I give my heart and soul to you
That's all I really know to do
If it's a crying shame
There's just myself to blame
Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain
You cut me deep with that first kiss
Your sweet taste I could not resist
You were too wild to tame
I loved you just the same
Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain
And though love burns and burns
I never seem to learn
I'll walk right back into the flames
Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain
Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain
So here I am back at your door
I can't help coming back for more
This love's a hurtin' thing
One that I can't explain
Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain
Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain
somebody saw me
when I was wondering
out in the desert
somebody saw me
and with compasion
called to me gently
saying come in
somebody saved me
when I was sinking
somebody rescued
my soul from the great
somebody pulled me
close to his bussom
it was jesus
Sometimes the only thing to do is turn around and go back home
When every way there is to turn has vanished and is gone
I've used up every trick that I had hidden up my sleeve
Think it's time I reconcile with what I had to leave
In a little country graveyard, in the middle of the night
I'm kneeling by the memory of the one who gave me life
She always knew me better than I'll ever know myself
I keep hearing her and Jesus say, "Surrender son and rest"
Redemption, like the moon tonight, hangs pretty, soft and low
And how it's been up until now don't matter anymore
In the middle of this darkness, I see a light that shines
Like a beacon of forgiveness saying, "Pilgrim, all is fine"
There's one more journey left for me, that's all that's left to do
There'll be greener pastures
Across that border line
We'll see new horizons, my darlin'
Far beyond the great divide
Pools of clear blue waters
Star light in the sky
You'll be mine forever, my darlin'
Far beyond the great divide
Somewhere in the distance
Northern lights will shine
You'll be there beside me, my darlin'
Far beyond the great divide
You'll be mine forever, my darlin'
We've all got wheels to take ourselves away
We've got the telephone to say what we can't say
We all got higher and higher every day
So come on wheels and take this boy away
We're not afraid to ride
We're not afraid to die
So come on wheels, take me home today
Come on wheels, take this boy away
And when I feel my time is almost up
And destiny is in my right hand
I'll turn to him, who made my faith so strong
Come on wheels, make this boy a man
We're not afraid to ride
We're not afraid to die
So come on wheels, take me home today
Yes, she broke my heart again
(Fool for love)
That's the way it's always been
(Fool for love)
It's a cryin' game
If you play long enough
It's a beautiful pain
When you're a fool for love
Fool, for love
I tell myself that I don't care
(Fool for love)
But I keep hopin', she'll be there
(Fool for love)
It's a cryin' game
If you play long enough
You're slowly going insane
When you're a fool for love
Fool for love
Fool for love
Fool for love
Fool for love
Always thought I was so smart
(Fool for love)
Started thinkin' with my heart
(Fool for love)
It's a cryin' game
If you play long enough
Tears will fall down like rain
When you're a fool for love
Fool for love
Fool for love
It's greater than the world
Wider than the sky
It's strong enough to make mountains crumble
Or make a grown man cry
It can melt the coldest heart
Put broken things together
Finds what is lost doesn't count the cost
And it goes on forever
You can try to drown it in a sea of tears
Lock it up in chains for a million years
Run from it, hide from it, one thing's clear
You can't stop love, no you can't stop love
It's freer than the wind
It shines out in the dark
It's bigger than all of Heaven and earth
It's small enough to fit inside your heart
You can try to drown it in a sea of tears
Lock it up in chains for a million years
Run from it, hide from it, one thing's clear
You can't stop love
It's something that you can't forget
Throw it away and find regret
Go ahead and fight it and give it your best
But you can't stop love, no you can't stop love
You can try to drown it in a sea of tears
Lock it up in chains for a million years
Run from it, hide from it, one thing's clear
You can't stop love
It's something that you can't forget
Throw it away and find regret
Go ahead and fight it, give it your best
But you can't stop love, no you can't stop love
Never thought I'd fall this far again
When we met I thought we'd be just friends
Now I'm in love so blind that I can't see
And you can walk all over me
Never thought I'd ever settle down
Hang my hat up in the same old town
Thought I'd always be just wild and free
But you can walk all over me
Take my heart, break my heart
That's all right with me
Take my name, I'm not ashamed
To let the whole world see
If that's how it's gotta be
Then you can walk all over me
Some say love is just a crazy game
Always looking for someone to claim
That's the way I guess it's supposed to be
So you can walk all over me
Take my heart, break my heart
That's all right with me
Take my name, I'm not ashamed
To let the whole world see
If that's how it's gotta be
Then you can walk all over me
If that's how it's gotta be
Wishful thinkin', wishful thinkin'
Only dreams that don't come true
When that evenin' sun goes sinkin'
Wishful thinkin', where are you
A little voice inside convinced me
Made me think she'd turn around
But the deck was stacked against me
By the time that deal went down
That deal went down
Wishful thinkin', wishful thinkin'
Only dreams that don't come true
When that evenin' sun goes sinkin'
Wishful thinkin', where are you
Lord, I wish I would have listened
Listened to my second mind
But those sweet lips I was kissin'
Must have struck my reason blind
My reason blind
Wishful thinkin', wishful thinkin'
Only dreams that don't come true
When that evenin' sun goes sinkin'
Wishful thinkin', where are you
Where are you
Where are you
Honey, where are you
(Wishful thinkin')
(Wishful thinkin')
(Wishful thinkin')
I do all right in the daylight
Sunshine seems to keep you off my mind
But as evening shadows fall around me
Well it won't be long before I cross the line
When the sun goes down, well I go crazy
I feel like a stranger in this town
That lonesome feeling overtakes me
Heartaches come around
When the sun goes down
Each day I ask the same old questions
What did I do the night before
My friends give me the same old answers
And I promise I won't do that anymore
When the sun goes down, well I go crazy
I feel like a stranger in this town
That lonesome feeling overtakes me
Heartaches come around
When the sun goes down
Ah those heartaches come around
Big hair, pink lips, eyes all painted up
Spray net and George Strait riding in her pickup truck
Midnight, highway, headed for the club Siam
Heartbeat hot spot, looking for a cowboy man
I'm a talking about
Western girls, got me jumpin' up for joy
Western girls, makes me glad I'm a good ole boy
Western girls, the best I've ever seen
Western girls, every cowboy's dream
Jukebox, dance floor, angel in a cowboy hat
Dim lights, slow dance, how come they move like that
Well I've honky tonked all around the world
And every place I go
I've seen them cowboy girls doing the do-si-do
I'm a talking about
Western girls, got me jumpin' up for joy
Western girls, makes me glad I'm a good ole boy
Western girls, the best I've ever seen
Western girls, every cowboy's dream
Western girls, got me jumpin' up for joy
Western girls, makes me glad I'm a good ole boy
Western girls, the best I've ever seen
While on this earth, Jesus did a lot of talkin'
He proved it in His words and in His walkin'
Well, He was not a man of this world?s design
I?m here to tell you, friends, He was one of a kind
He gave us many gifts, gifts from above
But the greatest of these, don't you know is love?
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
You can find the love of Jesus
In the bottom of your heart
Playin' it easy everyday you get discouraged
Ah, sometimes you wanna turn and run, hide and worry
But don't be like the man who ran all his life
He never let the love of Heaven?s light shine down
Around him and show him the key to peace, joy and eternity
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
You can find the love of Jesus
In the bottom of your heart
When on that final Judgment Day
When I'm called up from out of the grave
And I'm standin' with the angels up in the sky
With Jesus and the Father side by side
I wanna hear Him say, "Job well done
Welcome home, my child, your race is run
You did some things to be proud of
But the greatest of these was when you showed love?
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
You can find the love of Jesus
In the bottom of your heart
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
Way down
(Way down in the bottom)
You can find the love of Jesus
In the bottom of your heart
In the bottom of your heart
I walked through the big yard, to feel the warm sunshine
A ninety-nine year man, stepped over to me
He offered a smoke, and said as I rolled it
"Tomorrow I'm goin', to break out and go free"
"They feed us by sunlight, they watch us by spotlight
But I know a way that a man can go free
Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel
The walls of a prison can never hold me"
I told him that, I'd have no part of his scheming
My time would be up, one year from today
His eyes blazed with fire, and he looked right through me
Bitter, but broken, again he did say
"They feed us by sunlight, they watch us by spotlight
But I know a way that a man can go free
Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel
The walls of a prison can never hold me"
Next morning at breakfast, the old man was missing
Then we all heard the rifles high up on the wall
He'd gone through the tunnel, just like he had promised
And they said he was crying, when they saw him fall
They feed us by sunlight, they watch us by spotlight
But I know a way that a man can go free
Down under my cell, I'm diggin' a tunnel
At a red hot truck stop
With a dirt floor parking lot
A waitress named Shirley
Poured him some coffee and she said
"Hello stranger where're you going?
I see the dust of where you've been
Seems like the fire of trouble
Claims you like the next of kin"
"You look as new as tomorrow
And the old as where you're from
If I've got it right and I think I might
I paid the bank note, the car note, an' yes, I paid the 'phone bill too
An' then I turned around an' I found that the house note's due
Well, I'd love to take you out like I said I would, honey
But there's too much month at the end of the money
Well, I got a little favor I wanna ask of you, my love
Why don't you find that hole in my pocket an' sew it up?
