you
You're the light of my life so let it shine someone to give my love to
I find happiness is lovin' you I'll do my best to make
your dreams come true
I will follow you to the end of the earth for my place will be with you
Now I have taken you for better or worse someone to give my love to
I find happiness is lovin' you I'll do my best to make
your dreams come true
The days of man-and-wife-time are precious few I will
spend them all with you
For as long as you want me I'll stay with you someone to give my love to

I went home with the waitress
the way I always do
How was I to know
she was with the
Russians too?
I was gambling in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
they'll get me out of this, hah!
I'm the innocent bystander
Somehow I got stuck
between the rock
and a hard place
and I'm down on my luck
Yes I'm down on my luck
Well I'm down on my luck
I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
the shit has hit the fan
(instrumental)
All right
Send lawyers, guns and money
Huh!
Uhh!
Send lawyers, guns and money
Uhh!
Send lawyers, guns and money
Hyah!
Send lawyers, guns and money
Ooh!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!

Ive always been labeled, As a rip roarin Hell Raisin kind
But you know here lately, I got other things on my mind
Like livin and dyin, and where Ill spend eternity
What kind of reward Jesus, Have you got out on me
Down here on earth, There's a big price on my head
But Ive got all my friends and my loved ones who'll cry when Im dead
And someday we'll all sing along, From the other side
Cause Ive heard that everyone's wanted,
Behind your heavenly gates in the sky
Chorus
What kind of reward Jesus, Have you got on me
I wonder how the words on my big, Wanted poster do read
And oh how Id love to be taken, into your custody

I'm an outdoor kinda man and I really love the land
From the mountains of Montana to the Alabama sand
I don't care much about TV 'cause there's country yet to see
I'd rather be on the lake with a fishin' friend
I'm an outdoor kinda man
Give me a cane pole and a shotgun
And I can have a whole lotta fun
A soft ole pair of hikin' boots
A pocket knife and a campfire too
You go out in the woods alone wonder where the big buck's roam
What's that noise and your heart beats fast
Then you smile when a squirrel runs past
I don't have to get a bear just want to breathe that country air
I'm goin' out every time I can
I'm an outdoor lovin' man
I'm an outdoor lovin' man I really love the land
From the rugged Maine coastline to the Florida Keys sand
I don't care much about TV 'cause there's country I ain't seen
I'd rather be on the lake with a fishin' friend
I'm an outdoor lovin' man
I want a mountaintop and a wheat field
A cool clear lake, a rod and a reel
A four-wheeler, a ride on a bike
A horseback trip, a snowshoe hike
The concrete jungle I don't want, I'd rather be out in the swamp
My job's got me tied up so I dream of where the red fern grow
This weekend I'll find where the river bends and the fish jump high
I'll be there every time I can
I'm an outdoor kinda man
I'm an outdoor lovin' man and I really love the land
From the rugged Maine coastline to the Alabama sand
All the talk shows on TV they don't do a whole lot for me
I'd rather be in a deer stand I'm an outdoor lovin' man
I'd rather be on the lake with a fishin' friend

I took a job in the city
And I left my country home
I learned to survive and I got street-wise
But I couldn't tell for how long
Then I met you where they sing the blues
Downtown a few months ago
And you taught me it's still good to believe in love
And I love you so
I'm makin' some major moves
Oh, city girl, to get to you
I'm makin' some major moves
Oh, darlin', major moves just for you
I sold some things and I bought a ring
And I've been married before one time
And this major move just goes to prove
Like they say love is really blind
Yes, I've made a change
And there ain't no one to blame
But me if things don't work out right
And they just might work out
'Cause all I think about
Is that city girl and country boy tonight
I'm makin' some major moves
Oh, city girl, just for you
I'm makin' some major moves
Oh, darlin, major moves to get to you
I'm makin' some major moves
Oh, darlin', just to get with you
I'm makin' some major moves
Oh, baby, major moves to get to you

At my door the leaves are falling the cold wild wind will come
Sweethearts walk by together and I still miss someone
I go out to a party and I look around for fun
But all I find's a darkened corner cause I still miss someone
Though I never got over those blue eyes I see them everywehere
I miss those arms that held me when all the love was there
Oh I wonder if she's sorry for leaving what we had begun
There's someone for me somewhere and I still miss someone
Though I never got over those blue eyes...

