That's right it's me again I thought I'd call and say hello
I just have to hear your sweet voice and the thing you should know
I have a little question that concerns our happiness
Just listen to your heart make up your mind and say yes
Make up your mind and say yes please say you love me too
I'll hang up the phone and wait here for you
Don't even try to answer now don't even try and less
Your heart keeps tellin' you make up your mind and say yes
[ guitar ]
I woke up this morning happy as I could be
I just found out that wonderful you loves lucky ol' me
I opened up my window and wolcome sunshine in
Told a little bird to sing my song then sing it again
Cause wonderful you's in love with lucky ol' me
And lucky ol' me's as lucky as lucky ol' me can be
I was nothing until you came along and you love me with your love so sweet
Now look what wonderful you's done gone to lucky ol' me
I smile at the grouchy ol' mailman I said hi then nosy Miss Jones
Even gave her a mean little dog a pet on the head
I call every name in the phonebook oh what a party is gonna be
Celebratin' that news that wonderful you loves lucky ol' me
Cause wonderful you's in love...
I'd never known a heartache since the first day that we met
They said them blues would come around someday you forget
I can't recall the simul time I've wanted to be free
Yes I'm still yours you're still mine love's been good to me
God was so good to me that gave me you
But how could I feel different when you've been so true
I can't recall...
[ guitar ]
My baby's gone and I'm all alone seems like a million years since she's gone
She's out havin' fun she's out with someone she used to know
Can this really be the one who was my one and only tell her for me I'm gettin' lonely
I'll never know what made her change
Now that she's gone everything seems so strange
Too late it seems my hopes and my dreams weren't meant to be
I tried to deny but I know that I'll love her only tell her for me I'm gettin' lonely
I should have known when I did her wrong that she would learn
Like a kid actin' smart I broke her heart now it's her turn
If you should see my baby somewhere tell her I know now that I really care
I really miss the thrill of the kiss she gave to me
She knows that she will always be my one and only
She'd still be here with me oh yes it's plain to see
There's no bigger fool than me I let her get lonely
Her love belongs to him I'd take her back again
It's plain to see why she left me I let her get lonely
I hope someday she sees if his love fails to show
There's bigger fools to make mistakes like I did long ago
It's too late now to show how much I love her so
I know you smiled at him and then you made the light grow dim
I know but tell me no it didn't happen
I try again to understand that he just tried to hold your hand
I know but tell me no it didn't happen
I know before I ask you the answer you must give
For if you say it happened I no longer want to live
You didn't know just what to do when he told you I was untrue
I know but tell me no it didn't happen
[ fiddle - steel ]
Now this is my hometown it's the only place I know
Yeah I'm still a hanging round just where could I go
It's a really thing when you said goodbye that I just disappear
You know I gotta be somewhere I might as well be here
Yeah you know I gotta be somewhere I might as well be here
I guess I'll hang around although we said goodbye
Did you think that I'd leave town did you really think I tried
It's a sad old town it's a lonesome town and I hope I make it clear
You know I gotta be somewhere I might as well be here
Yeah since I gotta be somewhere I might as well be here
It's mighty rough on me to stay here all alone
But I can't find a reason why should just move on
Any other place that I might be I'll never have you near
And since I gotta be somewhere I might as well be here
You don't know how much I'm still in love with you
And I wonder would it help me if you knew
It's my pride that won't let me come around
For I can't take a chance that you might turn me down
I couldn't stand to know my one last chance is gone
And though I'd have to try to face this world alone
Although my love someday could make me come around
And make me take a chance that you won't turn me down
I said I'd forget you that's what I'm trying to do
But instead of forgetting I'm falling more in love with you
But I try to keep thinking is it really so bad
For I can't lose something that I've never had
And now I know you never loved me oh that's what makes me feel so sad
If I could think that you once loved me I know I wouldn't hurt so bad
I should be happy that it's over to see you go should make me glad
For I can't lose something that I've never had
I'm restless when I'm not with you I'm so hung up on loving you
Time just drags by when you're not here making the moment seem like year
I tried to pass away the time doing crazy things to fill my mind
Always together me and you I'm so hung up on loving you
I'm so hung up on loving you we're not ashamed of what we do
Always together me and you I'm so hung up on loving you
I know the sun still shines as bright but something's missin' in its light
I live but life just ain't the same your absence lights an utter flame
My songs just seem to lose their trill cause when you're gone I'm lonesome still
(Oh, how long is forever this time?)