Yeah, I thought I'd saved some but, you know, it's funny
There's too much month at the end of the money
All gone, oh heaven only knows
All gone, oh where on earth it goes
But it sure goes
Well, sometimes I think it blows away
I went down to the bank this mornin', 'bout half past nine
Well, I was lookin' for a little somethin' in the credit line
But the man said, "Look, what we got here, Sonny
There's too much month at the end of the money"
I'd love to take you out like I said I would, honey
But there's too much month at the end of the money
Go down yonder, peace in the valley
Come downtown, have a rumble in the alley
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Has anybody seen my baby
This livin' alone will drive you crazy
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
I'm gonna go down to the river
But I ain't gonna jump in no no
I'll just be looking for my baby
And I hear that's where she's been, Oh
Out of nine lives, I've spent seven
Working it day by day trying to get to heaven
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
I've just spent sixty days in the jailhouse
For having the crime of having no dough
Here I am back out on the street
With the crime of having nowhere to go
Save your neck, save your brother
Looks like it's one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Save your neck, save your brother
Looks like it's one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
I am a lonesome pilgrim far from home
What a journey I had known
I might be tired and weary but I am strong
I am a lonesome pilgrim, far from home
And what a journey I have known
I might be tired and weary, but I am strong
Mr. Uncle Josh, would you kindly play me
Some deep southern blues
On that hound dog guitar there
Ah, now that's what I'm talkin' about, yeah
Marty Robbins 'El Paso'
Waylon Jennings 'Ramblin' Man'
Roger Miller 'King Of The Road'
Merle Haggard 'The Way I Am'
That's what I'm talkin' about
Hank Jr.'Family Tradition'
Willie Nelson 'Angel Flyin' Too Close To The Ground'
Ray Price 'Crazy Arms'
Johnny Cash 'Sunday Morning Comin' Down'
Now that's what I'm talkin' about
That's what I'm talkin' about
Plow that field, plant that seed
Rock on brother, let your roots run deep
Show 'em what you've got, make 'em all believers
For God sake boy, tip your hat to the teacher
Kris Kristofferson 'Help Me Make It Through The Night'
Bob Wills 'Cherokee Maiden'
Buck Owens 'Tiger By The Tail'
Hank Williams, goes without sayin'
Now that's what I'm talkin' about
Yes sir, that's what I'm talkin' about
Plow that field, plant that seed
Rock on brother, let your roots run deep
Show 'em what you've got, make 'em all believers
For God sake boy, tip your hat to the teacher
Ernest Tubb 'Waltz Across Texas
George Jones 'White Lightnin', man
Patsy Cline 'Walkin' After Midnight
Tammy Wynette 'Stand By Your Man'
That's what I'm talkin' about
Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn
Connie Smith Johnny Paycheck
Remember him 'Take This Job And Shove It'
Jimmie Rodgers, Acuff and Monroe
We can't forget Cousin Minnie Pearl
But at night when I'm prayin' down on my knees
I thank God for Lester and Earl
Play it Earl, Scruggs that is
Tip your hat to the teacher
When I was a young man I thought I knew everything
But I didn't know nothing, till I found you
I used to get around some, I thought I'd seen everything
But I hadn't seen nothing, till I found you
Till I found you there was no light
Nothing ever worked out right
Baby it's true, till I found you
Everybody's searching, they're trying to find something
But I don't need nothin', now I've found you
'Cause you're the only one love, the only one I'm sure of
And all I want is your love, now that I found you
Till I found you there was no light
Nothing ever worked out right
Baby it's true, till I found you
Baby, close that suitcase, let's turn this thing around
We've got everybody talking all over town
But if you have to leave, well keep one thing in mind
Oh this one's gonna hurt you for a long, long time
There's a bottle on the table, to help me understand
How love can go so wrong between a woman and a man
But just beyond the door, here's what you will find
Girl this one's gonna hurt you for a long, long time
A long, long time is forever
And will I get over you, probably never
You can't walk away from true love
And leave your feelings all behind
'Cause this one's gonna hurt you for a long, long time
A long, long time is forever
And will I get over you, probably never
You can't walk away from true love
And leave your feelings all behind
'Cause this one's gonna hurt you for a long, long time
You can't walk away from true love
Leave your feelings all behind
Well there's a rainbow
At the end of every storm, ooh
When trouble and trials stand in your way
When you get weary, too weary to pray
Look to the sky and reach for his arm
There's a rainbow at the end of every storm, ooh
Whether it's sickness, whether it's death
When your heart gets heavy, can't find peace or rest
When clouds of doubt, all around you form
There's a rainbow at the end of every storm
And his name is Jesus
(Wonderful Savior, wonderful friend)
His name is Jesus
(In the beginning, the middle, the end)
He'll be there
(To help)
He?ll be there
(To save)
To keep you from every harm
He is the rainbow at the end of every storm
Well his name is Jesus
(Wonderful Savior, wonderful friend)
His name is Jesus
(In the beginning, the middle, the end)
He'll be there
(To help)
He'll be there
(To save)
Keep you from every harm
He is the rainbow at the end of every storm
Give me my cycle and a star-filled sky above
And a good lookin' woman with a heart full of love
I'll go to any honky tonk in any old town
'Cause I am the wild one and I'll never settle down
I am the wild one, I am the wild one
I am the wild one, I'll never settle down
I've got a gal in every town who claims she loves me so
I love 'em and leave 'em and want them all to know
That when I hear that wild wind a blowin' down the road
I know I'll have to travel fast to leave without a load
I am the wild one, I am the wild one
I am the wild one, I'll never settle down
I am the wild one, I believe in travelin' light
Just me and my cycle speeding through the night
I love a lot of women and I take them all around
But I am the wild one, I'll settle down
I am the wild one, I am the wild one
I am the wild one, I'll never settle down
There's an unseen hand to me
That leads through ways, I cannot see
While going through, this world of woe
This hand still leads, me as I go
I'm trusting to, the unseen hand
That guides me through, this weary land
And some sweet day, I'll reach that strand
Still guided by, the unseen hand
I long to see, my Savior's face
And sing the story, of his grace
And there upon, that golden strand
I'll praise him for, his guiding hand
I'm trusting to, the unseen hand
That guides me through, this weary land
And some sweet day, I'll reach that strand
Still guided by, the unseen hand
Newspaper boy makin' his rounds
Spreadin' the word all over town
Drivin' his car just as fast as it will go
There's papers in the driveway, papers in the yard
Paper broke a window, he didn't throw it that hard
But it shattered like a dream down in the valley below
Hey, quarter moon, well how was your night?
Yeah well, any minute now God's gonna hit them brights
So if you stick around, don't you say that you weren't told
Well, take it from me, you better grab your shades
If He looks at you, ooh, well try not to look so afraid
Just do the best that you can, but don't you think that He won't know
Creosote's drippin' from the high line poles
Fast as you can count 'em, 12 in a row
Blessed accommodations for the daily observations of a crow
Well, that cat down there, yeah, well he's Louie the flea
He's married to a waitress by the name of Lora Lee
When they scream and they holler, man they put on a show
He's a protected witness from a Detroit job
Turned his best friend in, his name is Bob
I know who got the time, but who do you think got the dough?
Take a look at that pilgrim passin' by
He's lookin' for love, I can see it in his eyes
He's runnin' 'round in circles, you can take it from me
His shadow begs for mercy that every lost and found
In city after city, town after town
Tortured by the memory of a love he thought was supposed to be
Creosote's drippin' from the high line poles
Fast as you can count 'em, 12 in a row
Blessed accommodations for the daily observations of a crow
Well, I'm a genuine scoopologist, the name is Crow
Sitting up here, watching the show
In this one horse drive-through, forsaken, dried up piece of the world
Well, it ain't much but it's my kingdom, it's my home
Even had a queen till that parakeet came along
Baby I bet your ears have been burnin'
'Cause the fence post gossip wheels have been turnin'
They're sayin' you gave your love and got taken
And once again, your heart is breakin'
You're thinking lonely's your destiny
But you ain't ever been loved by the likes of me
I'd like to be at your beckon call
I'd like to stay around for the long haul
Startin' tonight, I'd like to make sweet memories
You ain't ever been loved by the likes of me
If you need a helping hand to start over
Baby I can give you more than a shoulder
You say you're havin' trouble believin'
That I won't be lovin' and leavin'
I say you've been hurtin' needlessly
It's high time you were loved by the likes of me
I'd like to be at your beckon call
I'd like to stay around for the long haul
Startin' tonight, I'd like to make sweet memories
You ain't ever been loved by the likes of me
I'd like to be at your beckon call
I'd like to stay around for the long haul
Startin' tonight, I'd like to make sweet memories
You ain't ever been loved by the likes of me
I said you ain't ever been loved by the likes of me
We're talking Tupelo was about a fast train
Headed toward the world like a mad hurricane
When he finally hit the ground, he tore us all apart
He was born to be a light in the dark
Now miles from Mississippi down some distant shore
He's blazed a trail of glory and a whole lot more
Like some shooting star we've never seen before
I'm talking 'bout the one that opened up the door
The King of Dixie, he's still around
The King of Dixie, in every town
The King of Dixie no he ain't gone
The King of Dixie's still on the throne
The King of Dixie tried and true
Still rockin' away me and you
The King of Dixie is you know who
I said long live the King of Dixie
There was a man from Montgomery, lonesome to the bone
He only stayed a while, this world was not his home
It seemed like on behalf of broken hearts he's sing
And with every word he was calling my name
Now he's from Alabama where he first saw the light
There ain't a heart in heaven gonna cheat on him tonight
I can see him now, decked out in white
Sending down the word that every thing's all right
The King of Dixie, he's still around
The King of Dixie, in every town
The King of Dixie, no he ain't gone
The King of Dixie's still on the throne
The King of Dixie, tried and true
Still rockin' away me and you
The King of Dixie is you know who
I said long live the King of Dixie
The King of Dixie, he's still around
The King of Dixie, in every town
The King of Dixie, no he ain't gone
The King of Dixie's still on the throne
The King of Dixie, tried and true
Still rockin' away me and you
The King of Dixie is you know who
I heard the sound of a train out in the distance
That takes me back to you
The only heart I ever met, as pure as it was true
Your kiss is still warm as wild mountain honey
It lays so sweet on my mind
And it helps me forget, the path of regret
And the fool that left you behind
Miles and miles of memories
Flow through me like new scarlet wine
And it's sad but it's true, that girl me and you
Had the greatest love of all time
Miles and miles of memories
Flow through me like new scarlet wine
And it's sad but it's true, that girl me and you
Had the greatest love of all time
Here comes the Gospel story of Noah's Ark
When God looked down on this whole world
His heart was heavy and sad
The world He'd made and the man He'd loved
Had all turned wicked and bad
As He looked over His creation
He was grieved by His own plan
But just before He destroyed everything He loved
He found Him a righteous man
Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man
He walked with his God a day by day
Holding to His hand
He worked without ceasin', preached without preachin'
That's a truth that shall ever stand
Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man
Well God said to Noah
"Build a boat and we'll call it an ark
Build it long, deep and wide
I'm gonna tell you before it starts"
"I'm gonna send to you, a two by two
Every good and living thing
But gather up your family and shut the door
'Cause Brother, it's gonna rain"
For forty days and forty nights
The water came a pourin' down
The tears from God Almighty's eyes
Covered everythin' on the ground
Men were screamin', women were cryin'
Noah heard it day and night
But everything on the other side of that door
Disappeared clean out of sight
Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man
He walked with his God a day by day
Holding to His hand
He worked without ceasin', preached without preachin'
That's a truth that shall ever stand
Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man
Alright
And then one day the rain stopped fallin'
And the ark came to a rest
High and dry was ole Brother Noah
On the top of Mount Ararat
Well they opened up the window
And sent the Lord a dove
Well the dove brought back an olive branch
And we all got a bowl of love
Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man
He walked with his God a day by day
Holding to his hand
He worked without ceasin', preached without preachin'
That's a truth that shall ever stand
Brother Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
Noah was a righteous man
Well, Noah was a righteous man
My iron-clad mind didn't how to listen