I got a little change in my pocket going jingle lingle ling
want to call you on the telephone baby I give you a ring
but each time we talk I get the same old thing
always no huggin no kissin until I get a wedding ring
my honey my baby don't put my love upon no shelf
she said don't give no lines and keep your hands to yourself
Cruel baby baby baby why you want to treat me this way
you know I'm still your lover boy I still feel the same way
that's when she told me a story 'bout free milk and a cow
and she said no huggin no kissin until I get a wedding vow
my honey my baby don't put my love upon no shelf
she said don't hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself
you see I wanted her real bad and I was about to give in
that's when she started talkin' true love started talkin' about sin
I said honey I'll live with you for the rest of my life
she said no huggin no kissin until you make me your wife
my honey my baby don't put my love on no shelf

Kaw-Liga was a wooden Indian
Standin' over by the door
Fell in love with a Chocktaw maid
Over in the Georgia store
Kaw-Liga, ooh
Standin' there, don't never let it show
She don't ever answer, yes or no
And he always wore his Sunday feathers
And carried his old black hawk
Maiden wore her beads and braids
An hoped someday he'd talk
Kaw-Liga, ooh
Standin' there, don't never show a sign
'Cause his heart is made of knotty pine
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga, you ain't never got a kiss
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga, you don't know what you what miss
Is it any wonder that your face is red?
Kaw-Liga, you poor old wooden head
Kaw-Liga was a lonely Indian
Never went nowhere
Heart was set on the Chocktaw maid
Wearin' the long, black hair
Kaw-Liga, ooh
Standin' there, don't never show a sign
'Cause his heart was made of knotty pine
And then one day, a wealthy customer
Bought the Indian maid
Took her oh so far away
And ol' Kaw-Liga stayed
Kaw-Liga, ooh
Standin' there, as lonesome as can be
Ah, just wishin' he were still an ol' pine tree
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga, you just ain't never had no kissin'
Poor ol' Kaw-Liga, hoss, you don't know what you're missin'
Is it any wonder, that your face is red?
Kaw-Liga, you poor, ol' wooden head
Just a head

There's a big old smokin' crater
Where our house used to be
I spent all my pay check
Buyin' up that TNT
I just got back from goodwill
Where I dumped all your clothes
And I fed all your flowers
To some old billy goat
Now it ain't much but it's all that
I could think of at the time
The worst things were the first things
That came into my mind
I ain't done here enough
To get you out of my heart
But at least I'm feelin' better
What the hell, it's a good start
Pull out a chainsaw to the oak tree
Where our car bear a name
Took her back home to our parking spot
Upon lover's lane
I've been leaving lots of messages
On those bathroom walls
With your name and number
For some hot stuff, just call
It ain't much but it's all that
I could think of at the time
The worst things were the first things
That came into my mind
I ain't done here enough
To get you out of my heart
But at least I feel better
What the hell, it's a start
I ain't done here enough
To get you out of my heart
But at least I'm feelin' better

Some ladies love diamonds
Fast cars and freedom
Trips to the island
Castles in Spain
Las Vegas card sharks
Blues men that blow French harps
But no strings to her heart
Just the arms of cocaine
Yeah, she likes to run
With us high riding cowboys
She says she feels a whole lot
More at home on the range
She can handle her feelings
In most all situations
But she just cannot handle
The arms of cocaine
Hey, I'm just a rhymer
Writing down new phrases
Looking for ladies
Who know I'm subject to change
Content to believing
The songs I am singing
Help her find her feelings
Help her break the chains of cocaine
Oh, my lady is special
She?s into my kind of music
She likes Jim Beam and water
Instead of champagne
I like Levi's and leathers
Making love together
No more stormy weather
Since she broke the chains of cocaine
No more stormy weather

I'm walkin'
Yes indeed, I'm talkin' about you and me
I'm hopin'
That you'll come back to me
Well, I'm lonely as I can be
I'm waitin' for your company
I'm hopin'
That you'll come back to me
What you're gonna do when the well runs dry
You're gonna run away and hide
I'm gonna run right by your side
For you pretty baby, I leave and die
I'm walkin'
Yes indeed, I'm talkin' about you and me
I'm hopin'
That you'll come back to me
Well, what you're gonna do when the well runs dry
You're gonna sit right down and cry
What you're gonna do if I say goodbye
All you're gonna do is dry your eye
I'm walkin'
Yes indeed, I'm talkin' about you and me
I'm hopin'

