I just spent my last nickel tryin' to drive my tears away
Tryin' to mend a broken heart that you once led astray
I know life is funny this old world is built that way
So many disappointments, that's what makes the jukebox play
Every time I see your new love I bow my head and pray
That they'll always talk things over and understand each other's way
But sometimes it doesn't happen it's a fool like me who pays
He'll be alone in this old world, that's what makes the jukebox play
Some people seem so happy, they're laughin' and gay
Love to them is just a word, tomorrow's another day
My life would be so empty for my heart won't live that way
All kinds of people make this world, that's what makes the jukebox play
(I'll never forget the night that Lefty Frizzell
Call me at home back in December of 1974
He sang me a song on the phone that he and D. Shafer written
And they called it a Bandy And A Rodeo Clown
I was really thrilled and flattered that he take enough time
To help write a song just for me
I'm sorry that he couldn't be around to see how much that song helped me
For he passed away in August of 1975 shortly after that song was released
It's a special song to me and I guess it always will be
Here's another song that I guess it's my favorite of all the songs he ever wrote
And I'd like to dedicate it to his memory and my mom and dad)
I'd walk for miles cry or smile for mama and daddy
I love them I want them to know
Now I feel my love is real for my mama and daddy
I want them to know I love them so
In my heart the joy tears start cause I'm happy
And I pray every day for mom and pappy and each night
I'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mama and daddy
I want them to know I love them so
[ steel ]
Goodbye Joe me gotta go me oh my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne the sweetest one me oh my oh
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou
[ fiddle ]
Thibodaux Fontaineaux the place is buzzin'
Kin folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style go hog wild me oh my oh
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou
Settle down far from town get me a pirogue
And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou
Swap my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya a crawfish pie...
I woke up this morning feeling like I never felt before
My head aches my eyes are red and I hurt places I ain't hurt before
Though I don't remember I really don't believe I had a fight
But I've got all the sentence so I guess I had a real good time last night
When I opened my eyes I can't believe the first thing that I see
A woman who's a stranger layin' there and starin' back at me
She said hello honey did she ask me if I'm gonna be alright
It's then I knew without a doubt I had myself a real good time last night
I don't know how or where I went and I should don't remember what I done
But by the way she's smilin' now I really must have had a lot of fun
If I can just recall her name I'm almost sure the things will be alright
I'm telling you it must be true I had myself a real good time last night
[ ac.guitar ]
It must've been just step to ten when she finally got me out of bed
I had a small construction crew working with the chains all in my head
Then I saw in my left hand a wedding band shining in the light
It was then I realized I had myself a real good time last night
Tryin' to make a livin' it's harder every day
By the time I see a dollar just another bill to pay
I got a wife and family and the bills are pilin' high
These days it ain't easy for a working man to get by
I can't help but wonder what a man suppose to do
I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues
[ steel ]
By the time I get the payday the money's already gone
Someone's eatin' chicken all I git is the bones
My wife needs a new coat the kids need clothes to school
We're all out of grocery's and it's Tuesday afternoon
Well it could drive a man to drinkin' but I can't afford the booze
I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues
[ fiddle ]
The cost of livin' keeps goin' up the taxes ain't goin' down
I'm just treadin' water to tryin' not to drown
Mr Courter I know you're up there and I should could use a hen
So won't you please have mercy on a common working man
I just keep on tryin' doin' all that I can do
A long time of loving her good timing man
He's fightin' his future in a hillbilly band
He promisses the good life and a big diamond ring
All she wants is a baby and a sewing machine
Her big old brown eyes they sparkle with love
Nobody knows Lord what she's dreaming of
She could be on the cover of Playboy magazine
But all she wants is a baby and a sewing machine
A pretty little baby to rock and to swing
Sawing machine to make pretty things
A house on the corner to capture her dreams
All she wants is a baby and a sewing machine
[ piano ]
This morning he finds her walking downtown
Out window shopping just looking around
That good life she dreams of is such simple thing
All she wants is a baby and a sewing machine
Once I had a warm and willing woman
And it never crossed my heart to cross the street
But lately baby's left me cold and hungry
For the kind of love that made me want to cheat
Her woman's intuition must have told her
That I was in to wishing I could leave
Cause the woman just came out in my lady
She just loved the cheatin' out of me
[ steel + harmonica ]
When a man gets blinded by his passion
His conscience wants to look the other way
Tonight she gave me more than I'd been missing
Cause she loved me till my conscience felt ashamed
Her woman's intuition must have told her...