To things that your heart was trying to say
But time after time I paid no attention
And only a fool would do you that way
Stone blind, I just couldn't see how much
You meant to me when you were mine
Stone blind, I let you slip through my hands
Right to the end, I must have been stone blind
My hair-trigger heart couldn't say I was sorry
Admit I was wrong or swallow my pride
So time played the part of the judge and the jury
You're already gone when I open my eyes
Stone blind, I just couldn't see how much
You meant to me when you were mine
Stone blind, I let you slip through my hands
Right to the end, I must have been stone blind
I'm tired of walking down that lonesome road
I'm tired of walking down that lonesome road
It's a mighty hard travelin' and a heavy load
I swing that hammer and I draw a low straight line
I swing that hammer and I draw a low straight line
It's a 40 hour livin' for that gal of mine
Well, the foreman asked me what would be my say
Oh, the foreman asked me what might be my say
I said, "Just a drink of water and favor on the Judgment Day"
I'm tired of walking down that lonesome road
I'm tired of walking down that lonesome road
It's a mighty hard travelin' and a heavy load
Well, I roll a lucky dice and draw a winning hand
I roll a lucky dice and draw a winning hand
But where my money goes, I don't understand
Well, the king of Memphis, popping four bit shines
Well the king of Memphis, popping four bit shines
I'm up here in Kentucky, slave to this old mine
Every time it thunders, I hear them sad ole taps
Oh, every time it thunders, I hear them sad ole taps
And if this mountain shakes, it's gonna fall right in my lap
Yeah, I'm tired of walkin' down that lonesome road
I'm tired of walkin down that lonesome road
When you said it's over, I said it's not for me
When you said to forget you, I said when will that be
When that day comes, well they'll bury me
That's when you'll know it's over
That's when you'll know it's over
When I don't think of you all day every day
When I close my eyes and sleep comes right away
When you're not the first thing on my mind when I wake
That's when you'll know it's over
That's when you'll know it's over
You thought it would never end
When you broke my heart
But baby for me, that was only the start
Of this burning pain and there's no end in sight
So you've got to realize
It won't be over til it's over
When I don't see my past with you everywhere
When I see my future, without you there
When I see you with him and I don't care
That's when you'll know it's over
When she needs a friend
Then you'd better hold her
If she starts to cry
Then offer her your shoulder
If the world comes crashin' down
And leaves her full of doubt
Take her in your arms
Now that's what love's about
She needs to know you care
She needs to know you're there
If it takes crawling on your knees
To live up to your vows
No matter what it takes
We'll work it out somehow
Treat her like a lady
Now that's what love's about
She let me have her heart
I hope I never break it
She bared to me her soul
I could hardly take it
She gave me all she had
She said she could do without
Till the end of time
Now that's what love's about
She needs to know you're there
If it takes crawling on your knees
To live up to your vows
No matter what it takes
We'll work it out somehow
Treat her like a lady
I searched for love my whole life through
Then it came like a blinding flash from the blue
Thanks to you
Empty nights and long lost days
Roving eyes and rambling ways are through
Thanks to you
I knew about lonely
I knew about blue
I know about love now
Thanks to you
My tired and hurtin' empty heart
That once was broke and torn apart is all new
Thanks to you
I never seemed to have much luck
But all the dreams that I gave up came true
Thanks to you
I knew about lonely
I knew about blue
I know about love now
Thanks to you
So we'll go on and dream
And watch them come true
Forever and ever
Thanks to you
There's a girl trying to steal my heart and I'm tempted
Even though she could tear it apart, I'm tempted
In her eyes there's mystery, every time she smiles at me
I know how it could be and I'm tempted
Each time she looks my way, I'm tempted
Just a little more every day, I'm tempted
It's so hard to resist, the thought of her sweet kiss
Can't take much more of this, I'm tempted
Tempted and tried, deep down inside
I can't deny that I'm tempted
Ever since she caught my eye, I'm tempted
Just one look and you'll know why I'm tempted
So if I'm burned by the flame, there's no one but me to blame
'Cause every time she calls my name, I'm tempted
Tempted and tried, deep down inside
I can't deny that I'm tempted
Tempted and tried, deep down inside
I can't deny that I'm tempted
I'm tempted
I'm tempted
Here I am standing with these teardrops in my eyes
Hoping maybe someday you will change
I heard that same ole story too many times before
You tell me that you love me then you turn around and run
I just want your sweet love
I can't stop coming around
You know that your sweet love
Someday it's going to tear me down, down, down, down,
down, down, d-d-down
Here I am still waiting like the fool I've always been
Hoping maybe some day you will change
I try to give you all of my heart time after time
But you hang me out there like a puppet on a string
I just want your sweet love
I can't stop coming around
You know that your sweet love
Someday it's going to tear me down, down, down, down,
The sign says "Welcome to Nashville"
From whatever road you've been down
It seems like the first of the milestones
For here is the city, the town
It's a quaint, old mystical city
Where legends and idols have stood
It's a place, where dreams come to harbor
A country boy's Hollywood
But it's lonely at sundown in Nashville
That's when beaten souls start to weep
Each evening at sundown in Nashville
They sweep broken dreams off the street
You'll walk, down 16th to Broadway
Into a world of heartache and pain
Where hillbilly honky tonk angels
Cry out, from the dark side of fame
You'll find, some discarded love songs
And tear stains all over the ground
In a city where dreams get shattered
And swept to the outskirts of town
But it's lonely at sundown in Nashville
That's when beaten souls start to weep
Each evening at sundown in Nashville
They sweep, broken dreams off the street
Marty, do you know where I was last Sunday?
Where was you Handsome Harry?
I went to Souls' Chapel
Say it again
Souls' Chapel
Well alright, what did you hear at the Souls' Chapel?
So many people givin' up on love
Sayin' they've seen enough when they ain't seen nothin'
It might sound corny, old-fashioned and a little square
If you've found a heart that cares, you'd better keep
And I'm no angel
So don't ask me how I know
If you do not kill it--it grows
I'm not nearly wise enough
To be giving this advice
But I've seen a thing or
Once or twice
And every broken hearted fool
That I've ever met
Has somebody somewhere that they cannot forget
So many people cashin' it all in
Tryin' to find love again but it ain't easy
No I ain't perfect, but I've learned the hardest part
Is breakin' your own heart by bein' foolish
And I'm no angel
I'm not nearly wise enough
To be giving this advice
But I've seen a thing or
Once or twice
And every broken hearted fool
That I've ever met
Has somebody somewhere that they cannot forget
And I'm no angel
So don't ask me how I know
If you do not kill it--it grows
It's a slow, slow train, but it's moving on
Well I've got my ticket, so don't, pass me by
'Cause if I don't get on board, I just might, break down
and cry
'Cause I've just got one life, to live, on this earth
Oh, get me there, won't you please, conductor sir
'Cause it's a slow, slow train, but it's moving on
Well everybody gets a ticket, you, you and me
But it's up to you to catch a ride, now that's how it's
got to be
And if you want to ride that train to that peaceful,
promised land
Oh, you've got to give your heart to Jesus, and put your
ticket in his hand
'Cause it's a slow, slow train, but it's moving on
The man on the street without any shoes
With nowhere to go and nothing to lose
Somehow I can tell what he's going through
He looks like I feel since I don't have you
Since I don't have you, I've learned to survive
On little or nothing to keep me alive
I'd turn to another but to tell you the truth
I don't have the heart since I don't have you
I start out each day without any clue
Of where I might be when my day is through
And I don't have a friend that I haven't used
To get through the night since I don't have you
Since I don't have you, I've learned to survive
On little or nothing to keep me alive
I'd turn to another but to tell you the truth
I don't have the heart since I don't have you
And here I am, and here I'll stay
I will be your shelter
A shelter for your heart
I will be a harbor when the world is cold and dark
I will stand beside you
Through this whole life long
To love you and to give you
Shelter from the storm
You are the love, love of my life
Til the stars in heaven
Fall down from the sky
Til the silent waters and the rivers all run dry
I will stand beside you
Through this whole life long
To love you and to be your
I want to tell you about a dance
That's going 'round
Everybody's doing it
From the grownups down
Don't have to move your head
Don't have to move your hands
Don't have to move your lips
Just shake your hips
And do the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Shake your hips baby
Now if you don't know it
Don't be afraid
Just listen to me
And do what I say
Don't have to move your head
Don't move your hands
Don't move your lips
Just shake your hips
And do the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Shake your hips baby
Now ain't this easy
Well, I met a little girl
In a country town
She said what do you know
There Marty goes
I didn't move my head
I didn't move my hands
I didn't move my lips
She just shook her hips
She did the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Shake your hips baby
I got a rocket ship baby hop right in
Well I'm gonna take you for a little spin
Buckle up honey and don't look down
We're gonna go faster than the speed of sound
Come on baby, take a trip
Ride around in my rocket ship
I got a rocket ship baby, climb aboard
It's a hot rod honey, it ain't no Ford
It's got chromium pipes and fold away wings
Yeah it's a rockin' little rig and it really swings
Well it's out of this world honey it's so hip
Come on baby in my rocket ship
It's ten, nine, eight ,seven, gonna fly you up to
heaven
Six, five, four three, come on baby take a trip with me
Three, two one, go, this things' gettin' ready to blow
I got a rocket ship baby, I got a rocket ship baby
I got a rocket ship baby, I got a rocket ship baby
I got a rocket ship baby, gonna fly you around
Any minute now we'll be leavin' the ground
I'll take you to the moon and the stars above
We'll even touch down on the planet of love
You'll be amazed, you'll really flip
At the things we can do with my rocket ship
It's ten, nine, eight ,seven, gonna fly you up to
heaven
Six, five, four three, come on baby take a trip with me
Three, two one, go, this things' gettin' ready to blow
I got a rocket ship baby, I got a rocket ship baby
Red, red wine and cheatin' songs
Lately this bar room's where I call my home
Somewhere, somehow, my baby went wrong
Now it's red, red wine and cheatin' songs
For ten long years, not one single drop
Twelve months later, well I haven't stopped
I'm covering the misery of a good love grown cold
And losing what's left of my mind and soul to that
Red, red wine and cheatin' songs
Lately this bar room's where I call my home
Somewhere, somehow, my baby went wrong
Now it's red, red wine and cheatin' songs
Cigarette smoke, powder and pain
Can't make up for what is and what ain't
When the truth starts to rumble and it starts to roar
Then I ask the barmaid to pour me some more of that
Red, red wine and cheatin' songs
Lately this bar room's where I call my home
Somewhere, somehow, my baby went wrong
Now it's red, red wine and cheatin' songs
Somewhere, somehow, my baby went wrong
It was the perfect excuse to get drunk
As if lately I've needed one
It Was the perfect excuse to buy bullets
For the barrel of my favorite gun
It was the perfect way to show you
How it feels inside of me
And the perfect way to find out
How it feels to set me free
Reasons
I keep looking for reasons
I thought that I had loved you
I did the best I could
Reasons
I keep looking for reasons
I lost the reason for me living
And that just ain't no good
I know that three's a crowded room
But really, this won't take long
I want to meet the man, help him to understand
What he did when he broke up our home
And I'll be going now to a place I know
That's deep, dark and quiet
Away from pain and the undying shame
Of me and my unfaithful wife
Reasons
I keep looking for reasons
I thought that I had loved you
I did the best I could
Reasons
I keep looking for reasons
I lost the reason for me living
And that just ain't no good
I lost the reason for me living
You left without a sign or a warning
I'm still holding some questions in my mind
In case you might ask how I'm a doin'
Here's what I think you're gonna find
I'm tired of mopin'. hopin', waiting on the telephone
I oughta know by now you ain't a gonna come back home
I'm goin' dancin', romancin', gonna love every girl in
sight
I might worry tomorrow but I'll paint the town tonight
Well, I found me a honky tonk that loves me
And I'll close it down about daylight
'Cause me and my personal friends are a celebrating
And with every round you fade more out of sight
I'm tired of mopin'. hopin', waiting on the telephone
I oughta know by now you ain't a gonna come back home
I'm goin' dancin', romancin', gonna love every girl in
sight
I might worry tomorrow but I'll paint the town tonight
Yeah, I'm might worry tomorrow but I'll paint the town
Then move the trees, the copses nod,
Wings flutter, voices hover clear.
