There are those to tempt me if I'd let ‘em
There are times it gets so hard for me
Don't ever make me feel you've left me wishin'
Don't ever make me feel you're not with me.
Your sweet love, love, love
I place none above
Your sweet love, love, love
Loving me
Sometimes other ways keep calling to me
and I don't mean to say I'm not strong
But all the strength I have is what you give me
You're the one I've needed all along
Your sweet love, love, love
I place none above
Your sweet love, love, love
Loving me
YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'
WITH THE POZO SECO SINGERS
WRITERS BARRY MANN, CYNTHIA WEIL, PHIL SPECTOR
You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips. And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips. You're trying hard not to show it, (baby). But baby, baby I know it... You've lost that lovin' feeling, Whoa, that lovin' feeling, You've lost that lovin' feeling, Now it's gone...gone...gone...wooooooh. Now there's no welcome look in your eyes when I reach for you. And now your're starting to critisize little things I do. It makes me just feel like crying, (baby). 'Cause baby, something in you is dying. You lost that lovin' feeling, Whoa, that lovin' feeling, You've lost that lovin' feeling, Now it's gone...gone...gone...woooooah Baby, baby, I get down on my knees for you. If you would only love me like you used to do, yeah. We had a love...a love...a love you don't find everyday. So don't...don't...don't...don't let it slip away. Baby (baby), baby (baby), I beg of you please...please, I need your love (I need your love), I need your love (I need your love), So bring it on back (So bring it on back), Bring it on back (so bring it on back). Bring back that lovin' feeling, Whoa, that lovin' feeling Bring back that lovin' feeling, 'Cause it's gone...gone...gone, and I can't go on, noooo... Bring back that lovin' feeling, Whoa, that lovin' feeling Bring back that lovin' feeling, 'Cause it's gone...gone...
Another lonely night and every passing hour
Makes it harder to fight I'm still under your power
You've got a hold on me
Won't let me be
You're not even her I'm in love with the memory
Another morning alone
I don't even remember
How many battles you've won and I can't even surrender
You've got a hold on me
Won't let me be
You're not even her I'm in love with the memory
Another day with the blues
Don't know how I'll get through it
I've got your memory to lose
And I don't know how to do it
You've got a hold on me
Won't let me be
You're not even her I'm in love with the memory 2x
YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND
WRITER CAROLE KING
When you’re down and troubled and you need a helping hand
And nothin’, nothin’ is goin’ right
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I’ll come runnin’ to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall all you’ve got to do is call
And I’ll be there, yes I will, you’ve got a friend
If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
Soon I’ll be knockin’ upon your door
You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I’ll come runnin’ to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall all you’ve got to do is call
And I’ll be there
Hey ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend
When people can be so cold
They’ll hurt you, desert you
They’ll take your soul if you let them
So don’t you let them
You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I’ll come runnin’ to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall all you’ve got to do is call
And I’ll be there, yes I will
You’ve got a friend
You Love Me Through It All
Don Williams
Some days I seem so far away, from Where I want to be,
And the things that I've accomplished seem so small,
When I'm weary of the struggle, and I feel I can't go on,
You love me through it all,
Your love gives me a balance, when I'm standing on the edge,
You keep me going when my dreams have stalled,
And you're always building bridges, even when I'm building walls,
You love me through it all,
Sometimes I come home bragging, 'bout the things I've done that day,
Like I think that I'm on top and cannot fall,
But when I'm high on my successes thinking only of myself,
You love me through it all,
Through it all you're there to comfort me,
You keep my feet on solid ground,
I know that I can make it, as long as you're around,
Your love gives me a balance when I'm standing on the edge,
You keep me going when my dreams have stalled,
And you're always building bridges, even when I'm building walls,
You love me through it all.
You sure know how to get to me
Somehow you just wont let it be
We both know it's all in vain
But you keep coming round again
The many days & nights we've tried
But every time somebody's cried
And every time should be the end
But you keep coming round again
Beats any I ever saw
‘Cause I know how its gonna go but it just keeps going
I guess I keep thinking well, maybe you're not stringing me on
But if you are that string sure has been long
There's something there within your eyes
That somehow seems to paralyse
And like before I never went
You keep coming round again
YOU GET TO ME
WRITER DON WILLIAMS
You get to me and it’s been plain enough to see that you get to me,
you just can’t believe how you get to me.
Night after night I’ve tried holding you tight and then I’ll stay away.
I’ve tried holding your hand, being your man and just anyway.
When it comes down to feelings it’s always the same old song ,
my poor hearts just reeling but you act like something’s wrong.
Oh you get to me and it’s been plain enough to see that you get to me,
you just can’t believe how you get to me.
If I could cry, bring a tear to your eye, maybe that’s the way.
‘Cause were in the strains of living your pains from yesterday.
Really got to keep on growing, looking for the brighter day.
Like the water that keeps on flowing well I just can’t stay away.
You get to me and it’s been plain enough to see that you get to me,
you just can’t believe how you get to me.
Oh you get to me and it’s been plain enough to see that you get to me,
you just can’t believe how you get to me.
WITH THE POZO SECO SINGERS
WRITER SONNY BONO
Better sit down kids I'll tell you why, kids You might not understand, kids But give it a try, kids Now how should I put this I've got something to say You mother is staying But I'm going away No, we're not mad, kids It's hard to say why Your mother and I Don't see eye to eye Say your prayers before you go to bed Make sure you get yourself to school on time I know you'll do the things your mother asks She's gonna need you most to stay in line Keep in mind your mother's gonna need Your help a whole lot more than she ever did before No more fights over little things because I won't be here to stop them anymore I know you don't want this, neither do we But sometimes things happen That we can't foresee Now try to be calm, kids And don't look so sad Just cause I am leaving I'll still be your dad Just remember I love you And though I'm not here Just call if you need me And I'll always be near (Repeat Chorus) Well, I have to go now So kiss me goodbye My eyes are just red, kids I'm too big to cry
The moon is on the rise it stares at me tonight. I'm reminded of the arms that held me tight. Last time I held you it ended all to soon we were lying underneath a yellow moon.
There's a yellow moon hanging in a starry sky oh I wonder if you're watching it too. There's a yellow moon hanging in a starry sky wherever you are it's watching over you. Oh shine on, shine on yellow moon.
Sometimes we sit and talk me and that old moon. I ask him are you happy or if you're blue. I start to reminisce to summers night in June, we fell in love underneath a yellow moon.
There's a yellow moon hanging in a starry sky oh I wonder if you're watching it too. There's a yellow moon hanging in a starry sky wherever you are it's watching over you. Oh shine on, shine on yellow moon.
There's a yellow moon hanging in a starry sky oh I wonder if you're watching it too. There's a yellow moon hanging in a starry sky wherever you are it's watching over you. Oh shine on, shine on yellow moon.
Years from now, I'll want you years from now
I'll hold you years from now as I hold you tonight
You are my one true friend always my one true friend
And I'll love you till life's end, as I love you tonight
I know this world that we live in can be hard now and then
And it will be again, many times we've been down
Still love has kept us together for the flame never dies
When I look in your eyes the future I see
Holding you years from now
Wanting you years from now
Loving you years from now
As I love you tonight
It's late in the evening; she's wondering what clothes to wear.
She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hair.
And then she asks me, 'Do I look all right?'
And I say, 'Yes, you look wonderful tonight.'
We go to a party and everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady that's walking around with me.
And then she asks me, 'Do you feel all right?'
And I say, 'Yes, I feel wonderful tonight.'
I feel wonderful because I see
The love light in your eyes.
And the wonder of it all
Is that you just don't realize how much I love you.
It's time to go home now and I've got an aching head,
So I give her the car keys and she helps me to bed.
And then I tell her, as I turn out the light,
I say, 'My darling, you were wonderful tonight.
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight.'
(Don williams, Charles Cochran, David Pomeroy)
Which way is Santa Fe, New Mexico
I’ve got some things to say, she needs to know
Small brown adobe there, where lives my heart
I just can’t make it here, with us apart
Which way is Santa Fe, New Mexico
There was a dream I had, I had to see
Salt of the ocean breeze, calling to me
So much for me to do, so much to be
Where is the dream I had, what do I see
How can so much so right, be wrong
Why should you have to leave
To know where you belong
Which way is Santa Fe, New Mexico
I’ve got some things to say, she needs to know
Small brown adobe there, where lives my heart
I just can’t make it here, with us apart
Which way is Santa Fe, New Mexico
Which way is Santa Fe, New Mexico...
With the: Pozo Seco Singers
Groceries are gone, my pay cheque is spent
They turned off the water, I'm behind on my rent
Last night I drunk my last beer
And where do I go from here?
I've been laid off since Monday before
The union is holding out hoping for more
Well, I could be laid off for years
And where do I go from here, where do I go from here?
Sittin' at the kitchen table
Staring at my unpaid bills
Sometimes I feel so unable
It's the boredom not the worry that kills.
Oh, where do I go from here.
Where do you go when nobody needs you
Why can't you sleep when there's nothin' else to do
Why are your thoughts so unclear
Oh, where do you go from here
Where do you go, where do you go from here.
I don't like complaining and I could use a rest
but my sofa and chairs just got repossessed
and my pride is the next thing I fear
Oh where do I go from here, where do I go?
Where do I go from here
Tell me where do I go, where can I go
Where can I go from here?...
Where is the sun,
Where is the day I’m looking for
Where is the moon,
Where are the stars that shined before
Where are you, where are you?
Where is the time when hours
Were like minutes here before
Where are the nights
When it was warm and even on the floor
Where are you, where are you?
--- Instrumental ---
Where are the eyes that looked at me
With love and nothing more
Where are the arms that made me feel so
Welcome at the door
Where are you, where are you?
You call me up at five to five, and you ask me if I'll drop by
That you need me, tonight you're all alone.
Like the fool I am and the fool I'll be, I drove there anxiously
But when I got there, you were not alone.
When will I ever learn that you'll never care about me.
You only build me up to bring me down again.
When will I ever learn that you'll use me and abuse me.
Oh tell me, when will I ever learn.
When will I learn, when will I get wise, you never, apologise.
I swear that this time I'm through with you.
Like the fool I am and the fool I'll be the next time you need me,
once again I'll give in to you.
When will I ever learn, that you'll never care about me
You only build me up to bring me down again
When will I ever learn, that you'll use me and abuse me
Oh tell me, when will I ever learn
(Don Williams, Ketteth Blevins, Charles Cochran,
Matt McKenzie, Mike Noble, Billy Sanford)
I see her walkin’ down the street
What does it matter to me
I can wonder who she might be
What does it matter to me
Is there someone who
She could be runnin’ to
She’s gonna do what she’s gonna do
What does it matter to me
Seems she’s everywhere I look
What does it matter to me
And her looks could fill a book
What does it matter to me
There’s no need for me to try
Or even wonder why
Just let her walk on by
On winter’s eve, my soul has soared
With desert’s evening sky
But never seen the beauty,
I see in her eyes...
--- Instrumental ---
There’s no need for me to try
Or even wonder why
Just let her walk on by
What does it matter to me
What does it matter to me
What does it matter to me
What does it matter to me...
There's a storm rollin' over the hill
And the willow trees are blowin'
I'm standin' here starin' out the window
Safe and warm
I feel her put her arms around me
And its a good feelin' I'm knowin'
Oh, I've got a good woman and we've got a good fire goin'
We've got a feast on the supper table
Bread for breakin'
A blessing from the Lord for makin' me such a fortunate man
The light of my life in the candle
Her face a glowin'
Oh, I've got a good woman and we've got a good fire goin'
CHORUS:
So let it rain
(let the rain fall down)
Let it rain
It won't do nothin' but kindle a never ending flame
Let it rain
(let the rain fall down)
Let it rain til mornin'
Oh, I've got a good woman and we've got a good fire goin'
Now there's a hard rain fallin' on the roof
Coffee comin' from the kitchen
I'm lyin' here listenin' to the ceiling on the living room floor
I feel her lay down beside me
My love is overflowin'
Oh, I've got a good woman and we've got a good fire goin'
Oh, I've got a good woman and we've got a good fire goin'
There's no cause to think that I won't stay, haven't I been with you all the way. There's no time like now to make amends, cause after all we're more than friends.This could be the time for you & me. We could go wherever we should be. So don't put words between us we shouldn't say, don't be acting half way, when you know we're all the way.There are times that I don't see the light and I don't know if what I do is right, when I'm wrong it's never meant for you, so don't confuse my love with what I do.This could be the time for you & me. We could go wherever we should be. So don't put words between us we shouldn't say, don't be acting half way, when you know we're all the way.
(Wayland Patton, Jim Rushing)
Today we laid old man Pate to rest
His big hands folded across his chest
God rest his soul, just two days ago
He was in his yard wavin' to me
As I stood by his grave
The impression was strong
One minute we're here
And the next we're gone
And with each breath of life
That is given to us
We should only have time for love
So tell me what can be gained
By fussing and fighting
The answer is left up to us
I think it's time we learned,
Enough is enough
Oh, we should only have time for love
Sometimes I'm unwilling to open my eyes
Just too stubborn to compromise
When you stand your ground
Oh, there's no backin' down
That makes for a long, bitter fight
And you know it's such a waste
To engage in that
Tearing each other down
In a tit for tat
When we could be hard at work,
Building a trust
Oh, we should only have time for love
So tell me what can be gained
By fussing and fighting
The answer is left up to us
I think it's time we learned,
Enough is enough
Oh, we should only have time for love
Well, isn't it time we learned,
Enough is enough
Oh, we should only have time for love...
WE NEVER TRIED IT WITH EACH OTHER
WRITER BOB McDILL
Well show me your wounds, I’ll show you my scars.
We’ll compare our broken hearts. I know what you’ve been through.
I’ve been hurt just like you. Love makes you sad, it makes you cry.
You’ve had tears and so have I.
Don’t give up on love yet.
We might have one chance left,
‘Cause we’ve been used, we’ve been hurt,
we’ve had so many lovers,
but how do we know love wont work we never tried it with each other.
So get it off, off of your chest. I know how it feels myself.
It’s good for me and you to have someone to talk to and maybe who knows,
Maybe in time you and I might change our minds something tells me somehow.
This time love just might work out.
‘Cause we’ve been used, we’ve been hurt, we’ve had so many lovers,
but how do we know love wont work we never tried it with each other.
‘Cause we’ve been used, we’ve been hurt,
we’ve had so many lovers, but how do we know love wont work
we never tried it with each other.
WE CAN SING
WRITER DON WILLIAMS
I want to be a worker I want to sing and pray
I never want to be a stumbling block along the way
But in the hour of living so many people say
They all have all the answers but they all have different ways
But we can sing glory hallelujah brother we can sing
If we put our hearts together and we pray
No one really has to tell us what to say maybe we can really find the way
Well I hope it comes together instead of all apart
Cause the better things of living are written in our hearts
But on the stage this morning the trouble is the star
Happiness is measured by houses and our cars
But we can sing glory hallelujah...
But we can sing glory hallelujah...
WRITER TIM WILLIAMS
DAY BY DAY
SEEMS LIKE YOU DRIFT AWAY
MAYBE IT'S JUST A PHASE
BUT IT WON'T TAKE A LOT
TO PUT OUT THIS FIRE WE'VE GOT
WHAT'S LEFT JUST DON'T SEEM SO HOT
IT FLICKERS AND STRAINS
WAITS FOR THE RAiN
AS IT FADES FROM A FIRE
TO A DYING FLAME, AND IT LOOKS
LIKE RAIN
5EE THE CLOUDS IN THE SKY
THEY DON'T EVEN SEEM TO MIND
IT WILL DIE DON'T THEY KNOW
FEEL THE WIND BEGIN TO BLOW
SOON IT WILL BRING THE RAIN
WASH IT ALL AWAY
Walkin' down this midnight street
Just the sound of two lonely feet
Walkin' a broken heart, walkin' a broken heart
The empty city not a soul in sight
And a misty rain falls on a perfect night
To walk a broken heart to walk a broken heart
I know if you're thinking this couldn't happen to you
You'd be a fool for believing
Dreams won't fly away, sometimes they do.
I know if you're thinking this couldn't happen to you
You'd be a fool for believing
Dreams won't fly away, sometimes they do.
So if you've been hurt and you're feeling lost
Put your paperback back and turn your TV off
And walk your broken heart, walk your broken heart
Walk your broken heart, walk your broken heart
Walk your broken heart. Go walk your broken heart
WRITER JIMMIE RODGERS
All around the water tank
Waitin’ for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleepin’ in the rain
I walked up to a brakeman
Just to give him a line of talk
He says if you’ve got money boy
I’ll see that you don’t walk
Well I have’nt got a nickle
Not a penny can I show
Get off, get off you railroad bum
And he slammed the boxcar door
Well he put me off in Texas
A state I dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me
The moon and the stars up above
Nobody seems to want me
Or to lend me a helping hand
I’m on my way from ‘Frisco
Goin’ back to Dixieland
Oh my pocketbook is empty
And my heart is full of pain
I’m a thousand miles away from home
Waitin’ for a train
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
WRITER CLEMENT CLARK MOORE
T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, --not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN! On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONDER and BLITZEN! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!" As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my hand, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT."
Adam and Eve on a Saturday night
That's when the trouble started
She said Adam let's go for a bite
She led him through the garden
And ever since then we tried to make sense of this
mystery emotion
But we might as well try to count the stars in the sky
or those raindrops in the ocean
CHORUS:
Well you know its true love
Deeper than deep
Hotter than a fire
Well itsa harder to find and its harder to keep
Its the thing we most desire
I was alone for so many nights
I really started to wonder
If I had run outa chances to find
A spell I could fall under
Then you walked in like an Elvis film
you were singing Love Me Tender
I was a hypnotized by your blue eyes
and the next thing I remember
And there is true love in a waking eye
and the sweet perfume that lingers
And itsa I love you on a new tattoo
and that diamond on her finger
Its the true love we most desire
Too much coffee, too much tea, too much sugar isn't good for me. Too much money and too much fame, too much liqueur drives a man insane.
But too much love, too much love, there's no such thing as too much love.
Too much fighting and misery, there's too much trouble in this world for me. There's too much of this and too much of that and too much of anything will make you fat.
But too much love, too much love, there's no such thing as too much love.
Too many people saying don't do that, it's a no, no, no, no, no. I don't need telling where it's at I said I know, know, know, know, know, know.
Too much pleasure and too much pain, somewhere someone's getting too much rain and too much junk's being advertised and too much television hurts your eyes.
But too much love, too much love, there's no such thing as too much love.
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
Getting in deep, losing my sleep
Thinking of you all the time
I feel I'm falling under your spell
About to lose my mind.
But it's too late to turn back now
It's too late now
Too late to turn back now
You got me now
Feel the danger in your touch
Haunts me night and day
You know I want you way too much
But I can't walk away
Cause it's too late to turn back now
It's too late now
Too late to turn back now
You got me now
Too late, it's too late now; you got me now
Too late, it's too late now, you got me now
WITH THE POZO SECO SINGERS
WRITER BOB DYLAN
If today was not an endless highway,
If tonight was not a crooked trail,
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time,
Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all.
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
Only if she was lyin' by me,
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.
I can't see my reflection in the waters,
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain,
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps,
Or can't remember the sound of my own name.
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
Only if she was lyin' by me,
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.
There's beauty in the silver, singin' river,
There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky,
But none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes.
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
Only if she was lyin' by me,
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.
L Martine Jr.
Every day of my life until forever
Was spoken for when you looked at me
Now that you’re gone my life goes on
But all of the heart is out of me
And I’ve got time on my hands
You on my mind, nowhere to spend all my love
And I’ll be here waiting if you ever change your plans
‘Cause you own this time on my hands
Every morning I see the future before me,
Empty, as endless as the sky.
I should begin to build life again
But I just can’t find a reason why.
And I’ve got time on my hands
You on my mind, nowhere to spend all my love
And I’ll be here waiting if you ever change your plans
‘Cause you own this time on my hands
(Gary Rex Tanner)
I thought l'd be an angel
And fly on astral skies
I thought l'd wear a fanciful disguise
And It's taken me a lotta time
To find out l'm not one
An outlaw on the run,
On this side of the sun.