You say that you'll love me forever
And you say that you'll always be mine
Now you're back and I can't help
But wonder, oh, how long's forever this time?
Though my heart tells me I should believe you
When I look through my memories I'd wind
Our love's filled with pain
Please don't hurt me again
Oh, how long's forever this time?
Each time that you leave me, my tears fall like rain
Yet, I ask you to come back and hurt me again
One day, you'll come back and you'll really be mine
Oh, how long's forever this time?
(Hello out there hello out there)
Hello out there are you sure that the girl in your arms belongs to you
Hello out there I know the one that I love is out there tonight with someone new
So if you're out tonight holding someone so tight well hello out there
I just want you to know you might be holding my baby
Hello out there if you're dancing tonight with the girl that you see for the first time
Hello out there please don't hold her so close she just might happen to be mine
So won't you look for me it could very well be well hello out there
I just want you to know you might be holding my baby
So won't you look for me...
Yes, even the bad times are good
If there's a chance
That your heart misses
The words I try to say with kisses
If I don't seem to look
As happy as I should
I wouldn't want to live without you
I love everything about you
Yes even the bad times are good
Your middle name should be perfection
'Cause that's what you are to me
Even in my darkest moments
You made it easier to see
I wouldn't change one thing about you
If I knew that I could
Yes, even the bad times are good
(Yes, even the bad times are good)
You never let me feel mistreated
Your love is all I ever needed
When I was weak somehow
You always understood
You're not afraid of stormy weather
And that's what keeps our love together
Yes, even the bad times are good
(Drink up and go home)
You sat there a crying cry in your beer
You think you got troubles my friends listen here
Don't tell me your troubles I got enough of my own
Be thankful you're living drink up and go home
I'm fresh out of prison six years in the pen
Lost my wife and family no one to call friend
Don't tell me your troubles I got enough of my own
Be thankful you're living drink up and go home
[ steel - guitar ]
Now there stands a drunk man he's drunk he can't see
Yet he's not complaining why should you or me
Don't tell me your troubles I got enough of my own
Be thankful you're living drink up and go home
I'm fresh out of prison...
I'm so happy we're still happy and together
And I'm happy you're still dreaming dreams of only me
It's too bad the way our neighbor's dreams just crumble into dust
Darling let's don't let that happen to us
Darling let's don't let us be just two more losers
Thanks to our old fashioned love we both can afford to still be choosers
We both seen many wedding rings suddenly turn to rust
Darling let's don't let that happen to us
There's so many broken hearts and homes around us
But our old fashioned love is always new
We seen married couples stroll through life without true love or trust
Darling let's don't let that happen to us
Darling let's don't let us be...
You may wonder why I love you when you treat me the way you do
You may wonder why I want you when you want someone new
There are things in life that I can't explain like this love I feel for you
Do I have to have a reason to go on loving you
Does the robin have a reason for every note he sings
Does the violet stop and wonder why it blooms in the spring
There are mean times that just happened and we don't know why they do
Do I have to have a reason to go on loving you
I always dress my very best before I go to bed
I'm dressing up to go to bed just like I always do
Cause I might see you in my dreams and I look nice to you
I hope you like the tie I own I remembered you like red
I always dress my very best before I go to bed
What I'm doing may sound funny but I wouldn't laugh if I could
Cause if I lose you in my dreams you'll be gone for good
So until I hold you in my arms and say what should be said
I always dress my very best before I go to bed
[ ac.guitar ]
So until I hold you...