"O just and faithful knight of God!
Ride on! The prize is near."
So pass I hostel, hall, and grange,
By bridge and ford, by park and pale,
All-arm'd I ride, whate'er betide
Until I find the holy Grail
I long for a trip, I don't need no grip, I'm takin' one
more ride
Way out there in the prairie air, I guess it's in my
hide
For the clickity-clack of the railroad track is callin'
If a man can know where the Santa Fe goes, when she
gets under steam
And the big loud bell that bongs farewell, could hear
her whistle scream
He's bound to go where there ain't no snow a-fallin'
One more ride
One more ride
I miss the gloom, of the pale white moon that seemed to
know my name
And the tumbleweed, where the prairie dog feed, I miss
them just the same
They're all a part of the song of heart I'm singin'
I recall the tune that I sang to the moon, and it
seemed to make it smile
And I rode away at the close of day and stayed so long
in a while
But I long to be where the memory is ringin'
One more ride
One more ride
As the years go by I wonder why I long to leave my home
And to hit the trail of the iron rail away out there
alone
But my heart will sigh, 'til I know that I am leavin'
If I don't come back on a one-way track way down in
Mexico
You can find me there or any old where that tumbleweed
will grow
It's goodbye now, you'll never know I'm grieving
One more ride
One more ride
One more ride
The wind is creepin' across the mountains
The moon is nowhere in sight
Gone is the voice I'm used to hearing
Oh, what a silent night
The telephone's been disconnected
But she wouldn't call me anyway
But even if she did, I wouldn't answer
'Cause there's not one word left to say
She told me, she was disenchanted
She needed those big city lights
Well, I loved her and I told her, her wish was granted
Oh, what a silent night
I sit here, feelin' my heart breaking
I think I felt a teardrop fall
I listen for the sound my heart is making
But it don't make no sound at all
And I wonder just how long I'll miss her
Will my hair be black or white
God, I'd give my soul to kiss her
Oh, what a silent night
She told me, she was disenchanted
She needed those big city lights
Well, I loved her and I told her, her wish was granted
Oh, what a silent night
Ridin' twenty miles on a midnight train
Just to go fishin' in the pourin' rain
Take along your baby just 'cause you're in love
Fishin' and lovin', I can't get enough
Well, that's country, I was raised a country child
Now that's country, baby, that's my style
Got me a pick-up, I got a piece of nothin' farm
Shotgun and a hound dog, I got a tractor in the barn
Rockin' chair on my front porch and a jug of home-made wine
When I ain't makin' music, that's how I spend my time
Well, that's country, I was born, yes, a country child
Now that's Country but baby, that's my style
You know, every man and woman
Oughta have a place to lay their burdens down
You all can do it in that city
But it ain't the same in a big old town
Now let me just talk to y'all one time
Have you ever laid in a field of clover late into the night?
An' watched a shooting star fall from heaven till the moon fades outta sight
Get up an' go visitin', that's just what neighbors do
I'm proud to be from the country, now how about you?
Oh, that's country, I was raised on that Mississippi mile
Now, that's country, but baby, that's my style
Well, that's country, yes, I was born a country child
Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
So don't be lookin' if you can't stand to see
Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
I know it's so 'cause one just told the truth on me
Facing music won't be easy
'Cause wine and roses leave a jagged scar
I thought I knew just where to quit, draw the line
But today I know for sure I've gone too far
Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
So don't be lookin' if you can't stand to see
Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
I know it's so 'cause one just told the truth on me
Now tracing my footsteps won't be easy
'Cause wine and roses leave a clouded mind
I never worried much 'bout night before
'Cause the mornin' after left me nearly blind
Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
So don't be lookin' if you can't stand to see
Mirrors don't lie, a mirror won't lie
I know it's so 'cause one just told the truth on me
Last night I dreamed I went to Hillbilly Heaven
Oh, what a beautiful sight
St. Peter come up to me and he said
"Marty now, who do you want to see?"
So I began to think, I said, "Why don't you call up
Old Hank Williams and see if he's free
'Cause Hank saw the world from a Cadillac
And he carried them Lovesick Blues right on his back, ah yeah"
Sure as I was dreaming, sure as I was born
Around my neck came this long skinny arm
And he said, "Howdy Hoss, my name is Hank
Now, what brings you here?" So I began to think
I said "Hank brother, you've seen it all
You've seen 'em come and go and you've seen 'em rise and fall
And right now Country Music's got more singers
Than I believe I've ever seen so many people got to follow out their dream"
"But I feel different," I said, "'Cause I'm a natural born cat
I'm country to the bone but I don't wear no hat"
"Oh no, two, three", said "I started with Lester back in '72
All I wanted to be was a little different like him and you"
He said "Whoa now, it just takes a little longer
To make it if you're different, I guess
But you just sing what's in your heart, God's gonna do the rest
Just be what you are at all times and just tell the folks out there"
"The truth and that ain't gonna cost you a dime
But now if you plan to be different son
You're just rolling the dice
And you know you ain't the first one to pay that price"
"'Cause there was me and Elvis and there was Bocephus too
There was Waylon and Willie and there was Bill Monroe
And I guess you know about ole Johnny Cash
And I think what the world needs right now is a Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Up in Hillbilly Heaven I saw Keith Whitley, I saw Patsy Cline
I saw Reba McEntire's band, they were all friends of mine
And I began to tremble and I began look
I knew I was dreaming but I just couldn't wake up
Then out of nowhere came this long Cadillac
The driver said "Come on now, Hank we gotta take you back
Thirty minutes before your next show
We're running behind so we gotta go"
He said "Marty, I tell you what you do
You just go on back down there and you make us proud
And remember wherever you go
There's a little Hillbilly in every crowd"
And he got in that old car and he drove off slow
Me and Billy the Kid never got along
I didn't like the way he cocked his head and he wore
his gun all wrong
We had the same girlfriend and he never forgot it
She had a cute little Chihuahua till one day he up and
shot it
He rode the hard country down the New Mexico line
He had a silver pocket watch he never did wind.
He crippled the piano player for playin' his favorite
song
Yeah, me and Billy the Kid never got along
Me and Billy the Kid never got along
I didn't like the way he parted his hair and he wore
his gun all wrong
He was bad to the bone all hopped up on speed.
I would've left him alone if it hadn't been for that
Senorita
He gave her silver and he paid her hotel bill
But it was me that she loved and she said she always
will.
I'd always go and see her when Billy was gone
And me and Billy the Kid never got along
Me and Billy the Kid never got along
I didn't like the way he tied his shoes and he wore his
gun all wrong
One day I said to Billy "I've got this foolproof
scheme"
We'll rob Wells Fargo "It's just bustin at the seams."