I hoped l'd be a champion
And live without a care
I thought l'd change the world,
Make it just and fair
But my youth slipped by before my eyes
Much to my surprise
Before I had begun,
On this side of the sun.
Out on this end of the wind
Winter's coming 'round the bend
You pray for rain, before you know,
You're standin' in a foot of snow
So you pull your coat up to your chin
Pick your shovel up again
'Cause your work is never done,
On this side of the sun.
--- Instrumental ---
I took it to a fortune teller
I thought that she might help me
She looked into my eyes
And smiled mysteriously
But she didn't know as much as me
I stared back, dejectedly
'Cause I know where she's from,
This side of the sun.
Out behind these prison walls,
Dark clouds come and hard rains fall
You pause a moment for a dream,
They row you gently down the stream
You wake up angry in the night,
Jump up, ready for the fight
But the war is never won
On this side of the sun.
Now they tell me music
Can free a person's soul
So I sing a song everywhere I go
But It's not much different than before
I'm still looking for the door
I wonder if there is one,
On this side of the sun...
Maybe you stand by me through good and bad makes all the difference in my life
Day by day sweetheart I find these are the ties that bind
The little things you do that please me so oh the way you always understand
When several joys bring peace of mind these are the ties that bind
You're all I need to see me through can I say more than this my love
I live just for your kiss my love and I'll live for your kiss my love
Forever and a day my love will live oh the flames of love will never die
So heart and soul please say you're mine held by the ties that bind
WRITERS DANNY DILL, MARIJOHN WILKIN
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
A man 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 then you won’t have to die
Well I spoke not a word though it meant my life
For I had been in the arms of my best friends wife
She walks these hills in a Long Black Veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows nobody seems nobody knows but me
The scaffold is high an eternity nears
She stood in the crowd shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
She comes to my grave and she cries on my bones
She walks these hills in a Long Black Veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows nobody seems nobody knows but me
WRITER WAYNE CARSON THOMPSON
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
I ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone I’m a goin’ home
My baby jus’ wrote me a letter
I don’t care how much money I gotta spend
I got to get back to my baby again
Lonely days are gone I’m a goin’ home
My baby jus’ wrote me a letter
Well she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn’t live without me no more
Listen mister can’t you see
I gotta get back to my baby once more
Any way yeah
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
I ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone I’m a goin’ home
My baby jus’ wrote me a letter
Well she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn’t live without me no more
Listen mister can’t you see
I gotta get back to my baby once more
Any way yeah
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
I ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone I’m a goin’ home
My baby jus’ wrote me a letter
My baby jus’ wrote me a letter
(Al Turney)
Tempted, tempted, tempted to fall in again
Tempted, tempted, I’m tempted to fall in love again.
Sometimes love, can hurt you bad
Make you stop and wonder what you really had
But I guess it’s all part of the master plan
To be tempted to fall in love again.
Tempted, tempted, tempted to fall in again
Tempted, tempted, I’m tempted to fall in love again.
When I miss love the most it's late at night
When the party is over and everything gets quiet
Then the memory of love starts burning in my brain
And I’m tempted to fall in love again.
Tempted, tempted, tempted to fall in again
Tempted, tempted, I’m tempted to fall in love again...
There's two hundred people pushin' up daisies
In the graveyard out back of the old Baptist church
There were some schemers. some sinners and dreamers
and not one died wishin' they spent more time at work
Chorus:
Take it easy on yourself
The world will keep turnin'
with out any help
I love you better than anyone else
Take it easy on yourself
Leave all the old tears, the good times and lost years
The guilt and the heartache right where they are
I got no hard lesson just love without question
So right now just lay down in these open arms
Bridge:
Unhook your burden let it all fall free
Sometimes Life's harder then it ought to be
I got no hard lesson just love without question
So right now just lay down in these open arms
I've been feelin' funny shakin' like a leaf
I don't know what's wrong but something's strong sure got a hold on me
Sun lights up my morning moon lights up my night
And I light up when your name comes up I feel all funny inside
I got a sweet fever comin' all over me I got a sweet fever I wonder what can it be
I don't know what happens but you come walking by
I can't speak my knees get weak I feel half paralysed
My temperature keeps rising my head is feeling light
I sing love songs all day long I toss and turn all night
I got a sweet fever comin' all over me I got a sweet fever I wonder what can it be
I got a sweet fever comin' all over me I got a sweet fever I wonder what can it be
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FORVER
WITH THE POZO SECO SINGERS
WRITERS JOHN LENNON, PAUL McCARTNEY
Let me take you down cause I'm going to strawberry fields Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about Strawberry fields forever Living is easy with eyes closed Misunderstanding all you see It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out It doesn't matter much to me Let me take you down cause I'm going to strawberry fields Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about Strawberry fields forever No one I think is in my tree I mean it must be high or low That is you know you can't tune it but It's all right That is I think it's not too bad Let me take you down cause I'm going to strawberry fields Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about Strawberry fields forever Always know sometimes it's me But you know I know when it's a dream I think a "No" will mean a "Yes" but it's all wrong that is I think I disagree Let me take you down cause I'm going to strawberry fields Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about Strawberry fields forever Strawberry fields forever strawberry fields forever
THE STORY OF MY LIFE
WRITERS BURT BACHARACH, HAL DAVID
Someday I'm going to write The story of my life I'll tell about the night we met And how my heart can't forget The way you smiled at me I want the world to know The story of my life About the night your lips met mine And that first exciting time I held you close to me The sorrow in our love was breakin' up The mem'ry of a broken heart But later on, the joy of makin' up Never never more to part There's one thing left to do Before my story's through I've got to take you for my wife So the story of my life Can start and end with you The sorrow in our love was breakin' up The mem'ry of a broken heart But later on, the joy of makin' up Never never more to part There's one thing left to do Before my story's through I've got to take you for my wife So the story of my life Can start and end Can start and end Can start and end with you
Oh take a little bit of my love tonight and it will be alright. Steal my heart away it'll be OK. Won't be hard for you to do, ‘cause I want you to, steal my heart away.
We're almost strangers, we don't know each other well. I got a feeling before the break of dawn we will. You're slipping up on my heart, can't you see I'm glad you are.
Oh take a little bit of my love tonight and it will be alright. Steal my heart away it'll be OK. Won't be hard for you to do, ‘cause I want you to, steal my heart away.
Something tells me that when this night is through. You're gonna have me right where I want you to. You're gonna sneak off with my heart. So what are you waiting for.
Oh take a little bit of my love tonight and it will be alright. Steal my heart away it'll be OK. Won't be hard for you to do, ‘cause I want you to, steal my heart away.
Oh take a little bit of my love tonight and it will be alright. Steal my heart away it'll be OK. Won't be hard for you to do, ‘cause I want you to, steal my heart away.
SPANISH HARLEM INCIDENT
WITH THE POZO SECO SINGERS
WRITER BOB DYLAN
Gypsy gal, the hands of Harlem
Cannot hold you to its heat.
Your temperature's too hot for taming,
Your flaming feet burn up the street.
I am homeless, come and take me
Into reach of your rattling drums.
Let me know, babe, about my fortune
Down along my restless palms.
Gypsy gal, you got me swallowed.
I have fallen far beneath
Your pearly eyes, so fast an' slashing,
An' your flashing diamond teeth.
The night is pitch black, come an' make my
Pale face fit into place, ah, please!
Let me know, babe, I got to know, babe,
If it's you my lifelines trace.
I been wond'rin' all about me
Ever since I seen you there.
On the cliffs of your wildcat charms I'm riding,
I know I'm 'round you but I don't know where.
You have slayed me, you have made me,
I got to laugh halfways off my heels.
I got to know, babe, will I be touching you
So I can tell if I'm really real.
I don't want nobody I'm better off alone
I'm sworn to independence my heart is made of stone
But you're breaking on through oh there's somethin' bout you
I've been tapping my toes to the way you talk
And I've been singing along to the way you walk
I've got to do somethin' bout you
Well I've got this place of mine it's nice and quite and I like it fine
I work real hard got no time for you
But I've whiskied up my coffee cup sittin' here tryin' not to call you up
It's gettin' to where I don't know what to do
Oh there's somethin' bout you
[ guitar ]
Something about you like distant thunder and I can't say I ain't been warned
But there's no shelter to crawl under ever gonna save me from this storm
Oh there's somethin' bout you I can't shake
There's somethin' 'bout you that's been keeping me awake
The whole night through oh there's somethin' bout you
Well I've got this life of mine it's nice and quite and I like it fine
I work real hard got no time for you
But I've whiskied up my coffee cup sittin' here tryin' not to call you up
It's gettin' to where I don't know what to do
Oh there's somethin' bout you babe somethin' bout you
(Bob McDill / Dickey Lee)
Others have touched me soft in the night
And others have kissed me and held me tight
Good times and lovers I've had a few
But I was just waiting for someone like you.
Others have loved me before your time
Some who were gentle, some who were kind
Don't it seem funny I never knew
I was just waiting for someone like you.
No, I never wasted a minute of my time
'Cause every road I ever took led me to your side
I've been lonely and I have been loved
I got used to losin' what I'm fondest of.
But it's all so clear now my whole life through
I was just waiting for someone like you...
--- Instrumental to fade ---
SILVER TURNS TO GOLD
WRITERS DANNY FLOWERS, VINCE SANTORO
WHEN I GET UP IN THE MORNIN'
AND I FACE A BRAND NEW DAY
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE BE51DE ME
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
FOR SO LONG NOW WE'VE BEEN LOVERS
ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST OF FRIENDS
AND I RAISE MY GLASS UP TO YA'
AS WE START ALL OVER AGAIN
I'LL LOVE YOU TILL THE DAY THAT I DIE
WITH A FEELING THAT WILL NEVER GROW OLD
I'LL KEEP MY ARM AROUND YOU
WHEN YOU START TO MOVE A LITTLE SLOW
AND LOVE WILL NEVER FADE AWAY
OUR STORY WILL FOREVER: BE TOLD
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME
WHEN THE SILVER TURNS TO GOLD
I GAVE MY HEART AWAY TO YOU
THE FIRST TIME I FELT THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND
AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER
I STILL WANNA BE YOUR MAN
SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES
WITH THE POZO SECO SINGERS
WRITERS JACK RHODES, DICK REYNOLDS
I don't want your lonely mansion With a tear in every room All I want's the love you promised Beneath the haloed moon But you think I should be happy With your money and your name And hide myself in sorrow While you play your cheatin' game Silver threads and golden needles Cannot mend this heart of mine And I dare not drown my sorrow In the warm glow of your wine But you think I should be happy With your money and your name And hide myself in sorrow While you play your cheatin' game Silver threads and golden needles Cannot mend this heart of mine And I dare not drown my sorrow In the warm glow of your wine You can't buy my love with money For I never was that kind Silver threads and golden needles Can not mend this heart of mine Silver threads and golden needles Can not mend this heart of mine
(Bob McDill)
Once I had a heart cold as ice,
Love for me was only for fun.
I’d make a mark for each broken heart
Like notches on the butt of a gun.
Once I had a trick up my sleeve
And a reputation all over town.
I was heartless and cold wherever I’d go,
I shot down every young girl I found.
Yes, I used to be a moonlight bandit.
I used to be a heartbreak kid.
Then I met you and the next thing I knew,
There I was, shot full of love.
Well, who’d have thought that someone like you,
Could take a desperado like me,
But oh here I am I’m as meek as a lamb,
My bleeding heart there at your feet.
Yes, I used to be a moonlight bandit.
I used to be a heartbreak kid.
Then I met you and the next thing I knew,
There I was, Oh, shot full of love.
Yes, I used to be a moonlight bandit.
I used to be a heartbreak kid.
Then I met you and the next thing I knew,
There I was, Oh, shot full of love.
She's a barmaid in a west Texas dance hall
She's there ev'ry night till they close
And the cowboy's pay for the jukebox
And she plays “San Antonio Roseâ€
Well I know her life ain't been easy
And the lines in her face say it all
But she still is a beautiful woman
In the lights of the Texas dance hall
CHORUS:
But she won't sit down at your table
And I know that you can't hold her hand
She won't go home with you cowboy
She's in love with a rodeo man
Well he's hard and he's scarred and he's grayin'
And he's stoned most all of the time
And he drinks at a dark corner table
And he waits there until closin' time
Shadow Land
Don Williams
Bob McDill
Album: Flatlands
Everytime the tide comes in the tide goes out
Some folks fail some do alright
You could take a johnboat all the way to town
Had an angry broken father, in a house beside the water
CHORUS:
Shadowland, what secret are you keeping
Are you only sleepin to wake another day
Shadowland, Oh how could I have loved you
I never really knew you, anyway
Funny how the stars down there shine so bright
Breeze comes in just like a prayer
Mama asked Jesus to keep Daddy home at night
I guess it was a pity, but Jesus never did it
CHORUS:
Shadowland, what secret are you keeping
Are you only sleepin to wake another day
Shadowland, Oh how could I have loved you
I never really knew you, anyway
BRIDGE:
Storms blew up from Mexico, the boats would all come in
Nights like that you could smell salt water on the wind
I was so young back then
Brother was a gifted child so they said
We could build a starship in the yard
Angry voices came from the house at night
So we’d play a game he made up
And stay out a little later
CHORUS:
Shadowland, what secret are you keeping
Are you only sleepin to wake another day
Shadowland, Oh how could I have loved you
I never really knew you, anyway
Senorita
Don Williams
(DeVito/Flowers)
Album: Greatest Country Hits
Back in the innocent days there was a young Cowboy
Who was in love with a Mexican girl,
Only she didn't know it,
And he would watch her when she walked back,
In the cotton dress which danced in the wind
And her eyes held the stars
Now, she was the most beautiful thing
That cowboy had ever seen
Sent down straight from heaven
But he was afraid he would never win her heart
'Cause of some family scars left by the rain forest
But oww... how he loved her
Senoritra passing by
Pardon me if i stop and ask you why
Senorita could it be
Someone like you could love someone like me
So he walked up to her
Tipped his hat and introduced himself
And she looked up at him and didn't know what to say.
So he told her the story of his family
The trouble that brought the barbed wire
And all the things that he could'nt change
And then he told her that he loved her
And studied her reaction
And by the time the spring rains came
They were married
And there's an ol' song that my family used to sing
'Bout a young cowboy and a mexican girl
How they fell in love
Senorita passing by
Pardon me if i stop and ask you why
Senorita could it be
Someone like you could love someone like me
Senoritra passing by
Pardon me if i stop and ask you why
Senorita could it be
Someone like you could love someone like
Someone like you could love someone like me
WRITER PAT McLAUGHLIN
They got a road out in Alaska now,
I hear that you can go there.
Tell me about Montana,
with the cool blue mountain air.
I know your honeys got the money,
I can understand your wanderlust.
Brother, and boy, for me these days,
its refrigerator or bust.
I ain't got no words for going,
I got no longing for your open road.
Don't get found rollin' into town tugging on a heavy load.
You've gotta give me the nights with the city lights, and the people buzzin' everywhere.
One hand upon the parking meter, the other on her easy chair.
I'll send her roses, send her roses everyday.
If I don't go down another dirt road, I don't think it's gonna hurt my day.
I'll send her roses, send her roses once in awhile.
I'm a long, long way from outta here, but you know I'm gonna go in style.
Well, I was rollin' around Boston town, wasn't hardly anybody I know.
Got to singin' low for the first three rows, puttin' on a lousy show.
Well then I met her, I had to let her buy my lunch, I got the flowery plate.
I'm telling you why, good brother don't laugh, think I got me one suitable mate.
I'll send her roses, send her roses every day.
If I don't go down another dirt road, I don't think it's gonna hurt my day.
I'll send her roses, send her roses by the dozen.
I've been having me a whirl with a pretty girl,
and she told me she liked my lovin'.
(repeat last bridge)
Ride On
Don Williams
Doug Johnson
Album: I Turn The Page
Peggy Sue rode away last night, on a rocking horse
Straight into the pale moonlight, make believe of course
But what’s a little girl of eight
Supposed to do when she’s up so late
She can’t sleep ‘cause it sounds like hate
Coming from her momma and daddy’s room
Chorus:
Ride on, ride on
Out to where it don’t hurt no more
Ride on, come on
Back to how it was before
Your momma left and your daddy cussed
All they ever seem to do is fuss, ride on
Tommy Lee’s got a space machine,
he keeps it ready on the launching pad
‘Cause there’ve been times that he has seen,
an alien invade his dad
So he heads out for the stars
Past the moon and straight to Mars
But what about the invisible scars
That come in a bottle that his daddy brings home
Chorus:
Ride on, ride on
Out to where it don’t hurt no more
Ride on, come on
Back to how it was before
Your momma left and your daddy changed
You don’t even know who’s to blame, so ride on
Bridge:
Some people just lose control, some people hit overload
Some people act like some people, they never thought they’d be
So why can’t we all see
The only antidote, The only way to cope
The only true hope is love
So everybody won’t you,
Chorus:
Ride on, ride on
Out to where it don’t hurt no more
Ride on, come on
Back to how it was before
Go ahead and test your faith
There’s still a lot of hope, it’s never too late
To ride on the wings of love, ride on
WITH THE POZO SECO SINGERS
WRITER GORDON LIGHTFOOT
Ribbon of darkness over me
Since my true love walked out the door
Tears I never had before
Ribbon of darkness over me
Clouds are gathering over my head
That kill the day and hide the sun
That shroud the night when day is done
Ribbon of darkness over me
Rain is falling on the meadow
Where once my love and I did lie
Now she is gone from the meadow
My love goodbye
Ribbon of darkness over me
Where once the world was young as spring
Where flowers did bloom and birds would sing
Ribbon of Darkness over me
In this cold room lying
Don't want to see no one but you
Lord, I wish I could be dying
To forget you
How I wish your old heart could see
How mine just takes and breaks all day
Come on back and take away
Ribbon of Darkness over me
Come on back and take away
Ribbon of Darkness over me
Restless
Don Williams
Tim Williams,Don Williams
Album: Flatland
Give me too many bad signs,
I’ll be gone and I can tell you why
Right or wrong that's just the way I am
I’m not looking for sympathy, we either do or we don't agree
All I need to know is where I stand
So it's comin' right down to you,
I wanna stay.if you want me to
But I don't wanna waste your time,
so I don't want you wastin' mine
When the sun's sinkin' low, I get so restless
Should I stay or go, that is the question
I really need to feel that you'll never
Leave me alone, maybe that's all I really need to know
Maybe I get too impatient, when I sense your reservations
I guess I’m, just scared you'll say goodbye
'cause I would hope I’ve let you know what it's like inside your love
I pray it lasts for more than just awhile
So it's time to make up your mind either way I will survive
Not knowing is enough for me to ride away
with a broken dream
When the sun's sinkin' low, I get so restless
Should I stay or go, that is the question
I really need to feel that you'll never
Leave me alone, maybe that's all I really need to know
Reason To Be
Don Williams
Album: I've Got a Winner in You
First I was love, then I came to be
I had a heart inside of me
and though my heart was working I found
still there was something it had not found
So I went away hoping to see
Maybe I’d find what’s missing in me
Knowing so well but not knowing why
if I didn’t find this something I’d die
And then I came to where I had been
I knew the first was still not the end
What I had left was not what I found
Because there was you, because there I found
First I was love, then I came to be
I had a heart inside of me
And though me heart is still part of me
You gave my heart its reason to be
(Instrumental)
Pretty Little Baby Child
Don Williams
John Jarvis/Bill Rice
Album: Believe: A Christmas Collection
Pretty little baby, lying in a manger
Staring at the strangers, who’ve come so many miles
They were told to follow the star up in the heavens
And it brought them to the stable of the little baby child
Could this be the kingdom of the high and mighty
Is this the ruler, born here tonight
Should we lay our treasures, here by the cradle
Oh you must be the saviour, pretty little baby child
Sometimes the greatest of miracles
Come from the smallest of things
They knew when they knelt there beside him
They were looking in the eyes of a king
And that his tiny little fingers would bring us together
For ever and ever, pretty little baby child
Wonder of wonders, there in the darkness
The light of the promise, how it shines from his eyes
The angels were singing the hallelujah chorus
To the saviour before us. Pretty little baby child
Sometimes the greatest of miracles
Come from the smallest of things
They knew when they knelt there beside him
They were looking in the eyes of a king
And that his tiny little fingers would bring us together
For ever and ever, pretty little baby child
For ever and ever pretty little baby child
Pretend
Don Williams
Frank Lavere / Cliff Parman / Lew Douglas
Album: Borrowed Tales
Pretend your happy when you’re blue
It isn’t very hard to do
And you’ll find happiness without and in
Whenever you pretend
Remember anyone can dream
And nothing’s bad as it may seem
The little things you haven’t got could be a lot
If you pretend
You’ll find a love you can share
One you can call all your own
Just close your eyes she’ll be there
You’ll never be alone
And if you sing this melody
You’ll be pretending just like me
The world is mine it can be yours my friend
So why don’t you pretend
You’ll find a love you can share
One you can call all your own
Just close your eyes she’ll be there
You’ll never be alone
And if you sing this melody
You’ll be pretending just like me
The world is mine it can be yours my friend
So why don’t you pretend
Peace Train
Don Williams
Cat Stevens
Album: Borrowed Tales
I’ve been happy lately thinkin’
about the good things to come
And I believe it could be something good has begun
Oh I’ve been smilin’ lately dreamin’ about the world as one
And I believe it could be someday its goin’ to come
Cause out on the edge of darkness
there rides the peace train
Oh peace train take this country come take me home again
Oh peace train soundin’ louder ride on the peace train
Ooo, come on the peace train
Yes peace train holy roller
everyone jump upon the peace train
Ooo, come on the peace train
Now get your bags together go bring your good friends too
Because its getting nearer it soon will be with you
Now come and join the living accept the point of view
And its getting nearer soon it will all be true
Now I’ve been cryin’ lately thinkin’ about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating why can’t we love and live
Oh peace train soundin’ louder ride on the peace train
Ooo, come on the peace train
Yes peace train holy roller
everyone jump upon the peace train
Ooo, come on, come on, come on
Yes peace train yes its the peace train
You may live alone and close your eyes, some folks do
You may dream a dream that's twice your size, all night through
When the morning comes who's to tell your dreams to, only you
Only love, love only, only love, will do
Only love, love only, only love comes true
Nothing else you see, there's nothing else, only love, only love
I have known a love within my heart, one for you
When this love began right from the start, I never knew
If love should come your way you'd ever say, I love you, I love you
Only love, love only, only love, will do
Only love, love only, only love, comes true
Nothing else you see, there's nothing else, only love, only love
One Good Well
Don Williams
Mike Reid / Kent Robbins
Album: The Best of Don Williams [BMG Special Products]
There’s a million oil rigs pumping
that black gold all over the world
Sheiks and cowboy billionaires
in limousines loaded with sparkling girls
But money can’t buy happiness
just listen to the stories they tell
All you need to really suceed in life Is one good well
It takes one good well, deep and ever-flowing
It takes one good well, to draw from night and day
Pure and fine, it’s yours and mine and it’s, always enough
We’ve got one good well, overflowing with everlasting love
Don’t it seem kinda funny how people with a lot of money
only hunger for more
You think they’d learn that money can burn,
it’s love that keeps the wolf from the door
Precious love lies deep inside, hearts you can’t buy and sell
When the money’s low, still we know we got, one good well
It takes one good well, deep and ever-flowing
It takes one good well, to draw from night and day
Pure and fine, it’s yours and mine and it’s, always enough
We’ve got one good well, overflowing with everlasting love
(Charles John Quarto, Steve Gillette)
There’s a new ridge road
That cuts the mountain to the bone.