Now I live across town from the only one I love
No woman wants a man that drinks too much
I know she'd take me back again if I could quit for good
Lord knows I'd quit if I could
I'm not holdin' the bottle the bottle's holdin' me
I could win that goal I've lost but I'm not free
In my darling's loving arms that's where I wanna be
I'm not holdin' the bottle the bottle's holdin' me
[ fiddle ]
My friends come around me but they can't stop the rain
The way you could if you were mine again
When that evening sun goes down they all hit for home
And leave me here all tied up alone
I'm not holdin' the bottle...
Cold Fort Worth beer just ain't no good for jealous I try it night after night
You're in someone else's arms in Dallas does Fort Worth ever cross your mind
Darling while you're busy burning bridges burn one for me if you get time
Good memories don't fade so easy does Fort Worth ever cross your mind
You left me here to be with him in Dallas and I know it hurt you at the time
I wonder now if it makes a difference does Fort Worth ever cross your mind
[ fiddle ]
It was mom and daddy's anniversary
You hugged my mom and kissed my daddy's hand
It had been three years since you left me
And it broke my heart to see you once again
Don't know how you knew I'd stopped drinking
But it was so good to kiss and hold the key
Now that seems so many eyes start crying
When you said darling will you marry me again
[ fiddle ]
Then we all held each other tightly
As if we knew the world would surely end
Now that seems so many eyes stopped crying
When you said darling will you marry me again
(No deal, no deal)
Now the cards are all stacked against me
For reasons I don't understand
And since he's taken my place at your table
Then he'll have to play out my hand
He thinks, he knows a winning hand when he steals one
But all too soon another stealer is bound to call
And he'll find that the cards are just like teardrops
He'll have to take them wherever they fall
He thinks, he knows a winning hand when he steals one
But all too soon another stealer is bound to call
And he'll find that the cards are just like teardrops
He'll have to take them wherever they fall
No deal, no deal
Yes, someday he'll pay for your hand
The old man used to dream of the fortune he'd seek
Now he lives in the room where you pay by the week
His hands're all bothered and his pony's gone lame
And his bones always ache when the sky looks like rain
Well he dreams of the old days with bronc bustin' tails
And the wide open spaces where buffalo plays
Deep in his mem'ry wild horses ride on
But he knows the good times have all come and gone
There's nobody home on the range anymore
They closed down the bunkhouse and had locked the door
Now there's oilwells and motels and folks by the score
But there's nobody home on the range anymore
[ ac.guitar ]
Now the eagle stop flyin' the night wind is still
And the last cayou's hawlin' on some lonely hill
The old man is longin' to lay all down
In his final box canyon the poor side of town
Cause he knows his last mantel is two flights two stairs
And his saddle's turned into an old rocking chair
Mornings he wakes up and wonders what for
Cause there's nobody home on the range anymore
I said I'd never do it again I swore my way that I would mend
But you cheated dear and that's a sin here I am I'm drunk again
I'm drunk because that you are gone at the bar I'm standing all alone
Drowning my sorrows deep within here I am I'm drunk again
[ fiddle - steel ]
I don't like this life of mine drinking whiskey beer and wine
Dear I know this is the end here I am I'm drunk again
I'm drunk because that you are gone...