I admit that I framed him but I don't feel so bad
'Cause the way I was livin' was drivin' me mad
Billy reached for his gun but his gun was on wrong
Me and Billy the Kid never got along
Me and Billy the Kid never got along
But I like the way he swayed in the wind when I played
him his favorite song
Now my baby sings with me to "La Cucaracha"
She winds her silver pocket watch and pets her new
Chihuahua
I moved in to the hotel got a room with a shower
We lay and listen to that watch tick hour after hour
Outside I hear the wind blowin' away so strong
Matches, I need some matches
'Cause I've still got one old bridge I need to burn
Teacher, I need a teacher
There's a lesson my hard-headed heart can't seem to learn
Well I told myself I'm the last one left
To never let myself get hurt again
Like the fallen bird, I fell for her
and now I'm right back where I started then, so friend
Could I bum some matches, oh I need some matches
'Cause I've still got one old bridge I need to burn
Well you think by now I would have found
At least one woman who was meant for me
But it's been my luck just to fall in love and wake up to
another memory
And another need
For some matches, I need some matches
'Cause I've still got one old bridge I need to burn
I didn't know that she was married
That part she didn't tell
Forget this town, ain't hangin' around
I've got one last chance to hold you
While the fire is good and hot
We've got to make the most of this burning love
'Cause right now's all we've got
So squeeze me a little tighter
I'll be back before too long
Well baby you know I've just gotta go
So kiss me, I'm gone
Honey that spell, that you put on me
Got me walkin', talkin' things that I never dreamed
I won't be worth a thing when I get back home
I done stayed too long
So kiss me, I'm gone
You've got kisses sweet as honey
Got me eating right out of your hand
You sure 'nuff got a line of talk
That a man can understand
All the girls around here been talkin'
Wonderin' just what's going on
As the door slams, I am deep in love
So kiss me, I'm gone
Honey that spell, that you put on me
Got me walkin', talkin' things that I never dreamed
I won't be worth a thing when I get back home
I done stayed too long
Well, my old man had a heart of gold
He had eyes of steel and a real deep soul
He was a quiet man, he never said too much
But when he did, you'd better listen up
I was ready to waltz all around the world
Ready to love every blue eyed girl
My bags were packed and I was ready to leave
He shook my hand and said to me, me, me
I wish you luck and love, love and luck
Life's a treasure, so go dig it up
Be what you are, and that's enough
I wish you luck and love, and love and luck
Luck and love, and love and luck
So here I am out on my own
Ain't much to show for the seeds I've sewn
There's been some broken hearts and some long lost nights
I'm startin' to think I can't do nothing right
Well, I guess you've got to learn as you go along
If you're gonna do right then you can't do wrong
So I looked in the mirror and I said to me
"Daddy was right, here's what you need"
A little luck and love, love and luck
Life's a treasure so go dig it up
Be what you are and that's enough
I wish you luck and love, and love and luck
It's trouble on the left and trouble on the right
I've run from trouble nearly all my life
It's true, yes it's true
I met a dark-haired lady with a crystal ball
She said the law's gonna get ya, and stick ya behind
stone walls
Then she took my money and run away
Well I was like a long, train, gone
Gone, a long time ago
Long, train, gone
Gone like you've never seen before
I saw the fireballs flashin' through the joker's eyes
But when she reached for my heart, I cut her right down
to stone
I left her standin' alone
I stayed low to the east in the west bound rain
I thought I missed the flood before it fell down again
at dawn
I thought it best to move on again
And I was like a long, train, gone
Gone, a long time ago
Long, train, gone
Gone like you've never seen before
When the walls come tumblin' down,
And the rain continues to fall
And you feel yourself shakin' when the light's gone out
in the hall
And you're all alone
Son, be like a long, train, gone
Gone, a long time ago
Long, train, gone
Gone like you've never seen before
Well when the sun goes down
At the end of the day
I want to see you again
I've got to find a way
Just to hear those
Little things you say
The way you touch me baby
The way you squeeze me tight
And when you hold me darlin'
All through the night
Those little things
Make me feel all right
(Little things)
Like the way you kiss
(Little things)
That I can't resist
(Little things)
Make me feel so fine
I've got to have your lovin', honey all the time
(Little things)
Ooh when we touch
(Little things)
You know they mean so much
(Little things)
Never make me blue
I love those little things you do
I've got a fever baby
And it's burning hot
I'm gonna give you my lovin'
Everything I got
All those little things
Sure mean a lot
(Little things)
Like the way you kiss
(Little things)
That I can't resist
(Little things)
Make me feel so fine
I've got to have your lovin', honey all the time
(Little things)
Ooh when we touch
(Little things)
You know they mean so much
(Little things)
Never make me blue
I love those little things you do
(Little things)
Like the way you kiss
(Little things)
That I can't resist
(Little things)
Make me feel so fine
I've got to have your lovin', honey all the time
(Little things)
Ooh when we touch
(Little things)
You know they mean so much
(Little things)
Never make me blue
I love those little things you do
I love those little things you do
There are some misconceptions about where I'm a comin'
from
Rhinestones and a hairdo, but have you all heard my
songs
I'm an overnight sensation, I guess the joke's on me
Breakin' new ground for the future, meanwhile
Let there be country
I come from Mississippi, now what's countrier than that
Hit the ground a runnin' thanks to Lester Flatt
Now the old man had a saying about the way things
oughta be
Boy, as long as you breathe
Let there be country
And there ain't nothin' I like better than my Hot
Hillbilly Band
Travelin' cross the country shaking hard working hands
Paying up our dues, we don't want it if it's free
Just let the music play and
Let there be country
There finally comes a time you've got to pass the music
Changing of the guard and the new blood keeps it strong
Well, I love the masters who gave advise to me
They gave me mountains to move, meanwhile
Let there be country
And there ain't nothin' I like better than my Hot
Hillbilly Band
Travelin' cross the country shaking hard working hands
Paying up our dues, we don't want it if it's free
Just let the music play and
Let there be country
Oh that last train done left town
That train done left town
I heard the whistle moanin' low
But that last train done gone down
Whoohooo
My sweet baby's on that train
My sweet baby's on that train
I wonder if I will see her again
But that last train done gone down
Whoohooo
I'm sorry for what I've done
I'm sorry for what I've done
Goodbye, goodbye my baby cry
'Cause that last train gone down
Whoohoo
Oh that last train's done gone done
That last train done gone down
To late, too late, my baby cry
But that last train done gone down
So I feel so blue sometimes I want to die
And so I've got a broken heart, so what
They say that time will heal all wounds in mice and men
And I know that someday I'll forget and love again
But just between you and me
I've got my doubts about it
'Cause just between you and me
You're too much to forget
So I've lost the only girl I've ever loved
And so I've never felt so low, so what
I'll just tell myself each time I want to cry
That someday time will dry the teardrops from my eyes
But just between you and me
I'm not so sure about it
'Cause just between you and me
Well let me tell you what the Bible says
In first Thessalonians it is read
The 16th verse in chapter four
Now listen friend, let me tell you more
It says the Lord himself is gonna shout
And Gabriel will bring his trumpet out
He's gonna blow it loud from the Easter sky
And then the Saints and Christ shall rise
They'll be dancing on the clouds
They're gonna go first, to show us how
I'm talkin' about the child that's left behind
It will only be for a moment's time, then
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Oh child it's time to go home
Meanwhile back in the gospel way
Servin' Jesus day by day
Sometimes I drift and dream at night
The the heavenly world, such a precious sight
I wonder how long will it take
'Til Jesus steps out from those gates
And says, "Come on, now's the time
Friend don't you get left behind"
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Oh child it's time to go home
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Get up out of that ground
(Get up out of that ground)
Oh child it's time to go home
I'd go lookin' for you if you wanted me to
If you wanted me around
And I'd go anywhere as long as you were there
If you wanted me around
If you needed me, well, baby, there I'd be
You know just where I can be found
I'd be there with you, if you asked me to
If you wanted me around
If you needed me, well, baby, there I'd be
You know just where I can be found
I'd do all that I could, yeah, you know I would
If you wanted me around
If you wanted me around
Well, I hear there?s a place somewhere down south
Where you don?t need a hook to catch a small mouth
No rod, no reel, no bait, no doubt
Just whistle from the bank and they all walk out
And they say there?s a town not far from here
You can trade your debt for gas and beer
No boss, no rent, no sweat, no cares
Where everybody is a millionaire
If there ain?t there ought'a be
Just think of the endless possibilities
A place where every day is Friday night
With your arms wrapped up tight around me
If there ain?t there ought'a be
And I hear there?s a book that you can buy
That?ll paraphrase the meaning of life
What?s love? Why me? Where?s God? How high?
Word for word, why women cry
If there ain?t there ought'a be
Just think of the endless possibilities
A place where every day is Friday night
With your arms wrapped up tight around me
If there ain?t there ought'a be
A place for me to make my dreams come true
I wish, a wish upon a star will do
A fully fledged, foolproof guarantee
If there ain?t there ought'a be
If there ain?t there ought'a be
Just think of the endless possibilities
A place where every day is Friday night
With your arms wrapped up tight around me
Well, if there ain?t there ought'a be
Down a dangerous road, I have come to where I'm standing
With a heavy heart, and my hat clutched in my hand
Such a foolish food, God ain't known no greater sinner
I have come in search of Jesus, hoping he will understand
Had a woman once, she was kind and she was gentle
Had a child by me, who grew up to be a man
Had a steady job, til I started into drinking
Then I started making music traveling with the devil's
band
Oh the years flew by, like a might rush of eagles
Our dreams and plans were, all scattered the wind
Well, it's a lonesome life, when you lose the ones you
live for
If I make my peace with Jesus will they take me back
again
If I give my soul, will he clean these clothes I'm
wearing
If I give my soul, will he put new boots on my feet
If I bow my head and beg God for his forgiveness
Will he breathe new breath inside me and give me back my
dignity
If I give my soul, will he stop my hands from shakin'
If I give my soul, will my son love me again
If I give my soul, and she knows I really mean it
Well I've got a steady job that pays enough
A second hand car that don't break down much
I've got a two-toned hound dog wagging it's tail
Ed McMahon promised there's a million in the mail
Oughta be enough to see a poor boy through
But it don't mean nothin' if I ain't got you
I've got every 8-track that Elvis ever made
Crank it up and dance the night away
I got Chardonnay in the frigidaire
Dozen ways of telling you how I care
Just out the window there's a lovers' moon
But it don't mean nothin' if I ain't got you
If I ain't got you
Baby it's all in vain
If I ain't got you
It's like a honeymoon with out champagne
A shiny set of rails without a train
Well I've got a little dream about the rest of my life
Find the perfect girlfriend and make her my wife
Start a little family and watch it grow
Visit on Sundays after we get old
Make enough love to last a whole life through
But it don't mean nothin' if I ain't got you
If I ain't got you
Baby it's all in vain
If I ain't got you
It's like a honeymoon with out champagne
A shiny set of rails without a train
I got a double-wide heart with room for two
But it don't mean nothin' if I ain't got you
No it don't mean nothin' if I ain't got you
The lonesome sound of a train going by
Makes me wanna stop and cry
I recall the day it took you away
I'm blue, I'm lonesome too
Well, when I hear that whistle blow
I want to pack my suitcase and go
The lonesome sound of a train going by
Makes me want to stop and cry
In the still of night, in the pale moonlight
The wind it moans and sighs
These aw-felt blues, I just can't lose
I'm blue, I'm lonesome too
Well, when I hear that lonesome whistle blow
I want to pack my suitcase and go
The lonesome sound of a train going by
Makes me want to stop and cry
If you told me that you loved me I would feel so proud
Let me hold you honey, I'd holler out loud
Never love another, even if I can
Come to me baby, I'm a one woman man
Now won't you love me baby just to kinda hang around
I'll always love you honey, I'll never let you down
Never love another, even if I can
Come to me baby, I'm a one woman man
Well, I'd climb the highest mountain, if it reached the
To prove that I love you, I'd jump off and fly
I'd even swim the ocean from shore to shore
To prove that I love you just a little bit more
Ah, won't you love me baby just to kinda hang around
I'll always love you honey, I'll never let you down
Never love another, even if I can
Come to me baby, I'm a one woman man
Now won't you love me baby just to kinda hang around
I'll always love you honey, I'll never let you down
Never love another, even if I can
Come to me baby, I'm a one woman man
Come to me baby, I'm a one woman man
If somebody breaks your heart
And tears your world apart
Baby, I'll be there for you
If somebody treats you unkind
And brings troubles to your mind
Baby, I'll be there for you
I'll be there everyday
loving you in every way
I'll stand beside you, your whole life through
I'll be true
If somebody hurts you bad
Makes you blue, makes you sad
Baby, I'll be there for you
I'll be there everyday
loving you in every way
I'll stand beside you, your whole life through
I'll be true
If somebody makes you cry
I'll kiss every teardrop dry
Baby, I'll be there for you
I want a woman who's strong good and kind
She's got a heart as big as Texas and walks a straight and narrow line
She can lift you up with a flash of her smile
Stand right beside you, cross that extra mile
That lovin' woman with the heart of a child
I want a woman with a sweet and tender touch
One who will pay the price for love without asking, 'How much?'