Slices through the woods
Like there ain’t nobody home.
You can wheel on up the valley view.
You’ll never feel the climb.
Oh, but I’ll take the old trail every time.
The old trail,
Just mosies right along,
Moves at the speed
Of a sweet love song
And the wind through the trees
Carries her own wind chimes.
Yeah, I’ll take the old trail every time.
Lately it seems things vanish by degrees.
How soon we forget
We made our tree houses out of trees.
When we going to realise
Some reasons just don’t rhyme.
Yeah, I take the old trail every time.
The old trail.
Now may she never fade.
The one where the deer
Always have the right of way.
How I love to watch the wintergreen
Along the timber lines.
Yea, I’ll take the old trail every time.
People in cars
Let the radios do the talking
But I always find
That I’m singing when I’m walking.
The old trail
Just moses right along.
Moves at the speed
Of a sweet love song
And the wind
Through the trees
Carries her own wind chimes.
Yeah, I’ll take the old trail every time.
I take the old trail every time...
Now and then, a loser wins
Gets a winning hand, now and then
Once in a while the angels smile
And someone's life turns out just right
Now and then dreams come true
When someone like me
Is loved by someone like you.
So many times I just couldn't believing
I'd never find the one to make my life worth living
Bur now and then miracles still happen
Oh I know they do ‘cause I found you.
It'll always be a mystery
That in all this world you chose me
It's good to know that now and then
It all turns around and there's really a rainbows end
Now and then dreams come true
When someone like me
Is loved by someone like you
Who, by touching my hand
Makes me understand, questions my heart is asking
Who, opened my eyes, made me realise
Love is everlasting
Nobody but you, nobody but you
Nobody else, could love me, like you do
Nobody but you, could see me through
Your love is true and I don't need nobody but you
Who comes just close enough
And shows me that love is nothing to be afraid of
Who, holds me so tight every night
And shows me what love is made of
Nobody but you, nobody but you
Nobody else, could love me, like you do
Nobody but you, could see me through
Your love is true and I don't need nobody but you
NO PROBLEM
WRITERS DON SCHLITZ, BILLY LIVESEY
Nobody's life is perfect nobody wins' em all
In everybody's backyard a little rain must fall
And when I think about you you're just the way you are
If you were any different oh, it would break my heart
You talk too much you laugh too loud
When you hold my hand you act too proud
You give me more lovin' than a man's allowed
If that's the biggest problem I've got, no problem
My house is not a mansion, my car is not brand new
My clothes are out of fashion, my road's got a bump or two
But when I think about you, the way you smile so sweet
I know that you're not perfect but you're close enough for me
You talk too much you laugh too loud
When you hold my hand you act too proud
You give me more lovin' than a man's allowed
If that's the biggest problem I've got, no problem
If that's the biggest problem I've got
If that's the biggest problem I've got
If that's the biggest problem I've got
No problem
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
Don Williams
Dimitri Tiomkin / Paul Francis Webster
Album: Borrowed Tales
The sun is sinking in the west
The cattle go down to the stream
The redwing settle in their nest
Its time for a cowboy to sing
Purple light in the canyon
That’s where I long to be
With my three good companions
Jus’ my rifle, my pony and me
Whiporwill in the willow
Sings a sweet melody
Ridin’ to Amarillo
Jus’ my rifle, my pony and me
No more cows to be ropin’
Nor more strays will I see
‘Round the bend she’ll be waitin’
For my rifle, my pony and me
For my rifle, my pony and me
You give to me what life should be for everyone.
You're my pepper, you're my salt, my favorite tea.
You're my sunset on the ocean, my desert dawn.
So much of you is now a part of me.
I know a greater power must have noticed me,
And decided I would meet someone like you.
No-one on this planet thought we could ever be,
Till He gave my heart to you, and yours to me.
You've given us our children and a recipe:
For you and I, love comes naturally.
My love is somehow different than I'd have it be,
An' it's workin' on my heart, not into me.
So I know a greater power must have noticed me,
And decided I would meet someone like you.
No-one on this planet thought we could ever be,
Till He gave my heart to you, and yours to me.
MISSIN' YOU, MISSIN' ME
WRITER DON WILLIAMS
Love is gone but not forgotten memories are very much alive
Life goes on and life goes well
But I wonder if I'll ever lose the pain of missing you
Mising you it won't let me be wishing you were missing me
Missing you I'll never be free from missing you missing me
You were here and then you left me well who's to say where anyone belongs
I know now that I'll get by but I wonder if I'll ever lose the pain of missing you
Mising you it won't let me be...
Maybe That's All It Takes
Don Williams
Beth Neilson-Chapman
Album: The Best of Don Williams [BMG Special Products]
I’ll love you forever and a day
That’s what the love songs like to say
In love it seems, life is but a dream
When we started out it felt that way
But it didn’t take us very long
To find out the world is not a song
Life gets blue and love does too
You learn to forgive and just go on
Maybe that’s all it takes
Just letting go of the old mistakes
And holding on tight to the love we made
Maybe that’s all it takes
We’ve done our share of slamming doors
Wondering what were together for
Yes we’ve been through a tear or two
And for every tear I love you more
And maybe that’s all it takes
Just letting go of the old mistakes
And holding on tight to the love we made
Maybe that’s all it takes
You came to me like a dove on the wing
As great as your beauty was your freedom within
You said to me the things on your mind
But I couldn't help you I couldn't unwind
Maybe I should have held you, maybe I should have tried
Maybe I could have helped you through the night
Maybe I should know better which way to go
Maybe I just don't know
Sometimes the ground looks as hard as a rock
But sometimes it's muddy, so hard to walk
Sometimes the beauty is covered with snow
Sometimes the right seems the wrong way to go
Maybe I should have held you, maybe I should have tried
Maybe I could have helped you through the night
Maybe I should know better sometimes which way to go
Maybe I just don't know
LOUISIANA MAN
WITH THE POZO SECO SINGERS)
WRITER DOUG KERSHAW
At first Mom and Poppa called the little girl a lady They raised her on the banks of a river bed A house boat tied to a big tall tree A home for my poppa and my momma and me The clock strikes three Poppa jumps to his fee Already Moma's cookin' Poppa somethin' to eat At half past Poppa he's a ready to go, he jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou He's got fishin' line strung across the 'Lousiana River Got to catch a big fish for us to eat He's settin' his traps catchin' anything he can Gotta make a livin' he's a 'Lousiana man,gotta make a livin' he's a 'Lousiana man Muskrat hides hangin' by the dozen, even got a little bitty muskrat cousin Got 'em out dryin' in the hot hot sun, tomorrow Poppa's gone turn em into money They call Moma Rita and my Daddy Jack,my little baby brother on the floor that's Mac,Rhett and Lynn are the family twins,big brother Eddie's on the bayou fishin' On the river floats Poppa's great big boat That's how me and Poppa get in to town It takes every bit of a night and day to even reach a place where the people stay Oh I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around That's the day my Poppa takes the furs to town Poppa done promised me that I could go He'd even let me see a cowboy show I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then I told my Poppa "gotta go again" but Poppa says"Hon we got lines to run,we'll have to come again,cause theres work to be done" He's got fishin' line strung across the 'Lousiana River Got a catch a big fish for us to eat He's settin' his traps catchin' anything he can Gotta make a livin' he's a' Lousiana man Gotta make a livin' he's a' Lousiana man-an Poppa done promised me that I could go He'd even let me see the cowboy show I saw the cowboys and indians for the first time then I told my Poppa "Gotta go again" but Poppa said "Hon, we got lines to run,we'll have to come again cause theres work to be done repeat chorus-
Leaving For The Flatlands
Don Williams
Album: Flatlands
Sweetly flows the water from the mountain
Softly falls the rain upon the leaves
Gently blows the breeze among the cedars
Quietly my heart is on its knees
How could anything in all creation
Be more beautiful than all I see
With it all my heart is not rejoicing
Because the one I love is not with me
Somewhere in between us was a difference
Not we or all this beauty could secure
And I know now my heart will ache forever
And I wonder if this mountain can endure
So l'm leavin'for the flatlands
Goin' back where I was conceived
Goin' back where nobody knows the difference
This mountain knows too much about me
I though it was written up in heaven
That you would be with me and I with you
Sun and moon and stars must feel the difference
And they're wishin' there was somethin' they could do
LEARN TO LET IT GO
WRITERS MIKE REID, RORY BOURKE
There’s a young man sits by the river
Got his head held down in his hands
There’s a lost love in every teardrop
And reasons that he just don’t understand
There’s a dirt road runs by the river
Comes an old man stepping high
with a soft voice and kind intentions
he said son you know you’re too young to cry
Some things were meant to just roll by
CHORUS:
You’ve got to learn to let it go, when love lets you down
Learn to let it go, so you don’t miss the one waiting to be found
With a love that’s going to bring you round
Only love is going to bring you around
He said now I know it’s hard to imagine
that one day you wont feel so bad.
I know you’re going to take comfort
from this experience that I’ve had.
Lay Down Sally
Don Williams
Eric Clapton / George Terry / Marcy Levy
Album: Borrowed Tales
There is nothing that is wrong
Wanting you to stay here with me
I know you got somewhere to go
Won’t you make yourself at home and never leave
And don’t you ever leave
Lay Down Sally rest here in my arms
Don’t you think you want someone to talk to
Lay Down Sally no need to leave so soon
I been tryin’ all night long ‘jus to talk to you
Sun ain’t nearly on the rise
We still got the moon and stars above
Underneath the velvet skies
Love is all that matters won’t you stay with me
And don’t you ever leave
Lay Down Sally rest here in my arms
Don’t you think you want someone to talk to
Lay Down Sally no need to leave so soon
I been tryin’ all night long ‘jus to talk to you
I long to see the mornin’ light
Color in your face so dreamily
So don’t you go and say goodbye
You can lay your worries down and stay with me
And don’t you ever leave
Lay Down Sally rest here in my arms
Don’t you think you want someone to talk to
Lay Down Sally no need to leave so soon
I been tryin’ all night long ‘jus to talk to you
Just As Long As I Have You
Don Williams
Dave Loggins / J.D. Martin
Album: History of Country Music: Country Classics from the 90's
Just As Long As I Have You
Don Williams
David Kirby / William Morrison
Well, I love to wander ... On a sandy shore
And I love to wander ...
Down the streets of towns I’ve never been before
Take me somewhere out of reach
Lie in unfamiliar sheets and hear the ocean roar
Ask for more I could not do,
just as long as you’re there too
Just as long as I have you,
I’ll go anywhere
Just as long as you’re there too,
I don’t really care
I’ll go anywhere you are,
cause with you is where I belong
I’ve just got to have you,
to make my life complete
I’ve just got to have you,
there to be a part of everything I see
In the windows I walk past,
in the mirror in the morning
in the photographs
In the candlelite cafes,
let me always see your face
Oh, it really doesn’t matter just where the road leads
To the top of a mountain or down to the sea
Just as long as I have you,
I’ll go anywhere
Just as long as you’re there too,
I don’t really care
I’ll go anywhere you are,
cause with you is where I belong
Just as long as I have you....
JUST CAUSE I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU
WRITER JESSE WINCHESTER
It’s true, you’ve got me going round in circles
You keep me so darned dizzy I could cry
But every time you hurt me I grow a little stronger
I’ll soon be strong enough to say goodbye
And it will be so good to smile
Gee, it’s been a long, long while
After all that I’ve been through
Just cause I’m in love with you
But there will come a day, you’ll see
You won’t have control of me
You can’t hurt me like you do
Just cause I’m in love with you
I’ll ask whatever saint looks after lovers
I’ll ask her, would you please look after me
And would you kindly hear my prayer, and have a little mercy
Please if she doesn’t love me, set me free
Lying here beside her I've come to understand
If you want to be happy you can
It don't take living like a king, it doesn't cost you anything
All it takes is a woman & a man
Because its who you love & who loves you
Its not where you are if she's there too
It's not who you know or what you do
It's who you love & who loves you
This modern world we live in is a sad state of affairs,
Everybody wants what isn't theirs
While the race for money & success in search of happiness,
We turn out the light & go upstairs.
Because its who you love & who loves you
Its not where you are if she's there too
It's not who you know or what you do
It's who you love & who loves you
So we hold each other tight
And own the world tonight
‘Cause love is all that matters anyway
Because its who you love & who loves you
Its not where you are if she's there too
It's not who you know or what you do
It's who you love & who loves you
Its who you love & who loves you
Its not where you are if she's there too
It's not who you know or what you do
It's who you love & who loves you
Well tonight she came home early
And she watched TV alone
Lately the nightlife doesn't do much for her
It's not that she's not pretty
She could have brought some cowboy home
But the last time that she did, it only bored her
Well she's tired of crowded places
Singles bars and strangers faces
And she knows there's something missing in her life
It's time for love she's had enough romance
It's time for love, she's tired of one-night stands
Anyone can see she's waited long enough
It's time for love she's had her moonlight nights
It's time for love, she's tired of neon lights
She's had everything else but now it's time for love
So she sits down at her mirror
And she brushes out her hair
She thinks about the men that she's let hold her
There were some that took her dancing,
There were some that took her home
But no-one ever took the time to know her
And as the tears start falling,
There's a voice inside her calling
And she knows there must be something more than this.
It's time for love she's had enough romance
It's time for love, she's tired of one-night stands
Anyone can see she's waited long enough
It's time for love she's had her moonlight nights
It's time for love, she's tired of neon lights
She's had everything else but now it's time for love
IN THE MORNIN’
WRITER DON WILLIAMS
When the sun comes up and it's time to get up in the mornin'
Will you think of me and how it oughta be in the mornin'
Well I don't know why you could say goodbye
And I can't see how you could be anywhere but here with me in the mornin'
Where was I when you made your move to go away
Where was I I didn't hear the things I've always heard or always said
Well it's no lie I never thought about it not a day
And I'll tell you why I really thought we always tried to say what should be said
When the sun comes up...
Love's Endless War
Don Williams
LOVE'S ENDLESS WAR
Hearts have been broken
in the game of true love
I'm afraid to surrender
I'm not strong enough
Give it all away
open up every door
My heart is a castle in love's endless war
Dreams can betray you
When you're far out that sea
Many proud hearts have foundered
on love's mutiny
Give it all away
Be a young fool once more
My heart is an island adrift from your shore
in love's endless war
If you could read my mind love,
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie,
‘Bout a ghost from a wishin’ well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet,
You know that ghost is me.
And I will never be set free,
As long as I’m a ghost you can’t see.
If I could read your mind love,
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel,
The kind the drugstore sell
When you reach the part
Where the heartaches come
The hero would be me,
Heroes often fail
And you won’t need that book again,
Because the ending’s just too hard to take.
--- Instrumental ---
I’d walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a freeway script,
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene,
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now love let’s be real,
I never thought I could act this way
And I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it
I don’t know where we went wrong
But the feelin’s gone and I just can’t get it back.
If you could read my mind love,
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie,
‘Bout a ghost from a wishin’ well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet,
The story always ends
And if you read between the lines
You’ll know that I’m just tryin’ to understand
The feelings that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it.
I don’t know where we went wrong
But the feelin’s gone and I just can’t get it back...
(both)
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me, for to ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would come to you
I would swim the sea for to ease your pain
(E.H).
Well the night´s for forlorn
And the mornin´s warm
And the mornin´s warm with the lights of love
And you´ll miss sunrise
If you close your eyes
And that would break my heart in two
(both)
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me for to ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would come to you
I would swim the sea for to ease your pain
(instrumental)
(D.W.)
Baby´s with me now
Since I showed her how
To lay her little hand in mine
Who could ill agree?
She´s a sight to see
Treasure for the poor to find
(both)
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me for to ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would come to you?
I would swim the sea for to ease your pain
Well you know I'm not much good at writtin' letters
So I gave up and decided that I'd call
Naw' there's really not much new to tell ya
Things back here they never change at all
It snowed today, its cold here for November
But I hear the weather's warm out there
Oh, and if you see Burt Reynolds
Would you shake his hand for me
And tell ol' Burt , I've seen all his movies
Well, I hope you make the big time
I hope your dreams come true
But if Hollywood don't need you
Honey I still do
Last night I drove the truck to Amarillo
Some friends and I we had a laugh or two
But lately we don't cut up like we used to
‘Cause all that I can think about is you
Well, I know this is what you've always wanted
But I know now that all I want is you
So if you see Burt Reynolds
Would you shake his hand for me
And tell ol' Burt , I've seen all his movies
Well, I hope you make the big time
I hope your dreams come true
But if Hollywood don't need you
Honey I still do
If Hollywood don't need you
Honey, I still do
I'VE GOT SUNDAY SCHOOL TO THANK FOR JESUS,
GOT EDUCATED THANKS TO MUM AND DAD;
I CAN BORROW MONEY THANK TO BANKER JOHNSON
THANKS TO ME I'VE SPENT ALL THAT I HAVE.