I've always loved you because you've been so true
You've always been so kind you've never made me blue
You're the girl of my dreams and I think it's time you see
That I can't live without you I wouldn't change a thing
about you but your name
Don't answer too quick please think it over dear
I swear I'd love you forever and the year
You're the only love I've known I know we'd have a happy home
No I can't live without you I wouldn't change a thing
about you but your name
I wouldn't change a thing about you but your name
And I can't wait until they're both the same
For your heart's so good and true to your pretty eyes of blue
No I can't live without you I wouldn't change a thing

I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink
Merle Haggard
Well I could be holding you tonight
Could quit doing wrong start doin' right
You don't care about what I think
So I think I'll just stay here and drink
Hey puttin' you down don't square no deal
Least you know the way I feel
Take all the money out of the bank
I think I'll just stay here and drink
Listen close and you can hear
That loud jukebox playin' in my ear
Ain't no woman gonna change the way I think
I think I'll just stay here and drink
Hey hurtin' me now don't mean a thing
Since lovin' you don't feel no pain
My mind ain't nothin' but a total blank

How's my ex, my ex treating you
Has she had time, time to find someone new
Any day now will be her last,
son, I know from the past
'Cause I was once, once there too,
how's my ex treating you?
Like the sand she moves with the tide
Your two arms will never keep her satisfied
You can't keep her satisfied
She'll use you just the way she used me too
But up till now how's my ex treating you?
Like the sand she moves with the tide
Your two arms will never keep her satisfied
She'll use you just the way you use her too

I met a gin soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis
I tried to take her upstairs for a ride
I had to heave her right across my shoulder
I just don't seem to drink you off my mind
Honky tonk, honky tonk women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
Strollin' on the boulevards of Paris
As naked as the day that I will die
The sailors, they're so charming there in Paris
They just don't seem to sail you off my mind
It's a honky tonk, honky tonk women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
Honky tonk, honky tonk women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
Honky tonk, honky tonk women

Six hours behind, the changes of time
Ten thousand miles from home
I'm so far away, so long it seems like
This road is all I know
When I was young I dreamed of adventure
And places I'd never seen before
But when I close my eyes as I sleep at night
All I dream of now is home
So long that I've been gone
If there's one thing I know
Is that there's no place like home
Far away and changes everyday
If there's one thing I know
Is that there's no place like home
Six months since the day I went away
It didn't seem like that long
It hit me when I was changing planes
From Paris to New York
I'm dreading the days that are ahead
I haven't slept in my own bed
Ohh, I'm dreamin' of home
What I've seen and what I've done
Don't mean a thing without where I came from
It's who I am and all I ever did
Home is where the heart is
So long that I've been gone
If there's one thing I know
Is that there's no place like home
Far away and changes everyday
If there's one thing I know
Is that there's no place like home
Call me, tell me that you miss me
Give me somethin' I can hold on to
To get me through the days when I am
I can take another moment
I need some clarity
Remind me what it's like to be
Be like home
Far away but there's no place like home
I wanna go home, home, home
Bring me back home, home, home
So long that I've been gone
If there's one thing I know
Is that there's no place like home

He's got the whitest legs this side of Montana
Never seen a situation he couldn't handle
No he'll never give in and he always helps his friends
But the world today sure looks strange to him
His trade mark his big square grey glasses
He wears t-shirts he don't care about high fashion
When he plays his guitar, in his mind he's a star
I'm telling you Hank Hill is the king
Cause a hick is a hick (a hick is a hick)
And a dude is a dude (a dude is a dude)
A squirrel is a squirrel and a nut is a nut and I love his attitude
There's only one show that's worth a damn on the tube
Yeah he's my hero, a man I'd be proud to know
I'm telling you Hank Hill is the king
Now our kind of food is barbeque and steaks
We hate jet skis and beaches
We like fishing boats and lakes
Close as heaven I can go is watching hunting and fishing shows
And hanging out down at the hardware store
Now Texas that is one beautiful place
We don't have as many weirdos as New York and L.A,
We got our ideology and politics just right you see
He's our only hope, a man we'd be proud tp know
I'm telling you Hank Hill is the king
Cause a hick is a hick (a hick is a hick)
And a dude is a dude (a dude is a dude)
A freak is a freak and a nut is a nut and I love his attitude
There's only one show that's worth a damn on the tube
Yeah he's my hero, a man I'd be proud to know
I'm telling you Hank Hill is the king

