Whiskey river, take my mind
Don't let her memory torture me
Whiskey river, don't run dry
You're all I've got, take care of me
Whiskey river, take my mind
Don't let her memory torture me
Whiskey river, don't run dry
You're all I've got, take care of me
Whiskey river, take my mind
Don't let her memory torture me
Whiskey river, don't run dry
You're all I've got, take care, one more time
Whiskey river, take my mind
And don't let her memory torture me
Whiskey river, don't run dry
A short time I have to be with you my love
But a short time is better than no time you see
So I bring to you all my posessions and would that you share them with me
I bring one springtime of robins one springtime of robins to sing
I bring you one summer of roses one summer of roses I bring
I bring you the dry leaves of autumn dry leaves will be helpful you know
To soften the fall of your snowflakes when I bring you your winter of snow
This looks like a December day this looks like a time to remember day
And I remember a spring such a sweet tender thing
And love's summer college where the green leaves of knowledge
Were waiting to fall with the fall
And where September wine numbed a measure of time
Through the tears of October
Now November's over and this looks like a December day
This looks like a December day it's looks like we've come to the end of the way
And as my mem'ries race back to loves eager beginning
Reluctant to play with the thoughts of the ending the ending that won't go away
And as my mem'ries race back to loves eager beginning
Reluctant to play with the thoughts of the ending the ending that won't go away
And this looks like a December day
Well I've been a lot of places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs and I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my love in stages with ten thousand people watchin'
Now we're alone and I am singin' my song for you
And I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly but darling can't you see
No one more important to me darling can't you please see through me
Cause now we're alone and I am singing my song for you
Well you taught me precious secrets of a truth with holding nothin'
You came out in front but I was hiding
Now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding
And I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing my song for you
And we were alone and I was singing my song for you
Johnny Macon has a wife and one child on the way
And Houston's runnin' out of jobs and there are bills to pay
Johnny's flying standby to Alaska on a chance
He hears them callin' all aboard his life is not a dance
All aboard the sky train there must be better times
And we keep moving down the line all aboard the sky train
Kerry Jackson lost her man to whiskey and cocaine
And all she saw in Florida were memories of pain
And the money from the condo won't last her very long
And so she's flying out today her life is not a song
All aboard the sky train the sun will always shine
Up where those lonesome engines whine all aboard the sky train
Refugees on winds of war with nothin' in their eyes
Midnight bands on endless tours in search of endless highs
Airports in the morning ahen truth is all around
We're restless millions movin' on the lost and not yet found
All aboard the sky train there must be better times
Reasons to quit the smoke and booze don't do me like before
And I'm hardly ever sober and my old friends don't come around much anymore
Reasons to quit below it always lower than the high
And the reasons to quit don't out number all the reasons why
So we keep smokin' and we keep drinkin' havin' fun and never thinkin'
Laughin' at the price tags that we pay
And we keep rollin' down the fast lane like two young men feelin' no pain
And the reasons for quittin's gettin' bigger each day
Reasons to quit I can't afford the habit all the time
I need to be sober I need to write some new songs that will rhyme
Reasons to quit they have no rhyme or reason when you're high
And the reasons to quit don't out number all the reasons why
[ guitar ]
We keep smokin' and we keep drinkin'...
And the reasons for quittin's gettin' bigger each day
She's a railroad lady just a little bit shady spending her days on a train
She's the semi good looker but the fast rails they took her
Now she's trying just trying to get home again
South station in Boston to the stockyards of Austin
From the Florida sunshine to the New Orleans rain
Now that the rail packs have taken the best tracks
She's trying just trying to get back home again
She's a railroad lady just a little bit shady spending her days on a train
Once a pullin' car traveler now a breakment won't have her
She's trying just trying to get home again
Once a high-balling loner thought he could own her
And he bought her a fur coat and a big dimaond ring
But she hug in for cold cash left down on the Wabash
Never thinking never thinking of home way back then
But the rails are now rusty and the dining car's dusty
The gold plated watches are taking their gold
The railroads're dying and the lady is crying
On a bus to Kentucky and home that's her goal
She's a railroad lady...
[ instrumental ]
[ instrumental ]
Today's gonna make a wonderful yesterday
One on which I know that I can look back and smile
And with you here with me the hours have flown away
And today's gonna make a wonderful yesterday
Today we have made a thousand and one memories
That we can recall when today is a sweet used to be
And with you in my arms the future seems so far away
And today's gonna make a wonderful yesterday
Grab your coat and get your hat leave your worry on the doorstep
Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street
Can't you hear a pitter pat and that happy tune is your step
Life can be so sweet on the sunny side of the street
I used to walk in the shade with those blues on parade
But I'm not afraid this rover crossed over
If I never have a cent I'll be rich as Rockefeller
Gold dust at my feet on the sunny side of the street
[ piano - harmonica ]
Sweet dreams of you dreams I know can't come true
Why can't I forget the past start loving someone new
Instead of having sweet dreams about you sweet dreams about you
You don't love me it's plain I should know you'd never wear my name
I should hate you the whole night through
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
[ guitar ]
You don't love me it's plain I should know you'd never never wear my name
And I should hate you the whole night through
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
I think I should speak to you stranger your problem is clear now to me
You think that the whole world's against you and tell everyone that you see
Just suffer in silence speak no bitter words the world offers no sympathy
Though trouble surrounds you and you long to be heard just suffer in silence like me
I'll give you a lesson in living I hope it stays with you awhile
You're the reason for all of your sorrows so just suffer in silence and smile
Somewhere in Texas a cowboy dreams of the days when the buffalo roamed
And he wished he had lived then cause he knew that he could have been
The best cowboy the world had ever known
He went dancing that night with his San Antone rose
The one he would marry someday to the music of Bob Wills and polkas and waltzes
I'll be loving you, always
With a love that's true, always
When the things you plan
Need a helping hand
I will understand, always, always
Days may not be fair, always
That's when I'll be there, always
Not for just an hour
Not for just a day
Not for just a year, but, always
Days may not be fair, always
That's when I'll be there, always
Not for just an hour
Not for just a day
May the Lord's shining grace be yours, love
May the happiest face be yours, love
May the last fingertips
That touch these two lips
As life from me slips be yours, love
May the fruit of my toil be yours, love
May the food from my soil be yours love
And from this moment on
May a love that is strong
And lives on and on be yours, love
May the sons that I raise be yours, love
May the comforts that I praise be yours, love
And if I ever get weak
May the love words I speak
And the arms that I seek be yours, love
May the Lord's shining grace...
I cried and cried my heart out but what good does it do
Crying never bothers anyone so cold as you
I've thought the whole thing over and now I'll go and find
A beeter place where angels heal broken hearts like mine
You made me live you made me love and now you'll make me die
I'll never live or love again there's no need now to try
I'll say farewell to this old world this is my last goodbye
You made me live you made me love and now you'll make me die
[ steel ]
And just for night is over I'll never see the day
I'll hold your picture to my heart then I'll be on my way
Now we all know the violin plays sweetly
And the steel guitar thrills all the world completely
But for all around good fun there's really only one
And it's round and firm and fully packed and puts the blues on the run
And you just can't play a sad song on the banjo
A banjo tune will have to make you smile
And when you're feeling low and melancholy just pick up the ol' banjo by golly
Cause you just can't play a sad song on the banjo
[ guitar ]
Now bad news just won't hang around the banjo
Old dismal gloom will have to disappear
A sad song can't be played so please don't be afraid
You are my sunshine my only sunshine you make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know dear how much I love you please don't take my sunshine away
The other night dear as I laid sleeping I dreamed I held you by my side
When I awoke dear I was mistaken and I hung my head and cry
You are my sunshine...
You told me once dear you really loved me and no one else could come between
But now you've left me and you love another and you have shatered all my dreams
You are my sunshine...
I'll always love you and make you happy if you will only say the same
But if you leave me to love another you'll regret it all some day
You are my sunshine...
You look like the devil in the morning you've been out a working through the night
Holdin' hands and kissin' everybody I'm glad to say that you can't blow my mind
You look like the devil when you're cryin' I'm so glad that you feel so strong that way
You got a great big smile for everybody I'm so glad I've met you yesterday
[steel]
You look like the devil in the morning...
[guitar]
You look like the devil when you're cryin'...
She thinks if she just holds on he will get it back together
On his good days he's a good man and he fills up all her dreams
On his bad days he's the devil and it's hell to stand beside him
But she thinks if she will love him life will be what once it seemed
Women who love too much burning fires they have to touch
Give until there's nothing left to give use up life to help men live
Women who love too much just can't leave the dark alone
Fall in love with the unknown they will go until they're gone
He knows he loves too little and he takes her in his knowing
On the bad days when he needs her she's the best hope that he's had
And he knows that he's the weak one and he doesn't want to know it
And he holds on to her loving though he knows it's all so sad
Women who love too much...
You tell me today that you're leaving
But just think a while I'm sure that you must know
Today might be the day that you walk away
But you left me a long long time ago
Today's just the day that ends it all
Except the usual mem'ries that always linger on
And today might be the day that you walk away
But you left me a long long time ago
[ piano ]
I stood with helpless hands and watched me lose your love
A little more each day then it was gone
And I kept wondering just how long until this day would come
Just how long could your pride keep hangin' on
So please don't say you're sorry don't say anything
Don't try to say why you must leave just go
And today might be the day that you walk away
But you left me a long long time ago
You left me a long long time ago
Would you lay with me in a field of stone
If my needs were strong would you lay with me
Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear
In the midnight hour if my lips were dry
Would you go away to another land walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
Wipe the blood away from my dying hand if I give my love to you
Will you bathe with me in the stream of life
When the moon is full will you bathe with me
[ piano - guitar ]
Will you love me when I a'm down and out
In my time of trials will you stand by me
If this is a game we play and if this is a roll I play
Where are the words I say to you
The words don't fit the picture anymore
And if we've been acting all along and we both act right and we both act wrong
Where does it say that we should cry
It's just the words don't fit the picture anymore anymore
The words don't fit the picture anymore no need to force the love scenes anymore
And a one act play comes to an end and we turn to leave we can both part friends
But this is the time to say goodbye goodbye
Wondering wondering who's kissing you
Wondering wondering if you're wondering too
Every hour through the day since you've been away
I keep wondering yes wondering if you're wondering too
I pray every night to the good Lord above
To send back to me the one I really love
Wondering wondering...
[ fiddle - steel ]
Sleigh bells ring are you listening in the lane snow is glistening
A beautiful sight we're happy tonight walking in the winter wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird here to stay is a newbird
He sings a love song as we go alone walking in the winter wonderland
In the meadow we can build the snowman then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say are you merry we'll say no man but you can do the job when you're in town
Later on we'll conspire as we dream by the fire
The face on the frame the plans that we made walking in the winter wonderland
[ guitar ]
In the meadow we can build the snowman...
The face on the frame the plans that we made walking in the winter wonderland
Who do I know in Dallas who can I call on the phone
Who do I know in Dallas that will help me forget she's gone
Shirley consoled me in Phoenix and Jeannie in old San Antone
But who do I know in Dallas that will help me forget that I'm alone
[steel]
I can't spend the night without someone the lonelies will drive me insane
So who do I know in Dallas that will make me be happy I came
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas with every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright and may all your Christmases be white
[ guitar ]
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...
I walk up to my door and hate to turn the key
Emptiness is all that waits inside for me
That's how it is when the one you love is gone
That's how it is when your house is not a home
I look around and see things marked with his and hers
Little things like this just make things that much worse
That's how it is ask anyone who lives alone
That's how it is when your house is not a home
[ guitar - keyboards ]
Is there a way out on a heart as torn as mine
Each day I live I'm like a prisoner passing time
That's how it is when the one you love is gone
That's how it is when your house is not a home
We skipped the light fandango
And turned cartwheels cross the floor.
I was feeling kind of seasick
The crowd called out for more.
The room was humming harder
And the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waitress brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first so ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
She said "There is no reason,
And the truth is plain to see",
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
Although both my eyes were open
They might just just have well been closed.
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
Her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
[The following are additional lyrics
as sung in concert]
She said she wanted shore leave
Tho in truth we were at sea
So I took her by a looking glass
And forced her to agree
Saying you must be the mermaid
Who took Neptune for a ride
Well she smiled at me so sadly
That my anger straightway died
And so it was, etc?
Stop here across the street to your right
That's where my house lives
Sometimes I stayed there at night
But mostly I was on the move
Business first you know
And she'd wait there in her lonely room
But oh that's been so long ago
She's gone now
She couldn't stand to be alone
And now it waits there
This house that used to be my home
I never go there cause it holds
Too many memories since she's gone
But right there is where
My house lives all alone
[guitar]
I can hear the wind a blowing in my mind
Just the way it used to sound through the Georgia pines
And you were there to answer when I called you and me we had it all
Remember how I used to touch your hair
While reaching for the feeling that was always there
You were the best thing in my life I can recall you and me we had it all
I know that we can never live those times again
So I let my dreams take me back to where we have been
Then I'll stay with you girl as long as I can
Oh it was so good oh it was so good oh it was so good when I was your man
[ guitar ]
I'll never stop believing in your smile
Even though you didn't stay it was all worth while
You were the best thing in my life I can recall you and me we had it all
Birds flying south to the one I love
Birds flying light and free
Don't tell my darling that you saw me
Looking the way you see me
Winds blowing warm to the one I love
Winds please kiss her for me
Don't tell my darling that you saw me
Looking the way you see me
The way you see me is how I've been
And how ever since she's been gone
But tell her you saw me like I'd like to be
Tell her I'm happy alone
River of tears that I have cried
River flow on to the sea
But if you tell my darling
You flowed from my eyes
She'd see me the way you see me
Washing the dishes scrubbing the floors
Caring for someone who don't care anymore
Learning to hate all the things that she once loved to do
Like washing his shirts and never complaining except of red stains on the collars
Ironin' and cryin' cryin' and ironin' caring for someone who don't care anymore
I see trees of green? red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed days? the dark sacred nights
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow? so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands? saying? "How do you do?"