I QUIT SMOOKING THANKS TO COACH KWASKY,
THANKS TO LEFTY THOMSON I CAN FIGHT
IT TOOK A WHILE LEARNING ALL LIFE'S LESSONS,
BUT I LEARNT ABOUT LOVE JUST ONE NIGHT.
HONEY I'VE GOT YOU TO THANK FOR THAT
IT'S GOOD FROM TIME TO TIME TO LOOK BACK
IT ALWAYS REMINDS ME THAT I LOVE IT WHERE I AM A A A
HONEY I'VE GOT YOU TO THANK FOR THAT
HONEY I'VE GOT YOU TO THANK FOR THAT.
THANKS TO LITTLE RICHARD I FELT CRAZE,
J.S.B. MAKES ME FELL THAT I TOO WAS BAD
THEN MY LIFE TOOK ON A NEW DIMENSSION
HONEY I'VE GOT YOU TO THANK FOR THAT
HONEY I'VE GOT YOU TO THANK FOR THAT
I'M GETTING GOOD AT MISSING YOU
WRITER WAYLAND HOLYFIELD
Solitaire I'm gettin' good at solitaire
I've got lots of times to spare I'm gettin' good without you here
Telephone I'm good at listenin' for the phone
I'm good at hopin' you call home I'm good at listenin' for the phone
I'm gettin' good at thinkin' of you I'm doin' well at cryin' too
I could be the best at bein' blue I'm gettin' good at missin' you
Bedroom walls I'm good at starin' at the walls
Dreamin' footsteps in the hall I'm good at starin' at the walls
I'm gettin' good at thinkin' of you...
I'm gettin' good at thinkin' of you...
You can write your own ticket now
I'll get by without you somehow
Don't you worry ‘bout what I'll do
I'll be fine without you
You say you think the change will do you good
If you feel that way well I guess it would
I can live my life without you
I've got places to go and things to do
CHORUS:
But I'll never be in love again
My poor old heart will never mend
Oh I'll find someone to hold now and then
But I'll never be in love again
Something went wrong along the way
And there's nothing I can do to make you stay
Well I never tried to put holds on you
That's the last thing I'd ever want to do
So you go your way, I'll go mine
And if our paths should cross somewhere down the line
I'll just say hello and shake your hand
But if tears come to my eyes please understand
Writers: Bob McDill,Wayland Holyfield
Your bags are packed and waitin'
By the door
If you really want me to go it's alright
Don't worry 'bout me darling
I'll get by
But I'll need someone to hold me
When I cry
I'll need someone to tell me
I'll get over you
I'll need a friend to lean on
When I'm feeling blue
So sit down here beside me
After you say goodbye
'Cause I'll need someone to hold
Me when I cry
--- Instrumental ---
But I know the taxi's waitin' for you to go
But darling tell him that you've changed your mind
And stay until tomorrow
'Cause I know tonight
I'll need someone to hold me
When I cry
I'll need someone to tell me
I'll get over you
I'll need a friend to lean on
When I'm feeling blue
So sit down here beside me
After you say goodbye
'Cause I'll need someone to hold
Me when I cry...
I'll Be There If You Ever Want Me
Don Williams
Ray Price / Rusty Gabbard
Album: Borrowed Tales
There ain’t no chain strong enough to hold me
Ain’t no breeze big enough to slow me
Never have seen a river that’s too wide
There ain’t no jail tight enough to lock me
Ain’t no man big enough to stop me
I’ll be there if you ever want me by your side
So love me if you ever gonna love me
I never have seen a road too rough to ride
There ain’t no chain strong enough to hold me
Ain’t no breeze big enough to slow me
I’ll be there if you ever want me by your side
There ain’t no rope stout enough to bind me
Look for me honey you will find me
Any ol’ time you’re ready with your charm
And I’ll be there ready and a waitin’
There won’t be any hesitatin’
I’ll be there if you ever want me in your arms
So love me if you ever gonna love me
I never have seen a road too rough to ride
There ain’t no chain strong enough to hold me
Ain’t no breeze big enough to slow me
I’ll be there if you ever want me by your side
I can see your heart is aching
He hurt you more than he knew
But should you ever want to love again
I'll be faithful to you
You've been crying like a willow
when the night bird sings so blue
Trust was broken but hearts will heal
and I'll be faithful to you.
In this world of pain and sorrow
where a promise wont hold true
here's a vow you can be sure of
I'll be faithful to you
So let me dry away your lonesome tears
like the sun melts morning dew
and I will wrap you up in true, true love
and I'll be faithful to you
In this world of pain and sorrow
where a promise wont hold true
here's a vow you can be sure of
I'll be faithful to you
I'll be faithful to you
I Wish I'd Have A Circle Driveway
Don Williams
Joe Allen
Album: Portrait
I wish I had a circle driveway
There’s too much for me to leave behind
If I only had a circle driveway
I’d just ride around and wave goodbye
I really can’t believe she packed my suitcase
I can’t believe that both her eyes were dry
The only thing we didn’t have together
Is a right now badly needed circle drive
I Wish I had a circle driveway
There’s too much for me to leave behind
If I only had a circle driveway
I’d just ride around and wave goodbye
Well I’ll slam it in reverse and watch for traffic
‘Cause I don’t want the kids to see me cry
It’s time to head a new direction
So I’ll do my best to get it into drive
I Wish I had a circle driveway
There’s too much for me to leave behind
If I only had a circle driveway
I’d just ride around and wave goodbye
Well I don't know how it happened
Must have been something I said
We had some words, she said some things
I guess I must have lost my head
It's been a week since I left her
And I can't go on this way
I'll call her up and swallow my pride
When she says hello I'll say
I.. want you back again
Oooohhhh what a fool I've been
I.. won't do that again
My tears won't stop and my heart won't mend
I want you back again
--- Instrumental ---
So I gather up all of my courage
And I found my last dime
I need it so , but God only knows
If we can make up this time
I tremble as I dial her number
Ohh I hope I'm not to late
I say it's me, and I hold my breath
And softly I hear her say
I .. want you back again
Oooohhhh what a fool I've been
I. won't do that again
My tears won't stop and my heart won't mend
I want you back again...
I Need You To Want Me
Don Williams
Album: Flatlands
I don't need a fortune teller
I don't need me no M.D.
I don't need some slick suit that’s passed the bar
I don't need a politician
Or some preacher on tv
Folks to tell me how I've done so far
I need you to want me
I want you to tove me
The way I love you:
Oh, for a friend
A friend you can count on
Be there for me and I'm yours till the end
Sagan's slingin’ big bang
Nader's workin’ on control
Einstein's Mr. Relativity
I don't need no revelation
Mystics cloud up things for me
And I don't need another mystery
I keep your picture on my dresser
I keep your pillow on the bed
I keep believing you still love me
I keep saying you'll come back again.
I keep a light on in the window
I keep it burning day and night
I keep saying didn't mean it
when you said goodbye.
Oh, I keep putting off getting over you
'Cause that would be to hard to ever do
I just can't believe you and I are through
So I keep putting off getting over you.
--- Instrumental ---
I know you told me to forget you
Said go and find me someone else
But I keep saying youre going to come back
So I keep living all by myself.
Oh, I keep putting off getting over you
'Cause that would be to hard to ever do
I just can't believe you and I are through
So I keep putting off getting over you.
Oh, I keep putting off getting over you
'Cause that would be to hard to ever do
I just can't believe you and I are through
So I keep putting off getting over you.
I DON'T WANT TO LOVE YOU
WRITER BOB McDILL
No, no, no, I don’t want to love you
And oh, oh, oh I’m tryin’ not to
No, no, no I don’t want to love you
But oh, oh, oh, I think I do
This heart of mine it’s been mistreated
Love’s done me wrong time and again
After the way I’ve been cheated
I want you, and yet, I still can’t forget
I’m so afraid to give in
I think about you every minute
And I miss you when you’re not around
And every day I’m getting’ deeper in it
I’m scared to go on but the feelin’s so strong
I can’t turn away from you now
No, no, no, I don’t want to love you
And oh, oh, oh I’m tryin’ not to
No, no, no I don’t want to love you
But oh, oh, oh, I think I do
I Don't Wanna Let Go
Don Williams
Jim Rushing
Album: Love Songs
Road signs all show there’s no cause for leaving
And the weeping wind knows that I’m broken and beaten
For my love has just hurt me like nothing I’ve known
How can I step aside from the feelings inside when I don’t wanna let go
Let go when I know love will claim me again
Forget how I love her and my spirit would mend
But her memories like a fireside that warms me when cold
While it’s burning I don’t wanna let go
Sweet bitter dreams gather gently inside me
As I roll with the earth finding nothing to hide me
For my love was my shelter my shore and my home
How can time repay what I gave away
when I don’t wanna let go
Let go when I know love will claim me again
Forget how I love her and my spirit would mend
But her memories like a fireside that warms me when cold
While it’s burning I don’t wanna let go
While it’s burning I don’t wanna let go
I’m glad you called me I can still feel your voice
Touch something inside me but I have no choice
But to tell you I’m no longer one of the boys
And I can’t get to you from here.
No, I don’t think you’d know me if you saw me up close
I’ve built me a family and I don’t like to boast,
But I’m all settled in to what I need the most
And I can’t get to you from here.
I can’t turn back the years
And get crazy again and have nothing to fear
Easy as it might appear
I can’t just turn back and get there from here.
I only bet when I’ve got all the cards
I don’t take on all comers if they come to hard
I’m a daddy and a voter and I go to bed tired
And I can’t get to you from here.
I can’t turn back the years
And get crazy again and have nothing to fear
Easy as it might appear
I can’t just turn back and get there from here.
I only bet when I’ve got all the cards
I don’t take on all comers if they come on too hard
I’m a daddy and a voter and I go to bed tired
And I can’t get to you from here.
When the world was on my shoulders
And all hope for tomorrow was gone
You took my hand and baby you made me see
There’s a future for me
And I can make it with you, baby
I can make it with you
I can make it with you by my side
And when life had lost it’s meaning
When my dreams had been shattered by time
You touched my hand and baby
You made me see
There’s a future for me
Remember when I was down
Was lost but now I’ve been found
And I can make it with you, baby
Her Perfect Memory
Don Williams
Doug Johnson/Pat Bunch
Album: I Turn the Page
I remember how we struggled when we first started out
She recalls we had it all not what we did without
I think back on those hard times she remembers only love
Who am I to say that’s not exactly how it was
Chorus:
That’s how she remembers it
She was the lucky one
Just take a look at both of us
and you tell me who won
If she thinks I hung the stars
If thats what she believes
Then who am I to tamper with
Her perfect memory
You ought to hear her tell the kids how mom and daddy met
It always amazes me the things that she forgets
Somehow she gets it turned around
but its still my favorite part
How Mommy looked in Daddy’s eyes
and I stole away her heart
Chorus:
That’s how she remembers it
She was the lucky one
Just take a look at both of us
and you tell me who won
If she thinks I hung the stars
If thats what she believes
Then who am I to tamper with
Her perfect memory
If I made all her dreams come true as far as she can see
Who am I to tamper with her perfect memory
Cadillac smiles and the latest styles
In this world they ain't no part of me
A hundred dollar bill can cure your ills
In this world but it ain't no good to me
You see money and clothes are easily burned
People in cars are easily turned around
I'm looking for something that'll last me all of my life
I'm listening for the sound
I wanna hear a heartbeat in the darkness
Every night of my life
I wanna hear a heartbeat in the darkness
Next to mine
A woman tryin' to find a diamond mine
Ain't my kind she ain't no use to me
A big estate a with a wrought iron gate
A mansion on the hill, ain't where I wanna be
You see without love a house ain't a home
A diamond ain't no more than a stone in the ground
I'd give every material thing I ownin this life
If I could jus' hear the sound
Of a heartbeat in the darkness
Ev'ry night of my life
I wanna hear a heartbeat in the darkness
Next to mine
I wanna hear a heartbeat in the darkness
Ev'ry night of my life
I wanna hear a heartbeat in the darkness
Next to mine
I wanna hear a heartbeat
I wanna hear a heartbeat
(Joe South)
Oh, the games people play now,
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now,
Never saying what they mean.
They just wile away the hours,
In their ivory towers
‘Til they’re covered up with flowers,
In the back of a black limousine.
La da da, da da da, da da
La da da, da da da, da dee
I’m talking ‘bout you and me
And the games people play.
Oh, we make one another cry,
Break our heart when we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die
Bet the other was to blame.
Neither one ever give an inch
So we gaze at our eight by ten
Thinking ‘bout the things that might of been
And its a dirty rotten shame.
--- Instrumental ---
People walking up to you,
Singing glory, Hallelujah!
And their trying’ to sock it to you,
In the name of the Lord.
There gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope and cheat your fate
And to furthermore to hell with hate
Come on get on board.
La da da, da da da, da da
La da da, da da da, da dee
I’m talking ‘bout you and me
And the games people play.
Well, look around and tell me what you see
What’s a happening to you and me
God grant me the serenity
To remember who I am.
'Cause you've given up your sanity
For your pride and your vanity
Turns you back on humanity
And you don't give a da da.
La da da, da da da, da da
La da da, da da da, da dee
I’m talking ‘bout you and me
And the games people play.
La da da, da da da, da da
La da da, da da da, da dee
I’m talking ‘bout you and me
And the games people play...
FROM NOW ON
WRITERS DON SCHLITZ, GARY BURR
Everybody comes with baggage
Places and poeple before
You don’t know what all your getting
When love walks through your door, through your door
I’ve had some hills and some valleys
You’ve done some traveling too
You can tell by the dents and the scratches
Our hearts aren’t exactly brand new
CHORUS:
From now on is all that counts
From now on is all that matters
That’s what living’s all about
From different roads we find each other
You’re the only love I want, from now on
I’m thankful for the ones before me
I’m grateful that they didn’t stay
We can’t do a thing about it
And it’s made us who we are today
repeat
Fool, fool heart, what have you done
I thought by now you'd had enough but
Oh no, you've got me falling in love again
Fool, fool heart, guess you'll never learn
Taking chances like you do isn't smart
My fool, fool heart
Fool, fool heart how quickly you forget
Just when you were about to mend
You get to feeling lucky so you try it again
You're a fool, fool heart think you're bound to get it right
And that love's just a puzzle with a missing part
But you're a fool, fool heart
Fool heart, God only knows
How you make it through the highs and the lows
Fool heart I wouldn't mind if I thought it would be the last time
Fool, fool heart, you know
We've been through this before
Seems like you said you'd given up
That you were through with being lost in love
My fool, fool heart guess you've got to play love's game
Still the losing is the hardest part, my fool, fool heart
Still the losing is the hardest part, my fool, fool heart
FLOWERS WON’T GROW IN GARDENS OF STONE
WRITERS BUCKY JONES, BOB McDILL
Could it be our love wasn’t planted deep enough
Or could it be we just didn’t try
Looking back we see, so much that we left undone
We should have known it would wither and die
Flowers wont grow in gardens of stone
The ground must be tended but we left it alone
The seeds that we scattered are all parched and blown
Flowers wont grow in a garden of stone
Thinking ‘bout it now, it was only pride I know
There was so much that we wouldn’t give
Both of us in time took what might have been a home
And made it a place where nothing could live
Flowers wont grow in gardens of stone
The ground must be tended but we left it alone
The seeds that we scattered are all parched and blown
Flowers wont grow in a garden of stone
Never know how much I love you,
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me,
I get a fever that’s so hard to bear
You give me fever, when you kiss me,
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night.
Sun lights up the daytime,
Moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name,
Because, I know your gonna treat me right
You give me fever, when you kiss me,
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night.
Everybody’s got the fever,
That is something you all know
Fever isn’t such a new thing,
Fever started long ago.
Romeo loved Juliet, Juliet she felt the same,
When he put his arms around her,
He said, ‘Julie baby you’re my thing’
You give us fever, when we kisseth,
Fever with the flaming youth
Fever, I’m on fire, Fever yea, I burn forsooth.
Captain Smith and Pocahontas, had a very mad affair
When her Daddy tried to kill him,
She said, Daddy-o don’t do that
He gives me fever, with his kisses,
Fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I’m his misses, Daddy won’t you treat him right.
Now you’ve listened to my story,
And here’s a point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever,
Be it farenheight or centigrade
They give you fever, when you kiss them
Fever if you live your life
Fever ’til you sizzle
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn...
Falling In Love Again
Love be gentle, love be kind
As I give this heart of mine
To a new love I hope will never end
It seems like only yesterday
Love was here and went away
Out of love again but now I'm falling in
Chorus:
Fallin' in love again
I'd fallen out but there's no doubt
I'm fallin' in, love again
I know that love won't always last
When you fall in love to fast
I should know better
But here I go again
Love be strong, love be true
For what else can I do
Love is calling and I know I'm fallin' in
Chorus:
Fallin' in love again
I'd fallen out but there's no doubt
I'm fallin' in, love again
Chorus:
Fallin' in love again
I'd fallen out but there's no doubt
I'm fallin' in, love again...
No one could love me the way that you love me but is it a matter of time
But each time you hold me the way that you hold me time never crosses my mind
We all took chances sometimes too many so I'll take some chances myself
Cause you're an expert at everything I never thought of
And real good at everything else
You give me kisses for no speacial reason no special reason's enough
You never wait till the party's all over to show me I'm the one you love
You never do me the way that they did me
Cause look what you've done with what was left
You're an expert at everything I never thought of
And real good at everything else
I know I'm ready now
To love you like you want me to
I've finally figured out
That I depend on you
I haven't started loving you yet
So don't stop loving me now
Don't do something we'll both regret
Don't stop loving me now
You've seen me running round
Trying to live to fast
I swear I'm slowing down
I know what I want at last
Don't say you're walking out
Now that I've finally changed
My life is turned around
So don't stop loving me now
I know I'm ready now
To love you like you want me to
I've finally figured out
That I depend on you
I haven't started loving you yet
So don't stop loving me now
Don't do something we'll both regret
Don't stop loving me now
Don't stop loving me now
Diamonds To Dust
Don Williams
Love is a question that few understand
It runs like a river between a woman and a man
But its course can get twisted, its bed can run dry
and a heart become desert in the wink of an eye
Once there was loving, once there was trust
Once it was honest and open and just
Our love was a diamond that grew between us
But time can turn even diamonds to dust
Diamond to dust, oh diamonds to dust
Time can turn even diamonds to dust
Time is a teacher it’s kind and it’s cruel
It gives you the wisdom to see you’re a fool
And it gives love and takes love, it hurts and it heals
And it never parts easy with the truth it reveals
Diamond to dust, oh diamonds to dust
Time can turn even diamonds to dust
I’ll never let you see
The way my broken heart is hurting’ me
I’ve got my pride and I know how to hide
All my sorrow and pain
I’ll do my crying’ in the rain
If I wait for cloudy skies
You won’t know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You’ll never know that I still love you so
Though the heartaches remain
I’ll do my crying in the rain
Raindrops falling from heaven
Could never wash away my misery
But since we’re not together
I’ll look for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you’ll never see
Someday when my crying’s done
I’m gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool but ‘til then darling you’ll
Never see me complain
I’ll do my crying in the rain
--- Instrumental ---
Raindrops falling from heaven
Could never wash away my misery
But since we’re not together
I’ll look for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you’ll never see
Someday when my crying’s done
I’m gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool but ‘til then darling you’ll
Never see me complain
I’ll do my crying in the rain
I’ll do my crying in the rain
I’ll do my crying in the rain...
Could you just tell me how you?re feelin?