Well the mustang pulled in a no parkin' zone
Out stepped a chic with legs to the bone
Alabama figure and a Tennessee smile
Louisiana walk that'll drive a man wild
Now go girl go...go girl go
It's quite a show, go girl go
When she goes to the party and she starts to dance
All the other girls they ain't gotta chance
Now go girl go...go girl go
It's quite a show, go girl go
Well the way she wiggles when she starts to walk
All the men want to do is talk
Now go girl go...go girl go
It's a hell of a show...go girl go
When she eased into my Cadillac
I gave her the look and she gave it right back
And now go girl go...go girl go
It's quite a show...go girl go
Alabama figure and a Tennessee smile
Louisiana walk that'll drive a man wild
Now go girl go...go girl go

My name is Bill Harlan. I'm a God fearin' man
From the lost rebel army, a Tennessee Calvary man
From Shilo to Nashville we made our last stand
When the battles were over, everythin' we had was gone with the wind
But I still had my family and a hope and a dream
And I heard of gold fever and the Rocky Mountain streams
So we took what we had and some gold diggin' gear
And we headed for a new life on the Northwest frontier
Montana Territory where the winters are cold
The lands full of game and the creeks are full of gold
Just west of the mountains is a town they call Gibbonsville
You can sure get gold fever, you can damn sure get killed
But I staked my claims, I was rarin' to go
I've made up my mind and I set out to find the Gibbonsville (D)gold
(Chorus)
Oh, you find just a little, just enough to get by
Aww, you dig and you dig, and you start wonderin' why
There's a whole lot more down there, I don't have to be told
I've made up my mind and I'm gonna find that Gibbonsville gold
Every morning at daylight with a pick and a pan
Keep an eye out for the blackfeet. Keep a rifle near hand
Back shooters and grizzlies, better stay alert all the time
'Cause the only law here in this wild country is the gun and the knife
In the year of our Lord, eighteen sixty-nine
I lost my dear son to a cave-in at the mine
Yes I know he's gone please God rest his soul
So many have died trying to find this damned Gibbonsville gold
(Chorus)
Yeah, you find just a little, just enough to get by
Aww, you dig and you dig, and you start wonderin' why
Then someone finds a nugget, just as big as your thumb
And we all go hard at it from sun until sun
Yeah I got to find it, that main mother load
I've made up my mind and I swear to find that Gibbonsville gold
There's a whole lot more down there, my share of that main mother load

I sold my car to buy more wine
I hocked my watch, I've lost track of time
Days with you went by so fast now I'm trying to relive the past
You don't know what I've been through getting over you
I've tried to love other women but I cant
You've really made a mess out of what used to be a man
I thought I drowned the fire in others but you're still my only lover
You don't know what I've been through getting over you
Bridge:
I got some pills from a ol' doctor friend
The bottle said one every 12 hours for pain
But this pain I feel aint small that's why I took them one and all
It was something I had to do to get over you
No, the pain I feel ain't small
Lord I took them one and all

Why do the best lookin' girls have real ugly friends?
It seems like it always works like that
You'll meet a queen; the girl of your dreams
And she'll have a friend that's really fat
But you decide to take a chance; this could be a great romance
If only she could just get rid of her
"She's my cousin from the East and I know that she's a beast"
And I don't think that this is gonna work
So you take them both out while you try to figure out
"How can I dump the pig?"
You've spent sixty bucks, but things are looking up
She just said she wants to make it big
Now the problem is this, every time we hug and kiss
Her friend says, "I want to go home!"
And we want her to, but we don't know what to do
And that's why it's time for this song
Why do the best lookin' girls have real ugly friends?
It seems like it always works like that
Oh, you'll meet a queen; the girl of your dreams,
And she'll have a friend that's really, really fat!
Every time you make your play, you'll find out there ain't no way
To make love to beauty and the beast
Why do the best lookin' girls have these real ugly friends?
Does this only happen to me?
Now I'm so hot I could smother, 'cause they both come home to Mother