They're really saying? 'I love you'
I hear babies crying, watch them grow
They'll learn much more? than I'll never know
And I think to myself? what a wonderful world
After carefully considerin' the whole situation I stand with my back to the wall
Walkin' is better than runnin' away and crawlin' ain't no good at all
And if guilty's the question truth is the answer I've been lyin' to me all alone
There ain't nothin' worth savin' except one another
And before you'll wake up I'll be gone
Cause after carefully considerin'...
[ guitar ]
After carefully considerin'...
Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch,
A long lonely time
Time goes by so slowly,
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love,
I need your love
God speed your love, to me.
Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea,
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers syies,
Wait for me,
Wait for me
I'll be coming home,
Wait for me
--- Instrumental ---
Time goes by so slowly,
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love,
I need your love
God speed your love, to me.
Touch me, touch the hand of a man
Who once owned all the world
And touch, me touch the arms
That once held all the charms
Of the world's sweetest girl
Touch me, maybe someday you may
Need to know how it feels when you lose
And so touch me, you'll know
How you feel with the blues
Watch me, watch the eyes
That have seen all the heartache
And pain in the land
And be thankful you're happy though
Standing so close to the world's bluest man
Don't forget me, take a good look
At someone who's lost everything he can lose
And then touch me and you'll know
How you'd feel with the blues
I'm gonna lay my head on some lonesome railroad line
And let that old 2-20 pacify mind
Yeah I'm goin' down to the river I'm gonna take me a rockin' chair
Yeah honey if these blues don't get me I'm gonna rock away from here
Well trouble in mind I'm blue but I won't be blue always
Before the sun's gonna shine in my backyard one of these days
[ guitar - harmonica ]
Trouble in mind that's true I've almost almost lost my mind
Sometimes I feel like livin' sometimes I feel like dyin'
Just like the sun over the mountain top you know I'll always come again
You know I love to spend my morning time like sunlight dancing on your skin
And I have never gone so long just for telling lies to you
What you've seen is what I've been
There is nothing that I can hide a few you see me better than I can
Out on the road that lies before me now there are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you will hold me now till I gain control again
[ guitar ]
Just like a lighthouse you must stand alone and mark the sailors journey's end
And no matter what sea that I've been sailing on I'll always roll this way again
The sun goes down it leaves me sad and blue
The iron curtain falls on this cold war with you
Through you won't speak and I won't speak that's true
Two stubborn people with a cold war to go through
Why oh why should love ever come to couples like you and me
Whose cold cold wars are never won and whose hearts just can't be free
Oh let's do right or let's just say we're through
I just can't stand another cold cold war with you
[ guitar - steel ]
Why oh why should love ever come...
Still is still moving to me and I swim like a fish in the sea all the time
But if that's what it takes to be free I don't mind
Still is still moving to me still is still moving to me
And it's hard to explain how I feel
It won't go in words but I know that it's real
I can be moving or I can be still but still is still moving me
Still is still moving to me
And it's hard to explain how I feel it won't go in words but I know that it's real
I can be moving or I can be still
But still is still moving me still is still moving to me
[ guitar ]
And it's hard to explain how I feel...
A rose must remain with the sun and the rain or its lovely promise won't come true
To each his own to each his own and my own is you
What good is a song if the words just don't belong
And a dream must be a dream for two
No good alone to each his own and my own is you
If a flame is to grow there must be a glow to open each door there's a key
I need you I know I can't let you go your touch means too much to me
Two lips must insit on two more to be kissed
Or they'll never know what love can do
To each his own I've found my own one and only you
[ guitar ]
If a flame is to grow...
Up in the morning out on the job work like a devil for my pay
And that lucky old sun ain't got nothing to do but roll around heaven all day
Fuss with my woman toil for my kids sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray
But that lucky old sun ain't got nothing to do but roll around heaven all day
Dear Lord above can't you see I'm cryin' tears are in my eyes
Send down the cloud with that silvery take me to paradise
Show me that river and lead me across take all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun give me nothing to do but roll around heaven all day
There goes a man who gave his heart to someone and I feel sorry for him
For that someone just gave her heart to me
Now he's the loser and it hurts so much to lose and I feel sorry for him
Cause the loser I know could have been me
Oh how he loved her I'm sure he must have loved her almost as much as me
But fate has frowned on him then turned around and smiled on me
There goes a man who gave his heart to someone and I feel sorry for him
For that someone just gave her heart to me
If things were different and if he had won her love instead of me
I wonder if he'd find the time to offer sympathy
There goes a man who gave his heart to someone and I feel sorry
Chorus
Turn out the lights, the party's over
They say that all good things must end
Let's call it a night,the party's over
And tomorrow starts the same old thing again
What a crazy, crazy party, never seen
So many people laughin', dancin'
Look at you, you're havin' fun
But look at me, I'm almost cryin'
But that don't keep her love from dyin'
Misery, 'cause for me the party's over
Chorus
Once I had a love undyin'
I didn't keep it, wasn't tryin'
Life for me was just one party,
And then another
I had to have my party wine
Broke her heart so many times,
And then one night she said
Sweetheart, the party's over
My world is like a river as dark as it is deep
Night after night the past slips in and gathers all my sleep
My days are just an endless stream of emptiness to me
Filled only by the fleeting moments of her memories
Sweet memories sweet memories hmm
She slipped into the silence of my dreams last night
Wondering from room to room turning on each light
Her laughter spills like water from the river to the sea
And I'm swept away from sadness clinging to her memories
Take my word for what I tell you I have never lied to you
Pay no mind to what they're sayin' I have never been untrue
Evil tongues in town continue to prat aloud their evil news
You'll have to take my word when I tell you I love you I love you (I love you)
The power of gossip is always strengthen when it finds a respected ear
If you listen the chances are greater that a thread of doubt may appear
Evil tongues in town continue...
Evil tongues in town continue to prat aloud their evil news
You'll have to take my word when I tell you I love you I love you I love you
Take my word I love you take my word I love you
The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly
The trembling trees embraced the breeze tenderly
Then you and I came wanderin' by and lost in a sigh were we
The shore was kissed by sea and mist tenderly
I can't forgert how two hearts met breathlessly
Your arms opened wide and closed me inside
You took my lips you took my love so tenderly
[ strings - piano ]
Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together keeps rainin' all the time
Life is bare gloom and mis'ry everywhere stormy weather
Just can't get my poor self together I'm weary all the time all the time
When she went away the blues walked in and met me
If she stays away old rocking chair will get me
All I do is pray the Lord above will let me walk in the sun once more
Can't go on everything I had is gone stormy weather
Still water runs the depest like a love complete and through
So peaceful and dependable I can't say the same about you
Your love is cold and selfish and it never could be true
One time I loved you truly I can't say the same about you
I'm leaving and I won't be back I'm goin' to where I belong
Too long we've been together and too long you've done me wrong
Still water runs the depest...
[ guitar - mandolin ]
Well I'm leaving and I won't be back...
A short time I have to be with you my love
But a short time is better than no time you see
So I bring to you all my posessions and would that you'd share them with me
I bring you one springtime of robins one springtime of robins to sing
And I bring you one summer of roses one summer of roses I bring
I bring you one autumn dry leaves dry leaves will be helpful you know
Well I've been feeling a little bad cause I've been feeling a little better without you
It's a little like rain but it's a lot like a sunny day
And it's hard to explain but the sound of your name don't make music anymore
It's more than a sound of a love that I lost one day
It's a little too late to start thinking about startin' all over
I'd rather stay where I am I can't take another slam in the mind
I've been feeling a little bad cause I've been feeling a little better without you
But remember my love is the sound that you hear in your mind
[ guitar ]
I've been running around even laughing at half of the mem'ries
And you're not hard to remember I just have to think of your name
I've been feeling a little bad...
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
Such lonely nights
Oh baby lonely nights
Dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new, oh baby
And each kiss an inspiration
Now that baby you know was long ago
Oh beside a garden wall
When stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
A paradise where roses bloom
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain baby
My stardust melody
Blue Spanish eyes teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes
Please please don't cry this is just adios and not goodbye
Soon I'll return bringing you all the love your heart can hold
Please say si si say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me
[ guitar ]
[ Spanish part ]
Soon I'll return...
See her dancing see there Willie see how reckless she is
She's a wild one as everyone knows
Why what's wrong Willie why you're cryin' what have I done
Sorry Willie I didn't know you didn't know
And I wouldn't have said all those things that I'd known
That she was your darling your sweetheart your own
Don't ask how well I know her I might lie I don't know
Sorry Willie I didn't know you didn't know
[ guitar - harmonica ]
And I wouldn't have said...
Whenever we kiss I worry and wonder
Your lips may be here but where is your heart
It's always like this I worry and wonder
You're close to me here but where is your heart
It's a sad thing to realize that you've a heart that never melts
When we kiss do you close your eyes pretending that I'm someone else
You must break the spell this cloud that I'm under
So please won't you tell darling where is your heart
[ guitar ]
Some other world has all the sunshine
Cause there's no sunshine in mine
Out of the darkness came thunder and rain
Leavin' my dreams all in vain
Some other world there sleeps my darlin'
There where the skies are always blue
Why don't they take me out of this world
So you think you're a cowboy but you're only a kid
With a mind to do everything wrong
And it starts to get smoother when the circle begins
But by the time that you get there it's gone
So you think you're a winner but you're losing again
The cards are all lucky but then
And the hand that you're holding means nothing at all
Just knowing is all that is there
So you think you're a cowboy...
[ guitar ]
So your life is a fun the best that you can tomorrow is not right or wrong
And don't wait for tomorrow to bring you your dreams
Cause by the time that they get there they're gone
So you think you're a cowboy...
There is somebody I'm longing to see I hope that he turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me
Although she may not be the girl some men think of
As pretty to my heart she carries the key
Won't you tell her please to put on some speed follow my lead
Oh how I need someone to watch over me
[ guitar ]
Although she may not be...
I know that someday you'll want me to want you
When I'm in love with somebody new
You expect me to be true and keep on loving you
Though I am feeling blue you think I can't forget you
Until someday you'll want me to want you when I am strong for somebody new
And though you don't want me now I'll get along somehow
And then I won't want you
[ fiddle - guitar ]
Some enchanted evening you may see a stranger
You may see a stranger across a crowded room
And somehow you know you know even then
That somewhere you'll see her again and again
Some enchanted evening someone may be laughing
You may hear her laughing across a crowded room
And night after night as strange as it seems
The sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams
Who can explain it who can tell you why
Fools give you reasons wise men never try
Some enchanted evening when you find your true love
When you feel her call you across a crowded room
Fly to her side and make her your own
All through your life you may dream alone
Once you have found her never let her go
Going home in this pickup not knowing this stickup
Was in progress on the same side of town
By a man in a truck the same kind he was driving
Bad karma was soon coming down
Before the store owner died she had tried to describe
The man who had shot him that day
And he described to a letter the innocent cowboy
So he tried him and sent him away
Slow down slow down old world
There's no hurry cause
My life ain't mine anymore
I lived too fast
Now it's too late to worry
And I'm too blue to cry anymore
I once was a fool for the women
Now I'm just a fool nothing more
So slow down slow down old world
There's no hurry cause
My life ain't mine anymore
[steel - strings]
I once had a way with the women
Till one got away with my heart
So slow down slow down old world
There's no hurry cause
My life ain't mine anymore
My love is cruel as the night
She steals the sun and shuts out the light.
All of my colors turn to blue
Win or lose.
Slow dancing.
Slow dancing.
Slow...dancing.
Scarlet eyes and a see through heart
I saw it coming right from the start.
She picked me up but had me down on my knees
Just a begging her please.
Take me slow dancing
Slow dancing
Slow...dancing
I don't why a man
will search for himself in his woman's eye.
No I don't know why a man
sees the truth but needs the lie.
My love is restless as the wind.
She moves like a shadow across my skin.
She left with my conscience
and I don't want it back.
It just gets in the way.
Slow dancing.
Slow dancing.
Pay no mind to her she only wants to play
But she's not for you she's not for you
And I'm the only one who would let her act this way
But she's not for you she's not for you
She just looks for greener pastures now and then
And when she grows tired she knows Old Faithful will just take her back again
So just leave her here I'm used to feeling blue
But she's not for you she's not for you
[guitar]
So she told you she found heaven in your eyes
Well I think it only fair to warn you that sometimes she lies
But it's your heart I can't tell you what to do
But she's not for you she's not for you
Oh it's a long long while from May to December
But the days grow short when you reach September
When the autumn weather turns leaves to flame
One hasn't got time for the waiting game
Oh the days dwindle down to a precious few
September November and these few precious days I'll spend with you
These precious days I'll spend with you
[ guitar ]
Oh the days dwindle down...