Lately that?s all I want to know
We?ve been actin? so deceiving
You?re holdin? on and lettin? go
Cryin? eyes don?t give a reason
Lips don?t always say what's so
When you touch me, I?m believin?
You really don?t want me to go
They say in life there comes a season
We don?t know the answer why
Without any rhyme or reason
Folks drift apart and say goodbye
Cryin? eyes don?t give a reason
Lips don?t always say what's so
When you touch me, I?m believin?
You really don?t want me to go
Cryin? eyes don?t give a reason
Lips don?t always say what's so
When you touch me, I?m believin?
Now Ssop that small talk, turn that light off
It ain't my fault, you look so fine
My hearts achin', and I ain't fakin'
I don't ask for much of nuthin', I just need a little lovin'.
Come on babe, come a little closer
Honey move it over, feels so right
Pull that shade, just a little lower
Come a little closer, baby tonight.
Now put that phone down, shut that door now
Let's just think about, me and you
My hearts racin', time is a wastin'
I don't want much of nothin', a little kiss a little hugin'.
Come on babe, come a little closer
Honey move it over, feels so right
Now pull that shade, just a little lower
Come a little closer, baby tonight.
--- Instrumental ---
Cut off that late show, turn that lamp low
Honey you know, how I feel
My hearts beatin', the night is pleasing
I ain't asking that much of ya, all I want to do is love ya.
Come on babe, come a little closer
Honey move it over, feels so right
Now pull that shade, just a little lower
Come a little closer, baby tonight.
Now come on babe, come a little closer
Honey move it over, feels so right
And pull that shade, just a little lower
Come a little closer, baby tonight.
--- Instrumental to fade ---
I've been talking to a beautiful woman, all night long
And I don't know if I'm coming or going, feels so strong
There's a look in her eyes it's turning me on
Something inside says the bad time is gone
Wonder why it's taken so long
I've been looking for a beautiful woman, all my life
Love can hit you when you don't see it coming, but that's alright
All the love in the world, stepped into my life
I'm feeling so good, I could never describe
Open your eyes can't you see
Baby what you're doing to me
All the love in the world, stepped into my life,
Feeling so good, I could never describe.
Open your eyes, can't you see
I've been talking to a beautiful woman, all night long
And I don't know if I'm coming or going, feels so strong
All the love in the world, stepped into my life
Feeling so good, I could never describe
Open your eyes can't you see
Baby what you're doing to me
I've been talking to a beautiful woman, all night long
And I don't know if I'm comin' or going, feels so strong
I've been talking to a beautiful woman
And I don't know if I'm coming or going
YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND.
YOU PLACED GOLD ON MY FINGER
YOU BROUGHT LOVE LIKE I'VE NEVER KNOWN
YOU GAVE LIFE TO OUR CHILDREN
AND TO ME A REASON TO GO ON
YOU'RE MY FRIEND WHEN I'M HUNGRY
YOU'RE MY SHELTER FROM TROUBLED WINDS
YOU'RE MY ANCHOR IN LIFE'S OCEAN
BUT MOST OF ALL YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND
WHEN I NEED HOPE AND INSPIRATION
YOU'RE ALWAYS STRONG WHEN I'M TIRED AND WEAK
I COULD SEARCH THIS WHOLE WORLD OVER
YOU'D STILL BE EVERYTHING THAT I NEED.
(Don Williams / Danny Flowers)
From the film 'Smokey And The Bandit II' (1980)
Be my love, be my friend
Help me grow, help me bend
Understand, now and then, when I do wrong
It's for you that I try
I will live till the day I die
Giving all, all that I can
To be your man.
High on a hill, standing alone
I'll tell the world everything I've loved
Raise my hand, testify
My love is real
When I laugh, when I cry
I would never, never lie
I'll do all, all that I can
To be your man.
So, be my love, be my friend
Help me grow, help me bend
Understand, now and then, when I do wrong
Well it's for you that I try
I will live till the day I die
Giving all, all that I can
To be your man.
When we're old, old and gray
And the children have moved away
And it's time, our time again, for being alone
Then you'll look, look and see
Love's been good to you and me
Understand, it's my plan
To be your man.
So won't you be my love, be my friend
Help me grow, help me bend
Understand, now and then, when I do wrong
Well it's for you that I try
I will live till the day I die
Giving all, all that I can
To be your man...
I know this feeling from somewhere, I know I've been here before. The one I love forever doesn't love me anymore. So here I am heartache. My only friend, wrong end of the rainbow again.I was lookin' for true love but I didn't get far before I tied all my heartstrings to some falling star. My only friend, wrong end of the rainbow again.Between the winning and losing there's a very fine line. This time I felt like a winner, when I was losin' all the time.I get this rainy day feeling that I'm gonna be blue. I thought the day I found her I'd seen the last of you. But here I am heartache. My only friend, wrong end of the rainbow again.
Fairweather friends, fairweather sailors,
Will leave you stranded on life's shore.
One good friend who truly loves you
Is worth the pain your heart endures.
We never know which way the wind will blow,
Nor when or where the next turmoil will be.
But He's a solid rock when troubles grow,
And He's holding out a saving hand for me.
He'll be a refuge in the storm;
He'll be a beacon in the night;
In the chilly winds of doubt He'll keep you warm;
When you can't find your way He'll be your light
Oh, don't ya lose that light in your eyes
You're never too old to love, never too late to try
When somebody needs you
Give ‘em all you can give
Oh, when you're livin' to love and a lovin' to live
CHORUS:
Stay young keep your wheels in motion
You've got everything that you need
Stay young with your rock n' rollin'
All the best things in life are free
Oh, don't ya feel like playin' the fool
Just step outa line and break all the rules
Well, don't you let them tell you, Its not for you
Oh, don't go growin' old, before you're due
Well we've had our troubles, we've had our hard times
Were some might have stumbled, we've always survived
Sometimes love weakens, when the chips are all down
But what we've got together gets stronger somehow
(bridge)
Pressure makes Diamonds much harder than stone
And they only get finer as each day goes on
We've been through some bad times but we made it somehow
'cause if pressure makes diamonds, our love's a diamond by now
Well we know the feelin' when the world closes in
We've been there before, love, and we might go again
The road may get rocky life may get hard
But the whole world together can't tear us apart
(repeat bridge)
I can´t work late
Although I need the money
Gotta get home to my lovin honey
She´ll be there waitin, waitin impatiently
Love is on a roll
Love is on a good roll
Usually I meet with the boys of Friday
Only this mornin she said ´this is my day´
The look she gave me sent a shiver down into my soul
Love is on a roll
Love is on a good roll
I´m a songwriter a professional dreamer
Mostly a singer but sometimes a screamer
I should know if anybody knows at all
When love is on a roll
Love is on a good roll
So I gotta go, I gotta get home early
Be with my woman, soft an curvy
Makes me feel like a king
And not a regular Joe
Love is on a roll
Love is on a good roll
Coffee black, cigarettes,
start this day, like all the rest,
First thing every morning that I do,
is start missing you
(Chorus)
Some broken hearts never mend,
some memories never end,
some tears will never dry,
my love for you will never die
(music)
Rendezvous in the night,
A willing woman to hold me tight,
But in the middle of love's embrace,
I see you're face
(Chorus)
Love be gentle, love be kind
As I give this heart of mine
To a new love I hope will never end
It seems like only yesterday
Love was here and went away
Out of love again but now I'm falling in
CHORUS:
Fallin' in love again
I'd fallen out but there's no doubt
I'm fallin' in love again
I know that love won't always last
When you fall in love to fast
I should know better
But here I go again
Love be strong, love be true
For what else can I do
Love is calling and I know I'm fallin' in
repeat
I've been rained on, I've been wind blown
took a wrong road every now & then
I've been passed up, once or twice stuck
& I thought love was just around the bend
But lately my hope was wearing thin
CHORUS:
It's a lonesome and endless highway
I've been searching for so long
And after all the miles I've travelled
Loving you's like coming home
I've been left flat, I've been laughed at,
wound up right back where I started from.
Been the wrong way down a one way
& I thought some day my day would come.
But lately I'd almost given up.
Well I've been flagged down, I've been turned round
& all that I found was a dead end street.
I've been stranded, marked & branded,
treated underhanded by everyone I meet.
But lately my dream is getting weak.
Well I grew up wild and free
Walkin' these fields in my bare feet
There wasn't no place I couldn't go
With a twenty-two rifle and a fishing pole
CHORUS:
Well I live in the city but don't fit in
You know its a pity the shape I'm in
Well I got no home and I got no choice
Oh Lord, have mercy on a country boy
When I was young I remember well
I'd hunt the wild turkey and the bob-white quail
The river was clear and deep back then
And fishin' lines tied to the willow limb
Well they dammed the river, they dammed the stream
They cut down the cypress and the sweet gum trees
There's a laundra' mat and a barber shop
And now the whole meadow is a parkin' lot
Donald and June enjoyed their brief honeymoon
Then they came home to lead the big baby boom
June wanted boys, so Margie wore, short hair and corduroys
Soon they had Claire then Linda and Louise, a matching pair
June liked boys
Donald and June they put some money aside
But all in four years they gave away three brides
June spent it all. Donald tried to keep each wedding small
When they were broke he offered Claire a thousand to elope
Claire said, ‘Nope'
If things were different for Donald and June
Then things wouldn't be as they are
Where did they go right
And how did they ever come, so far
Donald and June had finally emptied their nest
They planned a long trip and then a couple year's rest
But Claire had a spat and turned up with her suitcase and her cap
Marg moved next door, now she won't need day care anymore
And the twins had twins
If things were different for Donald and June
Then things wouldn't be as they are
Where did they go right
And how did they ever come, so far.
Donald and June enjoyed their brief honeymoon
Some people say that love is a rose
Maybe they've hit it right on the nose
But other folks say that it's like the sun
Well a long time ago daddy said to me
I'll help you clear up the mystery
I'll give you a simple rule of thumb
If it knocks you off your feet
Then it's love, then it's love
If it makes your life complete
Then it's love, then it's love
If it turns you upside down
Then it's love, then it's love
The dictionary won't tell you much
If love is the word you're looking up
I don't believe that the definition's right
And the encyclopaedia won't reveal
The crazy way you start to feel
Kissing on a moonlit summers night
So gonna say that love is a game
Maybe compare it to a flame
Or say it's a medicine that heals
But a band of experts could fight all night
And never figure out which one is right
But they'd agree on how it makes you feel
Well if it makes your world go round
Then it's love ooh ooh ooh.
There's a slow moon rising, it's shining on your skin
The way your body moves me, I know there's
No holding back, no holding back
CHORUS:
I wouldn't be a man if I didn't feel like this
I wouldn't be a man if a woman like you
Was anything I could resist
I'd have to be from another planet
Where love doesn't exist
I wouldn't be a man if I didn't feel like this
I can feel passion flowing as you fall into my arms
The secret way you touch me tell's me there's
No holding back, no holding back
Like a, roll with me baby all night long
Sold her soul with me baby all night long
I'd have to be from another planet
Where love doesn't exist
I wouldn't be a man if I didn't feel like this
Oh, its late I know I should be leaving
We've both got someone waiting, we'll have to go
And it's so strange to think that I've just met you.
I almost wish I had met you long ago
And in your eyes I see a certain look
And that same look must be in mine
And who knows just what we might have been,
Another place another time
I'll admit in time that I'll forget you
'Cause the truth is I still love her after all
But even though we knew it couldn't happen
For a moment we felt something, Oh, so strong
And in your eyes I see a certain look
And that same look must be in mine
And who knows just what we might have been,
Another place another time
And who knows just what we might have been,
Another place another time...
Likely as not, there's been better weather
I feel real sure there's been better times
Right here tonight with you all around me
I'm so glad, right now is mine
CHORUS:
So honey tonight, make it alright
Turn on your smile, for me for awhile
Take me away, from where I have been
I know you love me but, love me over again
You have the way, to feel my emotions
‘Til there's not a word, left in my mind
Time's get so hard, so confusing
You make now a so much better time
I know all about black clouds, there's one that follows me around
It may sound funny but somehow, it only rains on me
It follows me almost everywhere, and it seems its hardly fair
People will stop and people stare, but it only rains on me
CHORUS:
Broken dreams and drowned parades, lovers who just slip away
Guess I learn to live that way, it only rains on me
Seems to me there was a time, it used to rain on friends of mine
Now I look around and find, it only rains on me
I'll bet this won't hurt you much, you'll find someone soon enough
I'm the one that loses in love, it only rains on me
It's time we said goodbye and so, I'll just take my cloud and go
Don't worry you'll forget I know, it only rains on me
It's hard to hide a lingering disappointment
But most of the time I wear it well
Bur there are times when I just can't help remembering
The night you left, that rainy night when my whole future fell
Rainy nights and memories go together
And with every drop of rain I feel the pain
I can almost hear my pleading, on the night you were leaving
But I might have well have tried to stop the rain
The blowing wind that moans outside my window
Seems to echo the closing of a door
For it was then I first realised I had heard your last goodbye
And my whole world went crumbling to the floor
Rainy nights and memories go together
And with every drop of rain I feel the pain
I can almost hear my pleading, on the night you were leaving
But I might have well have tried to stop the rain
I've got just enough love for one woman,
Not just any woman will do
I've got just enough love for one woman
And that one woman is you
Love's like it should be but I knew it would be
You're the answer to my dreams
God helped me choose you, I don't want to lose you
Found out what love really means
‘Cause I've got just enough love for one woman,
Not just any woman will do
I've got just enough love for one woman
And that one woman is you
Heaven must miss you, I can't resist you
When you look at me that way
I'm happy around you, so glad that I've found you
You'll always be my lucky day
‘Cause I've got just enough love for one woman,
Not just any woman will do
I've got just enough love for one woman
And that one woman is you
It's good to see you, so good to see you
Oh how I've missed you, since I've been gone
I've crossed the ocean travelled through many lands
And it's good to see you to be in your home
There's something in me, that makes me wander
There's many a land, I have to see
And when I'm far away, in a land of strangers
I know my good friends, think on me
It's good to see you, so good to see you
Oh how I've missed you, since I've been gone
‘Cause I've crossed the ocean, travelled through many lands
And it's good to see you, to be in your home
Oh it's a wonder, when it comes to friendship
No matter how far away, no matter how long
There's a constant thread, that's never broken
And it ties me to, my friends at home
It's good to see you, so good to see you
Oh how I've missed you since I've been gone
‘Cause I've crossed the ocean, travelled through many lands
And it's good to see you, to be in your home
I should take my time i know
take it easy, take it slow
Every heartache needs to mend, before you fall again
so i hold on for a while and keep this old heart free
then i look across the room, and someone smile at me
Oh and heaven help me here i go again
Before i've even had the time,
for this old heart to mend
Oh i just get over one heartache and then
Here i go like a fool, falling again
People tell me take your time
Wait a while and clear your mind
Give yourself some time to heal
If you fall make sure its real
But it seems that every time, i'm almost on my feet
Somethin' makes me say hello, to some one on the street
Oh and heaven helps me here i go again
Before i've even had the time
For this old heart to mend
Oh i just get over one heartache and then
I've never had a face you'd notice
The world never took much notice of me
I've never been good at conversation
I was too busy tripping on my own feet
I've never had grand illusions
Love was always for someone else
But in a world, so few surprises
There's still a few surprises left
Ain't it amazing, that miracles happen
Ain't it amazing, you can still find your dream
Ain't it amazing, it all comes true
When someone like you can happen to someone like me
So hold me now so warm beside you
Let me stay forever near
Sometimes I think I'm only dreaming
But I wake up, you're still here
Some people run, some people crawl,
Some people don't even move at all
Some roads lead forwards some roads lead back
Some roads are bathed in light, some wrapped in fearful black
Time oh time where did you go
Time oh good, good time where did you go
Sometimes I'm satisfied, sometimes I'm not
Sometimes my face is cold, sometimes it's hot
Sunset I laugh, sunrise I cry
At midnight I'm in between and wondering why
Time oh time where did you go
Time oh good good time where did you go
Time oh time where did you go
Time oh good good time where did you go
Till the rivers all run dry
Till the sun falls from the sky
Till life on earth is through
I'll be needing you
I know sometimes you may wonder
From little things I say and do
But there's no need for you to wonder
If I need you, ‘cause I'll need you
Too many times I don't tell you
Too many things get in the way
And even though sometimes I hurt you
Still you show me, in every way
She packed up her suitcase and walked to the door
She said she won't come like she's done before
I bet she's in Dallas before it gets dark
I know she's thinking she's breaking my heart
She knows I love her so she thinks I'll crawl
But she never knew me, she never knew me, she never knew me at all
She knows I love her, I know I need her
God knows to please her, I've tried and I've tried
By now if I know her, she's changed her mind
She'll pull off the highway, and have a good cry
And then like a lost child, she'll want to come home
She'll think I'm waiting, there by the phone
She'll stop in some cafe, and give me a call
But she never knew me, she never knew me, she never knew me at all
Oh all I needed, was one look
One magic moment, was all it took
From that moment, I loved you so
Now that I've found you I'm never going to let you go
So come on say it, say it again
It sounds so good, say it one more time and then
If you mean it say it again
The hard part's over and the loving part begins
Oh hold me closer, make me warm
I feel wanted here in your arms
I've been lonely for too long
I've waited a life time for you to come along
So come on say it, say it again
It sounds so good, say it one more time and then
If you mean it say it again
The hard part's over and the loving part begins
Come on say it, say it again
It sounds so good, say it one more time and then
If you mean it say it again
The hard part's over and the loving part begins
Wish I had a magic carpet together we could fly
We could sail away together & watch the world go by
If I had Alladin's lantern I'd know just what to do
‘Cause all I'd need to do is touch it to make my dreams come true
But I don't have a magic carpet & magic lamps are hard to find
And I can't conjure up a secret potion to steal your heart & make you mine
All I've got's a 4 leafed clover that's my only good luck charm
But I get a magic feeling all over thinking about you in my arms
No I don't have a magic carpet, magic lamps are hard to find
I can't conjure up a secret potion to steal your heart and make you mine
All I've got's a 4 leafed clover its my only good luck charm
But I get a magic feeling all over thinking about you in my arms
Don't you think it's time for us to work it out
Don't you think you know what it's all about
Don't you think it's sad living all alone
So don't you think it's time for us to get along
We know the songs of all the wrongs
Love that died, nobody tried
But here and now I know what's true
I can't live without you
So don't you think it's time for us to work it out
Don't you think you know what it's all about
Don't you think it's sad living all alone
So don't you think it's time for us to get along
Find the page that says we're old
Is love at home or is it cold
If I could write about the way you make me feel
I wonder what I'd write
‘Cause of all the words there are to use
That never say it right
When I only have a minute and It'd take a thousand hours
And some new words too
But my nights are never blue
And I don't mind the rain when I'm with you
When I'm with you the songs are already written
Melodies turn into words nobody's ever said
When I'm alone the only thing I can say that's true
Is my nights are never blue
And I don't mind the rain when I'm with you
So if I could write about the way you make me feel
I don't know what I'd write
‘Cause of all the words there are to use
That never say it right
When I only have a minute and It'd take a thousand hours
And all those new words too
But my nights are never blue
And I don't mind the rain when I'm with you
First I get cold, then hot
Think I'm on fire, but I'm not
Oh, what a pain I've got
It must be love
There's nothing I can do
All that I want is you
Look what I'm going through
It must be love
CHORUS:
It must be love, it must be love
I fall like a sparrow, fly like a dove
You must be the dream, I've been dreamin' of
Oh what a feeling, it must be love
Something is wrong alright
I think of you all night
Can't sleep til morning light
It must be love
Seeing you in my dreams
Holding you close to me
Oh what else can it be
It must be love
I was sittin' here thinkin' about some old times
Some old times, some old friends
And suddenly it came across my mind
I would like to see you again
Remember how we used to walk and talk
Walk and talk, holdin' hands
We said we love each other I recall
We made a lot of future plans
But the years have come and gone
And a whole lot has happened since then
But tonight your memory's awful strong on my mind
And I would like to see you again
It's funny how a feeling will come back
It'll come on back, make you blue
‘Cause I just saw a picture in my mind
‘Bout a time, of me and you
I go to places we like to go
I do the things we like to do
Familiar faces we both know
All I'm missing is you
Don't ask me how I'm getting along
Cause there's really nothing new
Everything's about the same since you've gone
All I'm missing is you
The same ole memories are just as strong
Same ole dreams don't come true
That same ole feeling goes on and on
All I'm missing is you
Lord, I hope this day is good
I'm feelin' empty and misunderstood
I should be thankfull Lord I know I should
But Lord I hope this day is good
Lord, have you forgotten me?