When it comes to real rounders, there's only one
That was better than I was at havin' some fun
Now it's true he shows grey in his beard
Does that mean he's history, or is he a pillar and a peer
This music called country, somethin' we all make
No, it didn't just happen cause of the latest rage
Soon he was the biggest thing to come along in Nashville in those days
He sang his song called "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
I don't know if he did or not but I sure know what I saw
The 1st triple platinum in that town was hanging on his wall
Radio will play him until the end of time
Because he's a real legend not the phony kind
And I looked in the eyes of Waylon
And there I saw things that I'd never seen before
I saw a father and a brother and a friend
I saw the nights we spent while out on the road
It's not the money, it's not the fame, it's not the ladies
And the eyes of Waylon just told me so
Yes, I looked in the eyes of Waylon
There I learned things that I better know
And if I doubted there is a hillbilly heaven
The eyes of Waylon just told me so
And if I doubted there is a hillbilly heaven

They sent me to this prison
For a crime I did outside
I killed a man and didn't hang
But I might as well have died
For every minute that I live
I know that death may call
You see his brother's here with me
Right inside these walls
And I don't even know his face
But I'm sure that he knows mine
The eyes of death are watchin' me
Just bidin' his time
(Oh Lord, he takes his time)
Each night they slam my lonely cell
And turn the lights down low
And I can't close my eyes to sleep
Because somewhere I know
He's planning how he'll drive the knife
Into my poundin' heart
And Lord this just not knowing
When will tear a man apart
He's just a number not a name
And you'll get me from behind
The eyes of death are watchin' me
Just bidin' his time
(Oh Lord, he takes his time)
Sometimes I think I'll try to walk
And face the deadly guns
I'd either die or I'd be free
To leave this place and run
This man he swore to make me pay
But he'd rather see me cry
So he'll just play around with me
While I wait to die
No prison ever held the man
With a sentence just like mine
The eyes of death are watchin' me
Just bidin' his time
(Oh Lord, he takes his time)
He's bidin' his time
(Oh Lord, he takes his time)

Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne
That's where lives my Cajun baby, the fairest one in the land
Her teeth're white and pearly hair black as coal
Wouldn't trade my Cajun baby for the world's gold
Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne
My heart's been sad and lonely since the day I left her side
But today I got her letter said she'd be my Cajun bride
Gonna go and wed my Cajun baby and live by the old bayou
Eat a lotsa shrimp and crawfish ride around in my old pirogue
Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne
That's where lives my Cajun baby, the fairest one in the land
Her teeth're white and pearly hair black as coal
Wouldn't trade my Cajun baby for the world's gold
Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne
Before the sun goes down this evening, I'll be on my way
To see my Cajun baby and there I'm gonna stay
On a Saturday night we go dancin' and listen to the fiddle-o
Lord I got me a Cajun baby just a livin' and a lovin' by the old bayou
Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne
That's where lives my Cajun baby, the fairest one in the land
Her teeth're white and pearly hair black as coal
Wouldn't trade my Cajun baby for the world's gold

I got a rock in my shoe, my jeans are cuttin' me in two,
my underwear's too tight, my clothes don't ever fit right.
my collar's so tight it's poppin' my veins,
we walk around in constant pain.
when i get home from work, i usually start with my shirt,
i leave a trail behind, when i undress i unwind.
i like to let it all hang out,
hey don't you know what i'm talkin' about,
it feels so good to get buck naked, that ain't no sin,
buck naked wearin' my skinny skin skin.
buck naked in my birthday suit,
buck naked and i don't give a hoot,
buck naked like a centerfold,
buck naked is the way to go.
i joined a nudist colony, they make me green with envy,
they spend no money on clothes, they got their own dress code,
they walk around au natural, no more expensive dry cleaning bills,
they just like to get, buck naked, swimmin' on the beach,
buck naked they're so squeaky clean,
buck naked in their birthday suits,
buck naked now ain't they cute,
buck naked there's a sunworshipper said,
buck naked what you see's what you get.
my girl said you don't know how it feels,
to walk around in panty hose and high heels,
you oughta try to wear a bra all day,
you don't know the price a girl's gotta pay.
we wear our clothes so tight we
can't move, she said you don't know what a woman goes through,
it feels so good to get buck naked like Adam & Eve.
buck naked like the monkeys in the trees,
buck naked like Tarzan and Jane,
buck naked no more high fashion pain.
buck naked like a centerfold,