One who will keep me warm when the nights are cold
Face of an angel and heart of gold
That lovin' woman, with a fire down in her soul
Whenever she needs someone to hold her, I'll be there right by her side
Whenever she needs a shoulder to cry on, she can always cry on mine
Through thick and thin together, down the road come rain or shine
I want a woman like that to be all mine
Whenever she needs someone to hold her, I'll be there right by her side
Whenever she needs a shoulder to cry on, she can always cry on mine
Through thick and thin together, down the road come rain or shine
I want a woman like that, to be all mine
It's a long long way to the top of the world of love
We've been climbing, but we didn't climb high enough
You told me that you loved me, but not enough to change
your name
We wound up in the ashes, but we sure went down in flames
I ain't giving up on love, I'm just giving up on you
Lord I feel a little shattered, been a little battered
My heart's black and blue
Well we turned love every way but loose
Now we're gonna turn it that way too
I ain't giving up on love, I'm just giving up on you
It's a long way back when you've gone as far as you can
The wheels of love are a turning, they're just a turning
a little slow
I'm hurting just a little and you're bound to hurt a
little too
And it's gonna take a lotta woman to love me like you
used to do
I ain't giving up on love, I'm just giving up on you
Lord I feel a little shattered, been a little battered
My heart's black and blue
Well we turned love every way but loose
Now we're gonna turn it that way too
Well, every evening when the news is over
And the moon is a climbing high
I crank up my old pickup trick
And baby down the road I fly
Just to find a spot down in the parking lot
Of a place they call Big Jeans
Then I walk on in and the night begins
In the same familiar scene
I'm a honky tonker
And I feel all right
Yeah, I'm a honker tonker
I'm a neon light
Well, my momma told me and my poppa told me
"Son there's more to life than beer
Why ain't you more like your brother Drew
He's a petroleum engineer
Why don't you cut your ties with all them old bar flies
And try to straighten up your life
You need to quit that drinkin'
Start a thinkin' 'bout a house, some kids and a wife"
But daddy, I'm a honky tonker
Yeah, and you can't dig that
I'm a honky tonker
I'm a juke joint cat
Yeah they tell me I'm lazy baby tell me I'm crazy
Tell me I'm not so smart
Just the same ole sins I say it's self-defense
Well, I sure got a happy heart
All right, all right
Well, every evening when the news is over
And the moon is a climbing high
I crank up my old pickup truck
And baby down the road, baby down the road I fly
I'm a honky tonker
Honey, that's my style
Said I'm a honky tonker
Yeah, I'm a deuces wild
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild
I'm a honky tonker
And I can't help that
Yeah, I'm a honky tonker
Just a juke joint cat
Honky tonkin'
That's just fine
Yeah, honky tonkin'
Baby gonna walk no line
As I look at the valleys down below
They are green just as far as I can see
As my memories return, oh how my heart did yearn
For you and the days that used to be
High on a mountain top, standing all alone
Wondering where the years of my life have flown
High on a mountaintop, wind blowing free
Thinking about the days that used to be
Well, I wonder if you ever think of me
Or has time erased your memory
As I listen to the breeze
Whisper gently through the trees
I wonder if you ever think of me
High on a mountain top, standing all alone
Wondering where the years of my life have flown
High on a mountaintop, wind blowing free
Thinking about the days that used to be
High on a mountain top, standing all alone
Wondering where the years of my life have flown
High on a mountaintop, wind blowing free
Thinking about the days that used to be
High on a mountain top
Thinking about the days that used to be
When I was a baby, my sweet momma told me
Go around this world and see all that you can see
Find a good woman, get a job and settle down
But I could not stay away from the lights of town
I had to go where the music is loud
I fell in with the honky tonk crowd
So let the jukebox play, let's dance all night
When you get down on the floor you know you've got it right
Where there's a neon light, that's where I'll be found
'Cos, I feel right at home with the honky tonk crowd
There's was debutante in Dallas, that nearly blew my mind
She was raised on caviar and real fine wine
She didn't like Hillbilly music, that was more than I could take
I left that lovely little cowgirl waiting in the Lone star state
'Cos I had to go where the music is loud
I'm right at home with the honky tonk crowd
So let the jukebox play, let's dance all night
When you get down on the floor you know you've got it right
Where there's a neon light, that's where I'll be found
Well, I feel right at home with the honky tonk crowd
Where there's a neon light, that's where I'll be found
'Cos I feel right at home with the honky tonk crowd
Ah Henry, you sure bought that whole James Dean thing
Right down to the end
Drinking beer, banging gears
On the outside looking in
It was a desperate time on small town stage
With no prize comin' for the coming of age
So you burned with a passion and you burned with a rage
Till the fire done pulled you in
And, me I was just a green-eyed kid
And you were two years older than me
As I look back on those days my friend
You were what we all wanted to be
Henry, you were quick with a smile
Good with a wheel, cool with the women
As you made your spiel
Like we were all gonna rise in flash of steel
In some teenage fantasy
So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
And he's coming apart at the seams
Now your old man still stares at the streets sometimes
With that lost look in his eyes
And your sad momma wakes in the heat of the night
And thinks about her baby and cries
Now the all-night crew's all settled down
It's been thirteen years in the same old town
The sun comes up and the rain falls down
On that hillside where you lie
So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
And he's coming apart at the seams
So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
And he's coming apart at the seams
So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
Under bridges, beneath trestles in the boxcars of dead trains
Livin' to beat the cold of the pouring driving rain
A silent society moves out in the night
Ragged rebels, homeless hobos and those like me who've lost the light
St. Peter is a prophet to all the hobo world
An expert on everything from caviar to girls
I met him west of Memphis on the 8th of July
He handed me a can of beans and a rusty knife
And he said "Everything out here ain't what it seems
And when you're down to nothing, just go ahead and dream
Face the fact that you're circle in a world full of squares
Trading sorrows for tomorrows, now that's the hobo's prayer"
Mother Mary is a lady from down in New Orleans
She's seen a lot of living since she was 17
She said, "I'm bona fide and worldly wise, with original parts
'Cept for what set me to traveling, I'm talking about my heart"
She said, "I can spot a broken heart from 20 miles away
So are you passing through or have you come to stay
You're running from a woman" she said with a grin
"So what've you got to say" and I said, "I am a pilgrim"
Where everything out here ain't what it seems
When I'm down to nothing, I just go ahead and dream
And face the fact that I'm a circle in a world full of squares
Trading sorrows for tomorrows, that's the hobo's prayer
It comes from Mississippi, and down in Alabam
Creepin' like a fever all across the land
From deep in the Delta on the Louisiana shore
The people got to have it, they wanna hear some more
It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Some say it came from Memphis down in Tennessee
Or it drifted in from Georgia about 1953
Just as long as it's greasy, as long as it's fast
As long as it's pumpin' honey, it's gonna last
It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Way back in old Kentucky where the bluegrass grows
Through the Carolinas on them dirt red roads
Burnin' like a fire runnin' wild in the woods
From Arkansas to Texas, it sounds so good
It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock
So when the heat starts to risin' and you gotta blow some steam
Take a ride down the river, you'll see just what I mean
The juke joint's jumpin', when that cat goes on
The whole place is shakin', there's a something goin' on
It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Oh, listen to me sinners don't you want to go
For some day he's comin' back again you know
If that wrong ain't righted you'll be lost in sin
Get in line brother, he will take you in
Get in line brother if you wanna go home
Get on your knees and righten that wrong
Then you'll be singing this old time song
Get in line brother, if you wanna go home
If I could tell you brother just how I feel
Then I'm sure you'll know the love of God is real
Then you'll be praying while I sing this song
Get in line, brother, if you wanna go home
Get in line brother if you wanna go home
Get on your knees and righten that wrong
Then you'll be singing this old time song
Get in line brother, if you wanna go home
Now listen to me Saton I have righted that wrong
Got a one-way ticket and I'm goin' home
I've got no worries as I sing this song
Get in line brother, if you wanna go home
Get in line brother if you wanna go home
Get on your knees and righten that wrong
Then you'll be singing this old time song
Hey Porter, hey Porter, would you tell me the time
How much longer will it be 'til we cross that Mason-
Dixon line
When we hit Dixie would you tell that engineer to ring
his bell
And ask everybody that ain't asleep to stand right up
and yell
Hey Porter, hey Porter, what time did you say
How much longer will it be 'til I can see the light of
When we hit Dixie would you tell that engineer to slow
it down
Better still just stop the train 'cause I'd like to
look around
Hey Porter, hey Porter, it's gettin' light outside
This old train is puffin' smoke and I have to strain my
eyes
But ask that engineer if he would blow his whistle
please
I smell frost on cotton leaves and I feel that southern
breeze
Hey Porter, hey Porter, get my bags for me
I need nobody to tell me now that we're in Tennessee
Go tell that engineer to make that lonesome whistle
scream
We're gettin' close to home so take it easy on the
steam
Hey Porter, hey Porter, please open up the door
When they stop this train, I'm gonna get off first
'cause I can't wait no more
Tell that engineer I said thanks a lot and I didn't
mind the fair
Gonna set my feet on southern soil and breathe that
southern air
Hey Porter, hey Porter, would you tell me the time
How much longer will it be 'til we cross that Mason-
Dixon line
When we hit Dixie would you tell that engineer to ring
his bell
Ask everybody that ain't asleep to stand right up and
Hey baby
Don't you cry
I'm gonna wipe those little
Teardrops dry
Hey baby
Don't be sad
I know he hurt you
But it ain't so bad
You won't ever have to
Be alone again
I will always love you
Till the very end
Hey baby
Don't be blue
I will always
Take good care of you
You won't ever have to
Be alone again
I will always love you
Till the very end
Hey baby
Don't you cry
I'm gonna wipe those little
Teardrops dry
Hey baby
Hey baby
Dreamed aboutcha last night, baby
Well, you were lookin' for your man
And my heart said I had to tell you
Baby, here I am
And I don't look much like prince charming
With Mississippi on my hands
But if you want someone to hold you
Baby, here I am
You know no one will love you better
No one can move you like I can
I ain't afraid to say forever
So if you want a man, I mean a man
Well baby, here I am
And you know no one will love you better
No one can move you like I can
I ain't afraid to say forever
So if you want a man, I mean a man
If you want a man, baby, here I am
Baby, here I am
I ain't afraid of your bad-mouth gun
You can shoot and run any time babe
I'll survive in the ice-cold stare
That you learned to wear so unkindly
Bette Davis and Patsy Cline
Ain't got nothin' on you
Hillbilly angel and Hollywood
I see through you
Babe I see right through you
You'll never break this heart of stone
No matter how you try
I ain't the one who's all alone
You'll never break this heart of stone
I know you're lookin' at someone new
So here's to you, what's the mystery
Do you want me to fall apart
Honey in my heart, it's history
Pardon me if I missed a cue
For someone who cares
You just wanted to drive me on
But you won't wear
Babe you just can't tear me
You'll never break this heart of stone
No matter how you try
I ain't the one who's all alone
You'll never break this heart of stone
Ah you'll never break this heart of stone
No matter how you try
I ain't the one who's all alone
You'll never break this heart
You'll never break this heart
Way down in Harlan County
On a cold and lonesome night
A tormented man with a gun in his hand
Went searching for his wife
When he found her in another's arms
She began to scream and cry
As he put the gun to his own head
Said,"It's time for me to die"
Her lover begged forgiveness
From that woman's man
I swear to you she never wore
A ring upon her hand
Her husband took a letter
From his canvas overcoat
Then before their eyes he killed himself
Your heart's changing, our love is growing cold
Something tells me I'll be moving on
Some day, you'll see, just what you did to me
You'll want my love again, but I'll be gone
Half a heart ain't strong enough to hold me
I won't stand in your way
You don't love me no more my darlin'
Now I've got no reason to stay
Teardrops fallin' inside this lonely room
While you're out running round all over time
When the party's all over and your friends have let you down
You'll call for me, but I won't be around
Half a heart ain't strong enough to hold me
I won't stand in your way
You don't love me no more my darlin'
Now I've got no reason to stay
There's just too much confusion, to get what's really
going on
The truth is lying out there, and it's covered up in
stone
I get a funny feeling that's been rolling 'round in me
I think it's time to tell you that it's time for me to
leave
It's been fun, it has been a gas
But it's goin' nowhere fast
Somebody call my number and get me on the phone
Lately I've been talking to myself, when I had me all
alone
Thinking I should start a fire and burn a bridge back
into town
It must be time to go back home
'Cause I miss having me around
It's almost real, it could've been a blast
But it's goin' nowhere fast
I'm on a roll so I'll keep rolling
Gaining ground on my control
While I need someone to lean on, a tender hand to hold
As I scramble cross the beckon call of my own heart's
command
I'll fade and disappear into a sea of sinking sand
Like a dark horse running from the past
I'm goin' nowhere fast
I'm a dark horse running through the past
Who'll buy my wheat, who'll buy my corn
To feed my babies when their born?