I've been prayin' to you faithfully
I'm not sayin' I'm a righteous man
But Lord I hope you understand
I don't need fortune and I don't need fame
Send down thunder Lord, send down the rain
But when you're planning just how it will be
PlanA good day for me
(Chorus)
You've been the king since the dawn of time
All I'm asking is a little less crime
It might be hard for the devil to do
But it would be easy for you
My baby changes like the weather
One day she's warm and then she's cold
But someday I'll understand her better
In about a thousand years or so
But as long as there's blue sky above me
As long as there's life in my hands
My baby knows I always will be
Her lovin' understandin' man
My baby rocks me like the ocean
Don't know which way she's gonna go
but maybe someday she'll find direction
In about a thousand years or so
But as long as there's blue sky above me
As long as there's life in my hands
My baby knows I always will be
Her lovin' understandin' man
I wish there was some way to tell you I'm sorry
That I didn't leave you a long time ago
But many mistakes are part of the story
And heartache by heartache I've turned you to stone
So call me a traveller, gonna catch me a train
I wanna see ‘Frisco feel the sun shine again
If you want true love you can't stand alone
A life here together has turned you to stone
I've held you captive in a life without sunshine
And I've watched the blue in your eyes fade away
All good is gone now, no need to continue
Destroying each other day after day
So call me a traveller, gonna catch me a train
I wanna see ‘Frisco feel the sun shine again
If you want true love you can't stand alone
A life here together has turned you to stone
Sometimes you may think I take you for granted
And granted, sometimes maybe I do
‘Cause I've grown so used to you lying next to me
That I wouldn't want to live if you didn't love me
CHORUS:
No I wouldn't want to get up in the morning if you weren't there
To kiss me and start my day off right
And to be waiting when I get home with loving just for me
No I wouldn't want to live if you didn't love me
It's love that makes the world go round
And my love for you just grows with leaps and bounds
Cause you know just what to do when the world has turned all blue
And I wouldn't want to live if you didn't love me
It seems you've gone, without leaving
All the doors, are closed at night
Though I've tried ,to think of leaving
Goodbye isn't really good at all
If there were really something good to it
And I knew it wouldn't get me down
I could leave in the morning
But goodbye isn't really good at all
Here we are, alone together.
That's the truth, and that's the lie
Though I try, I can't get over
Goodbye isn't really good at all
If goodbye were like it sometimes seems
If it could be like it's been in some of my dreams
I could leave in the morning
But goodbye isn't really good at all
Fly, fly away, fly away in the morning
Fly, fly away, just don't give me no warning
Go on girl fly away
If that's what you want to do
‘Cause whatever's left to say girl
It won't come from me and you
So fly, fly away, fly away in the morning
Fly, fly away, just don't give me no warning
I guess everything's been done
But if there's nothing here for you
If you want to chase the sun girl
Well that's just what you ought to do
And fly, fly away, fly away in the morning
Fly, fly away, just don't give me no warning
Fly, fly away, fly away in the morning
I think about you
When I don't want to
Dream about your smiling face
I keep trying not to love you
But I love you anyway
We should be together, together
We should be walking side by side
We should be together, together
Keeping each other satisfied
I have thought to come to know you
I've come to need your company
What will I do if I can't have you
If I can't have you
What will I do
We should be together, together
We should be walking side by side
We should be together, together
Keeping each other satisfied
We should be together, together
We should be walking side by side
We should be together, together
Keeping each other satisfied
Oh misery, coming down all over me
Oh can't you see, you're the one that I need
You don't seem to notice, the way I feel
You don't seem to understand ,my love is real
You don't seem to care at all, how hard I try
And I do try, Lord knows I try.
Oh misery, coming down all over me
Oh can't you see, you're the only one that I need
If you'd stop to listen, I know you'd hear
If you'd stop to look, you'd see me here
But you don't seem to care at all, that I could cry
I don't know why, can't let it lie
Oh misery, coming down all over me
Oh can't you see, you're the one that I need
Way down in the state of Georgia
Through the swamps and the everglades
There's a big hole in Tiger Mountain
God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave
I had a girl in Waycross Georgia
But she had unfaithful ways
She made me feel like I wasn't wanted
Like the bats and the bears in Miller's Cave
I caught her out one Sunday morning
With a man they call big Dave
He's the meanest man in the state of Georgia
I'd rather fight a mountain lion in Miller's Cave
I said you'll pay both you and David
I'm gonna see you in your grave
They laughed at me and then I shot 'em
I took their cheating, scheming bones to Miller's Cave
Well that woman made me feel unwanted
But I showed her I was brave
Most wanted man in the state of Georgia
They'll never find me ‘cause I'm lost in Miller's Cave
I've been loving you so long now
What I'd give if I could see you once again
Just to throw my arms around you
And live those happy times again
Lovely lady it seemed so right
When I held you all through the night
I could see me forever loving you
I never thought of losing you
I've been loving you so long now
What I'd give if I could see you once again
Just to throw my arms around you
And live those happy times again
Hungry lovers we used to cling so tight
Whisper softly all through the night
And I remember so many loving days
I can't believe they've slipped away
I've been loving you so long now
What I'd give if I could see you once again
Just to throw my arms around you
And live those happy times again
I don't think much about her no more
Seldom if ever does she cross my mind
Yesterdays gone, it's better forgotten
Like the poison red berries to die, on the vine
This morning at dawn Lord I pulled into town
Had some coffee and talked with some old friends of mine
Laughing at the good times they remembered
Then I remembered a time
Lord I can still see the bright lights back in Dallas
As yesterday moves like a dream through my mind
I didn't suppose that I'd ever forget her
And you know it took such a long time
But I don't think much about her no more
Seldom if ever does she cross my mind
Yesterdays gone, Lord it's better forgotten
Like the poison red berries that cling, to the mind
I guess there's not much I can do or say
Saw my baby with another guy today
Though I love her and I try to tell her so
It's hello blues and down the road I go
Well I've never seen that guy before today
He held my baby in close this way
And the way she snuggled close to him I know
It's hello blues and down the road I go
Well it seemed our thoughts were much alike,
Our likes were much the same
We even had our future planned
'Til in the town he came
Atta way to go you finally broke it off
Atta way to go we can't even talk or cry
Or even wonder why that a way to go
Didn't you believe me when I loved you
I guess you thought we were playing games
All this time I tried to think I've known you
I guess I really only knew your name
Atta way to go you finally broke it off
Atta way to go we can't even talk or cry
Or even wonder why that a way to go
I thought you knew I lived my life just for you
There was just no price to big to pay
And even though I know I still live for you
The feeling's that you show won't let me stay
The weather vane out on the shed is looking to the west
I reckon I'll head that way, it's good as any way I guess
Closing this old gate kinda ends our episode
‘Cause there's no use running when you're on the wrong road
Gal, it wouldn't take much for someone to define
All the contradicting flashes that burn across our minds
But there's no way to communicate if you don't know the code
And there's no use running when you're on the wrong road
There's times I get to thinking about the way it might have been
And I wonder how we got to this state that were in
But every word we spoke only added to the load
And there's no use running when you're on the wrong road
Guess we knew some things you've got to fight to win
But you get to standing back when after leading with your chin
We both learned to young that you reap what's been sowed
And there's no use running when you're on the wrong road
No there's no use running when you're on the wrong road
Nightime finds me reaching out to you
Days are only waiting time it's true
Lovely lady you're so warm and fine
I just can't believe that you're all mine
Even in my dreams you're calling me
Saying things I just can't believe
‘Cause everything you say is oh so fine
I can't believe your woman's love is mine
Two lips that love and never tell me no
Two eyes that see and set my heart aglow
Two arms that hold me like no one could know
I could never leave my woman's love
Lovely lady you're inside of me
In the part that makes this life for me
So never leave me, stay there for all time.
Spinning round inside this heart of mine
With Two lips that love and never tell me no
Two eyes that see and set my heart aglow
Two arms that hold me like no one could know
I could never leave my woman's love
Silver coins that jingle jangle, fancy shoes that dance in time
Oh the secrets of her dark eyes, they did sing a gypsy rhyme
Yellow clover in tangled blossoms in a meadow silky green
Where she held me to her bosom, just a boy of seventeen
CHORUS:
I recall a gypsy woman
Silver spangles in her eyes
Ivory skin against the moonlight
And the taste of life's sweet wine
Soft breezes blow from fragrant meadows
and stir the darkness in my mind
Oh gentle woman you sleep beside me
little know who haunts my mind
Gypsy lady I hear your laughter and it dances in my head
While my tender wife and babies slumber softly in their beds
How much time does it take to get it right
How much time does it take to get along
Well you worry me about it day and night
How much time does it take to get it right
I've heard that life is like a song
when you find a friend well the world just sings along
But something's wrong with you and me
‘Cause you wont sing the song and I can't let it be
How much time does it take to get it right
How much time does it take to get along
Well you worry me about it day and night
How much time does it take to get it right
We've learned the words, we knew what to say
What about the feeling that got lost along the way
You tried the waltz, 2 step gets you down
And I just get the feeling like sitting out a round
How much time does it take to get it right
How much time does it take to get along
Well you worry me about it day and night
How much time does it take to get it right
CHORUS:
Don't you believe I've tried long enough
Don't you just believe it's time
Don't you believe I've gone far enough
Don't you just believe it's time
Lord knows I've tried just to keep you off my mind
But it's no use, nothing works
You just stay with me all the time
All I do is follow you, reaching for you with my mind
Your sweet love is all I need,
And I think you've known it all the time
I have seen the paddle wheelers rolling south on a summers' day. I've seen the lovers at the guardrails with stars in their lemonade and I've heard the hobo's gather, heard their banjo's brace the blade. Heard them sing about the river, called it the lazy man's parade.
Sing me that song about the river, green going away. You know I always did feel like a drifter at this time of day.
Last night I stood by the highway, pretended I was on my way. You know a hundred thousand headlights couldn't match the milky way and when the moonlight touches the water, surely something touches me and I go reaching for the river like it's reaching for the sea.
Sing me that song about the river, green going away. You know I always did feel like a drifter at this time of day.
Somethings go on for ever but truth don't ever stray. The wind may brush the water but the river won't persuade.
Sing me that song about the river, green going away. You know I always did feel like a drifter at this time of day.
I think I'm is a world of trouble, talk about a worried man. I've seen enough women falling out of love to know I've got one on my hands. There must be something going on that I don't know about. I got a feeling fore the weekends over she'll be moving out.
Oh but so far, so she hasn't packed a thing at all, she hasn't made a call, she must be thinking it over. So far so good. She hasn't done what I thought she would. So far so good.
Oh the nights are the hardest to handle. So many things in my head. How much longer can I go on just taking a memory to bed. I'm so afraid there's somebody else, Lord I hope I'm wrong, but I cant help feeling that one of these mornings I'll be waking up alone.
Oh but so far, so she hasn't packed a thing at all, she hasn't made a call, she must be thinking it over. So far so good. She hasn't done what I thought she would. So far so good.
So far, so far so good.
I'm back on the street again
Got to stand on my own two feet again
I'm walking that lonely beat again
Remembering when, whoa, whoa, remembering when
Got a tear in my eye again
To remind me that I might cry again
Feeling sad wondering why again
Remembering when, whoa, whoa, remembering when
I remember a time when I thought the world was mine
The world belongs to somebody else now
And I'm just standing in line
So I'm thinking of me again
That's the way it's got to be again
I'll wait I'll see till then
Remembering when, whoa, whoa, remembering when
I remember a time when I thought the world was mine.
The world belongs to somebody else now
And I'm just standing in line
So I'm thinking of me again
That's the way it's got to be again
I'll wait I'll see till then
Remembering when, whoa, whoa, remembering when
Whoa, whoa, remembering when
(Recitation)
I ran into an old friend of mine the other day
We hadn’t seen each other for quite a while
What he had to say to me hit me pretty hard
‘Cause I think a lot of folks get started this way, he said.
(Sing)
I thought it would be so easy
Another one-night stand
She seemed so warm and willing
Right in the palm of my hand
Now its three months ago last Wednesday
Since I woke up in her bed
Lord, I think I love her,
But I’m scared half to death.
(Chorus)
‘Cause you know I’m a rake and a rambling man
Free as an eagle flies
Well, look at me now and tell me true
Do I look like a daddy to you?
Oh, do I look like a daddy to you?
Now she’s feeling’ sick in the mornings,
She can’t get into her jeans
I spent my last ten dollars,
Bought her a second hand ring
I start to work next Monday,
Cause I just can’t let her down
I’ve had me some good times,
But it’s all changing’ now.
(Repeat chorus twice)
Waiting in the front yard sitting on a log
Single shot rifle and a one-eyed dog
Yonder come my kin folk in the moonlight
Louisiana Saturday night
CHORUS:
Hey you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow
Kick off your shoes and throw ‘em on the floor
Dance in the kitchen ‘til the morning light
Louisiana Saturday night
My brother Bill and my other brother Jack
Belly full of beer and a possum in the sack
Fifteen kids in the front porch light
Louisiana Saturday night
When the kin folks leave and the kids get fed
Me and my woman gonna sneak of to bed
Have a little fun when we turn off the light
Louisiana Saturday night
I'm back on the road
Sometimes I don't know
It's hard to make good sense of it all
When I have to roam
My mind's back at home
Thinking of you there all alone
But we're doing well
Somehow I can tell
I really don't know
It's something I feel
Cos we've been making it strong
Each day right along
Though we both hate being alone
Chorus
It's gotta be magic
we're still in tune
there's good loving
midnight or noon
It's gotta be magic
I know it's true
Cos it's still working
For me and you
We keep saying goodbye
We keep on wondering why
though we both know it just has to be
Oh but honey the road
Can get to be such a load
You're all that helps me make it I know
Repeat Chorus 2x
I oughta know, what it's like to loose at love
I've done it enough and I oughta know
But then you came my way
And tore away, the fear of pain
I won't loose again, this time I know
I've got a winner in you
No way I can loose
A love I can hold on to
I've got a winner in you
I know how it feels, when you try and try again
And then you never win, I know how it feels
Oh but this time around
I've finally found what it's all about
They write songs about, the way that I feel
I've got a winner in you
No way I can loose
A love I can hold on to
I've got a winner in you
I've got a winner in you
No way I can loose
A love I can hold on to
I've got a winner in you
I ain't gonna marry in the fall
I ain't gonna marry in the spring
Cause I'm in love with a pretty little girl
Who wears a diamond ring
CHORUS:
Cause I'm just a country boy
Money have I none
But I've got silver in the stars
And gold in the morning sun
And gold in the morning sun
Never gonna kiss the ruby red lips
Of the prettiest girl in town
Never gonna ask her if she'd marry me
I know she'd turn me down
Never could afford a store bought ring
With a sparkling diamond stone
All I could afford is a lovin' heart
Sometimes you feel lost and far from home
Then with just one kiss you're a king on a throne
It can make you soar like an eagle
Or it can make you feel as meek as a dove
Whoa, that's the thing about love
You hope and pray the right one comes along
Some fools don't know what they've got till its gone
The very one you think will never hurt ya
Always seems to be, the one that does
Whoa, that's the thing about love
You can't have it
Until you give it
You can never give it enough
Whoa, that's the thing about love
Naw, you can't haveit
Until you give it
You can never give it enough
So, next time you come in a natural flow
Deep in the feelin's with your heart all aglow
Don't stop to try to understand it
Thank your lucky stars shinin' above, and say
Whoa, that's the thing about love
Whoa, that's the thing about love
Fairweather friends, fairweather sailors,
Will leave you stranded on life's shore.
One good friend who truly loves you
Is worth the pain your heart endures.
We never know which way the wind will blow,
Nor when or where the next turmoil will be.
But He's a solid rock when troubles grow,
And He's holding out a saving hand for me.
He'll be a refuge in the storm;
He'll be a beacon in the night;
In the chilly winds of doubt He'll keep you warm;
You have your ways, I sure have mine
We have our days, things go just fine
Then there are days we?d leave if we could
Should we break it off when it?s not that good?
Fair weather minds need the sunshine
It has to show which way to go
But true blue hearts see through the dark
And keep our minds on days of sunshine
Each of us knows, try as we may
Those bad old days keep coming our way
We?re digging in, there?s just no retreat
Too many we know are down in defeat
Fair weather minds need the sunshine
It has to show which way to go
But true blue hearts see through the dark
Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razer
That leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love, it is a hunger
An endless aching need
I say love, it is a flower
And you, it's only seed
It's the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
That you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
Faded pictures, yellow from time
Well worn memories of days gone by
Needing someone and nobody's there
These are the things broken dreams are made of
Lord, they're everywhere
Tears of the lonely keep falling all the time
Tears of the lonely never dry
Another nighttime that just never ends
A helpless longing for what might have been
Another morning to face all alone
These are the things broken dreams are made of
They go on and on
Tears of the lonely keep falling all the time
Tears of the lonely never dry
Tears of the lonely keep falling all the time
Friends I could count on, I could count on one hand
With a leftover finger or two
I took 'em for granted, let 'em all slip away
Now where they are I wish I knew
They roll by just like water
And I guess we never learn
Go through life parched and empty
Standing knee deep in a river and dying of thirst
Sometimes I remember sweethearts I've known
Some I've forgotten I suppose
One or two still linger, oh, and I wonder now
Why I ever let them go?
They roll by just like water
And I guess we never learn
Go through life parched and empty
Standing knee deep in a river and dying of thirst
So the sidewalk is crowded, the city goes by
And I rush through another day
And a world full of strangers turn their eyes to me
But I just look the other way
They roll by just like water
And I guess we never learn
Go through life parched and empty
Standing knee deep in a river and dying of thirst
They roll by just like water
And I guess we never learn
Go through life parched and empty
Standin? in a sea of teardrops
It?s getting deeper all the time
Standin? in a sea of teardrops
And every day I feel it rise
For every bit of pain you cause me
Another little tear falls down
Baby, if you hurt me one more time
I think I?m gonna drown
Right from the start I saw you
And couldn?t resist you
But I guess my heart, somehow knew
The first time I kissed you
But it wasn?t long till you did me wrong
And I felt the first tears begin
Oh, but that seems so long ago
I?ve cried an ocean since then
Standin? in a sea of teardrops
It?s getting deeper all the time
Standin? in a sea of teardrops
And every day I feel it rise
For every bit of pain you cause me
Another little tear falls down
Baby, if you hurt me one more time
I think I?m gonna drown
So many times, oh, you know
I?ve tried to leave you
You say you?ll change, foolish me
I always believe you
Baby, but then you hurt me again
And there?s not a thing I can do
I?m a sinkin? I know but I need you so
I guess I?ll go down lovin? you
Standin? in a sea of teardrops
It?s getting deeper all the time
Standin? in a sea of teardrops
And every day I feel it rise
For every bit of pain you cause me
Another little tear falls down
Baby, if you hurt me one more time
Starting to want you when I don't want to
Lately I find you on my mind
Comin' on slowly, signs all show me
Something is growing as time goes by
Well, you think about me when you're not with me
Beginning to miss me when you're alone
Ever so gently you find you want me
And it's getting stronger all along
We're taking our time, it's the slow kind
But we don't mind 'cause there's no hurry
'Cause it's a sure thing that were falling slowly but surely
I don't want to rush you by saying 'I love you'
We'll let it happen on its own
And when it does love one thing I'm sure of
It's gonna last us from now on
We're taking our time, it's the slow kind
But we don't mind 'cause there's no hurry
'Cause it's a sure thing that were falling slowly but surely
We're taking our time, it's the slow kind
But we don't mind 'cause there's no hurry
One minute she's up, one minute she's down
Loving her is like being on a merry-go-round
Sometimes she's sad, sometimes she's funny
Sometimes I wonder if I'm going or coming
I know she's not easy to understand
But lovin' her makes me do the best that I can
She's a heartful, unpredictable
Can't explain the things she does
She's a heartful, she's worth the trouble
'Cause she's got a heartful of love
First the sunshines, then the rain falls
Sometimes she cries for no reason at all
Then she's a child, restless and moody
Sometimes she looks at me, sometimes she looks through me
There's things about her I've never understood
But I wouldn't change her even if I could
She's a heartful, unpredictable
Can't explain the things she does
She's a heartful, she's worth the trouble
'Cause she's got a heartful of love
Pancho, don't you like me no more?