Oh how hard we fought today behind that courtroom door
Devidin' up the things we both had worked together for
Now we go our seperate ways the ties no longer bind
And so much will belong to you and so much will be mine
It's over now the paper's signed
What once was ours is yours or mine
But don't forget to divide the heartaches too
So much for me so much for you
[ steel ]
We signed our names and thanked the judge and walked out in the hall
Too confused to realize the reason for it all
We should have fought as hard to make our love grow fine and strong
As we've fought to prove which one of us was right or wrong
I was following the rodeos in Texas
And being chased by fathers of my ex's
I was a looking for romance but it happened just like that
When I saw her it melted the brim of my hat
She's got that Oklahoma look all about her
She's a rounder I'm glad I found her
She's got that Red River hair and that Cherokee stare
Ain't a quiestion in my mind I'm in love
[ steel - fiddle ]
There's a difference to an Oklahoma lady
Something soft and true and something shady
Just one kiss or two now my neck's in the news
But there ain't nobody really kickin' to get loose
She's got that Oklahoma look all about her...
Papa it's so good to see you seeing you off of the wine
Papa you barely miss mama she won't try to hold you this time
One day her tears did stop falling she gave up on walking the floor
She just sat down in her rocker and never got up anymore
Papa some people just came and took mama
She was rocked in on that old rocking chair
It seemed like mama just couldn't stop rocking
And her green Irish eyes held the stare
Mama was humming a tune someone taught her
An old Irish lullaby
It hurts me to say it but I've got to tell you
She finally rocked you out of her mind
[ fiddle ]
This is not my first time at a party
And I know when a woman's comin' on
But I don't know how long I can resist her
So if she's your woman please take her home
Please take her home tonight and love her
Love needs more than words to keep it strong
Please take her home tonight and love her
Love her till that wanting feeling's gone
[ steel ]
I can't be your friend and love your woman
Everything inside me says that's wrong
But the way she touches me when you're not looking
Man if she's your woman please take her home
Please take her home...
If you see your man in clothes that's old and ragged
And he walks from bar to bar in worn out shoes
If people point and whisper God have mercy
Would you deny the man that you once knew
Would you be ashamed to remember
I'm the same man that lost everything for you
If tomorrow on the street I die a beggar
Would you deny the man that you once knew
[ piano ]
If on the street I meet you with your new love
And I walk right up and say how do you do
Would you turn your back and tell him you don't know me
Would you deny the man that you once knew
Would you be ashamed to remember...
In the back of my mind you're calling my name
I just can't believe that your feelings have changed
Without you I know my future is past
So I keep holding on to a ghost of a chance
In all my dreams you're all I can see
So I keep believing you'll come back to me
My dreams in your memories are all that I have
So I'm still holding on to a ghost of a chance
You said goodbye our love was wrong
I'll go on hoping till all hope is gone
My dreams and your memories are all that I have
So I'm still holding on to a ghost of a chance
[ steel ]
I drove through the park and I searched all the bars
where I made out with love too many times
(Chorus)
It was always so easy to find and unhappy woman
till I started looking for mine
Some beer drinking devil is holding my angel
and I know what he'll do if he's my kind
It was always so easy to finsd an unhappy woman
till I started looking for mine
The note on the door said I warned you before
She'd like to give me things that you've stopped giving
She sees in me the things you used to see
And she'd like to feel these arms that you've left defeat
So how long can I keep loving you if she keeps loving me
How long can I hold on to nothing
If she keeps holding on to me
And she wants the part of me that you've stopped wanting
So how long can I keep loving you if she keeps loving me
[ piano ]
She'd like to be the one that I come home to
And be all the things you used to be
And she'd like to be the one who sleeps beside me
So how long can I keep loving you if she keeps loving me
I'm not here just drinking someone's mem'ry away
But I wish I had someone I could leave so I could stay
I'm not the kind who runs around and cheats on his wife
So if I had someone to cheat on I'd go home tonight
I don't like this honky tonking drinkin' all the time
But I wish I had someone I was drinkin' off my mind
If I had someone to do wrong I only do her right
Cause if I had someone to cheat on I'd go home tonight
There's nobody home waiting for me
No one to hold when I turn out the lights
Once I knew a man who cheated and threw away his life