I wake up in the morning with my arms around my pillow
Then suddenly I realize I only hold a pillow you're not there you're not there
I call your name and hear my voice run searching through the hallway
To return alone confirming all I've known for so long I'm alone you're still gone
Still half asleep I stumble to the kitchen for my coffee
My footsteps match my heartbeats funny heartbeats on linoleum
The sounds all wrong you're still gone
The sounds outside reminding me the world won't wait forever
And understanding saves don't stand by empty graves
She's out of my life she's out of my life
And I don't know whether to laugh or cry
I don't know whether to live or die
And it cuts like a knife she's out of my life
It's out of my hands it's out of my hands
To think for two years she was here
And I took her for granted I was so cavalier
Now the way that it stands she's out of my hands
I have learned love is not possession and I have learned that love won't wait
I have learned love needs expression but I learned it too late
She's out of my life she's out of my life
Damned indecision and cursed pride
Kept my love for her locked deep inside
She is gone but she was here and her presence is still heavy in the air
What a taste of human love now she's gone and it don't matter anymore
Crossing dreams with our lives it was more than just a woman and a man
It was love without the sky now my life will never be the same again
[ harmonica - piano ]
Roly Poly eatin' corn and taters
Hungry every minute of the day
Roly Poly knowin' all the biscuits
Long as he can chew it it's okay
He can eat an apple pie
And never even bat an eye
He likes everything from a soup to hay
Roly Poly daddy's Little Fatty
I bet he's gonna be a man someday
[fiddle - steel - piano]
Roly Poly scrambled eggs for breakfast
Bread and jelly twenty times a day
Roly Poly eats a hard day dinner
It takes lots of strenght to run and play
Well now he pulls up weeds
And does the chores
Runs both ways through all the doors
He wears up that apetite that way
Roly Poly daddy's Little Fatty
When evening chores are over at our rach house on the plains
And all I've got to do is lay around
I saddle up my pony and ride off down the trail
To watch the desert sun go down
Ridin' down the canyon just to watch the sun go down
A picture that no artis ever could paint
White faced cattlow lowin' on the mountain trail
I hear a coyote whinin' for its mate
Cactus plants are bloomin' sagebrush everywhere
Granite spoires are standing all around
I tell you folks it's heaven to be ridin' down the trail
To watch the desert sun go down
[ guitar ]
Cactus plants are bloomin'...
Remember the good times they're smaller in number and easier to recall
Don't spend too much time on the bad times
They're staggering in number and will be heavy as lead on your mind
Don't waste a moment unhappy invaluable moments gone with the leakage of time
As we leave on our own separate journeys
Moving west with the sun to a place buried deep within our minds
You told me once that you were mine alone forever
And I was yours till the end of eternity
But all those vows are broken now and we will never be the same except in memory
Remember me when the candle lights're gleaming
Remember me at the close of a long long day
It would be so sweet when all alone I'm dreaming
Just to know you still remember me
[ guitar - piano ]
A brighter face may take my place when we're apart dear
Another love with a heart more bold than free
But in the end fearweather friends may break your heart dear
If they do sweetheart remember me
Remember me when the candle...
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw him you would even say it glows
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names
They'd never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games
Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say
Rudolph with your nose so bright won't you guide my sleigh tonight
Then all the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with glee
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer you'll go down in history
[ guitar ]
Then one foggy Christmas Eve...
Right or wrong I'll always love you though you're gone I can't forget
Right or wrong I'll keep on dreaming though I wake with that same old regret
All along I knew I'd lose you still I prayed that you'd be true
In your heart you love another but right or wrong I'm still in love with you
[ fiddle - piano - guitar - steel ]
Right or wrong I'll always love you...
I take a trip every evening scrolling down memory lane
I'm walkin' again those familiar paths dreaming those dreams again
And I can always see my sweetheart just as she used to be
Waiting for someone at the garden gate and I know that someone is me
Big brown eyes and pearly hair and you'd tell that's Mary
Rosy cheeks and ruby lips can't you tell that's Mary
Ofttimes in the evenings we'd go scrolling
Hand in hand together beneath the pepper tree
And I can feel her hand in mine as I sit alone tonight
Dreaming of the times I spent with Mary
[ fiddle - guitar ]
Ofttimes in the evenings...
Oh gee wouldn't it be wonderful to open up the doors of the past
And live again as yesterday
But you know no matter where I wander no matter where I roam
There'll always be a place in my heart boys
lease don't talk about me when I'm gone
Tho' our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can't say anything that's nice
It's better not to talk at all is my advice
We're parting you go your way I'll go mine it's best that we do
Here's a kiss I hope that this brings lots of luck to you
And it makes no difference how I carry on
Please don't talk about me when I'm gone
[ fiddle ]
We're parting you go your way...
Please don't talk about me...
We're parting you go your way...
Don't be concerned it's time I learned
That those who play with fire get burned
But I'll be alright in a little while
But you'll be permanently lonely
Don't be too quick to pity me
Don't salve my heart with sympathy
Cause I'll be alright in a little while
But you'll be permanently lonely
The world looks on with wonder
And pity at your kind
Cause it knows that the future
Is not very pretty for your kind for your kind
Will always be runnin' and wonderin'
What's happened to hearts that you've broken
And left all alone
But we'll be alright in a little while
But you'll be permanently lonely
I know not where on earth to find you I know not how or where to start
I only know I'm here without you and there's pins and needles in my heart
The days and nights are growing longer since first you said that we must part
And now you're smiling at another and there's pins and needles in my heart
I know not where on earth...
[ ac.guitar ]
I know not where on earth...
Memories are haunting you and they're making you feel blue
Darling a penny for your thoughts
Are you thinking of the past and a love that didn't last
Darling a penny for your thoughts
And it hurts me so to see the sorrow written on your face
And I hope and pray that some tomorrow I can take his place
But if someday we should part you can say a broken heart
Offered a penny for your thoughts
[ guitar ]
And it hurts me so...
Turn out the lights the party's over they say that all good things must end
Let's call it tonight the party's over and tomoroow start the same old thing again
But the crazy crazy party never seen so many people
Laughin' dancin' look at you you're havin' fun
But look at me I'm almost cryin' but that don't keep her love from dyin'
Misery cause for me the party's over
Turn out the lights...
Once I had a love undyin' I didn't keep it but I tried
Life for me was just one party and then another
I had to have my party why broke her heart so many times
But one night she said sweetheart the party's over
Turn out the lights...
And tomoroow start the same old thing again
[ guitar ]
Life is a picture and I play the lead but my biggest line was goodbye
Now my leading lady has walked out on me and this is the part where I cried
I was great in the scene where she found someone new
You should have seen my look of surprise
And if you'll have just walk into the picture this is the part where I cry
And after the picture is over and it's judged for the part where you lied
The award of the chiefment that's given will be mine for the part where I cried
I was great in the scene...
If you can truthfully say that
You've been true just one day
Well that makes one in a row
One in a row, one in a row
And if you can look into my eyes
One time without telling lies
Well that makes one in a row
One in a row, one in a row
Why do I keep loving you after all
The things you do
And just one time come into my arms
And be glad that you're in my arms
That will make one in a row
One in a row, one in a row
Why do I keep lovin' you...
Was it something I did Lord a lifetime ago
Am I just now repaying a debt that I owe
Justice sweet justice you travel so slow
One has my name and the other has my heart
With one I'll remain
That's when my heartaches start
One has brown eyes and the other's eyes're blue
To one I am tied
To the other I am true
One has my love and the other only me
But what good is love
To a heart that can't be free
So I'll go on living
My life's just the same
While one has my heart and the other has my name
[steel - guitar]
One has my love and the other only me
But what good is love
To a heart that can't be free
So I'll go on living
My life's just the same
O little town of Bethlehem how still we see Thee lie
Above Thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by
Yet in Thy dark street shineth the everlasting light
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight
Yet in Thy dark street shineth...
I still love you as I did in yesterday
Many years have gone by though it seems just like a day
It's no wonder that I love you you have been so kind and true
There will never be another it will always be just you
We've come along the way together when you've proved your love is true
My life's been a pleasure and it's all because of you
And to me you'll always be just as sweet as flowers in May
And I'll still love you as I did in yesterday
[ guitar - violin ]
I still love you as I did in yesterday...
My heart takes walks with her on cold and rainy days
She leads my heart along where only love can lead the way
And I know she'll follow me to the end of the world
She makes me proud to say that she's my kind of girl
She makes to proud to walk the streets of anywhere
And if our bed be grass or cotton she won't care
And I know she'll follow me to the end of the world
She makes me proud to say that she's my kind of girl
[steel]
And I know she'll follow me to the end of the world
She makes me proud to say that she's my kind of girl
And I know she'll follow me to the end of the world
I love you I'll prove it in days to come I swear it's true darling you're the only one
I've been so blue and lonesome since you've gone
I love you I'll prove it a thousand ways
I'll be nice and sweet to you and no more will you be blue
I'll prove I love you every day all kinds of ways
So darling please wait please wait until I'm free
There'll be a change a great change made in me
I love you and there'll never be blue days I love you and I'll prove it a thousand ways
[ piano ]
[ instrumental ]
Nobody slides my friend it's a truth on which you can depend
If you're living a lie it will eat you alive and nobody slides my friend
Nobody slides my friend you can try it but you'll never win
You can scream you can shout but it all evens out
And nobody slides my friend
[ guitar ]
Nobody slides my friend listen I'll say it again
You can run you can hide but it's still waitin' inside
The children are sleepin',
Our talk can begin.
We've waited until they've gone to bed.
We knew they would cry,
When we said goodbye,
And I'd rather leave quietly instead.
We can never be happy,
We both know it's true.
We've quarrelled from the day that we met.
Our love was too weak,
To pull our dreams through,
But too strong to let us forget.
I hope we can salvage a few memories,
To carry us through the long night.
The clock's strikin' midnight, yesterday's gone.
And there's no tomorrow in sight.
In our efforts to break through,
The thick walls of pride,
With harsh words that burned to the core.
The wall's still remainin',
But the words broke inside,
And strengthened the walls even more.
I hope we can salvage a few memories,
To carry us through the long night.
The clock's strikin' midnight, yesterday's gone.
There's a circle of people where I'm no longer welcome
I'm ashamed to say that I'm no longer fit
I could sober up tomorrow and face my friends again
But I've got no reason to quit
No I've got no reason for living right and there's no other way to forget
I could sober up tomorrow and face my friends again
But I've got no reason to quit
[ guitar - mandolin ]
I've got no reason for living right and there's no other way to forget
I know down deep inside me I'm man enough to change
More and more I'm forgetting the past more and more I'm living at last
Day by day I'm losing my blues more and more I'm forgettin' bout you
But oh how I tried to keep you by my side
And oh how I cried the day we said goodbye
Day by day I'm losing my blues more and more I'm forgettin' bout you
[ steel + fiddle ]
Moon River wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style some day
Oh dream maker you're heart breaker wherever you're going I'm going your way
Two drifters off to see the world there's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbow's ends waiting round the bend
My Huckleberry friend Moon River and me
[ guitar ]
Moonlight becomes you it goes with your hair
You certainly know the right thing to wear
Moonlight becomes you and I'm thrilled at the sight
And we could get so romantic tonight
You're all dressed up to go dreaming now don't tell me I'm wrong
And what a night to go dreaming mind if I tag along
Moonlight becomes you and I want you to know
It's not just because there's moonlight although moonlight becomes you so
[ piano - guitar ]
Yesterday as I talked with a friend in town I forgot to remember that you're gone
For a moment I found myself smiling but a moment isn't very long
And last night as I danced with a stranger and she held her cheek close to my own
For a moment I almost forgot you but a moment isn't very long
Every now and then I get a chance to smile
But those every now and thens just last a little while
And tonight I've got a date with a new love but I know I'd do just as well at home
For a moment maybe I could forget you but a moment isn't very long
[ steel ]
Every now and then...
But a moment isn't very long
These are difficult times these are difficult times
Lord please give me a sign for these are difficult times
REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES
(Willie Nelson)
© '71 Full Nelson Music
Remember the good times they're smaller in number and easier to recall
Don't spend too much time on the bad times
Their staggering number will be heavy as lead on your mind
Don't waste a moment unhappy invaluable moments gone with the leakage of time
As we leave on our own separate journeys
Moving west with the sun to a place buried deep within our minds
And remember the good times...
[ dobro ]
Remember the good times...
Once I thought I loved just you and I thought you loved me too
But today you say we're through now just look what thoughts will do
Now another wears the crown and you think that you have found
Just what makes your world go round watch those thoughts they'll get you down
And if within your future years your new love should bring you tears
Then you'll think of me I'm sure but those thoughts won't help you dear
Once I thought I loved just you...
[ piano - guitar ]
(I'm a lonely little mansion for sale)
Furnished with everything but love
I'm looking for someone to come live with me
I've got a large picture window
And a yard filled with trees
The sign reads two stories
And that's all that's for sale
But there's so many stories I could tell
My windows are closed and I'm gasping for air
My carpets are spotted
With tear stains here and there
A torn photograph still lies on my floor
And two sweethearts don't live here anymore
I'm a lonely little mansion for sale
And for someone I'd fit just like a glove
I'm a lonely little mansion for sale
If she seems cold and bitter I beg of you
Just stop and consider all she's gone through
Don't be quick to condemn her for things she might say
Just remember her life turned her that way
She's been walked on and stepped on so many times
And I hate to admit it but that last footprint's mine
She was crying when I met her she cries harder today
But don't blame her life turned her that way
[ piano ]
She's been walked on...
With someone like you a pal good and true
I'd like to leave it all behind and go and find
A place that's known to God alone just a spot we could call our own
We'll find perfect peace where joys never cease
Somewhere beneath the stary skies
We'll build a sweet little nest somewhere out in the west
And let the rest of the world go by
[ guitar - piano ]
With someone like you...
I bless the day I found you I want to stay around you
And so I beg you let it be me
Don't take this heaven from one if you must cling to someone
Now and forever let it be me
Each time we meet love I find complete love
Without your sweet love what would life be
So never leave me lonely tell me you love me only
And that you'll always let it be me
[ sax ]
Two broken hearts lonely looking like houses where nobody lives
Two people each having so much pride inside neither side forgives
The angry words spoken in haste such a waste of two lives
It's my belief pride is the chief cause and a decline
In the number of husbands and wives
A woman and a man a man and a woman
Some can and some can't and some can't
[ guitar ]
Two broken hearts...
Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that has made you so distant and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old
I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
I cannot offer you all the clothes that your young body crave
But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine
Just think of the teardrops the heartaches and sorrow you'll save
While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And of the promises that you have broken so free
And to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last
I was just walkin' out the door
It's too bad you didn't come before
I've waited so long, so long, so long
Now there's no time to wait anymore
How I cried for you day and night
For the letters that you wouldn't write
But now it's alright, alright, alright
You won't have to write anymore
Not so long ago you will never know
What this day to me would have been
But it's all changed now
Darling, anyhow
It was nice to see you again
Well, it's almost a quarter to four
Sorry, I can't stay anymore
I must be on my way
It's my wedding day
And I was just walkin' out the door
Well, it's almost a quarter to four
Sorry, I can't stay anymore
I must be on my way
It's my wedding day
Love that runs away from me dreams that just won't let me be
Blues that keep on bothering me chains that just won't set me free
Too far away from you and all your charms just out of reach of my two empty arms
Each night in dreams I see your face mem'ries time cannot erase
Then I awake and find you're gone and I'm so blue and all alone
So far away from you and all your charms just out of reach of my two empty arms
[ keyboards - piano - strings ]
That lonesome feeling all the time knowing you could not be mine
Dreams that hurt me in my sleep vows that we could never keep
Just one love that shines for me shines a light that I can see
Just one love shines for me tonight just one love shines for me tonight
Just look at all those stars up in the sky
The wind is blowing through the trees weather that's inside of me
Makes a sound that follows me around
It makes a sound haunting me to hear
It blows me round and round when you are near
Just one love...
[ guitar ]
Well babe as far as I can see stars are what they want to be
They want to be the one to make you smile
Just a little love of your heart is all they need
Just a little of your love could be for me
Just one love...
Well I might have gone fishin' I got to thinkin' it over
The road to the river is a mighty long way
Well it must be the reason ano rhyme or no reason
I'm takin' it easy it's my lazy day
I never mind callin' cause I ain't comin'
Just get you on by me and stay out of my way stay out of my way
A little bit thinkin' drives me to drinkin'
Hey I'm a takin' it easy it's my lazy day
[ piano - guitar ]
It's a sin my darling how I love you although I know our love can never be
It's a sin to keep this mem'ry of you when silence proves that you've forgotten me
The dreams I built for us have tumbled each promise broken like my heart
Why pretend that I can't live without you when deep inside I know that it's a sin
[ guitar - piano ]
I hope you're happy with another who shares the dream I could not win
In a way I'm glad it's over even though it's gonna hurt me once you're gone
But I can learn to live without you give me time and I can make it on my own
Loving you to me came easy and losing you will change my life no doubt
In a way I'm glad it's over but another way it turns me inside out
In a way I guess it's better altough there's nothing good at goodbye
But I know I couldn't hold you
Now you found your wings and you need room to fly
It's for sure I'm gonna miss you but I guess that's what goodbye is all about
In a way I'm glad it's over but another way it turns me inside out
On the one hand I know I'll be better off once you're gone
But I find a lot of heartaches on the other
And I can't say that I look forward to those nights I'll be alone
And I wonder if there'll ever be another
Loving you to me came easy and losing you will change my life no doubt
In a way I'm glad it's over but another way it turns me inside out
If it's wrong to love you
Wrong I'll always be
And though the world may scorn me
Darling, can't you see
If it's wrong to want you
When my day is through
Gladly I will pay for
All my dreams of you
And though we met too late, dear
And you'll never know
That without a right to
I have loved you so
I can't change my heart now
You're a part of me
So if it's wrong to love you
Wrong I'll always be
[guitar]
And though we met too late, dear
And you'll never know
That without a right to
I have loved you so
I can't change my heart now
You're a part of me
So if it's wrong to love you
Take the ribbons from your hair shake 'em loose and let 'em fall
Let 'em fall against your chin like the shadows on the wall
Come and lay down by my side till the early morning light
All I'm taking is your time help me make it through the night
Well I don't care who's right or wrong and I won't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow cause tonight I need a friend
Yesterday is dead and gone and tomorrow's out of sight
And it's sad to be alone help me make it through the night
[ac.guitar]
Well I don't care who's right or wrong...
Once again you've got me crying I'm a fool if I let this go on
You can hurt me without even trying think I'll pick up my heart and go home
I can see the first signs of autumn all at once all the flowers are gone
Certainly I feel so forgotten think I'll pick up my heart and go home
Somewhere where you'll never find me
Somewhere I can leave all my troubles behind me
Once again you've got me crying I'm a fool if I let this go on
You can hurt me without even trying think I'll pick up my heart and go home
[ guitar ]
Somewhere where you'll never find me...
I'll walk alone where once we wandered it seems so strange since you are gone
Till you return I'll stay the same dear I'll still be true and walk alone
By stars above I swear to love you with all the love I've ever known
While we're apart I'll stay the same dear and when teardrops start I'll walk alone
[ piano ]
The flame of love is brightly burning and you know that I'm your very own
I'll stay around 'til it's over.
And hope that it never ends.
Maybe in time, you'll change your mind
And decide to love me again.
I'll just simply refuse to leave you.
Call me stubborn, but I'll never give in.
And I'll just hang around 'til it's over,
And hope that it never ends.
I'll stay around 'til it's over.
And hope that it never ends.
Maybe in time, you'll change your mind
And decide to love me again.
I'll just simply refuse to leave you.
Call me stubborn, but I'll never give in.
And I'll just hang around 'til it's over,
This is the very first day since you left me
And I've tried to put my thoughts in a song
All I can hear myself singing baby is I still can't believe you're gone
I still can't believe that you'd leave me what did I do that was so wrong
And there's just too many unanswered questions
And I still can't believe that you're gone
But you're gone I'm alone and I'm still living
I don't like it but I'll take it till I'm strong
And all that I can hear myself saying baby is I still can't believe you're gone
I lose my blues honey when I'm with you
No one else can do you're in my heart to stay
But when I'm gone and I'm all alone
I'll be singing a song I want to be with you always
[ piano ]
I'd be happy dear if you could only be here and always be near forever and a day
We could travel far to some big shining star
Just me and my guitar and stay that sweethears for always
I told my heart I didn't love you that I'd be happy if we'd part
But now I know I was mistaken I told a lie to my heart
I told my heart I didn't love you now we'll forever be apart
Lonely years of tears and sorrow I told a lie to my heart
[ guitar ]
If we sin somehow we pay and now the bitter teardrops start
I must learn to live without you I told a lie to my heart
I told my heart I didn't love you that I'll be happy if we'll part
I saw the light I saw the light no more darkness no more night
Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight praise the Lord I saw the light
I wandered so aimless life filled with sin I wouldn't let my dear Saviour in
Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night praise the Lord I saw the light
I saw the light...
Just like a blind man I wandered along worries and fears I claimed for my own
Then like a blind man God gave back his sight praise the Lord I saw the light
I saw the light...
[ guitar ]
I was a fool to wander and stray straight is the gate and narrow the way
Now I have traded the wrong for all the right praise the Lord I saw the light
I saw the light...
Well I saw the light...
I never go around mirrors it just tears me up to see a grown man cry
And I never go around mirrors cause I've got a heartache to hide
[ guitar ]
I never go around mirrors I can't stand to see a grown man cry
And I never go around mirrors cause I've got a heartache to hide
Cause I've got a heartache to hide
I Never Go Around Mirrors
------Lefty Frizzel
I can't stand to see a good man go to waste
One who never combs his hair or shaves his face
A man who leans on wine over love that's told a lie
It tears me up to see a grown man cry
I never go around mirrors I can't stand to see me without you by my side
I never go around mirrors cause I've got a heartache to hide
I never go around mirrors...
I had not planned on seeing you I was afraid of what I'd do
But pride is strong here am I and I just can't let you say goodbye
Please have no fear you're in no harm as long as you're here in my arms
But you can't leave so please don't try but I just can't let you say goodbye
What force behind your evil mind can let your lips speak so unkind
To one who loves as much as I I just can't let you say goodbye
The flesh around your throat is pale intended by my fingernails
Please don't scream and please don't cry cause I just can't let you say goodbye
Your voice is still it speaks no more you'll never hurt me anymore
I guess I've come to live here in your eyes.
This must be the place called paradise.
You are so precious to me,
what a special time within our lives.
And I guess I've come to live here in your eyes.
A thousand times I see you
and a thousand times you take my breath away.
Fears and doubts consume me and I'm afraid someone will take it all away.
I hope we're here forever, but I guess it's time that we both realized.
That I guess I've come to live here in your eyes.
I guess I've come to live here in your eyes.
This must be the place called paradise.
You are so precious to me,
what a special time within our lives.
And I guess I've come to live here in your eyes.
A thousand times I see you
and a thousand times you take my breath away.
Fears and doubts consume me and I'm afraid someone will take it all away.
I hope we're here forever, but I guess it's time that we both realized.
That I guess I've come to live here in your eyes.
I let my mind wonder and what did it do
I just kept right on goin' until it got right to you
Can't trust in one minute it's worst than a child
This old face without conscience and it's driving me wild
When I let my mind wonder I try to keep my mind busy
With thoughts of today but in terrible mem'ries seem to lure it away
My lonely heart wonders if there'll ever come a day
When I can be happy but I can't see no way
Cause I let my mind wonder...
I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest but you are the trees
I'm empty without you so come grow within me
For I am the forest and you are the trees
And the heavens need romance so love never dies
You'll be the stars dear and I'll be the sky
And should any of this find us let them all be forewarned
That you are the thunder and I am the storm
And I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest and you are the trees
I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest but you are the trees
[ guitar ]
I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest but you are the trees
It's good to see that I can cry again
Now I return to life and live again
As the teardrops wash the heartaches from a man
I'm glad to say that I can cry again
So long my pride would not let my tears to fall
I walk walk to burning hell and never cry at all
As the teardrops wash the heartaches from a man
I'm glad to say that I can cry again
[guitar]
So long my pride would not let my tears to fall
I walk walk to burning hell and never cry at all
As the teardrops wash the heartaches from a man
It's good to know that I can cry again
I'm crazy
crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy
crazy for feeling so blue
I know
you'd love me as long as you wanted
then someday
leave me for somebody new
[bridge]
worry
why do I let myself worry
wondring
what in the world did I do
crazy
for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for crying
I'm crazy for trying
What used to be my home has changed to just a place to stay
A crumbling last resort when day is through
Sometimes between sundown and dawn somehow I find my way
To this home motel on Lost Love Avenue
No one seems to really care if I come here at all
And the one who seems to care the least is you
I'm gonna hang a neon sign with letters big and blue
Oh since my baby left me I've found new place to dwell
Down at the end on Lonely Street at Heartbreak Hotel
I get so lonely baby I get so lonely baby I get so lonely I could die
And though it's always crowded you can still find some room
For broken hearted lovers to cry away the gloom
I get so lonely baby I get so lonely baby I get so lonely I could die
[ guitar - sax ]
Well the bellhop's tears keep flowing the deskclerk's dressed in black
They've been so long on Lonely Street they'll never never never get back
I get so lonely baby I get so lonely baby I get so lonely I could die
So if your baby leaves and you got a tale to tell
Just take a walk down Lonely Street to Heartbreak Hotel
I get so lonely baby I get so lonely baby I get so lonely I could die
[ guitar ]
If I had the heart of a clown I'd laugh every time you made me blue
If I had the heart of a clown you wouldn't see me cry the way you do
And I'd paint a smile upon my face each time you hurt me so
My arms could long for your embrace but you would never know
And I'd sing as my dream world tumbled down if I had the heart of a clown
[ guitar - fiddle ]
And I'd paint a smile...
They're working while I'm missing you those healing hands of time
And soon they'll be dismissing you from this heart of mine
They'll lead me safely through the night and I'll follow as though blind
My future tightly clutched within those healing hands of time
They let me close my eyes just then those healing hands of time
And soon they'll let me sleep again those healing hands of time
So already I've reached mountain peaks and I've just begun to climb
I'll get over you by clinging to those healing hands of time
If I'd only had one arm to hold you better yet if I had none at all
Then I wouldn't have two arms that ache for you there'd be one less mem'ry to recall
If I'd only had one ear to listen to the lies that you told to me
Then I more closely resemble the half a man that you've made of me
[strings + piano]
If I'd only had one leg to stand on then how much how much truer picture you'd see
A long time forgotten the dreams that just fell by the way
the good life he promised ain't what she's been living today
but she never complains of bad times and the bad things he's done
she just talks about the good they've had
and all the good times to come
Chorus:
she's a good hearted woman in love with her good timin' man
she loves him in spite of his wicked ways she don't understand
through teardrops and laughter
they'll pass through this world hand in hand
this good hearted woman lovin' her good timin' man
He likes the bright lights the night life
and the good timin' friends
and when the party's all over she'll welcome him back home again
lord she don't understand but she does the very best that she can
I don't love you like I used to but I'm afraid to tell you so
I've got half a head to leavin' you but only half a heart to go
The words to tell you just won't come to me I guess my courage is too slow
I've got half a mind to leavin' you but only half a heart to go
[ guitar ]
Time will tell me that would not be too late there's one thing I need to know
I've got half a mind to leavin' you but only half a heart to go
Don't look so sad I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that were burning
Lay your head upon my pillow hold your warm and tender body close to mine
Hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time for the good times
[ guitar ]
I'll get along you'll find another
I'll be here if you should find you ever need me
Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever
There'll be time enough for sadness when you leave me
Out where the bright lights are glowing you're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing while I sit and whisper your name
Four walls to hear me four walls to see four walls too near me closing in on me
Sometimes I ask why I'm waiting but my walls have nothing to say
I'm made for love not for hating so here where you left I stay
Four walls to hear me four walls to see four walls too near me closing in on me
[ guitar ]
One night with you is like heaven and so while I'm walking the floor
I listen for steps in the hallway and wait for your knock on my door
Songwriters: Nelson, Willie;
She always follows me from town to town
At least her memories follow me around
Whenever I clear my mind so she can see
I feel her love come rushing into me
And I know that I will never be alone
It looks as though her memory's bound to haunt
And I know my love will always stay in bounds
With her memory always following me around
Following me around, following me around
Following me around, following me around
And I know my love will always stay in bounds
With her memory always following me around
Following me around, following me around
Following me around, following me around
And I know my love will always stay in bounds
With her memory always following me around
With her memory always following me around
I'll have a blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Won't mean a thing dear if you're not here with me
I'll have a blue Christmas for certain
And when that blue blue heartache starts hurtin'
You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue blue Christmas
[ guitar ]
And when those blue heartaches start hurtin'
I'll have a blue mem'ry for certain
You'll be doing alright...