A is for apricot, B is for blossom
C is for cantelope, D is for dog-gone awesome
E is extremely blessed and endowed, F is for fabulous
That's what this song's all about
Big top women sure do bounce around
I love to see them walkin' up and down
The steps of the courthouse make you go downtown
I had to get some new tags, my plates had done run out
I had to get some new tags, my plates had done run out
And the tax assessor certainly left no doubt
That the big top women sure do bounce around
I love to see them walkin' up and down
Ba-ba-boom ba-ba-boom ba-ba-boom
Make you go down town
I met this meter maid, Nadine
She didn't carry no gun around
But she was packin' some 38's
Big tittie man get right down on the ground
Now the big top women sure do bounce around
I love to see them walkin' up and down
Steps of the courthouse
Make you wanna get a ticket and go downtown
I went downtown after work
This joint called the hot house
They had some big top women there
And whoo, they then came out
I said girl you sure look fine with your uniform gone
She had hundred dollar bills stuck in her thong

Where is the love that we once knew
There were no hang-ups between me and you
Where are the words we use to speak
Before you fell out of love with me
Where's the good loving you use to give
Alone is a bad bad way to live
Arms so soft, lips so sweet
Before you fell out of love with me
Where are the walks we use to take
Where are the plans we use to make
Where are the dreams we use to dream
Before you fell out of love with me
Where are the laughs use to have
Why did the good times turn into the bad
Where are the mornings we use to see
Before you fell out of love with me
Where are the nights we'd stay awake
Where is the love we use to make
Where's your body so eager and free
Before you fell out of love with me
I was just thinnking how life use to be

Don tell us how it really was when you was workin' with daddy
Well in 1950 I took a little nip
Along with Mr. Williams on the way to Mississipp'
We was stacked 8 deep in a Packard limousine
And we met this promoter in the town of New Orleans
Now the man told daddy that he had what it took
And he liked the way he sang and he liked the way he shook
He said, pretty soon he'd make us all rich
And we started believin' that fat sum bitch
Daddy told the man if you wanna make some dough
Take a little money and book me on a show
And we played them dates and we filled the places well
But hank, he'd done blowed the profits all to hell
'Cause he'd run through a 10 and he'd run through a 20
And he'd run through a 100 just as fast as it could go
Like a big dose of sauce to a little bitty fella
He'd spend a $1000 dollars on a $100 dollar show
Hank looked at me with a funny lookin' grin
Said, "I've been to the opry and I'm goin' back again"
We met the owner in a little office there
And a big fat fella with some artificial hair
He told Hank, he wanted half of everything he made
Or he'd have to tell Audrey 'bout some women Hank had laid
And you told daddy, he'd better get smart
Get rid of them fellas and make a new start
And he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers
And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt
And he fired some people that he didn't even know
Well, every song he made it went to number one
Y'all was workin' like hell and you was havin' fun
We was ridin' every day and playin' every night
And every 20 minutes some of us had a fight
Now, daddy he was makin' money hand over fist
And y'all was getting' screwed but you wasn't getting kissed
Yeah, I told him to pass a little bit around
But he said, he'd rather send it to his folks in Alabam'
So he fired your ass and he fired Jerry Rivers
And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt
And he fired some people that he didn't even know
Now the owner of the opry, he's a-doin' pretty good
He's got a music company that they call Cedarwood
And Hank played nothing but sold out halls
And I was pumpin' gas in greasy overalls
'Cause he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers
And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt
And he fired some people that he didn't even know
Hank run through a 50 and he'd run through a 100
And he'd run through a 1000 just as hard as he could go
Buying Cadillac coots paying double alimony
And he fired some people that he didn't even know
Don you know, you know, you used to work for me one time
I sure know that come but come to think of it you fired my ass back in 1972
Oh, well it's a family tradition ya know?
Yap yap yap yap
But I kept Jerry Rivers

People think we're nearing the end of time
But we've had enough and we've drawn the line
Our flag is up since our people went down
And we're together from the country to town
We live back in the woods you see
Big city problems never bothered me
But now the world has changed and so have I
And America can survive, America will survive!
We can plow our fields all day long
We can catch our fish from dusk 'til dawn
Yeah, we have toughed it out a time or two
These are dark days but we're gonna pull through
We grow good ol' tomatoes, we got hometown pride
America can survive, America is gonna survive
'Cause you can't scare us out, you can't make us run
What we got here is freedom and fun
We say grace and we say "ma'am"
If they don't like that, we don't give a damn
We came from the West Virginia coal mines
The Rocky Mountains and the big city skylines
Hey, we can hit back and we're gonna be fine
'Cause this ol' country can survive, America can survive
I had a good friend in New York City
Never called Hank, he called me hillbilly
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a street-smart man
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway lights
And I'd send him some of that homemade scufflin' wine
He was lost like so many in the terrible strife
And we're all asking God, now why? Oh why?
I read, "A tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye"
And that's an old slogan we're gonna revive
'Cause America can survive, America will survive
'Cause you can't scare us out, you can't make us run
We're them boys and girls that have freedom and fun
We say grace, we say "ma'am"
If they don't like that, we give less than a damn
We're from North California and South Alabam'
And all they've done is unite the whole land
There's no more Yankees and Rebels this time
But one united people that stand behind
America can survive, America will survive