Pancho, to me our friendship means more
Pancho, please forget what I said
'Cause Pancho we're headin' towards our end
I remember the first time when you came to town
Speaking in Spanish making the rounds
When you first saw me your face was agrin
And you called me the Cisco Kid
Pancho, don't you like me no more?
Pancho, to me our friendship means more
Pancho, please forget what I said
'Cause Pancho we're headin' towards our end
I said someday you'll be happy with me Pancho
I remember the good times when you loved me so
I gave you my hat and wore your sombrero
And all of the times you saved me from death
Oh Pancho, you were the best
I had a black horse, you had a gray
My horse was fastest but yours did okay
When it came to chasin' rustlers we'd always win
'Cause we were Pancho and the Cisco Kid
He?s got a US flag on his front porch
To remind everyone where he lives
And up in the attic there are papers that prove
The old house is finally his
After thirty five years the grass still don?t grow
In that rock hard west Texas ground
Where my old dad still clings to that old coyote town
Like horses the pick-ups are parked out in front
Of a cafe that don?t need a name
Where the old men rock and the tumbleweeds roll
Past the boarded up windows down main
Waist high weeds hide a for sale sign
At the drive-in where my innocence died
With a rusty advertisement, dangling by a nail
Says popcorn and Pepsi for a dime
And down at the depot where I left for good
There?s a hobo with his three legged hound
Waitin? for a train, that no longer comes to that old coyote town
And the interstate rumbles like a river that runs
To a rhythm that don?t ever slow down
As cars and trucks and time pass by that old coyote town
Daddy falls asleep in the living room
On the sofa with the TV on
Sometimes he waits for a phone call from me
Sometimes he waits too long
But I still think of the people and the place that he loves
How much longer will they be around
Till it's ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Oh, If you could only see me
In the day or in the night
Maybe then you would believe me
When I say every thing's alright
Have I told you if you leave me
Winter, summer, spring or fall
I could never love another
It's you and me or none at all?
I'll never smile again
Not me, I'll never dance
I'll never love again
Not me, not a chance
I don't think I'd get up tight now
'Bout this life I live alone
And everything would be alright now
When you just bring it on back home
'Cause I'll never smile again
Not me, I'll never dance
I'll never love again
Not me, not a chance
I'll never smile again
Not me, I'll never dance
I'll never love again
I see the rainbow in your eyes, I see the colors pass me by
I sure like the things my eyes can do, especially when they see you
I hear the music of this day, I sure like the songs this world can play
But most of all I like your tune, when you whisper I love you
My senses don’t like, I get a definite high
When you’re near I feel clear off the ground
Reach for my arms, and I will give you the stars
There is nothing that is holding us down
I touch the textures of this earth,
I felt for the good and I felt for the worse
Your phone call took me by surprise
Gee, it's been a long, long time
Since those hot and humid Texas nights
We went swimmin? in the tide
Corpus Cristi seems so far away
And I?m not talkin? ?bout the miles
There ain?t much I wouldn?t give today
Just to see one of your smiles
But I?m stuck here in Denver
Sippin? California wine
And I?ve got all night to remember you
I?m in a lone star state of mind
I just saw John Wayne on the late, late show
He saved the girl and rode away
But I was hopin? as the credits rolled
He?d make it back to her someday
And it's a thousand miles or more
From here to your front door
Oh, I?d be there tomorrow if I had my way
Well, I?d just pack up my guitar
You know, it's really not that far
I've spent my life lookin' for you
Finding my way wasn't easy to do
But I knew there was you all the while
And it's been worth every mile
(chorus)
So lay down beside me
Love me and hide me
Kiss all the hurtin' of this world away
Hold me so close
That I feel your heartbeat
And don't ever wander away
Mornings and evenings all were the same
There was no music till I heard your name
But I knew when I saw you smile
Now I can rest for awhile
(chorus)
So lay down beside me
Love me and hide me
Kiss all the hurtin' of this world away
Hold me so close
That I feel your heartbeat
Down the bay where the nights are gay
And the sun shines daily on the mountain top
I took a trip on a sailing ship
And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
Sounds of laughter everywhere
And the dancing girls sway to and fro
I must declare my heart is there
Though I've been from Maine to Mexico
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
Down at the market you can hear
Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear
Akie rice, salt fish are nice
And the rum is fine any time of year
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
Darling, if you ever leave me
Well, I'll just put my heart away
I couldn't love again, believe me
No one could please me anyway
And if another ever came along
I'd just turn them down 'cause after all
I've been loved by the best
I can't settle now for less
Why bother with the rest
Baby, I've been to the top, I guess
With you I have been blessed
I won't take nothin' less
I've been loved by the best
If you ever get tired of me
Well, I won't look for someone new
'Cause looking back on how you loved me
No one could measure up to you
And if they try to win this heart of mine
I just have to say, ''Don't waste your time''
I've been loved by the best
I can't settle now for less
Why bother with the rest
Baby, I've been to the top, I guess
With you I have been blessed
I won't take nothin' less
I've been loved by the best
When I look into your eyes I know
You're the only love I ever want
'Cause, after you and me
Baby, I can see
Nothin' else could be even close
I've been loved by the best
I can't settle now for less
Why bother with the rest
Baby, I've been to the top I guess
With you I have been blessed
I won't take nothin' less
Silver coins that jingle jangle
dancing shoes and dancing ties
all the secrets of her dark eyes
they did sing the gypsy rise
yellow clover’s entangles blossoms
in a meadow silver green
where she held me to her bosom
just a boy
of seventeen
CHORUSI recall a gypsy woman
silver spangles in her eyes
ivory skin meets the moonlight and a taste of life’s sweet wine
South breezes blow
from fragrant meadows
stir the darkness in my mind
oh gentle warm you sleep beside me
they don’t know who haunts my mind
gypsy lady I hear your laughter and it dances in my head
while my tender wife and babies slumber softly in their bed
I don't want the money, I just want your time
Life without you honey, isn't worth a dime
We can think of dollars farther down the line
I don't want the money, I just want your time
An air conditioned car won't ever cool my heels
I'd rather have your love than money for the bills
We don't need to stay with the Jones's or the rest
Those thing won't ever give me what I love the best
I don't want the money, I just want your time
Life without you honey, isn't worth a dime
We can think of dollars farther down the line
I don't want the money, I just want your time
Well, maybe Jim and Judy might have this and that
I hope where they're lookin' is really where it's at
But when it comes to money, baby it's a fact
I'd rather be loved and lean than out of love and fat
I don't want the money, I just want your time
Life without you honey, isn't worth a dime
We can think of dollars farther down the line
I don’t believe in superstars
organic food and foreign cars
I don’t believe the price of gold
the certainty of growing old
That right is right and left is wrong
That north and south can’t get along
That east is east and west is west
and being first is always best
But I believe in love
I believe in babies
I believe in Mom and Dad
and I believe in you
I don’t believe that heaven waits
for only those who congregate
I like to think of God as love
He’s down below, He’s up above
He’s watching people everywhere
he knows who does and doesn’t care
And I’m an ordinary man
sometimes I wonder who I am
But I believe in love
I believe in music
I believe in magic
and I believe in you
Well I know in all my certainty
what’s goin’ on with you and me
Is a good thing
It's true
I believe in you
I don’t believe virginity
is as common as it used to be
In working days and sleeping nights
that black is black and white is white
That Superman and Robin Hood
are still alive in Hollywood
That gasoline’s in short supply
the rising cost of getting by
But I believe in love
I believe in old folks
I believe in children
What a time to turn your back on someone
What a day to be without a friend
What a shame when no one seems to bother
Who will offer shelter to candles in the wind?
And it follows we are only helpless children
Ever changing like sunlight through the trees
It?s a long road we must cling to one another
Help yourselves to each other
That?s the way it?s meant to be
And it?s said that life is like a ladder
Just a dream we?re reaching for the stars
Can?t you see how little really matters?
We are only searching for what we really are
And it follows, we are only helpless children
Ever changing like sunlight through the trees
It?s a long road we must cling to one another
Help yourselves to each other
That?s the way it?s meant to be
It?s a long road we must cling to one another
Help yourselves to each other
GLASS HOUSE
WRITERS
DON WILLIAMS, KETTETH BLEVINS,
CHARLES COCHRAN, MATT McKENZIE,
MIKE NOBLE, BILLY SANFORD
You know I’m working overtime
Just trying to cover my behind
You know you took all my money
And I guess you thought you took my mind
You can run, you can’t hide
And just as sure as your breathing
I ain’t gonna let it slide
When you’re living in a glass house
Don’t go to bed with the lights on
Well I was raised by the rule
That forgiving is the way divine
Took everything I had for giving
Then you left what was left behind
Go on and run, you can’t hide
And sure as you’re breathing
I ain’t gonna let it slide
I got acquainted with your cleaners
And they really did all right by you
I’ve got my own window cleaners comin’
Now let’s see just what you do
Day or night, It’s alright, What you do
When you wake up by the dawn’s early light
You can’t live without loving
You can’t love
Without giving of yourself
You can’t know
What you’re missing
Till you give your heart away
To somebody else.
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me.
Love is alive deep inside you
But you’re afraid to set it free
Give me a chance
Let me guide you
Let me show you how
We’re so close now.
You can’t live without loving
You can’t love
Without giving of yourself
You can’t know
What you’re missing
Till you give your
Heart away
To somebody else.
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me.
(Instrumental)
Think of the time that you’ve wasted
While the world has passed you by
Think of the life you never tasted
Spread your wings and fly
Give love a try.
You can’t live without loving
You can’t love
Without giving of yourself
You can’t know
What you’re missing
Till you give your heart away
To somebody else.
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me.
Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me...
I've seen how you tremble
Whenever he walks through your mind
Stirring up memories that cloud up your eyes
Where the light of our love ought to shine
I know that he hurt you, hurt you so bad
He must have been going insane
Now I've finally learned how to hold you together
When somebody mentions his name
He's just a ghost story so don't let him scare you
He's not really there like he seems
And tonight when I hold you I'll hold you so close
I'll love him right out of your dreams
I know that he's called you
And told you that our love can't last
But don't you believe him 'cause honey he's wrong
He's never been right in the past
So don't let him haunt you and tell you those lies
He just can't admit that you're free
And the next time he calls you just hand me the phone
And see if he says it to me
He's just a ghost story so don't let him scare you
He's not really there like he seems
And tonight when I hold you I'll hold you so close
I'll love him right out of your dreams
He's just a ghost story so don't let him scare you
He's not really there like he seems
And tonight when I hold you I'll hold you so close
Lying here next to you, feeling the way I do
Feeling you hold me tight, feeling your love tonight
Talking and laughing at all that we've done
And we're gettin' back together tonight.
I had to go away, had to be gone a while
I had some work to do, it nearly drove me wild
All of the loneliness fading away
And we're gettin' back together tonight.
Oh, what a world it's been,
The pain I've been living in without your love
Wanting you, missing you,
Dreaming of kissing you and then waken up
I've been spending my nights
Counting the days still I'll be holding you tight
And we're gettin' back together tonight.
Yeah, we're gettin' back together tonight.
--- Instrumental ---
I flew home in the rain, there was a long delay
There was some damage done We had so much to face
Now is our chance to make everything right
'Cause we're getting back together tonight.
Oh, what a world it's been,
The pain I've been living in without your love
Wanting you, missing you,
Dreaming of kissing you and then waken up
I've been spending my nights
Counting the days still I'll be holding you tight
Well, we're gettin' back together tonight.
Yeah, we're gettin' back together, gettin' back together
Gettin' back together, gettin' back together, tonight...
Could it be our love wasn’t planted deep enough
Or could it be we just didn’t try
Looking back we see, so much that we left undone
We should have known it would wither and die.
Flowers won't grow in gardens of stone
The ground must be tended but we left it alone
The seeds that we scattered are all parched and blown
Flowers wont grow in gardens of stone.
Thinking ‘bout it now, it was only pride I know
There was so much that we wouldn’t give
Both of us in time, took what might have been a home
And made it a place where nothing could live.
Flowers wont grow in gardens of stone
The ground must be tended but we left it alone
The seeds that we scattered are all parched and blown
I'm an easy touch, she knows it, everybody does
I just can't say no, she calls, I go
And I would bring her the world on a silver platter
Oh but things like that don't matter
All she wants is all my love
And for that I'm an easy touch
I'm an easy touch, I love her
She don't know how much
I just can't resist, she wants, she gets
And I would gladly pay any price to be with her
Oh there's nothing I wouldn't give her
All she wants is all my love
And for that I'm an easy touch
I just love to hear her say
"Honey, there's something I need today"
It's so sure a sign that love is on the way
Early this morning before you awoke
There was mist on the creek while the cigarette's smoked
And when the sun rose up and burned off the cold
The smoke turned to silver and then turned to gold.
Darlin' that's just what your love does
That's what it does with a kiss
I'm not the man that I just was
Love don't get deeper than this.
When I was young and my daddy was gone
I'd go to sleep with the radio on
Sometimes they'd played such a beautiful song
Me and the Sand Man would sing all night long.
Darlin' that's just what your love does
When you just whispered my name
I'm not the man that I just was
Nothing about me's the same.
Darlin' by this time tomorrow
There's no telling who I might be
Your love just keep changin' me.
And I've come to think that the heart's like a kite
And in the best breeze it still cannot take flight
Until someone ties it and takes it in tow
And it floats around heaven until it lets go.
Darlin' that's just what your love does
That's what it does with a touch
I'm not the man that I just was
Darlin' I need you that much.
Darlin' that's just what your love does
That's what it does with a kiss
I'm not the man that I just was
My daddy told me When I was a young man a lesson he learned a long time ago
If you want to have someone to hold onto you're gonna have to learn to let go
You got to sing like you don't need the money love like you'll never get hurt
You got to dance like nobody's watching
It's gotta come from the heart if you want it to work
[ mandolin ]
Now here is the one thing that I keep forgettin' when everything is falling apart
In life as in love what I need to remember there's such a thing as trying too hard
You got to sing like you don't need the money...
You got to sing like you don't need the money love like you'll never get hurt
You got to dance dance dance like nobody's watching
I wish I had a circle driveway
There’s too much for me to leave behind
If I only had a circle driveway
I’d just ride around and wave goodbye
I really can’t believe she packed my suitcase
I can’t believe that both her eyes were dry
The only thing we didn’t have together
Is a right now badly needed circle drive
I Wish I had a circle driveway
There’s too much for me to leave behind
If I only had a circle driveway
I’d just ride around and wave goodbye
Well I’ll slam it in reverse and watch for traffic
‘Cause I don’t want the kids to see me cry
It’s time to head a new direction
So I’ll do my best to get it into drive
I Wish I had a circle driveway
There’s too much for me to leave behind
If I only had a circle driveway
They call me Catfish Bates
'Cause I can catch a catfish anytime I want to
Even when the moon man tells me they won’t bite
They call me Catfish Bates
'Cause I know where that big ole flathead’s a hiddin’.
I’m a gonna take him home with me tonight
I am the king of Looseyhatchie
My home is on the river
And them catfish they all know me by my sigh
I keep my nose on the westwind
My eye on the water
And my mind on my business all the time
Well I get me a plug a days worth of tobacco
And a can a big ole redworms
I go down to where the rivers runnin’ strong
I throw my hook out on the water
I let it float on down the channel
And I’ll have me a big ole flathead ‘for too long
Oh when they bury me I want to be somewhere on the river
With a big ole flathead layin’ on my stone
And them catfish will all be prayin
They’ll be flatheads up in heaven
He climbs up on his John Deere
Shoves a plug of redman in his jaw
His eyes stretch cross the valley
Way down to where they're puttin' up a mall
His baseball cap says Kansas
The Washington says how much he can grow
There's a bank note in his pocket
That says in thirty days they'll have his home
It's hard living in a broken heartland
It's enough to break a man and his beliefs
Lord, give him strength to mend this broken heartland
?Cause he's living proof of a dying breed
His sons gone off to college
Learning skills that'll get him off the farm
And his wife just keeps it all inside
Still he finds his only comfort in her arms
And this tractors been his treasure
Oh how could an auction measure its true worth
And every night he asks the father
That he may never lose this mother earth
It's hard living in a broken heartland
It's enough to break a man and his beliefs
Lord, give him strength to mend this broken heartland
?Cause he's living proof of a dying breed
Lord, give him strength to mend this broken heartland
Back in my younger days, I used to go all night
Now I just stay at home, and everything is all right
Back when I first met you, I used to live in a haze
That was so long ago, back in my younger days
I would do anything, just a stumbling fool
It’s a wonder I’m standing here, I’ve broken so many rules
Now I dance with you every night, and still I’m so amazed
Your love made a man of me, back in my younger days
Oh, it doesn’t seem that long ago
You, you make it feel like the first time we made love
And I ain’t ever getting enough
Well, well, well....
As I go through the photographs, I laugh and turn the page
Its the ballad of me and you, from such an innocent age
Talk about a dream come true, we reinvented a phrase
Its better than it used to be, back in my younger days
Back in my younger days, Back in my younger days
I've held it all inward, Lord knows I've tried
It's an awful awakening in a country boy's life
To look in the mirror in total surprise
At the hair on your shoulders and the age in your eyes
Amanda, light of my life
Fate should've made you a gentleman's wife
Amanda, light of my life
Fate should've made you a gentleman's wife
Well a measure of people don't understand
The pleasures of life in a hillbilly band
I got my first guitar when I was 14
Now I'm crowding 30 and still wearing jeans
Amanda, light of my life
Fate should've made you a gentleman's wife
Amanda, light of my life
Fate should've made you a gentleman's wife
Amanda, light of my life
Fate should've made you a gentleman's wife
Amanda, light of my life
Handful of dust, handfuls of dust,
True love makes perfect these handsfuls of dust.
Well break us down by our elements,
And you might think He failed.
We’re not copper for one penny or even iron for one nail.
And a dollar would be plenty to buy twenty of us
'Til true love is added to these handfuls of dust.
A handful of dust, a handful of dust
Sums up the richest and poorest of us
And true love makes priceless the worthless
Whenever it is added to these hands fulls of dust.
However small though our worth may be,
When shared between two hearts.
Is ever more than it would ever be
Measured on it’s own apart.
And our half what it could be
Is now twice what it was
When true love is added to these hands fulls of dust.
A handful of dust, a handful of dust
Sums up the richest and poorest of us
And true love makes priceless the worthless
Whenever it is added to these hands fulls of dust
Hands fulls of dust
Sums up the richest and poorest of us
And true love makes priceless the worthless
It was warm, now it's cold
It was young, now it's old
Love was here, now it's gone
Simple song
Once she did, now she don't
Once we tried, now we won't
How could love go so wrong?