Now if I had someone to cheat on I'd go home tonight
You've known so long that you were wrong but still you had your way
You told her lies and alibis and hurt her more each day
But now your conscience bothers you, you've reached your journey's end
You're asking me for sympathy, I'm sorry for you my friend
You laughed inside each time she cried, you tried to make her blue
She tagged along through right and wrong because she worshiped you
You know that you're the one to blame, there's no use to pretend
Today's the day you start to pay, I'm sorry for you my friend
Today as she walked arm in arm, at someone else's side
It made you stop and realize, that time has turned the tide
You should have known you'd be alone, 'cause cheaters never win
Everybody says you let me down I should be ashamed to take you round
Makes no difference what you used to do darling I could never be ashamed of you
Maybe you were reckless yesterday but together we can find a brighter way
In my heart I know that you'll come true darling I could never be ashamed of you
[ steel - fiddle ]
All the happiness I've ever known came the day you said you'd be my own
And it matters not what we go through darling I could never be ashamed of you
Maybe you've been cheated in the past and perhaps those memories will always last
Even though you prove to be untrue darling I could never be ashamed of you
I had everything in my favor under God's blue sky
Your good love and a baby girl homemade apple pie
A dog a cat two cars and a boat a home and a piece of land
And plain old ordinary everyday ends I had the world in my hands
Just a few forbidden pleasures can destroy a lifetime thing
Once it's gone you can't rebuild love with shattered dreams
It was happening all around us and it happened to me and you
And plain old ordinary everyday ends I was nothing but a four letter fool
You used to call me honey and remembering makes me cry
I never meant to hurt you and it makes me wanna die
Your heart just won't forgive me but I can't stop loving you
And plain old ordinary everyday ends I ain't nothing but a four letter fool
Step by step you been leaving any day now you'll be gone
Leaving me with your mem'ry and I'll miss you for tears to come
And it's killin' me to know that I can't hold you
All the ties that bind have somehow come undone
Maybe someday I will love another but I'll miss you for tears to come
[ harmonica + steel ]
I'll get by somehow without you after all life still goes on
But I know I can't forget you and I'll miss you for tears to come
And it's killin' me to know...
Like old Dr Pepper sometimes she's misunderstood
And like the Pernal's Chicken boys she's fingelicking good
She knows when I need her and she's always super quit
When I reach to light a cigarette she's there to flick my big
She's my big flicking baby and I want the world to know
That my big flicking baby's with me everywhere I go
I've tried Betty Sue and Mary Lou and I've always got my kicks
But they can't hold a light to baby when it comes to flicking bigs
[ guitar ]
She's my had a call my jerry tall my pepper upper too
Anytime it's smoking time she knows just what to do
She's built like Dolly Parton there's no problem she can't lit
Without fell went I in hell she's there to flick my big
She's my big flicking baby...
I've finally found a place where I can take it
all this loneliness you left behind.
On a mountain that's no hill for a climber.
Just one step up, sit back and pour the wine.
CHORUS
I climb up on barstool mountain.
High above your world where there's no pain.
And I'm the king of barstool mountain.
Pretending I don't love you once again.
At closing time I step down off the mountain.
I'm strong enough to make it without you.
I know that I'll be right back here tomorrow.
Too weak to sober up and face the truth
and...
It's not working the way that I planned it
We're no closer than we were at the start
I can find my way to your body
But I can't find my way to your heart
Are we making love or just making friends
Are we holding each other or just holding hands
Is this the beginning or is this how it ends
Are we making love ot just making friends
[ steel ]
It's not easy when I'm laying beside you
Never knowing if you really care
Do you love me or do you just need me
Are we growing or going nowhere
Are we making love...
Came in here to do some drinkin' not what you're thinkin'
A little relexin's all I got on my mind
But I tell by the way you're lookin' at me you are lonely
Honey you picked up a wrong man this time
Cause I got all I can handle at home
I got me a lovin' machine won't leave me alone
It wouldn't be any help to you even if I wanted to
I got all I can handle at home
[ steel - guitar - harmonica ]
I don't mean you're not invitin' it couldn't be excitin'
I'm sure you'd be able light the fire
But I'm sure of information cause I've got the situation
From now on you'll cumulate desire
Cause I got all I can handle at home...