(Odd man out odd man out)
Odd man out that the other two play I've lost the game I wish it wasn't that way
Let me explain what I'm talkin' about since he walked in I'm an odd man out
Life's a gamble now I know we take chances anywhere we go
In this gamble we know beginner I wanna congratulate the winner
Odd man out...
I was going to a masquerade party
And I was searching for the one who set me free
And I found her at the masquerade party
And the devil gave my angel back to me
She was wearing the mask of a devil
And I walked up and asked her to dance with me
She said yes and I took her for my partner
And the devil gave my angel back to me
Now we're dancing like the way up in heaven
And a million stars may have our feet
Then I lifted the mask of the Satan
And the devil gave my angel back to me
Now we're dancing like the way up in heaven
I wish I'd knew what made a love go wrong that seems so right
And took the sunshine from my heart left the lonely night
I've tried to get you off my mind but nothing turns out right
And blues and I have room to share another lonely night
And blues and I have room to share another lonely night
Another lonely night like the one before
Another lonely night I want you more and more
I've tried to get you off my mind but nothing turns out right
And blues and I have room to share another lonely night
And blues and I have room to share another lonely night
[ guitar ]
I've tried to get in touch with you I called you night and day
And if only I could hear your voice it would drive these blues away
And if only I could hear your voice it would drive these blues away
Send me the pillow that you dream on (that you dream on)
Don't you know that I still care for you
Send me the pillow that you dream on (that you dream on)
So darling I can dream on it too
Each night while I'm sleeping oh so lonely
I'll share your love in dreams that once were true
Send me the pillow that you dream on (that you dream on)
So darling I can dream on it too
(Send me the pillow that you dream on) so darling I can dream on it too
You say it's over now but it's easy to see
You still belong to him you're not happy with me
You can hide all your feelings until he passes by
That's when when I see the blues in your pretty brown eyes
Your pretty brown eyes keep telling me lies
But they can't hide the hurt with the smile of disguise
You can hide all your feelings until he passes by
That's when when I see the blues in your pretty brown eyes
[ piano ]
I have the key to heaven when we married
And for a while I brought you happiness
But now your love for me is dead and buried
And every night you share another's kiss
And I'd rather be the one you slip around with
And be the one who's dream of love is gone
Yes I'd rather be the one you spend your time with
Than be the one at home all alone
[ guitar ]
Deep down inside I know that I should leave you
How many tears must fall before I learn
I think of many ways that I could grieve you
And yet I'm always here when you return
Are you thinking that I wasn't meant for you
Could it be you believe that I've been untrue
Oh listen sweetheart it just cannot be
Cause you're the only good thing that happened to me
We've had our ups and downs like all lovers do
But you know in your heart that I worship you
So don't ever think of setting me free
Cause you're the only good thing that happened to me
[ guitar ]
If you ever may think that I don't love you
That I'm not satisfied with the things that you do
I want you to know and please understand
There's nothing in this world worth the touch of your hand
I've never lived among the folks in high society
When it comes to this world's riches I've got none
But the love that I've been hungry for has finally come to me
And I know without a doubt girl you're the one
You're the one I wanna be with when each day is done
And your arms I want around me at the rising of the sun
You're the one I wanna eat with you're the one I wanna sleep with
You're the one I wanna love with you're the one
Just a poor girl from the backstreets of a little country town
Wantin' nothing more from life than happiness
I just want to be your woman always follow you around
Cause I know without a doubt you're the one
You're the one I wanna be with...
(You're the one)
I swear upon this love of mine we'll never be apart
I'll take care of you and never let you down
I'll always be your woman hold you close against my heart
And be happy just to follow you around
You're doing things I wouldn't do to you
Mean little things you know will make you blue
Can it be you wanna seek where I draw the line?