You'll be doing alright...
Far across deep blue water lives an old German's daughter
By the banks of the old River Rhine
Where I loved her and left her now I can't forget her I miss my pretty Fraulein
Fraulein Fraulein walk down by the river pretend that your hand's holding mine
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you you are my pretty Fraulein
[steel - fiddle]
When my memories wander away over yonder to the sweetheart that I left behind
In a moment of glory a face comes before me the face of my pretty Fraulein
Fraulein Fraulein look up toward the heavens
Each night when the stars start to shine
Those far away places with strange sound and names far away over sea
Far away places with the strange sound and names are calling calling me
I go into China or maybe Siam I wanna see for myself
Those far away places I've been readin' bout in a book that I took from a shelf
I keep wishin' I was somewhere else way on a train
I pray for the day I can get under way and search for those castles in Spain
They call me a dreamer well maybe I am but I'm never longin' to see
The strange far away places with the strange sound and names calling calling me
When I look at the letter that you wrote to me
It's you that I'm thinking of
As I read the lines that to me were so sweet
I remember our faded love
Chorus
I miss you darlin' more and more every day
As heaven would miss the stars above
With every heartbeat I still think of you
And remember our faded love
As I think of the past and all the pleasure we had,
As I watch the mating of a dove,
And it was in the springtime that we said goodbye.
I remeber our faded love.
Everywhere you go sunshine follows you
And everywhere you go skies are always blue
Children love you they seem to know
That you bring the roses out of the snow
And the whole world says hello everywhere you go
Everywhere you go...
[ guitar - piano ]
They said that my heart wouldn't have long to live
To lose you was more than it could stand
And that your love was all that could make it survive
But I'm doing all that I can
I just feed it a mem'ry to keep it alive a taste of the love that we once knew
And when my heartbeat gets weak and it's starting to die
I just feed it a mem'ry of you
I must keep my heart living someway and somehow
In case that you might change your mind
So if you can give it the love that it needs
Just come by and see it sometime
In the twilight glow I seen her
Blue eyes crying in the rain
When we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew we'd never meet again
Love is like a dying ember
And only memories remain
And through the ages I'll remember
Blue eyes crying in the rain
Someday when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In the land that knows no parting
[ instrumental ]
This was my last mistake
That's all her heart could take
Now we're down to our last goodbye
Her lips won't kiss me now
The lips that I taught how
Now we're down to our last goodbye
What can I tell her
That I haven't told her
That would change her mind
Cause she heard that line before
Now all that's left for me
Is just the memory of all
Those happy days gone by
Now we're down to our last goodbye
What can I tell her
That I haven't told her
That would change her mind
Cause she heard that line before
Now all that's left for me
Is just the memory of all
Those happy days gone by
Oh give me land lots of land under starry skies above don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love don't fence me in
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me out forever but I ask you please don't fence me in
Just turn me loose let me straddle my old saddle underneath the western skies
On my cayuse let me wander over yonder till I see the mountains rise
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
Gaze at the moon until I lose my senses
Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences don't fence me in
[ guitar - keyboards ]
Just turn me loose...
[ instrumental ]
Oh Danny Boy the pipes the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and all the leaves are dying
It's you it's you must go and I must bide
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valleys hushed and white with snow
I'll be here in sunshine or in shadows
Oh Danny Boy oh Danny Boy I love you so
[ organ ]
Did I ever ever love you?
Did I ever really care?
All the times that I cried for you
Did I really want you there?
Wiser man then I have wondered
About love and never knew
Did I ever love you?
I guess I still do
All the nights that I spent cryin'
All those lonely loss of times
Was it my imagination?
Was it only in my mind?
Wiser man then I have wondered
About love and never knew
Did I ever love you?
Headed down life's crooked road lot of things I never knowed
And because of me not knowin' I now pine
Trouble got in the trail spent the next five years in jail
Should have read that detour sign
Detour there's a muddy road ahead detour paid no mind to what it said
Detour oh the bitter things I find should have read that detour sign
[ harmonica - guitar ]
I got stuck in the mud all my hopes dropped with a thud
And I thought that my heart strings were made of twine
But the father I go the more sorrow I know should have read that detour sign
Detour there's a muddy road ahead...
Now blue ain't the world for the way that I feel
And the storm's brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
And you're someone else's love now you're not mine
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
And my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
[steel]
So please take these treasured dreams I have for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday these crazy arms will hold somebody new but now I'm so lonely all the time
Crazy arms that reach to...
We were headed home in Austin caught pneumonia on the road
Taking it home to Connie and the kids
A wheel ran off and jumped a railroad then ran through a grocery store
If you want to buy a bus I'm taking bids
And the devil shivered in his sleeping bag
He said traveling on the road is such a drag
If we can make it home by Friday we can brag
And the devil shivered in his sleeping bag
[ guitar ]
Well I just got back from New York City Kris and Rita done it all
Raw perfection there for all the world to see
Lord I heard an angel singing in the Philharmonic Hall
Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge cleft for me
And the devil shivered...
And the devil shivered in his sleeping bag
[ Kenneth Threadgill ]
Laugh with me, buddy
Jest with me, buddy
Don't let her get the best of me, buddy
Don't ever let me start feelin' lonely
If I ever needed you, buddy
You know how I really do, buddy
Don't ever let me start feelin' lonely
I cry at the least little thing, buddy
And I'll die if you mention her name, buddy
Talk to me, buddy
Stay with me, buddy
Let's don't let her get the best of me, buddy
Let's talk about things as they were, buddy
Before I got mixed up with her, buddy
Laugh with me buddy
Jest with me, buddy
[ instrumental ]
[ instrumental ]
Tonight in a bar alone
I'm sitting apart from
The laughter and the cheer
Scenes from the past
Rise before me while
Watching the bubbles in my beer
Visions of someone
Who loved me brings
Along salty tears to my eyes
And I know that my life's
Been a failure
Watching the bubbles in my beer
I'm seeing the road
That I've travelled
A road paved
With heartaches and tears
And I'm seeing the past
That I've wasted
Watching the bubbles in my beer
[ instrumental ]
Little bird have you heard freedom lies freedom lies
But love like ours never dies changing skies just changing skies
Can I sleep in your arms tonight lady it's so cold lying here all alone
And I have no hold to hold on you and I assure you I'll do you no wrong
Don't know why but the one I love left me left me lonely and cold and so weak
And I need someone's arms to hold me till I'm strong enough to get back on my feet
Can I sleep in your arms...
[ piano ]
Can I sleep in your arms...
[ guitar - harmonica ]
I'd like to rush into somebody's arms
And lose myself inside
But just any arms won't do
They must belong to you
I'd like to know the soothing comfort
Of a love that never dies
But just any old love won't do
That love must come from you
I've tried so hard to find someone to love
Since I lost you,
But they only make me realize
How much that I need you
I'd like to know when I grow older
Someone's heart will still be true
But just any old heart won't do
If you had not have fallen
Then I would not have found you
Angel flying too close to the ground
And I patched up your broken wing
And hung around a while
Tried to keep your spirits up
While you were feelin' down
I knew someday that you would fly away
For love's the greatest healer to be found
So leave me if you need to
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground
Fly on, fly on past the speed of sound
I'd rather see you up
Than see you down
Leave me if you need to
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground
Always late with your kisses won't you come to my arms sweet darling and stay
Always late with your kisses why oh why do you want to do me this way
How long do you think that I can wait when you know you're always late
Always late with your kisses why why why do you want to do me this way
[ piano ]
Well he rode into Blue Rock dusty and tired and he got him a room for the night
he lay there in silence with too much on his mind still hoping that he was not right
He found them that evening in a tavern in town in a quiet little out of the way place
And they smile at each other when he walked through the door
And they died with their smiles on their faces
They died with their smiles on their face
Don't boss him don't cross him he's wild in his sorrow he's ridin' and hidin' his pain
Don't fight him don't spite him let's wait till tomorrow maybe he'll ride on again
Oh, look around you
Look down the bar from you
The lonely faces that you see
Are you sure that this is where you want to be
These are your friends
But are they real friends
Do they love you the same as me
Are you sure that this is where you want to be
You seem in such a hurry to live this kind of life
You've caused so many tears and misery
Look around you, take a good look
And tell me what you see
Are you sure that this is where you want to be
Don't let my tears persuade you, I had hoped I wouldn't cry
But lately, teardrops seem a part of me
Oh, look around you, take a good look
At all the lonely used-to-be's
N: Are there any more real cowboys
N: Left out in these hills
N: Will the fire hit the iron one more time
N: And will one more dusty pick-up
N: Come rolling down the road
N: With a load of feed before the sun gets high
N: Well, I hope that working cowboy never dies
W: Not the one that's snortin' cocaine
W: When the honky-tonk's all closed
W: But the one that prays for more rain, heaven knows
W: That the good feed brings the money
W: And the money buys the clothes
W: Not the diamond sequins shining on TV
W: But the kind the working cowboy really needs
Both: Are there any more country families
Both: Still working hand in hand
Both: Trying hard to stay together and make a stand
Both: While the rows and rows of houses
Both: Come creepin' up on the land
Both: Where the cattle graze and an old gray barn still stands
Both: Are there any more real cowboys in this land
I'm so ashamed of my eyes cause they still cry for you
After they both watched my hand wave goodbye to you
I've told them time and time again that this will never do
And I've told them how you always laughed at teardrops
I'm so ashamed of my arms for missing you
Last night I woke up just in time to see them reach for you
And now my heart confesses it's still wants you too
I went to a Turkey roast down the street
The people down there are eatin' like wild geese
So I'm on my way I'm goin' back in Alabam
Well you talk about your people havin' a lot of time
Eating up their chickens and drinkin' their wine
I'm on my way I'm goin' back to Alabam
Now some folks say that a tramp won't steal
But I cought three in my corn field
And I'm on my way I'm goin' back to Alabam
Well one had a bushel and one had a peck
And one had a roaster near tied around his neck
I'm on my way I'm goin' back to Alabam
[ guitar ]
Well there comes Sal walkin' down the street
With the run down shoes tied on her feet
I'm on my way I'm goin' back to Alabam
When I get ready to leave this earth
I'm going back to my money's worth
I'm on my way I'm goin' back to Alabam
All of me, why not take all of me?
Can't you see that I'm no good without you
Take my arms I want to lose them
Take my lips I'll never use them
Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry
And I know that I am no good without you
You took apart that once was my heart
So why not take all of me?
All of me, why not take all of me?
Can't you see that I'm no good without you
Take my arms I want to lose them
Take my lips I'll never use them
Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry
And I know that I am no good without you
You took apart that once was my heart
So why not take all of me?
Afraid to tell you how much I care afraid I'll need you and you won't be there
I'd love to take you into my heart but something tells me we would only part
I loved and lost just one love ago I paid the cost and it hurt me so
A heart gets careless when vows are made I want to love you but I'm so afraid
[ piano - guitar ]
Well I've been feeling a little bad cause I've been feeling a little better without you
It's a little like rain but it's a lot like a sunny day
And it's hard to explain but the sound of your name don't make music anymore
It's more than a sound of a love that I lost one day
It's a little too late to start thinking about startin' all over
I'd rather stay where I am I can't take another slam in the mind
I've been feeling a little bad cause I've been feeling a little better without you
But remember my love is the sound that you hear in your mind
[ guitar ]
I've been running around even laughing at half of the mem'ries
And you're not hard to remember I just have to think of your name
I've been feeling a little bad...
And remember my love it's the sound that you hear in your mind
Miracles appear
In the strangest of places
Fancy meeting you here
The last time I saw you
Was just out of Houston
Sit down let me buy you a beer
Your presence is welcome
With me and my friend here
This is a hangout of mine
We come here quite often
And listen to music
Partaking of yesterday's wine
Yesterday's wine
I'm yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine
Yesterday's wine
We're yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine
You give the appearence
Of one widely travelled
I'll bet you've seen
Things in your time
So sit down beside me
And tell me your story
If you think
You'll like yesterday's wine
Yesterday's wine
We're yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine
[guitar]
Yesterday's wine
We're yesterday's wine
Aging with time
You're not mine anymore but I'm still paying for
Just a note from you to say you've changed your mind
Now I know you say we're through but I'm still in love with you
And it's my fault that you're not mine anymore
If you don't ever change your mind to take me back again
I hope you meet someone that's true and fall in love with him
Since the day you said we're through I'm even more in love with you
And it's my fault that you're not mine anymore
[ steel - guitar ]
Well you tell me that you care
But now you're gone, you've got me cryin'
No use denyin' you done me wrong
If I could look inside your heart
Maybe I would know the reason
Why you are leavin' me all alone.
Well you know it's not so
When you said you tried
Well, you know you lied
I didn't do one wrong thing to you
Won't you tell me baby why
You went and left me here so lonely
I miss you only for I love you.
Did I ever make you sad
So you'd be mad enough to hurt me
And desert me for so long?