Cause I got all I can handle at home...
I don't know if we can make it
But baby, let's give it a good try
We're both comin' off of losin'
It ain't easy, tellin' love goodbye
You don't look a thing like her
And I don't guess I measure up to him
Oh, but then, maybe together
We can get each other over them
Let's get over them together
And burn two old memories
Let's get over them together
I'll help you an' you help me
Well, I'm so glad we found each other
We both need someone to hold tonight
So lay your head on my shoulder
And let's go somewhere that's out of sight
Before this night is over, who knows
Two losers might win
And start again
Maybe together, we can get each other over them
Let's get over them together
And burn two old memories
Let's get over them together
I'll help you an' you help me
I'll say one thing the lady's got pride.
Her smile never reaches her eyes anymore
Our friends know I've cheated and she knows the score
But she holds her head up when she's by my side
I'll say one thing the lady's got pride.
My woman keeps loving this fool
Even after the heartaches that I put her through
She'll swear that she's happy as a tear breaks inside
I'll say one thing the lady's got pride.
--- Instrumental ---
My woman keeps loving this fool
Even after the heartaches that I put her through
She'll swear that she's happy as a tear breaks inside
I'll say one thing the lady's got pride.
I don't know how long you left me here alone
But I sure was a lonesome someone
And I learned from a friend how cheaters never win
Oh, but we sure have more fun.
When empty arms need someone soft to fill them
They'll start reaching out for almost anyone
My stood to couldn't stand and cheaters never win
Oh, but we sure have more fun.
Watching that TV and watching it watch me
I knew my mind was coming undone
I know that it's a sin and cheaters never win
Oh, but we sure have more fun.
When empty arms need someone soft to fill them
They'll start reaching out for almost anyone
My stood to couldn't stand and cheaters never win
Oh, but we sure have more fun.
Today the midnight oils all over someone
And those forbidden places arent forbidden anymore
If my back door could talk it would tell me
That my borrowed Angels been this far before
I just threw my last bottle at the jupebox
When I heard that woman sing lets go all the way
I just found out my woman is the devil
I just started hatin cheatin songs today
Did she sleep in your arms last nite mister
Were you the one who gladly helped her make it through the nite
Did she whisper its not love but its not bad
Did she forget to wake you up to say goodbye
I just threw my last bottle at the jupebox
When I heard that woman sing lets go all the way
I just found out my woman is the devil
After hundreds of lies and fake alibis
After too many times staying out all night
After too many women, too
Many times of acting free
After all this time of cheating
I've been cheatin' me
Yes, I cheated me right out of you
By holding the wrong ones, I had to lose
I lost out at my own game 'cause look who cheated who
I cheated me right out of you
Now, I'm here alone 'cause I was all wrong
Too many times I've two timed
And this time you're gone
I gambled that you'd never walk out and leave
I cheated you
Now, I'm cheating me
Yes, I cheated me right out of you
By holding the wrong ones, I had to lose
I lost at my own game 'cause look who cheated who
Shed be hurt if she knew I was drinkin
Cause ones too much and twelves not enough
She knows how it messes up my thinkin
How it makes me look for someone else to love
I get honky tonk amnesia
I forget where all my love belongs
I get honky tonk amnesia
And sometimes it lasts all nite long
Shell accept my story without question
About the overtime Im putting in
Till someone calls shell tell them that Im restin
While I wonder what Ive done and where Ive been
I get honky tonk amnesia
I forget where all my love belongs
I get honky tonk amnesia
My glass is empty and so are my arms
The lights are down low and so am I
I drink not to think and I hate to go home
Home's where the hurt is my sweet love is gone.
Gone like a leaf in a dust of wind
Gone like a robin when winter sets in
Gone is my love since my bird has flown
Home's where the hurt is my sweet love is gone.