Slowly you're driving you out of my mind
I hope tomorrow I'll still be loving you
But how can I say what this is leading to?
Don't you know what you're doing my beating unkind?
Slowly you're driving you out of my mind
Slowly but surely, the end's sure to come
If that's what you want then go on and have your fun
Even though I still love you, I can't go on acting blind
Slowly you're driving you out of my mind
Wishing I could see you again, dear
That the fire of love would burn once more
But I guess that's wishful thinking
And too much to be wishing for
Just thinking how you once kissed me
Wishing that hadn't meant goodbye
But I guess that's wishful thinking
Now I know why some people cry
I'll just live my life in dreams
And long for your love
It's you I'm wishing for
And it's you I'm thinking of
My heart echoes the love words you've spoken
How I wish I could hear them from you
I'd like to say that I'm okay life is still worth livin'
But it's my fault that you're not here you did all the given
My memories bother me and there's no way of knowing
Where do I go when I get to where I'm going
I'm gonna try to loose myself someday close some city
Cause I keep lookin' at my past it's not very pretty
My memories bother me...
[ guitar ]
Well when I look back I don't see how you stood by me so long
You'd smile on me and cheer me up when everything went wrong
I lost your love it's plain to see and there's no way of knowing
Where do I go when I get to where I'm going
When the sun goes down behind a mountain to sleep until she wakes the dawn
I get the same old lonesome feeling cause that's when my baby sings his song
What's he doing in my world what's he doing holding my girl
If he's not more than just a friend why were you kissing him
What's he doing in my world
In his eyes I see the trace of sadness that comes when memories hold on
And his old guitar sounds just like it's crying when my baby sings his song
You say you've found somebody new but that won't stop my loving you
I just can't let you walk away am I that easy to forget
I make myself believe that he still loves me although to her he sings his songs
But as long as he returns to me at sundown I listen while my baby sings his song
Cause all I need is you all I want is you
Three cheers for the red white and blue
A dozen long stem roses the white gown look good on you
You see me at your wedding I was there and I was blue
Three cheers for the red white and blue
The warm red lips I used to kiss your eyes of blue I'll always miss
The dress you wear so white and new three cheers for the red white and blue
Three cheers for the red...
I hope your world stays rosy red the sky is blue above your head
Clouds of white I wish for you three cheers for the red white and blue
A heart that's filled with tears the weeks all pass like years
As I search my heart to find what's best to do
Reminisce and just to-be's haunted by old memories
Darling that's what I get for loving you
There's no future just the past of love too good and real to last
And now I pay the price sinful it's true
I believe in what you said trusted in your love where it led
Darling that's what I get for loving you
[ fiddle - steel ]
My hopes in life are gone since you've made up our love go wrong
You've ruined the sweetest part of life I knew
My heart is filled with pain everytime I hear your name
Darling that's what I get for loving you
Take a letter Miss Gray it must go out today
And I know you already know what it's gonna say
It's to the one I'm tied to the one I'm leaving for you
Tell her that it's all over and I can't help what I've done
Make it straight and to the point there's no use lying that won't do
Make three copies one for her one for me and one for you
And just sign it simply John you can tell her you're the one
And oh yes PS please forgive what I've done
[ piano ]
Hey stop the world and let me off I'm tired of going round and round
I've played the game of love and lost so stop the world and let me off
My dreams are shattered can't you see cause you no longer care for me
But someday I'm sure you'll see loving you did best to me
Hey stop the world and let me off...
[ ac.guitar ]
My dream world tumbled to the ground the one I love has let me down
I've lost the wonder of her kiss how could she leave me here like this
Hey stop the world and let me off...