Now this ain't no cheating song, cause I didn't do nothing
Last night all alone in a honky tonk barroom
I met a girl with a drink of beam in her hand
She had ruby red lips and coal black, black hair
and eyes that would tempt any honky tonk man
Then she came and sat down at my table
and as she placed her soft hands in mine
I found myself wanting to kiss her
for temptation was flowing like cheap honky tonk wine
And I was almost persuaded to strip myself of my pride
Almost persuaded to push my conscience aside
Then we danced and she whispered I need you
Take me away from here and be my big ol' southern man
Then I looked into her eyes and I saw that look and
I saw something else the reflection of my wedding band
And I was almost persuaded to stip myself of my pride
Almost persuaded but your sweet love made me stop and go home

I got ketchup on my blue jeans, I just burnt my hand
Lord, it's hard to be a bachelor man
I got girls that can cook, I got girls that can clean
I got girls that can do anything in between
I gotta get ready, make everything right
'Cause all my rowdy friends are comin' over tonight
Do you wanna drink, hey, do you wanna party?
Hey honey, this is ole Hank, ready to get the thing started
We cooked a pig in the ground, got some beer on ice
And all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight
Now, my party pad is out in the woods
It's a long, long way from here to Hollywood
But I got some natural queens out on the floor
And ole Miss Mississippi just walked through the door
Got a little whirlpool just made for ten
And you can jump out and you can jump in
You can do anything that you wanna do
But oh, don't you step on my cowboy boots
Do you wanna drink, hey, do you wanna party?
Hey, this is ole Hank, ready to get your summer started
I cooked a pig in the ground, we got some beer on ice
And all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight
Do you wanna drink, hey, do you wanna party?
Hey, hey, this is rockin' Randall Hank
Ready to get the summertime started
We cooked a pig in the ground, we got some beer on ice
All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight

Morning comes and spreads tomorrow on my bed so softly
I can feel the darkness grow
Leaving like the girl who walked across my world
and took the only love I'll ever know
She was all I wanted but I guess I never told her now she's gone away
If I had a wish my only wish would be that she was coming back to stay
All I had to do to hold her was hold her
I was always looking out for me
and only thought about all the things I had to do
All I did was turn away when all she wanted me to say was I love you
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Evening starts to spread across my lonely bed so slowly
I can feel the darkness grow
Shadows bring the gloom that fills my silent room
with sounds of someone cryin' low
I close my eyes and memorize the softness of her lips on my own
What's the point in being strong or being right or wrong
That point means as being alone
All I had to do to hold her was hold her

One day I have ham and bacon
And the next day it ain't nothing shakin'
And it ain't noboady's business if I do what I do
Me and my babe oh we fuss and fight
And the next minute, yea everything is alright
And it ain't nobody's business what we do
(Cause that's all private stuff)
One day I think I'm going crazy
And the next day I'm laid back and lazy
And it ain't nobody's business if I do
One day I might take a notion
To go right down and jump in the ocean

No one to talk with, all by myself
No one to walk with, but I'm happy on the shelf
Ain't misbehavin', savin' my love for you
Now I know for certain, you're the one I love
I'm through with flirtin', just you I'm dreamin' of
Ain't misbehavin', savin' my love for you
Like Jack Horner in the corner
Don't go no where, why do I care?
Your kisses are worth waiting for
Believe me
I don't stay out late, I don't care to go
I'm home about eight, just me and my radio
Ain't misbehavin', savin' my love for you
Like Jack Horner in the corner
Don't go no where, why do I care?
Your kisses are worth waiting for
Believe me
I don't stay out late, I don't care to go
I'm home about eight, just me and my radio