--- Instrumental ---
Gone like a leaf in a dust of wind
Gone like a robin when winter sets in
Gone is my love since my bird has flown
You came to me this mornin' several hours late
I looked for you last night she would not wait
You tell me I"ve been cheatin' your voice cuts like a knife
But conscience where were you when I needed you last night
Her lips held on like honey her eyes were secret blue
While you were gone my arms were so untrue
I started once to leave her but her skin was all night white
Conscience where were you when I needed you last night.
Conscience where were you when passion started pushing
Where were you when she came on just right
You know I love my woman I'd never make her cry
Conscience where were you when I needed you last night
--- Instrumental ---
I started once to leave her but her skin was all night white
Conscience where were you when I needed you last night.
Your fingertips touched me round midnight
And your shadow crossed in front of my nightlife
I've done my best to make it here in this house since you've been gone
But the ghost of your memory stayed home
I've heard your voice from out in the kitchen
Then I saw your face in the mirror wall shavin'
I had to fight to stay here but darling I failed
And tomorrow this haunted house goes up for sale
This haunted house I live in is gettin' to my mind
House that is lock stock and memories if I don't make a dime
I saw some tears in your eyes in that picture
The one that you gave me on our last anniversary
Someone else will have to check the mailbox for your mail
'Cause tomorrow this haunted house goes up for sale
I just came by and wondered if you'd talk to me
I know I shattered everything we planned
And I've been chasin' dreams of what I thought was happiness
When all the time I had the whole world in my hands.
Loving you was all I ever needed
It's a bridge I never meant to burn
Loving you was all I ever needed
A lesson that took losing you to learn.
--- Instrmental ---
I just thought you'd like to know how much I missed you
I hope it's not too late for me to say
Your love was everything I always wanted
I'm sorry now I let it slip away.
Loving you was all I ever needed
It's a bridge I never meant to burn
Loving you was all I ever needed
Well I finally made it through a day without her
I don't feel her presence anywhere
I don't sit around and think about her anymore
Now I've convinced myself that I don't care.
Until I lay my head down on my pillow
Everything starts building up inside
Then a slow realization and a hurtin' sensation
Makes me stop and get up and go out of my mind.
She's back here in my memory just like the night before
She's got me talking to the walls and walking the floor
Lord why can't she leave me alone for just one night
And just stop and get up and go out of my mind.
Last night I wandered through my mind to the place I'd love once live
When I got to your sweet love my eyes began to fill
Then I tried to remember why love turned out so sad
But all I could remember was the good times that we had
What happened to our love the one we were proud of
I can't recall one single drop of rain
What happened to our love the one we were proud of
I'd give the world if we could start over again
[ steel ]
Hear you're so happy now with a new love that you've found
Me I'm making out all right I do some traveling round
Well I found a lotta new friends but there's one thing I can't find
The answer to the question that's always in my mind
What happened to our love...
Up till now I've wanted everything but you
Well it's happened I finally got what I've been asking for
I know you're leaving I can tell by the way you slammed the door
It's over and I'm asking me what can I do
Up till now I've wanted everything but you
Up till now I've wanted everything but what I had
Should have made the best of loving you and just bein' glad
But it's just like me who want my share in someone else's too
Up till now I've wanted everything but you
[ guitar + steel ]
Here I sat with the picture I've seen a thousand times
And the face looks like a stranger to my tortured mind
It seems I've spent the past few years never knowing you
Up to now I've wanted everything but you
It was dark, it was lonely, it was late, it was Monday
And I was looking and she was sittin' at the bar
She was crying and I was trying to give her attention
But she didn't seem to notice that I was standing there at all
Two lonely people, one lonely night
Nothing behind us, nothing in sight
The later it got, the more it looked right
For two lonely people, one lonely night
She looked up, I was smiling, I filled the glass
And she stopped crying, it was late it was Monday, it was free
They were playing some old love songs though I hadn't danced in so long
She took me by the hand and I held her close to me
Two lonely people, one lonely night
If life is like a candle bright, death must be the wind
You can close your window tight and it still comes flowing in
So I will climb the highest hill and watch the rising sun
And I pray that I don?t feel the chill till I?m too old to die young
Let me watch my children grow to see what they become
Oh Lord, don?t let that cold wind blow till I?m too old to die young
Now I have had some dear sweet friends I thought would never die
Now the only thing that?s left of them is the teardrops in my eyes
If I could have one wish today and know it would be done
Well, I would say everyone could stay till they?re too old to die young
Let me watch my children grow to see what they become
Oh Lord, don?t let that cold wind blow till I?m too old to die young
Let me watch my children grow to see what they become
By now the sun's at your window
Teasing the sleep from your eyes
And the clock that I gave you last Christmas
Is ringing it's 6:45.