(Is there anybody here) as lonely as I am
Speak to me talk to me speak to me
Is there anybody here tired of cryin'
Speak to me talk to me speak to me
Waiter there's a stranger sitting all alone
And maybe she's got troubles like my own
So ask her if there's anything I can do
Cause I've got troubles and I'm lonely too
Is there anybody here searching for someone
Speak to me talk to me speak to me
[ guitar ]
Is there anybody here as lonely as I am
She was my silent partner I miss my silent partner
And I hope my silent partner's missing me
Once I was blind with ambition and ascribed for fame
The need for money seemed to ruin my mind
I was just too blind to see a girl I loved was helping me
And she'd been my silent partner all the time
She was my silent partner I love my silent partner
I never dreamed that she would set me free
She was my silent partner I miss my silent partner
And I hope my silent partner's missing me
Just when I thought I'd reach the top
I started down and couldn't stop
And nobody seemed to care how far I'd fall
Losing her has made me see
What lots of wealth has done to me
Yes, I need my silent partner after all
She was my silent partner
I miss my silent partner
I can't fool her anymore
Like I used to do before
All she's gotta do is look
And she reads me like a book
If I go home I know she'll see
That I been once free
When I walk in my Gucci's cut
'Cause she reads me like a book
She writes down every thing I do
And the last night she added page or two
I'd like to go and tell her that I've been true
I'd be black and blue when she got through
Think I tell her something sad
Try to wear a different look
Might even now I know that's bad
'Cause she reads me like a book
We're living under pressure to be free we're living under pressure you and me
So do your thing if you can't bear to wait
Honey go your way if you can't pay the freight
Standing at the window cooking dinner the drapes are pulled to let the world's come in
I know you're thinkin' bout the love left in you and you crying to be livin' once again
Remember how we walked the road together remember how we've loved along the way
But trying test of time we could not weather we decided straight to hell with yesterday
We're living under pressure...
We've learned that butterflies can't last forever a strain of daily life's began to tell
So don't you think that parting would be clever for freedom seems to fit you very well
And now our hopes and dreams have all been shattered
For love's been such a disappointing climb
When we walked away from all that's mattered
Let's remember all the good things left behind
You got a reputation
Goin' all over town
For buildin' up a love affair
So you can't tear it down
The hearts you've stepped on one by one
Are prices that you'd pay
But still I'm so in love with you
My little miss heartache
Little miss heartache
They call you and I know it's true
Little miss heartache
You're lovely in your shades of blue
The hearts you've stepped on one by one
Are prices that you'd pay
But still I'm so in love with you
My little miss heartache
Someday I know you'll fall for someone
I hope it's me
And all the other loves you've known
Are just a memory
A world that's filled with happiness
Is here for you to take
Please let me be the next in line
I love you miss heartache
Little miss heartache
They call you and I know it's true
Little miss heartache
You're lovely in your shades of blue
The hearts you've stepped on one by one
Are prices that you'd pay
But still I'm so in love with you
We were waltzing that night in Kentucky beneath that beautiful harvest moon
And I was a boy that was lucky but it all ended too soon
As I sit here alone in the moonlight I can see your smiling face
And I long once more for your embrace and that beautiful Kentucky Waltz
[ steel - guitar ]
We were waltzing that night...