Well you're tellin' everyone what you done
You think it's funny
You decide
What you need
Then you let me know
I'll be waiting here until you call
Take your time
Till you find
Which way your heart must go
And when you decide
Let me know
Don't you worry if you see me cry
I would rather hear you say goodbye
Than to be the one you're seeing, love
If I'm not the one that you're dreaming of
You decide
What you want
I'll be waiting here
You already know how much i care
You decide
You always hurt the one you love the one you shouldn't hurt at all
You always take the sweetest rose and crash it till the petals fall
You always break the kindest heart with a hasty word you can't recall
So if I broke your heart last night it's because I love you most of all
[ guitar - piano ]
(I'd like to do a song now that was recoded by a pretty pearly country group known as The Beatles I know you heard them many times from the Grand Ole Opry ha-ha...
But seriously this is the song that as a songwriter myself I appreciate very much and I'd like to do it for you and I hope you'll enjoy)
Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay oh I believe in yesterday
Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away oh I believe in yesterday
Why she had to go...
It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
But I've been a workin' man dang near all of my life
And I'll keep on workin' long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink a little beer in a tavern and sing a little bit of these workin' man blues
Sometimes I think about leavin' do a little bummin' around
I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
I go back workin' I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
I'll get a little bit stoned this weekend and cry a little bit of these workin' man blues
[ harmonica - piano - guitar ]
I said hey hey workin' man workin' man like me
I ain't never been on welfare and that's one place I won't be
I'll be back workin' as long as my two hands are fit to use
Won't you ride in my little red wagon
I'd love to pull you down the street
And I know all the kids will be jealous
When they see my playmate so sweet
Hold tight till we come to the hilltop
Gonna coast down the hill, you and me
Won't you ride in my little red wagon
For you are my sweetheart to be
Hold tight till we come to the hilltop
Gonna coast down the hill, you and me
Won't you ride in my little red wagon
For you are my sweetheart to be
Tonight you're mine completely You give your love so sweetly Tonight the light of love is in your eyes But will you Still love me tomorrow? Is this a lasting treasure Or just a moment's pleasure? Can I believe the magic of your sighs? Will you still love me tomorrow? Tonight with words unspoken You say that I'm the only one But will my heart be broken When the night meets the morning sun? I'd like to know that your love Is love I can be sure of So tell me now, and I won't ask again Will you still love me tomorrow? Will you still love me tomorrow?
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
And you asked me not to call you on the phone
There's something that I've been wanting to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one who ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life
[ guitar ]
The glamour of the gay night life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be anybody's darling
And forget the truest love you'll ever know
I didn't know God made...
Why me Lord what I have ever done to deserve even one
Of the pleasures I've known
Tell me Lord what did I ever do that was worth loving you
Or the kindness you've shown
Lord help me Jesus I've wasted it so help me Jesus I know what I am
Now that I know that I've needed you so help me Jesus my soul's in your hand
[ guitar ]
Try me Lord if you think there's a way I can try to repay
All I've taken from you
Maybe Lord I can show someone else what I've been through myself
On my way back to you
Lord help me Jesus...
Why do I have to choose to see everybody lose
To walk around and sing the blues well darling I refuse
Love is hard to find love of any kind
And a love like yours and mine creates it's own design
So why do I have to choose see everybody lose
To walk around and sing the blues well darling I refuse
[ guitar - sax ]
And when I think of her and then I think of you
The love is not the same but either love is true
Why do I have to choose to see everybody lose
To walk around and sing the blues well darling I refuse
I'm somewhere behind you
You've come with your suitcase in hand
Hey, what you plan, where do you stand?
The world's still divided
And you're still undecided, the side if you can
Hey, what you plan, where do you stand?
Where do you stand, where do you stand?
Hey, what you plan, where do you stand?
It's time for commitments
It's time for a showing up hands
Hey, what you plan, where do you stand?
Surely there's someone with courage
To say where he stands
Hey, what you plan, where do you stand?
Where do you stand, where do you stand?
WHEN WE LIVE AGAIN
WRITER WILLIE NELSON
When we live again
When we live again
Let's relive again
The time we know now
I'll find your face again
We'll find our place again
Let's plan to meet again, dear
When we live again
I'll know you by love and wisdom
In your eyes
And I'll wait for you
Outside the chambers of the wise
And let's not lose the day
The progress love has me
Let's plan to love again, dear
When we live again
I'll know you by love and wisdom
In your eyes
And I'll wait for you
Well I can't read your mind
When you changed all the time
And I don't what's matter with you
I think I do my share to show that I care
So just tell me what do you want me to do
I've tried to be kind but it don't work sometimes
And you're not the same person that I knew
And tell me where should I start to return to your heart
And tell me what do you want me to do
What do you want me to do with the dreams that I own
Should I changed them to mem'ries and leave you alone
Maybe I'm not too smart I guess you know me by heart
And if my chances of winning are few
Let my heart step aside with what's left of my pride
And tell me what do you want me to do
Gettin' tired now gotta get some sleep now
Guess I've been worried much too long
And don't wake me till it's over
When the need for you is gone
I was so happy before I loved you
I'm gonna be like I was before
And don't wake me till it's over
When I don't want you anymore
My mind is gettin' weak now gotta get some sleep now
I gotta rest my achin' head
I just wanna lay here just let me stay here
Till the blues get up and leave my bed
Good night, darling
Good night, darling
Good night forevermore
And don't wake me till it's over
When I won't want you anymore
There must be two sides to every story
And whose to say whose right and who is wrong
And I'm tryin' to understand why you're not with me
How can we both be right when you're still gone
It's hard to believe that it's all over a love like ours is not supposed to die
And there must be two sides to every story
I just wish I had a chance to tell you mine
I miss you more than I could ever tell you
And we've hurt each other more than we could know
And there must be two sides to every story
Come on home and tell me yours I love you so
[ guitar ]
I miss you more...
Today I started loving you again
And I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend
And then today I started loving you again
What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few teardrops that I've cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And that crying time for me had just begun
And today I started loving you again...
I'll pretend I'm free from sorrow and I make believe that wrong is right
Your wedding day will be tomorrow but there ain't gonna be no teardrops tonight
And I'll believe that you still love me when you wear your veil of white
But if you think that you're above me there ain't gonna be no teardrops tonight
Why oh why should you desert me are you doing this for spite
And if you only wanna hurt me there ain't gonna be no teardrops tonight
[ guitar ]
Shame oh shame for what you're doing are you doing this for spite
You don't care whose life you ruin but there ain't gonna be no teardrops tonight
Put a nickel in the jukebox
And let it play
For my heart is troubled with pain
Take the cork from the bottle
Of the warm red wine
And fill my glass up, again.
Fill my glass to the brim
Till it flows o'er the rim
Like the tears flow in this heart of mine
Then I'll say so long
To the dreams that are gone
On account of the warm red wine.
[Instrumental]
Oh, a prison of stone
With it's cold iron bars
Is no more than a prison than mine
I'm a prisoner of drink
Who will never escape
From the chains of the warm red wine.
Oh, the wine is red
So warm and red
Like the ribbon
It sparkles and shines
But I paid for the wine
Yeah, That one red wine
With all of my hopes
It's not the pale moon that excites me
That thrills and delights me, oh no
It's just the nearness of you
It isn't your sweet conversation
That brings this sensation, oh no
It's just the nearness of you
When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to me
All my wildest dreams come true
I need no soft lights to enchant me
If you'll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight
Life is a picture and I play the lead but my biggest line was goodbye
Now my leading lady has walked out on me and this is the part where I cried
I was great in the scene where she found someone new
You should have seen my look of surprise
And if you'll have just walk into the picture this is the part where I cry
And after the picture is over and it's judged for the part where you lied
The award of the chiefment that's given will be mine for the part where I cried
Well I once knew a Pirate named BOB
B-O-B Bob was a drunken old Slob
B-O-B Bob, 'bout as dumb as a rock
But Bob
He made it to the top
He said: You swing from your tree
And I'll swing from mine
You have your lemons and I'll have my lime
Funny we all act like monkeys sometimes
So you swing from your tree and I'll swing from mine
I'll Swing from mine
He said I'd rather make love than war
And I'd rather have millions than to ever be poor
But I'd rather be happy than to have anymore,
Guess I'm.... a lil tangled in the vine
Oh, You swing from your tree
And I'll swing from mine
You have your lemons and I'll have my lime
Funny we all act like monkeys sometimes
So you swing from your tree and I'll swing from mine
The quiet way she sits there with her hand in mine
That's why I love her so that's why I love her so
And the way she's always tender with my mind
That's why I love her so that's why I love her so
In a crowded room you'll never know she's there
Unless I need her and if I really need her
She'll gladly tell the world how much she cares
That's why I love her so that's why I love her so
[guitar]
In a crowded room...
Take my word for what I tell you
I have never lied to you
Pay no mind to what they're sayin'
I have never been untrue
Evil tongues in town
Continue to prat aloud
Their evil news
You'll have to take my word
When I tell you I love you
I love you (I love you)
The power of gossip is always strengthen
When it finds a respected ear
If you listen the chances are greater
That a thread of doubt may appear
Evil tongues in town continue...
Evil tongues in town
Continue to prat aloud
Their evil news
You'll have to take my word
When I tell you I love you
I love you I love you
Take my word I love you
Take me in your arms and hold me
Like I've been holding you in my heart
Take me in your arms and tell me
That you've missed me since we've been apart.
You just don't know how heartsick
And lonesome I've been
Or how much I've prayed
That you'll come back again.
And take me in your arms and hold me
Like I've been holding you in my heart.
(You just don't know how heartsick)
(And lonesome I've been)
Or how much I've prayed
That you'll come back again.
And take me in your arms and hold me
Sweet Jenny Lee from sunny Tennessee,
You'll love her when you see
Sweet Jenny Lee!
Each little bird is singing merrily
Just getting set to see
Sweet Jenny Lee!
She's got that certain little something in her style,
She's got a great big bit of heaven right in her smile.
She promised me that she'd say yessiree,
That's good enough for me,
Stay away from lonely places follow the crowd
Stay around familiar faces play the music loud
Be seen at all the parties dress yourself in style
Stay away from lonely places for awhile
Stay away from lonely places
till you learn to live alone
Someone's outstretched arms are waiting
to stay with you at least till dawn
Remember that sorrow prospers in a heart that never smiles
So stay away from lonely places for awhile
Stay away from lonely places
it takes time to learn to live alone
And someone's outstretched arms are waiting
to stay with you at least till dawn
Remember that sorrow prospers in a heart that never smiles
When it's sugarcane time
And around about June
I'll be walkin' with my sugar
'Neath that old sugar moon
All the lovin' I missed
I'll be gettin' it soon
I'll be gettin' it from my sugar
'Neath that old sugar moon
I can see us right now
Get the calendar down
(And) Draw a circle around
The day we're heaven bound
When it's sugarcane time
And around about June
All the birds will be singin'
'Neath that old sugar moon
I can see us right now
Get the calendar down
(And) Draw a circle around
The day we're heaven bound
When it's sugarcane time
And around about June
All the birds will be singin'
'Neath that old sugar moon
When it's sugarcane time
And around about June
I'll be walkin' with my sugar
Now I'm a fellow with a heart of gold with the ways of a gentleman I've been told
A kind of a fellow that wouldn't even harm a flea
But if me and a certain character met that guy that invented the cigarette
I'd murder that son of a gun in the first degree
That ain't that I don't smoke myself and I don't reckon they'll injure your health
I've smoked 'em all my life and I ain't dead yet
But nicotine slaves are all the same at a pheasant party or a poker game
Everythin's gotta stop when they have that cigarette
Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette puff puff puff and if you smoke yourself to death
Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate that you hate to make him wait
But you just gotta have another cigarette
Now at a game of chance the other night ol' Dame Forson wasn't doin' me right
Them kings and queens just kept on comin' round
Well I got a full and I bet it high but my plug didn't work on a certain guy
He just kept a risin' and a layin' that money down
He's raise me and I'd raise him I sweated blood I had to sink or swim
He finally called and he didn't raise the bet
I said ace is full pal how about you he said I'll tell you in a minute or two
But I just gotta have another cigarette
Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette...
[ guitar - steel ]
The other night I had a date with the cutest gal in the fifty states
A highbred uptown social little dame
She said she loved me and it seemed to me that things were like they oughta be
So hand in hand we strolled down Lover's Lane
She was oh so far from a chunk of ice and our smoochin' party was a goin' real nice
So help and I think I'd've been there yet
But I give her a hug and a little squeeze and she said Willie excuse me please
But I just gotta have another cigarette
Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette...
Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette...
Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long the whole day long
Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long
Sister's coming home mama don't like the man that done her wrong that done her wrong
Sister's coming home mama don't like the man that done her wrong
[ guitar - fiddle ]
Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long the whole day long
Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long
The mirror's gonna tell her how long she's been gone
Down at the corner beer joint dancin' on the rock'n roll
Sister likes to do it Lord sister likes to move her soul
Down at the corner beer joint dancin' on a hardwood floor
Her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
Than they did before than they did before
Lord her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
Than they did before than they did before
Lord her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
[ steel ]
Down at corner beer joint dancing to the rock'n roll
Sister likes to do it Lord sister likes to move her soul
Down at corner beer joint dancing on the hardwood floor
Her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
Than they did before than they did before
LWell her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
She likes to move her soul she likes to move her soul
Silent night holy night all is calm all is bright
Round young virgin mother and child holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night holy night shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar heavely hosts sing hallelujah
Christ the Saviour is born Christ the Saviour is born
My friends they wash the windows
And they shine in the sun
They tell me wake up early in the morning sometime
See what a beautiful job weve done
I say lets put on some tunes
Sing a long and dolittle all day
Go down to the riverside take off our shoes
And wash these sins away
And the river said
La la la it said shame on you
And the river said
La la la it said shame on you
I go down to chicano city park
Cause it makes me feel so fine
And when the weeds go down you can see up close
In the dead of the winter time
But when the summer comes everythings in bloom
And you wouldnt know its there
And the white folks like to pretend its not
But their musics in the air
And you can hear em singing
La la la they said shame on you
You can feel em dancing
La la la they said shame on you
My friend tanner she says you know
Me and jesus were of the same heart
The only thing that keeps us distant
Is that I keep fuckin up
I said come on down to chicano city park
And wash your blues away
The beautiful ladies walk right by
You know I never know what to say
And theyll be singing
Oo la la la la la la la la shame on you
And theyll be dancing
Ooo la la la they said shame on you
Shame on you
Lets go road block trippin in the middle of the night
Up in gainesville town
Therell be blue lights flashin down the long dirt road
When they ask me to step out
They say weve been looking for illegal immigrants
Can we check your car
I say you know its funny
I think we were on the same boat back in 1694
And I said
Oo la la la la la la la la shame on you
Theyll be dancing
La la la I said shame on you
I said
Oo la la la la la la la la la la shame on you
Shame on you la la
La la la la la shame on you
I said
I said
La la la shame on you
Ill be dancing
And theyll be singing
La la la I said shame on you
Shame on you
Road block trippin in the middle of the night
Gainesville town
You asked me if I'd care
If you danced with Joe
I said yes it's all right
But my heart whispered no
For inside I was crying
For last night it was Jim
Must I play second fiddle
While you're dancing with them
Could it be maybe
I'm just imagining things
Do I believe I'm second with you
Only you know the answer
Is it me or Joe or Jim
Must I play second fiddle
Satan, your kingdom must come down
Satan, your kingdom must come down
I heard the voice of Jesus say
Satan, your kingdom must come down
Gonna pray until they tear your kingdom down
Gonna pray until they tear your kingdom down
I heard the voice of Jesus say
Satan, your kingdom must come down
Gonna shout until they tear your kingdom down
Gonna shout until they tear your kingdom down
I heard the voice of Jesus say
I'm writing a song all about you a true song as real as my tears
But you've no need to fear it cause no one will hear it
Cause sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year
I'll tell all about how you cheated I'd like to the whole world to hear
I'd like to get even with you cause you're leavin'
And songs and waltzes aren't selling this year
It's a good thing that I'm not a star you don't know how lucky you are
Though my record may say it no one will play it
Cause sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year
[steel]
Well you seem a little colder
When I say I must be leaving
But it's an ugly way for us to let it end
What's the use in being worried
Cause I'm going in an hour
When the time is running out that we can spend
What's the difference being different
When it's difference now that looks alike
You say I'm changing
I'm not sure that's wrong
It's just today it may be natural
Sitting here discussing it
Tomorrow just as natural to be gone
[violin]
There's no season in my mind
That I can count on for an answer
And I dug too many holes expecting snow
I'm not sure to where I'm headed now
I ride the hard line with it
If I return or when I think I might go
Roll me up and smoke me when I die
And if anyone don't like it, just look 'em in the eye
Say I didn't come here, and I ain't leavin'
So don't sit around and cry
Just roll me up and smoke me when I die.
You won't see no sad and teary eyes
When I get my wings and it's my time to fly
Just call my friends and tell them
There's a party, come on by
And just roll me up and smoke me when I die.
Roll me up and smoke me when I die
And if anyone don't like it, just look 'em in the eye
Say I didn't come here, and I ain't leavin'
So don't sit around and cry
Just roll me up and smoke me when I die.
Well just take me out and build a roaring fire
And just roll me in the flames for about an hour
And then pull me out and twist me up
And point me towards the sky
And roll me up and smoke me when I die.
Roll me up and smoke me when I die
And if anyone don't like it, just look 'em in the eye
Say I didn't come here, and I ain't leavin'
So don't sit around and cry
Just roll me up and smoke me when I die.
I didn't come here, and I ain't leavin'
So don't sit around and cry
I was born and raised on the river
It's the only life that I know
People 'round here have put a name on me
And I hear it wherever I go
They call me river boy, river boy
Good for nothin' river boy
This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy
When you're nothin' but a river boy
I do a lot of fishin' on the river
To make my livin' you see
When I take my catch to the market place
The people call out to me
And they say, river boy, hey river boy
You got any fish today there, river boy
I sell my ware, but nobody cares
About the feelin's of the river boy
There's a pretty girl works at the market place
I see her there everyday
But when I try to talk to her
I can hear her papa say
Come away from that River boy, he's a river boy
Nothin' but riff-raff, them river boys
No girl of mine is gonna waste her time
On a good for nothin' river boy
So I head my boat back up the river
Back to my old fishin' place
I'm afraid this ol' river's gonna overflow
From the tears a-fallin' down my face
I'm nothin' but a river boy, river boy
A good for nothin' river boy
This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy
When you're nothin' but a river boy
River boy, river boy
A good for nothin' river boy
Well it's cloudy in the morning gonna be raining in the afternoon
Cloudy in the morning and it's gonna be raining in the afternoon
If you don't like this rainy weather you better pack your bags and move
But if you're running from it brother the only road that I can see
If you're running from it brother the only road that I can see
Is the road that leads to nowhere and nowhere is a fool like me
Rain keep a falling falling round my window pane
Rain keep a falling falling round my window pane
Ain't never seen so much rainy weather guess I'll never see the sun again
[guitar + harmonica]
Save those dimes and nickels save 'em for a rainy day
Save your dimes and nickels save 'em for a rainy day
It ain't gonna keep the rain from coming but at least you know you've paid your way
Rain keep a falling falling round my window pane
Rain keep a falling falling round my window pane
Right or wrong I'll be with you (right or wrong I'll be with you)
I'll do what you want me to (I'll do what you want me to)
I believe that I belong (I believe that I belong)
By your side, right or wrong (right or wrong)
Right or wrong, it's gotta be (right or wrong, it's gotta be)
Always you, always me (always you and always me)
Won't you take me along (won't you take me along)
To be with you right or wrong (right or wrong)
If it's wrong to love you
It can't be wrong for me to care
If you say you love me
My life with you I'll share
Right or wrong, day by day (right or wrong, day by day)
All my love, all the way (all my love, all the way)
I believe that I belong (I believe that I belong)
By your side, right or wrong
It is you, oh yeah
It is you, oh yeah
I said a pressure drop,
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you
I said pressure drop
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you
I said when it drops
Oh you gonna feel it
Oh that you were doin' it wrong, wrong, wrong
Now when it drops
Oh you gonna feel it
That you were doin' it wrong and how
I said when it drops
You gonna feel it
That you've been doin' it wrong
Now when it drops, drop
You gonna feel it
That you've been doin' wrong
Now when it drops, drop
Feel it
You make the wrong move
Now when it drops, drop
You gonna feel it
That you've been it doin' wrong
I said, pressure drop
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you
Pressure drop
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you
Now when it drops on your dirty little head
Where you gonna go?
It's you, you, you
When it drop on, oh you're gonna feel it
What you're doing is wrong, wrong, wrong
Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure...
Please come to Boston for the springtime
I'm staying here with some friends and they've got lots of rooms
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
By a cafe where I hope to be working soon
Please come to Boston she said no would you come home to me
And she said rambling boy why don't you settle down Boston ain't your kind of town
There's ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one FAN OF THE man from Tennessee
Please come to Denver with the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains so far we can't be found
And throw I love you echoes down the canyon
And then lie awake at night till they come back around
Please come to Denver she said no would you come home to me
And she said rambling boy...
Now this drifter's world goes round and round
And I doubt if it's ever gonna stop
But of all the dreams I've lost or found and all that I ain't got
I still need to lean to somebody I can sing to
Please come to LA to live forever California life alone is just too hard to live
I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky living up on the hill
Please come to LA she said no would you come home to me
And she said rambling boy...
I know not where on earth to find you
I know not how or when to start
I only know I'm here without you
I've got Pins And Needles in my heart.
The days and night are growing longer
Since first you said that we must part
I only know I can't forget you
Sun come up it was blue and gold
Sun come up it was blue and gold
Sun come up it was blue and gold
Ever since I put your picture
In a frame.
I come calling in my Sunday best
I come calling in my Sunday best
I come calling in my Sunday best
Every since I put your picture
In a frame
I'm gonna love you
Till the wheels come off
Oh yea
I love you baby and I always will
I love you baby and I always will
I love you baby and I always will
Ever since I put your picture
Overtime
That's what they all tell me
That's what they say to me
Overtime
Your blue eyes, your black eyelashes
The way you looked at life
In your funny way
I guess out of the blue
You won't cross my mind
And I'll get over you
Overtime
Your pale skin, your sexy crooked teeth
The trouble you'd get in
In your clumsy way
I guess one afternoon
You won't cross my mind
And I'll get over you
Overtime
I guess out of the blue
You won't cross my mind
And I'll get over you
Last evening, I turned by the pages of time.
And tore out the chapters when you were mine.
I attempted to cut out the memories of you.
And paste in some new ones, far better an' true.
True.
I searched through the chapters, referring to hearts,
for the one with the caption: "Till death do us part."
I ripped at each letter an' I tore at each word.
I screamed at your memory an' nobody heard.
Nobody heard.
But your memory's determined, and chances are few,
Of my ever finding a replacement for you.
It depserately clings to the floor of my mind,
Just watch the sunrise on the other side of town
Once more I've waited and once more you've let me down
This would be a perfect time for me to die I'd like to take this opportunity to cry
You gave your word now I return it to you with this suggestion as to what you can do
Just exchange the words I love you for goodbye while I take this opportunity to cry
I'd like to see you but I'm afraid that I don't know wrong from right
And if I saw you would I kiss you or wanna kill you out of sight
It's been a long night so I think I'll go home
And feed my nightmares they've been waiting all night long
They'll be the last ones to tell me goodbye
And they'll give me many opportunities to cry
One with the sun, you and me
One with the sun, living is free
I got you now, won't let you go
Tomorrow's a memory we'll never know
One with the sun I'm listening to you
One as the sun
I hear what you say
I love you so much
You are the way it is
The planets are the stars I think they are your eyes
And all of the stars will always be ours
We'll always be One with the sun
Because we are one with the sun
And we've just begun
There's another sun, sun is on it's way
And we'll be one
One, two
One, two, three, four
On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is making music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world keep turning our way and our way
Is on the road again
I just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is making music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world keep turning our way and our way
Is on the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is making music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
And I can't wait to get on the road again
I'm so tired of all this trouble now aren't you
We've tried and failed to make our dreams come true
It seems that we had dream worlds all our own
So don't you think that we should try it once alone
Life's too short to spend it feeling blue
And it's not too late our dreams could still come true
But before our chance for happiness is gone
Don't you think that we should try it once alone
It's not your fault and neither is it mine
It seems that we're just victims of the times
It's not that I don't love you cause I do
But love alone can't make a dream come true
I suppose that we'll survive the parting tears
We've survived so many others through the years
But before our chance for happiness is gone
Some people drink champagne out under the stars
While others drink wine leaning over a bar
But all that I need dear to make me feel fine
Is to know that your love will forever be mine
I'd give an ocean of diamonds or a world filled with flowers
To hold you closely for just a few hours
Hear you whisper softly that you love me too
Would change all the dark clouds to bluest of blue
I don't drink their champagne and I don't drink their wine
So if you refuse me my poor heart will pine
I'll be so lonely till the day that I die
Oh, have you seen Miss Molly? Her cheeks are rosy red
Now when Miss Molly's smilin' the sun is dim a spell
I'll trade my horse and saddle Cow drivin' I'll resign
Now listen dear Miss Molly I've told you this before
Her lips are soft as satin and they taste like gingerbread
And when she laughs her voice is like a little silver bell
If only Miss Molly will say that she'll be mine
And even tho' I told you so I'll tell you just once more
[Chorus:]
Oh, Oh, Oh, me, oh, my Miss Molly I'm in love with you
Read in the paper nearly everyday people breaking up and just walking away
From love and that's wrong don't you know that's wrong
A happy little home comes up for sale because two fools half tired and failed
To get along and you know that's wrong
A man hurts a woman and a woman hurts a man
And neither one of them try to love and understand
And take it with a grain of salt
A little bit of love is better than no love even sad love's better than no love
Even bad love is better than no love at all
A little bit of love is better than no love even bad love's better than no love
Any kind of love is better than no love at all
No love at all is a poor old man standin' on the corner with his hat in his hand
And thare's no place to go and he's feeling low
No love at all is a child in the street dodging traffic and a begging to eat
On the tennament row and that's a rough row to hoe
No love at all is a scared young girl standin' on the bridge on the edge of the world
And it's a pretty short fall
A little bit of love is better than no love...
So you saw her last night with her new love
Yes they tell me they make quite a pair
And that they both look happy together
I just wonder not that I care
Tell me did she look lovely as ever
Like an angel with golden hair
Does she still close her eyes when she dances
I just wonder not that I care
Once I thought I couldn't live without her
Funny how wrong I could be
Now I hardly ever think about her
What she does doesn't mean a thing to me
Well it's late so I guess I'll be going
Too much smoke what I need is some air
By the way did she ask you about me
I just wonder not that I care
[Chorus:]
Hold back the rushing minutes
Make the wind lie still
Don't let the moonlight shine
Across the lonely hill
Dry all the raindrops
And hold back the sun
My world has ended
My baby's gone
The Milkman whistles softly
As he comes up to my door
Lyrics courtesy Top40db.