And as you lay there with sunshine all around you
I can see how your mornin' comes alive
Two sugars one cream in your coffee
And work's just a nine minute drive.
It's bad to know somebody that good
It hurts to know all about you
It's bad to know somebody that good
When I'm tryin' to forget that I do.
It's been quiet a while since I've seen you
So I only know what I hear
But there's somebody taking my place now
And the pictures my mind draws are clear.
It's bad to know somebody that good
It hurts to know all about you
It's bad to know somebody that good
When I'm tryin' to forget that I do.
Six nights a week, the band and me
We keep singing our songs
The girls come in alone, and we turn 'em on
We start the fire but somebody else takes 'em home
They like our music, and they all dance to it
But somehow it all turns out wrong
'Cos when we close her down, they can't be found
We start the fire but somebody else takes 'em home
CHORUS
While we're singing our hearts out
Somebody else is making out
They like the things we sing about
We start the fire but somebody else puts it out.
So all of you boys, I hope you enjoy
All the love that we turned on
And every time you touch, think about us,
We start the fire but somebody else takes 'em home
Repeat CHORUS
While we're singing our hearts out
Somebody else is making out
They like the things we sing about
We start the fire but somebody else puts it out.
What makes me fall in love with every cowgirl that I meet
Well, them tight levis and big blue eyes just knock me off of my feet
Well, I can bust the toughest bronc in any rodeo
But when it comes to cowgirls we just can't say no.
When it comes to cowgirls we just can't say no
We love to watch them wiggle when they do the Cotton Eyed Joe
I know they'll be the death of me but what a way to go
When it comes to cowgirls we just can't say no.
Cowgirls make you feel so good when they hold you tight
Nothin' takes the place of their love on a lonely nights
Well, I can boss the meanest bull in any rodeo
But when it comes to cowgirls we just can't say no.
When it comes to cowgirls we just can't say no
We love to watch them wiggle when they do the Cotton Eyed Joe
I know they'll be the death of me but what a way to go
When it comes to cowgirls we just can't say no.
I'm a cowboy who knows just how far you can go
And still lose a love of your lady
If you're a real cowboy you'll live with the pain
But you'll bow down your head like a tramp in the rain
And it's yippi cry ai I'm ridin' again
Holding my sack till my broken heart mends
In need of a shoulder to hold up my chin
Yippi cry ai I've lost her again
It's the first cold one that I've had today
But I've been up all night and it's early
A bad right ain't good when you've got hill to pay
I tried to hang with her and I will all the way
And it's yippi cry ai I'm ridin' again...
In need of a shoulder to hold up my chin
I don't have to tell you it's not easy
I make enough to pay the rent and eat
We both go to work at eight each mornin'
My woman took a job so we could make ends meet.
All day long I think about the evenin'
When that quittin' whistle sets me free
I rush right on home and wait and dream alone
Till my working girl comes home and works on me.
Work on me woman, work on me
Yeah, you've got what it takes I'll guarantee
I forget that daily grind Lord I darn near lose my mind
When my working girl comes home and works on me.
--- Instrumental ---
She knows what I like and how I like it
That's what baby always gives to me
I'm what you'd call a poor hard working rich boy
When it comes to love I'm wealthy as can be.
Every thing we do we do together
Let me make it plain as plain can be
The best part of my day is when it's time to play
And my working girl comes home to work on me.
Work on me woman, work on me
Yeah, you've got what it takes I'll guarantee
I forget that daily grind Lord I darn near lose my mind
When my working girl comes home and works on me.