Love that runs away from me dreams that just won't let me be
Blues that keep on bothering me chains that just won't set me free
Too far away from you and all your charms just out of reach of my two empty arms
Each night in dreams I see your face mem'ries time cannot erase
Then I awake and find you gone I'm so blue and all alone
So far away from lips so sweet and warm just out of reach of my two empty arms
That lonesome feeling all the time knowing you cannot be mine
Dreams that hurt me in my sleep vows that we could never keep
I'm in the middle of a memory
I won't cry when she's here with me
I'm not ashamed for anyone to see
I'm in the middle of a memory
Now if you see a lonely man walk by
And if you see a teardrop in my eye
It's all because my baby said goodbye
But here's the reason that I really cry
I'm in the middle of a memory
I won't cry when she's here with me
I'm not ashamed for anyone to see
I'm in the middle of a memory
I never knew that love could be so blind
But just as long as my heart rules my mind
I'll help my heart and let the teardrops flow
So if you'll ever see me cry you'll know
I'm in the middle of a memory
I won't cry when she's here with me
I'm not ashamed for anyone to see
I'm in the middle of a memory
I'm in the middle of a memory
I won't cry when she's here with me
I'm not ashamed for anyone to see
You wouldn't know me now I'm somebody new
Never got you off my mind I'm somebody blue
Once the life of the party now alone every night
I've been lonely lately since you walked out of sight
I've been lonely lately and tonight about nine
Will be for me the anniversary of this broken heart of mine
I walk the streets of town and tears often rise
From deep down in my heart and into my eyes
It's slowly raining now but your house isn't far
Love walked out and the blues walked in I can't remember when I've been
Oh oh this lonesome
Since you've said goodbye last night I see things in a different light
Oh oh I'm lonesome
I spend my time just wishing you'll come back to me again
I'd have felt this way before but I can't remember when
Give me your love and I took you away my blue skies turn to solid grey
Oh oh I'm lonesome
There's million things that I should do all I do is dream of you oh oh I'm lonesome
[ ac.guitar - piano ]
I spend my time just wishing...
I'm looking over a four leaf clover that I overlooked before
One is for sunshine the second is rain third is for roses bloom in the spring
No need explain the one remaining is somebody I adore
I'm looking over for a four leaf clover that I overlooked before
[ guitar ]
I'm looking over a four leaf clover...
Now big city girls drive big fine cars and they wear expensive clothes
And where they get all their money from well you're talkin' to a feller that knows
I came to town about a week ago to put some money and the savings and loan
I met a big city girl in a big fine car and she took every penny I own
Now big city girls are pretty as the Dickens and fickle as they can be
Ah, but a big city girl's got easy pickins with an old country boy like me
Now we got a talkin' bout this and that when she told me that her daddy was sick
She had to take him to the doctor man and she had to have the money right quick
So I let her have it like a good old boy she took it out way she fled
Well I found out later he needed a doctor like he needed a hole in the head
Yeah big city girls are pretty...
[ guitar ]
Now there's not a car runnin' on the road that automobile wouldn't pass
Ah but everytime we drove a thing round the clock we had to fill it up with gas
We kept on a goin' from place to place till all of my money was gone
And all she left me was a kiss on the cheek when she told me she was movin' on
Am I that easy to forget?
You say you've found somebody new, but that won't stop my loving you
I just can't let you walk away, forget the love I had for you
Yes, I could find somebody too, but I don't want no one but you
How can you leave without regret? Am I that easy to forget?
(Am I that easy to forget?)
Before you leave, be sure you find
You want his love much more than mine
'Cause I'll just say we've never met if I'm that easy to forget
(Am I that easy to forget?)
Yes, I could find somebody too, but I don't want no one but you
How could you leave without regret? You're not that easy to forget
(Am I that easy to forget?)
Before you leave, be sure you find
You want his love much more than mine
'Cause I'll just say we've never met if I'm that easy to forget
Find the lonelist girl in a thousand find the saddest eyes you've ever seen
Find someone who's always longing for you find that man and you found me
And all I need is you all I want is you to give my loving to all I need is you
Find a man who wakes up every morning and lives in a world of make believe
Find someone who's arms are aching for you find that girl and you found me
And all I need is you all I want is you to give my loving to all I need is you
You're with me now so let the world forsake us
I've found my heaven here within your arms
And nothing in this world can separate us you're all I ever wanted all along
And all I need is you all I want is you to give my loving to all I need is you
I have what many seek and fail to find a kind of love that gives me peace of mind
I walk around with silver wings on my shoes and all because of you
Though fame and fortune I have been denied I have your love so I'm still satisfied
And every morning this old world's brand new and all because of you
All because of you all because of you
Dreams of the lifetime have all come true and all because of you
My heart's a symphony when you are near your kiss is music no one else can hear
I'll stay in love with life the whole day through and all because of you
All because of you...