Seeds and dirt, a prayer for rain, that I can use
I work the land, I watched the sky
I talk to God and wonder why
But it's the only life I'd know, these farmer's blues
I see the seasons come and go
Sending rain, fire and snow
I'm at the mercy of it all, this life I choose
Sometimes I hang my head and cry
When that evening train goes by
Wish it could take me far away
These farmer's blues
The tractor's old, the fence is down
Put own my suit and go to town
I ask for a loan, and I know well, they might refuse
But back at home, still by my side
The one I love with worried eyes
Waits for me, to love away, these farmer's blues
I see the seasons come and go
Sending rain, fire and snow
I'm at the mercy of it all, this life I choose
Sometimes I hang my head and cry
As that evening train goes by
Wish it could take me far away
These farmer's blues
Yodle boy
What about it Hack
Fields are deathly quiet
Where the cotton used to grow
I'm a stranger in a land
That I used to know
In a land
A land I've not forgotten
Look away
Far Away
Everything has changed here
"Cept some things inside of me
I've hid 'em from the world
Kept them under lock and key
Like the sound of my mama's voice
Callin' me back home
To the place
Where I belong
Far Away
Far Away
Don't know why I left you
And look how long I've stayed
Far away
Far away
How'd I get so far away
Carved my name one Sunday morning
On a sweet magnolia tree
I cried when I walked away
Broke my heart to leave
Took that little piece of me
Put it in my pocket
I've lost myself a time or two
And I never once forgot it
Far away
Far away
Don't know why I left you
And look how long I've stayed
Far away
Far away
How'd I get so far away
Far away
Far away
Don't know why I left you
But look how long I've stayed
Far away
Far away
How'd I get so far away
There's a train a-comin' and I need a ride
Somewhere to run and somewhere to hide
I'd love to stay here by your side
But honey, I'm hard to hold
I was born running wild and free
If you try to put a chain on me
A trail of dust is all you'll see
'Cause honey, I'm hard to hold
It's hard to hold a ramblin' man
I'll slip through your fingers like a handful of sand
My intentions are as good as gold
Well, I'm easy to love but I'm hard to hold
Easy to love but I'm hard to hold
I've gotta get me back to Alabama
There's something baby, you must understand
You can't slip a ring around a travelin' man
Honey, I'm hard to hold
It's hard to hold a ramblin' man
I'll slip through your fingers like a handful of sand
My intentions are as good as gold
Well, I'm easy to love but I'm hard to hold
Easy to love but I'm hard to hold
I'm a travelin' man, by desire
Tear it up, raise hell-fire
I live my life up against the wire
Honey, I'm hard to hold
There's a time for lovin' and time to leave
I'll be back, I do believe
I've got a wild card in my sleeve
Honey, I'm hard to hold
It's hard to hold a ramblin' man
I'll slip through your fingers like a handful of sand
My intentions are as good as gold
Well, I'm easy to love but I'm hard to hold
Easy to love but I'm hard to hold
Easy to love but I'm hard to hold
Scared, I've been scared out here on my own
Lost, I've been lost a million miles from home
Running, tired of running, that's all I seem to do
Nothin', I ain't nothing, baby without you
I'm draggin' around these chains of love
And I think I've had enough
Without you I ain't that tough
Draggin' around these chains of love
Tired, I'm tired, tired of missing you
Lonesome, lonesome, lonesome through and through
Hurt, yeah, it hurt when my heart broke in two
Hope, I keep hopin', that's all I know to do
I'm draggin' around these chains of love
And I think I've had enough
Without you I ain't that tough
Draggin' around these chains of love
Draggin' around these chains of love
And I think I've had enough
Without you I ain't that tough
Draggin' around these chains of love
Now down the road just a mile or two
Lives a little girl named Pearly Blue
About so high, and her hair is brown
The prettiest thing, boys, in this town
Well any time you wanna know
Just where I'm goin' down the road
Get my girl on the line
You'll find me there most any time
Down the road, down the road,
Got a pretty little girl, down the road
Now every day and Sunday too
I go to see my Pearly Blue
Before you hear that rooster crow,
You'll see me headed down the road
Down the road, down the road,
Got a little pretty girl, down the road
Well every time I get the blues,
I walk the soles right off my shoes
Don't know why I love her so,
He's got a John Deere cap and a bad haircut
A face only a mama could love
But he's a heart worker, he comes home at night
He's got a wife and a dog, two kids and a half
He's a lifetime die-hard democrat
And he pays his bills, he's an honest man
He's validated, unadulterated country
He's got a bumper sticker on his new Dodge van
That says "follow me to the promised land"
He's tried and true, bleeds red, white and blue
He works six days a week for Saturday night
To hear the jukebox play the time of his life
But come Sunday morning, he sings "I Saw The Light"
He's flag waving, soul saving country
When I look at this man
I see a little bit of myself
That part of me that can't be nobody else
He's come and get it, unapologetic
Flag waving, soul saving
Validated, unadulterated
I got a pocket full of money, got the top rolled down
Yeah, the hi-fi's pumping, tell ya where I'm bound
Down home, they got some pretty little women
Down home, make you glad you're alive
Down home, they're just as sweet as honey
Down home, from the honey bee hive
I'm gonna keep on a rollin' till I see that sign
Just as quick as a pistol, I'll cross that county line
Down home, there's a hound dog howlin'
Down home, 'neath the front porch swing
Down home, makes a poor boy feel
Down home, like a hillbilly king
This old Coupe De Ville knows where to go
Just a mile or two down that old dirt road
There's a rusted truck and a shotgun shack
It ain't much but ya'll come back
I got a sweet sugar momma, yeah, the best I've seen
Well, she ain't high tone, boys, she's a Dixie queen
Down home, they got the catfish jumpin'
Down home, 'neath the southern sun
Down home, they'll be rockin' in the barn yard
Down home, yeah, we'll have some fun
Down home, gonna pick a bale of cotton
Down home, gonna cut some cane
Down home, gonna feel the heat
Down home, gonna smell the rain
Down home, they got the go-go dancers
Down home, in them honky tonk bars
Down home, they got the jukebox a jumpin'
Down home, they got liquor in the jar
Yeah, now
Well my friend, you ask me what to do
If I were you and feeling blue
I know inside that you still care
You want her here but she's out there
Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone, gone
Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone, gone
You still have time to change her mind
She needs to know the way you feel
And there could be no better time
You've got to show her your love is real
Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone, gone
Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone, gone
There's strangers waiting in line
To take your place and leave you behind
And then too late you'll change your mind
Your heart will break a million times
Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone, gone
Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone gone
You know I can be found,
Sitting home all alone,
If you cant come around,
At least please telephone.
Dont be cruel to a heart thats true.
Baby, if I made you mad
For something I might have said,
Please, lets forget the past,
The future looks bright ahead,
Dont be cruel to a heart thats true.
I dont want no other love,
Baby its just you Im thinking of.
Dont stop thinking of me,
Dont make me feel this way,
Come on over here and love me,
You know what I want you to say.
Dont be cruel to a heart thats true.
Why should we be apart?
I really love you baby, cross my heart.
Lets walk up to the preacher
And let us say I do,
Then youll know youll have me,
And Ill know that Ill have you,
Dont be cruel to a heart thats true.
I dont want no other love,
Baby its just you Im thinking of.
Dont be cruel to a heart thats true.
Dont be cruel to a heart thats true.
I dont want no other love,
I've heard everybody talkin' and the word is in the air
That you made plans to say goodbye and leave me
standing here
Well, you say that you don't love me but I can't
believe that's true
Baby let me know if it's really so and tell me what are
you gonna do
And tell me
Do you really want my lovin'
Do you really want my huggin'
Do you really want someone that's true
Do you really want my love
Well how can you be so heartless, how can you be so
cold
I should have sent you on your way a long, long time
Ah but I don't want to lose you 'cause I still love you
So if you don't fee,l the way I feel, well it's time
you let me know
And baby
Do you really want my lovin'
Do you really want my huggin'
Do you really want someone that's true
Do you really want my love
Do you need someone to hold you
Do you need someone who cares
Do you need someone to keep you warm at night
When no one else is there
I've heard everybody talking and the word is in the air
That you've made plans to say good bye and leave me
standing here
Well, you say that you don't love me but I can't
believe it's true
Baby let me know if it's really so and tell me
What are you gonna do
And tell me
Do you really want my lovin'
Do you really want my huggin'
Do you really want someone that's true
Do you really want my love
Tell me do you really want my lovin'
Do you really want my huggin'
Do you really want someone that's true
Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down.