Simple song
Oh, it don't take much to say it
And anyone can play it
All you got to do is live it
And anybody can
Simple tune, simple words
Simple me, simple her
She was here, now she's gone
Simple song
Oh, it don't take much to say it
And anyone can play it
All you got to do is live it
It wasn't easy and I know it
You'd been alone much too long
I had a job places to go
But I'd rather be right here at home
He had the time he could give you
When your lips could never find mine
And our little home was payin' the price
Of love left on the vine
Forgiveness is something
I guess it comes with time
But even at best, there's one thing I know
I'll forgive but I'll never forget
I guess, when it's over it's over
And your time is no longer mine
But I never meant to cause all the pain
I just wanted your love for mine
And forgiveness is something
I guess it comes with time
But even at best, there's one thing I know
I went to see my honeydew, she lived just down the way
I got stuck and the truck froze up and I only got half way
Sittin? here on the muddy road, stuck here all alone
The rain won?t stop it?s a beatin? on the top
And I should have stayed at home
I wish I was in Nashville, guitar on my back
Maybe someday I will ride in the back of a big Cadillac
Must have been a half a day, before I got back home
The roads all mud, the creeks gonna flood and I?m here all alone
Sure feels good, a gettin? back to my old shack again
But I?m all soaked and the radio's broke
And the rain keeps pouring in
I wish I was in Nashville, guitar on my back
Maybe someday I will ride in the back of a big Cadillac
I wish I was in Nashville, guitar on my back
Walk round town, spending my money
Thinking ?bout you
Wondering why, ?cause you were my honey
What did I do?
I?m tired, yes I?m tired, why Lord goodbye
I?ve tried, yes I?ve tried, why Lord goodbye
You made my life, oh so much better
Being with you
?Cause since you?ve been gone
I don?t know whether, I?ll make it through
?Cause I?m tired, yes I?m tired, why Lord goodbye
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
It runs free and rambles, muddy and wide
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
It's gone forever and never looks back
I met her in Stillwell, she just turned twenty
A spirited beauty like I've never known
And me, a dirt farmer who lived by the river
But she said she loved me and the free life I owned
We married in April and lived by the river
We worked that land from spring ?til the fall
But I guess when the winter howled at our window
She couldn't help hearing that wild river call
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
It runs free and rambles, muddy and wide
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
It's gone forever and never looks back
She tried to conquer that wild rage within her
But something too strong ran deep in her soul
But I know she loved me, she cried like a baby
That cold winter evening she answered the call
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
It runs free and rambles, muddy and wide
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
What's the score? I can't tell anymore
Are we winning, are we losing, are we tied?
What's the score? It ain't what it was before
Can anybody tell me what's the score?
I hurt you and you hurt me
Seems we both just try to see
How far we can push each other's hearts
And it's a never ending game
Where the rules don't stay the same
And the more we play
The more we're forced apart
What's the score? I can't tell anymore
Are we winning, are we losing, are we tied?
What's the score? It ain't what it was before
Can anybody tell me what's the score?
I forgive and you do too
Seems that's all we ever do
And I'm not sure who's turn it is today
I break your heart, you break mine
We're about to cross the line
Where the game of loves no longer fun to play
What's the score? I can't tell anymore
Are we winning, are we losing, are we tied?
What's the score? It ain't what it was before
I left Oklahoma drivin’ in a Pontiac
Just about to lose my mind
I was goin’ on to Arizona
maybe on to California
where all the people live so fine
My baby said I was crazy
my momma called me lazy
I was goin’ to show ‘em all this time
‘Cause you know I ain’t no fool
and I don’t need no more schoolin’
I was born to just walk the line
Livin’ on Tulsa time
Livin’ on Tulsa time
Well you know I’ve been through it
when I set my watch back to it
Livin’ on Tulsa time
Well there I was in Hollywood
wishin’ I was doin’ good
talkin’ on the telephone line
But they don’t need me in the movies
and nobody sings my songs
Guess I’m just wastin’ time
Well then I got to thinkin’
man I’m really sinkin’
and I really had a flash this time
I had no business leavin’
and nobody would be grievin’
if I went on back to Tulsa time
Livin’ on Tulsa time
Livin’ on Tulsa time
Gonna set my watch back to it
‘Cause you know I’ve been through it
Last night I came home and found you there
You with your pretty eyes and shining hair
Look at you, you?re the kind of woman men stop and stare
Such a lovely lady to be mine
Such a lovely lady should be somewhere else
It seems to me, the likes of me, isn?t hard to find
Sometimes going home, though it?s not fair
I stop and have a drink or two, see who?s there
But when I do ,you?re the kind of woman I just leave them there
You?re such a lovely lady to be mine
Such a lovely lady should be somewhere else
It seems to me, the likes of me, isn?t hard to find
Last night I came home and found you there
You with your pretty eyes and shining hair
Look at you, the kind of woman men stop and stare
You?re such a lovely lady to be mine
Saturday evening, your honey and you
Lay back on the sofa watching the tube
The telephone rings, you jump to your feet
Don?t answer that honey, I know it?s for me
Sneaking around, sneaking around
Midnight romances, the wrong side of town
You build it all up and you tear it all down
Ain?t no good can come from your sneaking around
You put on your coat and sweetly you smile
You say you?re gonna step out for a while
Down to the tavern for just one or two
She knows where you?re going 'cause she ain?t no fool
Sneaking around, sneaking around
Midnight romances, the wrong side of town
You build it all up and you tear it all down
Ain?t no good can come from your sneaking around
It?s three in the morning as you stumble in
She ain?t there to ask you where have you been
The house is all empty, she?s nowhere around
She got too lonely from your sneaking around
Sneaking around, sneaking around
Midnight romances, the wrong side of town
You build it all up and you tear it all down
Ain?t no good can come from your sneaking around
Sneaking around, sneaking around
Midnight romances, the wrong side of town
You build it all up and you tear it all down
Not that long ago, I was on the run
People telling me I should be someone
And the things I?d learnt were forgotten in my haste
Till I reached the end of the rainbow I had chased
It was only water shining in thin air
I put out my hand and there was nothing there
After all the promise, after all the prayer
It was only water shining in the air
Now I?ve got a wife and she sees me through
And I?ve got a friend I can talk straight to
And I?ve got some dreams just a bit more down to earth
And I don?t forget what a rainbow's really worth
'Cause it?s only water shining in the air
I put out my hand and there was nothing there
After all the promise, after all the prayer
It was only water shining in the air
If you want fame and fortune
Then you just be my guest
If you want to pay those dues
I wish you all the best
But it?s only water shining in the air
I put out my hand and there was nothing there
After all the promise, after all the care
It was only water shining in the air
People tell me, boy you?re crazy
Some people say that I?m nuts
For trying to get back together with you baby
They say that once is enough
I should never have left you ?cause now I need you
Sometimes it happens that way
I come back like a fool who?s believing
No matter what they might say
I don?t want to hear another word
Don?t need your well thought out advice
Though I thank you all for being kind
I can make mistakes myself just fine
I?ve got a good friend who knows my trouble
He thinks I?m wasting my time
He said go out and have some fun she?s not the only one
But I can?t leave her behind
So, I don?t want to hear another word
Don?t need your well thought out advice
Though I thank you all for being kind
Miracles, miracles, that's what life's about
Most of you must agree if you've thought it out
I can see and I can hear, I can tell you why
I can think and I can feel, I can even cry
I can walk, I can run, I can swim the sea
We have made a baby son and he looks like me
Miracles, miracles, that's what life's about
Most of you must agree if you've thought it out
Well, who is rich and who is poor
Who has more than me
Why I have quite enough to eat
And my mind is free
Miracles, miracles, that's what life's about
I found you and you found me, we are not without
We are not without
We are not without and I'm happy
We are not without
We are not without and I'm so happy
We are not without
Maggie's up each mornin' at four a.m.
By five behind the counter at the diner
An' her trucker friends are on the road
Who soon be stoppin' in
As the lights go on at Cafe Carolina
Maggie's been a waitress here most all her life
Thirty years of coffee cups and sore feet
The mountains around Asheville
She's never seen the other side
An' closer now to fifty than to forty
Maggie's never had a love
She says, she's never had enough
Time to let a man into her life
Oh, but Maggie has a dream
She's had since she was seventeen
To find a husband and be a wife
Maggie knows the truckers most by first name
What they'll have to say and what they'll order
And they take her in their stories to places far away
And then leave her with the dishes, dreams and quarters
Maggie's never had a love
She says, she's never had enough
Time to let a man into her life
Oh, but Maggie has a dream
She's had since she was seventeen
To find a husband and be a wife
An' she relies upon the jukebox on the lonely afternoon
When the business starts to slow down, she plays the saddest tunes
And she stares off down the highway and she wonders where it goes
I guess as a lover I have a ways to go
when someone wants you they should jast say it's so
But you'll understand if you'll take my hand
then we can dance real slow.
To something on the radio.
Listen to the radio
listen to the radio.
Let's spend the night together
baby don't go
they sing it on the radio.
The words I'd say
don't seem to sound as real
the songs they play
that's how I really feel.
Listen to the radio
listen to the radio.
Let's spend the night together
baby don't go
they sing it on the radio.
I try to find a way to explain to you
What's on my mind
and not sound so plain to you
But you'll realize if you'll close your eyes
the feelings my words can't slow.
They're playing on the radio.
Well, I was raised up by the golden rule
In an old house with a patched up roof
We had a hard home but it pulled us close
We were family
Oh, that summer when the crops all died
Was the first time I saw Daddy cry
An? I heard Momma say
"What goes on here stays in the family"
Well, our clothes weren?t new, that old car was used
We held our own
Whoa, you just can?t buy that sense of pride
We grew up on in the family
I remember every Sunday night
After supper ?round the firelight
How peaceful Daddy looked
As he read the good book in the family
Well, some folks said we were barely makin? do
We were better off than they ever knew
We never had much but we sure had love
Well, you know I'm not much good at writin' letters
So I gave up and decided that I'd call
No, there's really not much news to tell you
Things back here, they never change at all
It snowed today, it's cold here for November
But I hear the weather's warm out there.
Oh, and if you see Burt Reynolds
Would you shake his hand for me?
And tell old Burt, I've seen all his movies
Well, I hope you make the big time
I hope your dreams come true
But if Hollywood don't need you
Honey, I still do.
Last night I drove the truck to Amarillo
Some friends and I, we had a laugh or two
But lately we don't cut up like we used to
'Cause all that I can think about is you
I know this is what you've always wanted
But I know now that all I want is you.
Oh, and if you see Burt Reynolds
Would you shake his hand for me?
And tell old Burt, I've seen all his movies
Well, I hope you make the big time
I hope your dreams come true
But if Hollywood don't need you
Honey, I still do.
If Hollywood don't need you
When I was younger, the hunger came calling
And humbly I answered each rising and falling
I will not surrender at this wiser and tender age
I turn the page
And I sing for joy, for the smile that it brings from the heart
Through these guitar strings
It was only noise till her love put a song
In the soul of this good ole boy, I sing for joy
When I was lonely, my angel found me
She sweetly and gently wrapped her arms around me
And the demons that chased me, gave up and faded away
Now I can sing
I sing for joy, for the smile that it brings from the heart
Through these guitar strings
It was only noise till her love put a song
In the soul of this good ole boy, I sing for joy
Who could come nearer to making life clearer
The time we're together grows dearer and dearer
When I must travel and I have to leave her alone
She's in my song
And I sing for joy, for the smile that it brings from the heart
Through these guitar strings
It was only noise till her love put a song
In the soul of this good ole boy, I sing for joy
'Cause her love put a song
How Did You Do It
Don Williams
Dave Hanner/Bob Corbin
Album: I Turn The Page
You don’t seem to be doing all that bad
In fact you look good
You don’t seem to be feeling all that sad
Like I thought maybe you would
CHORUS:
How, how did you do it
How did you let it go
How, how did you do it
I need to know
Now you’ve got friends to help you when you’re sad
There’s even someone you’ve been seeing
Now I know there’s nothing wrong with that
In fact it’s a good thing
CHORUS:
How, how did you do it
How did you let it go
How, how did you do it
I need to know
One last question before you go
If you’re really over you and me
How did you get there, I need to know
Cause that’s where I’d like to be
CHORUS:
How, how did you do it
How did you let it go
How, how did you do it
I need to know
CHORUS:
How, how did you do it
How did you let it go
How, how did you do it
Harry and Joe move south with their wives
Enjoying the golden years of their lives
But life doesn’t always give back what it owes
Suddenly there was just Harry and Joe
Now Joe’d been a teacher gentile and calm
Harry, a teamster with a fuse like a bomb
Thrown in together by life’s crazy whims
That pepper and salt like their unshaven chins
CHORUS:
Harry and Joe lean to and fro
They lean on each other wherever they go
Two lonely fighters doing all that they know
To get through each day Harry and Joe
Harry and Joe, cheating at cards
In a Florida apartment that smells like cigars
They brag about grand kids and the wives they love so
In the late afternoons of Harry and Joe
An ambulance siren from across the backyard
Joe looks at Harry and deals out the cards
Harry and Joe lean to and fro
Like they lean on each other wherever they go
What tomorrow may deal them there’s no way to know
So they get through today Harry and Joe
Waves are rollin' in, lazy summer wind
Sittin' in the sand, holdin' to your hand
I was ten and you were nine
Way out on the gulf shore line
You became my girl, I became your man
Underneath the stars, we were makin’ plans
You said I do and you've done just fine
Way out on the gulf shore line
The sea will moan, waves will roll
The sea gulls fly, on the winds that blow
And I’ll love you till the sun don’t shine
Way out on the gulf shore line
Graduation day, Johnny walked away
Hard to say goodbye, harder not to cry
He had to leave his folks behind
Way out on the gulf shore line
Fifty years of life, thirty years of love
Time has gone so fast, one life's not enough
In heaven I know I’ll find
When I was a kid Uncle Remus he put me to bed
With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head
Then daddy came in to kiss his little man
With gin on his breath and a Bible in his hand
He talked about honor and things I should know
Then he'd stagger a little as he went out the door
CHORUS:
I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live
oak trees
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
Hank and Tennessee
I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
Nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does
But you ain't afraid if you're washed in the blood like
I was
The smell of cape jasmine thru the window screen
John R. and the Wolfman kept me company
By the light of the radio by my bed
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head
CHORUS:
When I was in school I ran with kid down the street
But I watched him burn himself up on bourbon and speed
But I was smarter than most and I could choose
Learned to talk like the man on the six o'clock news
When I was eighteen, Lord, I hit the road
But it really doesn't matter how far I go
I been cryin so long
I been a watin for you to come along
There you are what can I say
I wont ever let you get away
I been sittin by myself
Been compairin you to ever body else
You always won each hand you play
I wont ever let you get away
I can’t pretend that you might happen twice
An I can not leave you to ur own device
Thinkin bout it takes to long
There aint no right there aint no wrong
This kinda deal don’t come along every day
I can’t let you get away
I been prayin for a sign
For heaven to show me which road was mine
An then you smiled my knees gave way
I took that for a sign that you should stay
Well I can’t pretend that you might happen twice
An I can not leave you to ur own device
Thinkin bout it takes to long
There aint no right there aint no wrong
This kinda deal don’t come along every day
I can't let you get away
Get awayyyyy
The night was black rain fallin' down
I looked my baby, she's no where aroun'
Chased her footsteps down to the shore
Afraid she's gone for ever more
Well, I looked at the sea, seemed to say
I took your baby from you away
I heard a voice cryin' in the deep
Come join me baby, in my endless sleep
Why did we quarrel, why did we fight?
Why did I leave her alone last night?
That's why, her foot steps ran down to the sea
That's why, my baby has gone from me
Well, I looked at the sea seemed to say
I took your baby from you away
Well, I heard a voice cryin' in the deep
Come join me baby, in my endless sleep
Endless sleep
Out in the water, heart full of fear
There in the breaker, I saw her near
Reached for my darlin' held her to me
Dragged her away from the angry sea
Well, I looked at the sea seemed to say
I took your baby from you away
I heard a voice cryin' in the deep
I took your baby from the endless sleep
Sitting in the barroom, ordering another beer
She stepped up on the stage, but nobody wanted to hear
And every word she sang was sweet music to my ears
Elise, Elise, I believe every word you say
Elise, Elise, I believe every word you say
It don't matter if the world don't listen
Don't you pay no heed
Elise, Elise, come and sing your song with me
I sat there at the bar, she sang the blues all night
Singing straight from the heart, living every line
I wanna tell you, girl, you touched this heart of mine
Elise, Elise, I believe every word you say
Elise, Elise, I believe every word you say
End of the night, well, they turned the lights down low
While the band packed up, she was standing there ready to go
I walked up and said, "Hey, I just want to let you know"
Elise, Elise, I believe every word you say
Elise, Elise, I believe every word you say
It don't matter if the world don't listen
Don't you pay no heed
Elise, Elise, come and sing your song with me
My heart is out of control, this ole love struck soul
Just lives for the moment you're around
When I hold on to you it is all I can do
Just to keep my feet on the ground
Desperately, loving you desperately, when you're not
Here with me I get a little bit crazy, constantly
I think about you constantly, look at what you've done to me
I'm just like a little baby, oh I love you desperately
Will I laugh? Will I cry? Will I live? Will I die?
It all depends upon you and it is dangerous I know
To be lost in you so but I am
And there's nothing I can do
Desperately, loving you desperately, when you're not
Here with me I get a little bit crazy, constantly
I think about you constantly, look at what you've done to me
I'm just like a little baby, oh I love you desperately
Desperately, loving you desperately, when you're not
Here with me I get a little bit crazy, constantly
I think about you constantly, look at what you've done to me
I don't wanna be the fiery sun
I just wanna be your candle honey
I just wanna be your candle baby
Let the sun shine on
I don't wanna be the deep blue sea
I just wanna be your cup 'o tea
I just wanna be your cup 'o tea
Let the sea rage on
Let the waves roll and pound
Let the sun burn the ground
Let this whole world roll around
I'll be happy to have your lovin'
I don't wanna be like a big freight train
I just wanna be your walking cane
I just wanna be your walking cane
You can lean on me
I don't wanna be like a bird in the air
I just wanna be your rocking chair
I just wanna be your rocking chair
Baby sit by me
Let the trains roll on by
Leave it up to the birds to fly
Long as you say you'll be mine
I'll be happy to have your lovin'
I don't wanna be like the deep blue sea
I just wanna be your cup 'o tea
I just wanna be your cup 'o tea
Well he spent that summer walkin' door to door
With a can of gas and an ol' lawn mower
That's a sure fire way to make a buck when you're fourteen
Well he made a buck with no luck at all
Then he spotted a place where the weeds were tall
With a young girl sitting on the front porch eating ice cream
Deep in the pocket of his grass stained jeans
Was some caramel corn and a plastic ring
Leftover from the week before
Momma didn't wash them, thank the Lord
Just like a Cracker Jack Diamond
You never know when you're gonna find one
They found love from that day on
The hand of fate put them together
Their hearts will stay forever young
Like a Cracker Jack Diamond
Well it's been five years since he gave her his prize
Now the sparkle's gone, but not in their eyes
And he's wanting to tell her what's been on his mind lately
He said, "Girl, I ain't rich but I've been saving up
A little ever day 'til I had enough"
Before he could finished she said, "You know I will, baby"
Deep in the pocket of his holy jeans
Was money for the preacher and a diamond ring
He took her back to that old front porch
Slipped it on her finger and he thank the Lord
Just like a Cracker Jack Diamond
You never know when you're gonna find one
They found love from that day on
The hand of fate put them together
Their hearts will stay forever young
Like a Cracker Jack Diamond
Now once a year she takes it out but it won't fit her hand
But she wears it in her heart
Because that's where it all began
Just like a Cracker Jack Diamond
You never know when you're gonna find one
They found love from that day on
The hand of fate put them together
Their hearts will stay forever young
I been walking, walking in the moonlight
Tripping in the starlight, Lord and I'm feeling down
Walking in the shadows, sneaking down a side road
Come early morning I'll be there on the edge of town
I was a thinking, thinking about a good thing
Thinking bout a sweet dream, in my honey's eyes
And I was a sinking', feeling kind of lonesome
Come early morning I'll be home at my honey's side
I have drifted up across the mountain
and I have stumbled down the other side
And I've been tempted, tried and troubled
Come early morning I'll be home and satisfied
She give me little loving, gives me little sunshine
Makes me have a good time, Lord when I'm feeling' blue
I couldn't refuse her, well I couldn't misuse her
Come early morning I'll be home with my honey dew
I have drifted up across the mountain
and I have stumbled down the other side
And I've been tempted, tried and troubled