I think you only live to see the lights of town.
I wasted my time when I would try, try, try.
When the lights have lost their glow, you're gonna cry,
cry, cry
I lie awake at night and wait till you come in.
You stay a little while and then you're gone again.
For every question that I ask, I get a lie, lie, lie
For every lie you tell, you're gonna cry, cry, cry.
You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll cry alone,
When everyone's forgotten and you're left on your own.
You're gonna cry, cry, cry.
Soon your sugar-daddies will all be gone.
And you'll wake up some cold day and find you're alone.
You'll call for me but I'm gonna tell you bye, bye, bye,
When I turn around and walk away, you'll cry, cry, cry.
You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll cry alone,
When everyone's forgotten and you're left on your own.
You're gonna cry, cry, cry.
You're gonna cry, cry, cry and you'll cry alone,
When everyone's forgotten and you're left on your own.
You're gonna cry, cry, cry.
Well I live in the city and I've been around
Seen every single woman in this old town
But all they do is bring me down
Gonna find me a country girl
City life is fast and free
And all these girls are a sight to see
But to tell you the truth, they don't just rock me
Gonna find me a country girl
Country girls, country girls
Sweetest thing in this 'ol world
Pretty as pie, pure as pearl
Gonna find me a country girl
Yeah all the things you heard are true
You wouldn't believe what city girls do
But man that just ain't nothing new
Gonna find me a country girl
Country girls, country girls
Sweetest thing in this 'ol world
Pretty as pie, pure as pearl
Gonna find me a country girl
City air is hard to breathe
And the things they say you can't believe
Guess it's time for me to leave
Gonna find me a country girl
Country girls, country girls
Sweetest thing in this 'ol world
Pretty as pie, pure as pearl
Gonna find me a country girl
Gonna find me a country girl
Come into the house of the Lord
Come into the house of the Lord
There's love overflowing
A joy that you'd be knowing
When you come into the house of the Lord
Come into the house of the Lord
I got a friend named Jesus
He's everything, yes indeed
In your darkest hour
You can call upon His power
'Cause He knows everything you need
Every little thing you need
You don't have to preach like John the Baptist
Prophesied like Apostle Paul
If you just step inside, Jesus will provide
Love and salvation for us all
Love and salvation for us all
Come into the house of the Lord
Come into the house of the Lord
There's love overflowing
A joy that you'd be knowing
When you come into the house of the Lord
Come into the house of the Lord
I was adrift out in a desert
I led a shameful life of sin
But in my dissipation, I had a revelation
A Deacon took my hand and led me in
That's when my redemption did begin
Come into the house of the Lord
Come into the house of the Lord
No one will be denied, no prayer will be ignored
When you come into the house of the Lord
Come into the house of the Lord
Come into the house of the Lord
Come into the house of the Lord
I laid my burden down, put on my robe and crown
When I come into the house of the Lord
She was the finest lookin' woman, that I've ever seen
Looked like she stepped right off the cover of a glamor magazine
I've never seen a girl like that in this country town
The facts are black and white when she threw her arms around me
I went crazy, we danced the hoochie-coochie
The tide was rollin' in, I was drownin' in a sea of romance
Then she popped the question in the back seat of my car
"If I let you love me would you let me call you, George"
I said, "Baby, baby, baby
(Baby, baby, baby)
Well, you can call me George Jetson, call me George Jones
I'll be your Georgie-Porgie, all night long"
How was I to know what I was in for
I had it rockin' and a rollin' for a while, by George
By, by, by, by George
We bought a blue refrigerator, satellite and DVDs
A cozy little couch and Motorola TV
She loved to watch those pretty boys with California style
Like a jealous Mickey Rooney, George Clooney drove her wild
And I went crazy
Well, she started growin' distant, I felt her discontent
I couldn't make her happy with what I bought or spent
Her heart grew as cold as the air in the Norge
On which she left a note that read, "Bye George"
And I said, "Baby, baby, baby", yeah
(Baby, baby, baby)
She called me George Jetson, she called me George Jones
I was her Georgie-Porgie, now she's gone
How was I to know what I was in for
I had it rockin' and a rollin' for a while, by George
By, by, by, by, by
Well if you're down in Mississippi, where the livin's
slow
And you're just standin' on the corner, wonderin' which
way to go
Just take a walk across town, to Beacon and Bay
Now you're right in front of the Busy Bee Cafe
Well there's Old Uncle Furry, he's a sittin' on the
side
If you will talk to him just right, he might play you
some of his slide guitar
He's got shoe shine's a-pumpin', five dollars a day
And it's all goin' on at the Busy Bee Cafe
It's just a good time, no crime, mighty fine, have a
nice day
I see Lavala in the corner, speedin' her young life
away
I've heard that jukebox play "High Heel Sneakers"
twenty times a day
But when night rolls around, they move it out of theway
"Cause Footes and the boys, they come to town to play,
'til the break of day
Makin' everybody feel good at the Busy Bee Cafe
It's just a good time, no crime, mighty fine, have a
nice day
I see Lavala in the corner, speedin' her young life
away
If you're down in Mississippi, where the livin's slow
And you're just standin' on the corner, wonderin' which
way to go
Just take a walk across town, to Beacon and Bay, yeah
Now you're right in front of the Busy Bee Cafe
Touch me, turn me on, and burn me down
Your lips, hold a wild desire
And give a kiss like the devil's fire
Your kind of love could burn a town
Touch me, turn me on, and burn me down
You touch brings me to my knees
You've got me begging "please, please, please"
Take my heart and melt it down
Touch me, turn me on, and burn me down
You're a wild love, I can't tame
Your kisses burn like flames
I go crazy, when you're around
So touch me, turn me on, and burn me down
I'm devoured by your fiery flame
My lips can only speak your name
Just spread my ashes all around
Ah touch me, turn me on, and burn me down
You're a wild love, I can't tame
Your kisses burn like flames
I go crazy, when you're around
So touch me, turn me on, and burn me down
There's an engine at the station, the whistle calls my
name
It's callin', callin', callin', come and get aboard me
aboard the train
My baby's gone and I'm alone to live in misery
I'm gonna call and make a reservation for me
Gonna ride a blue train, gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train, gonna ride a blue train
I'm gonna climb aboard and ride until I learn to smile
I'll be knockin' out the blues while I'm knockin' out the
miles
With my guitar beating rhythm to click clack of the
wheels
I'm gonna sing the blues 'cause that's the way that I
feel
Gonna ride a blue train, gonna ride a blue train
Gonna ride a blue train, gonna ride a blue train
Conductor go and tell the man to shovel on the coal
It doesn't seem half as bad as long as I can roll
Give me another ticket and I'll stay and ride with you
'Cause there's nothing left to live for in this world
we're rollin' through
Gonna ride a blue train, gonna ride a blue train
Blue railroad train, goin' down the railroad track
It makes me feel so dog-gone blue, to listen to that old
smoke stack
Come back again, let me hear your whistle blow
You're takin' the sun, and leavin' the rain, and makin'
me want to go
I've got the blues, longin' for her company
It's many miles from where I am, to the only one for me
Well, it's lonesome here, waiting for the manifest
I hope that engineer is kind enough to let me be his
guest
And I'm not as bad, as you might think I am
Though I've traveled here, or hoboed there
Rambled these states around
Blue railroad train, a good old pal to me
You take me where, I want to go, I get my transportations
Rollin' down the highway,
Runnin' by the cotton fields
Saw a sign I know I want to see again
Pretty young woman wearing skin-tight britches
And a t-shirt wetter than a snakeskin
Somebody said her name was Arlene
And her daddy is a shotgun toting
Kind of country man
I just said "what was that name again"
Ain't nobody gonna scare me away
Gonna hold my breath till I take her away
Arlene, hey are you comin' into town
Arlene, don't let your daddy tie you down
When you're sneaking out that window baby
Don't you make a sound
Do you want to boogie, are you into fool,
Fool, foolin' around
Well daddy ain't a working,
He's a sitting in lawn chair
Chewin on a mighty plug of Redman
Pretty as a picture and
He's got her chopping cotton
Like a convict sweating on a chain gang
Somebody oughta break her out of that scene
She's enough to make you want to do the old man in
Hey, what was that name again
Ain't no use in tryin' to settle me down
I'm a fool, I'm a downright clown clown for Arlene
Arlene, hey are you comin' into town
Arlene, don't let your daddy tie you down
When you're sneaking out that window baby
Don't you make a sound
Do you want to boogie, are you into fool,
Fool, foolin' around
Sitting in a bacco patch feeling like a weasel
I'm a waitin' on the lights to go dim
Wonderin' if my backside might be
Full of bullet shots
Before she gets away from him
Ain't nobody gonna scare me away
Gonna hold my breath till I take her away
(Repeat chorus)
When you're sneaking out that window baby
Don't you make a sound
Do you want to boogie, are you into fool,
Fool, foolin' around
Come on Arlene
I see you got that red dress on
Well, things are gonna change for me these nights
Don't want out my head and feel all right
Dark side of my mind ain't made one sound
Feel like someone else, but I don't feel down
And it's all because of you
The things you say and do
It's all because of you
I'm feeling something new
Hey I want you by my side so I can see
The way you look at life it's good for me
There's something going on that I ain't had
Don't feel so afraid and don't feel sad
And it's all because of you
The things you say and do
It's all because of you
I'm feeling something new
Now you're my baby
Yeah, you're my baby
Hey, you're my baby
Yeah, you're my baby
And so I want to think, from my heart
Give you something back, do my part
To love you like I should and start right now
If I know what to do, if I know how
And it's all because of you
The things you say and do
It's all because of you
I'm feeling something new
And it's all because of you
The things you say and do
It's all because of you
How many times have you heard someone say,
"If I had his money, I could do things my way."
But little they know that it's so hard to find
One rich man in Ten with a satisfied mind.
Once I was winning in fortune and fame;
Everything that I dreamed of to get a start in lifes
game.
But suddenly it happened, I lost every dime,
But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind.
Money can't buy back your youth when you're old
Or a friend when you're lonesome or a love that's grown
cold;
The wealthiest person is a pauper at times
Compared to the man with a satisfied mind.
When life is over, my time has run out,
My friends and my loved ones I'll leave, there's no
doubt.
But one thing for certain, when it comes my time,
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