The Mailman brings the letters by
Just like he did before
They seem so busy all day long
As though there's nothing wrong,
Don't they know the world has ended
My baby's gone
[Chorus]
I wake up sometimes in the night
And realize you're gone
And then I toss upon my bed
And wait for day to come
I try to tell my lonely heart
It must go on alone
But it cries the world has ended
I'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mama and daddy
I want them I want them to know
How I feel my love is real for my mama and daddy
I want them to know I love them so
CHORUS
In my heart joy tears start cause I'm happy
And I pray every day for mom and pappy and each night
I'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mama and daddy
I want them to know I love them so
I'd fight in wars - do all the chores
For my mama and daddy
I want them to live on - till they're called
I'd work and slave - and never rave
For mama and daddy
Because i know I owe them my all.
Was it wonderful for you
Was it holly as it was for me
Did you feel the hand of destiny
That was guiding us together
You were young enough to dream
And I was old enough to learn something new
I'm so glad I got to dance with you
For a moment of forever
Sometimes when you're cryin you're happy
And sometimes you're just cryin
I know I know
And come whatever happens now
Ain't it nice to know that dreams still come true
I'm so glad that I was close to you
For a moment of forever
Sometimes when you're cryin you're happy
And sometimes you're just cryin
I know I know
And come whatever happens now
Ain't nice to know that dreams still come true
I'm so glad that I was close to you
I'm writing you this note to say I'm sorry
That spells S-O-R-Y ever coming home
Can you find it in your heart dear to forgive me
That spells F-O how I miss you since you're gone
There are so many things
That I want to say tonight
But my mind keeps moving faster
Than my pen can write
But I hope and pray somehow
The message still gets through
If you need some advice in being lonely
If you need a little help in feelin' blue
If you need some advice on how to cry all night
Come to me I'm the man with the blues
I'm the man with a hundred thousand heart aches (a good selection all in blue)
And I've got most any color of the blues
So if you need a little shove in foulin' up in love
Come to me I'm the man with the blues
You have a trusting man you can depend on
He tells you youA're the one he dearly loves
Your not content to be his wife you long for the restless life
Give me talkin' now
You tried to make her happy
You couldn't make her happy
Make way for a better man than you
You tried your brand of lovin'
She couldn't stand your lovin'
Make way for a better man than you
I held back cause you and I were friends
But old buddy this is where our friendship ends
I'm takin' over now those signals she keeps sendin' means your romance is endin'
Make way for a better man than you
[guitar - steel]
Those fancy words you told her
Were not enough to hold her
Make way for a better man than you
I guess you're in your lockout
You came to back and struck out
Make way for a better man than you
I held back cause you and I...
Make the world go away and get it off my shoulder
Say the things you used to say and make the world go away
Do you remember when you loved me before the world took me astray
If you do then forgive me and make the world make it go away
Make the world go away...
[ sax ]
I'm sorry if I'll hurt you I'll make it up day by day
Just say you love me like you used to and make the world go away
Make the world go away...
What has happened down here is the wind have changed
Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain
Rained real hard and rained for a real long time
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
The river rose all day
The river rose all night
Some people got lost in the flood
Some people got away alright
The river have busted through cleard down to Plaquemines
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
[Chorus:]
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tyrin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand
The President say, "Little fat man isn't it a shame
What the river has done
The streets are dark and quiet at London, after midnight.
Listen...
The silence is the master of darkness, and London can sleep tonight,
protected by the master.
London... London...
You scream the largest portion of the day
London... London...
Give Us Your Tired And Weak And We Will Make Them Strong Bring Us Your Foreign Songs And We Will Sing Along Leave Us Your Broken Dreams We'll Give Them Time To Mend There's Still A Lot Of Love Living In The Promiseland
Living In The Promiseland Our Dreams Are Made Of Steel The Prayer Of Every Man Is To Know How Freedom Feels There Is A Winding Road Across The Shifting Sand And Room For Everyone Living In The Promiseland
So They Came From A Distant Isle Nameless Woman, Faitheless Child Like A Bad Dream Until There Was No Room At All No Place To Run, And No Place To Fall Give Us Our Daily Bread We Have No Shoes To Wear No Place To Call Our Home Only This Cross To Bear We Are The Multitudes Lend Us A Helping Hand Is There No Love Anymore Living In The Promiseland
I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory
I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory
I don't want slow walkin' or sad singin' let 'em have a jubilee
I wanna leave a lotta happy women thinking pretty thoughts of me
I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory
Now you may not approve of the things I do but it really don't bother me
So don't ever think you gonna tie me down I'm gonna stay footloose and fancy free
So jump back make tracks move out let the gals at me
I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory
[ guitar - fiddle ]
I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory
I'm a wampus cat let me grab my hat and baby come along with me
We're gonna do some fancy stepping we're really goin' on a spree
I wanna live fast love hard die young and leave a beautiful memory
Let's pretend we're strangers for tonight.
Let's pretend we've never hurt each other.
If you'll pretend I never made you cry,
Then I'll pretend you didn't find another.
Let's pretend our love is just beginning,
Make believe that it was true love at first sight.
And even though my love has never really ended,
Let's pretend we're strangers for tonight.
Instrumental break.
Let's pretend our love is just beginning,
Make believe that it was true love at first sight.
And even though my love has never really ended,
Just one more dance
Just one more chance
So I can talk to you
Don't live too fast
Forget the past
And I will try to prove
I would do anything you want me to
Don't run around
Don't paint the town
Let me talk to you
Don't go too far
With that crowd at the bar
That's not the way to win
Please fall in love again
Give me your heart
So I can start
To build our life anew
I know you've paid
So if you're afraid
The postman delivered
A "past due" bill notice
The alarm clock rang two hours late
The garbage man left all the trash
On the sidewalk
And the hinges fell off of the gate
And this morning at breakfast
I spilled all the coffee
And I opened the door on my knee
But the last thing I needed
The first thing this morning
Was to have you walk out on me
Last night you came home late
And I knew you'd been drinking
By that old mellow look on your face
I thought, "It don't matter
'Cause it's the holiday season"
And you fill such a big empty space
But then I laid down beside you
And I wanted your lovin'
Because your love makes my life complete
But the last thing I needed
The first thing this morning
Was to have you walk out on me
So excuse me for lookin'
Like my world just ended
And excuse me for lookin'
Like I just lost my best friend
And excuse me for livin'
And being forgiving
So just go on if you want to be free
But the last thing I needed
The first thing this morning
Stay with me
Let's just breathe
Did I say that I need you
Did I say that I want you
Oh if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go laughing all the way
Bells on bobtail ring making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight
Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells jingle bells...
[ guitar ]
A day or two ago I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank misfortune seemed his lot
We got into a drifted bank and there we got upsot
I could wander the byway, rewander too
But it wouldn't be the same without you
Those familiair old places would just make me blue
'Cause it wouldn't be the same without you
I wasted my love on a careless romance
But I'd do it again, if I had the chance
I could start my life over with somebody new
But it wouldn't be the same without you
I wasted my love on a careless romance
But I'd do it again, if I had the chance
I could start my life over with somebody new
Sometimes I think
That love is somewhere
Livin on an island all alone
I can see it in the darkness
I can feel it in the distance
And then its gone
And then I know that it is time
For me to go and find my favorite girl
Cause when I look into her eyes I see
All the love there is in all the world
And it always will be
And it always will be
And it always will be
It always will be
There are some things I think about
And every time I do it breaks my heart
And there is nothing I can do
About this lonliness I feel when we're apart
I stop and curse the darkness and the distance
And then your face I see
And when I look into your eyes I see
All the love there is inside of me
And it always will be
And it always will be
And it always will be
It always will be
And it always will be
And it always will be
And it always will be
Never think evil thoughts of anyone
It's just as wrong to think as to say
For a thought is but a word that's unspoken
In God's eyes He sees it this way
Lend a hand if you can to a stranger
Never worry if he can't repay
For in time you'll be repaid ten times over
In God's eyes He sees it this way
In God's eyes we're like sheep in a meadow
Now and then a lamb goes astray
But open arms should await it's returning
In God's eyes He sees it this way
[guitar]
In God's eyes we're like sheep in a meadow
Now and then a lamb goes astray
But open arms should await it's returning
I could show the world how to smile
I could be glad all of the while
I could turn the gray skies to blue
If I had you
I could leave my old days behind
Leave all my pals and never mind
There is nothing I couldn't do
If I had you
I could climb a snow-capped mountain
Sail the mighty ocean wide
I could cross a burning desert
If I had you by my side
I could be a queen dear on ground
Humble or poor
Rich or renown
There is nothing I couldn't do
Today as I walk through my garden of dreams I'm alone in the sweet used-to-be
My past and my present are one and the same and the future holds nothing for me
Yesterday's kisses still burning and yesterday's mem'ries still find me
Scenes from the past keep returning I've got a wonderful future behind me
[ steel ]
You say there is happiness waiting for me but I know this is just fantasy
Let me trade one tomorrows for obe yesterday live in my garden of dreams
One summer day,
She went away.
She gone and left me,
She gone to stay.
But now she gone,
And I don't worry.
'Cause I'm sitting
On top of the world.
Worked all the summer,
And worked all the fall.
I had to take my Christmas,
In my overall.
But now she gone,
And I don't worry.
Because I'm sitting
On top of the world.
Goin' down to the
Freight yard,
Just to meet a freight train.
I'm gonna leave this town,
Well it's just got too hard.
But now she gone,
And I don't worry.
'Cause I'm sitting
On top of the world.
One summer day,
She went away.
She gone and left me,
She gone to stay.
But now she gone,
And I don't worry.
'Cause I'm sitting
I'm looking over a four leaf clover
That I overlooked before
First is the sunshine, the second is rain
Third is the roses that bloom in the lane
There's no need explaining
The one remaining is somebody I adore
I'm looking over a four leaf clover
That I overlooked before
I'm looking over a four leaf clover
That I overlooked before
First is the sunshine, the second is rain
Third is the roses that bloom in the lane
There's no need explaining
The one remaining is somebody I adore
I'm looking over a four leaf clover
I’m looking for blue eyes
Has anyone seen him
Don’t you tell me
He gave up on me
I’m looking for blue eyes
I’ve got to find him
Cause something tells me
He’s looking for me
There was a time when blue eyes said he’d love no other
His one and only love he swore I’d be
There was a time when his blue eyes saw clearer than mine did
Storms and rain, tears and pain, bring me back his way
Looking for blue eyes
Has anyone seen him
No don’t you tell me
He gave up on me
I’m looking for blue eyes
I’ve got to find him
Cause something tells me
He’s looking for me
I’m looking for blue eyes
I'm goin' round in circles, acting like a fool,
I've played the game of love,
And I don't even know the rules.
I gave my heart to someone,
She broke it, just today.
An' I'm gonna lose a lot of teardrops this way.
I suppose I should be careful but how was I to know?
She looked so sweet and innocent,
But that's the way it goes.
It happens to the best of us,
At least, that's what they say.
But I'm gonna lose a lot of teardrops this way.
Somethin' sure had better change,
But what am I to do?
Surely there's someone around,
Who needs a love that's true.
But I guess I'll keep on searchin',
But one thing I can say:
I'm gonna lose a lot of teardrops this way.
Instrumental break.
Somethin' sure had better change,
But what am I to do?
Surely there's someone around,
Who needs a love that's true.
But I guess I'll keep on searchin',
But one thing I can say:
Some glad morning when this life is over
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away, everybody say right here
I'll fly away, oh glory
I'll fly away in the morning
When I die Hallelujah, by and by
I'll fly away
Just a few more weary days and then
I'll fly away
To a land where joys will never end
I'll fly away, here we go
I'll fly away, oh glory
I'll fly away in the morning
When I die Hallelujah, by and by
I'll fly away, little sister let me hear you play
Just a few more weary days and then
Let me hear it, I'll fly away
To a land where joys will never end
I'll fly away
I'll fly away, oh glory
I'll fly away in the morning
When I die Hallelujah, by and by
I'll fly away, one more time real loud
I'll fly away, oh glory
I'll fly away in the morning
When I die Hallelujah, by and by
I'll fly away, big finish
When I die Hallelujah, by and by
I'd trade all of my tomorrows for just one yesterday
But what good is life without the one you love
I'd trade all of my tomorrows they're worthless anyway
If I can't hold the one I'm dreaming of
Just an empty world is all I have before me I'd give anything if you were with me now
I'd trade all of my tomorrows for just one yesterday
I don't want to live without you anyhow
[guitar]
Songwriters: Nelson, Willie;
I let my mind wander
And what did it do?
It just kept right on goin'
Until it got back to you
I let my mind wander
Can't trust it one minute
It's worse than a child
Disobeys without conscience
It's drivin' me wild
When I let my mind wander
Try to keep my mind busy
On thoughts of today
But invariably memories
Seem to lure it away
My lonely heart wonders
If there'll ever come a day
When I can be happy
But I can't see no way
'Cause I let my mind wander
I try to keep my mind busy
With thoughts of today
But invariably mem'ries
Seem to lure it away
My lonely heart wonders
If there'll ever come a day
When I can be happy
But I can't see no way
'Cause I let my mind wander
I'd be the last one to tell you that you shouldn't go.
And the first to say: "Be happy if you can."
But when you lie an' hurt someone who needs an' loves you so,
Do you mind too much if I don't understand?
I suppose that you're convinced this is the thing to do.
Life is short an' sweet; break all the hearts you can.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised: it's all a game to you.
But do you mind too much if I don't understand?
Forgive me but it all seems so unreal to me.
An' my heart an' me, we'd made so many plans.
But that's all over now, there's nothin' left to do.
But do you mind too much if I don't understand?
[Instrumental]
Forgive me but it all seems so unreal to me.
An' my heart an' me, we'd made so many plans.
But that's all over now, there's nothin' left to do.
I guess I've come to live here in your eyes.
This must be the place called paradise.
You are so precious to me,
What a special time within our lives.
And I guess I've come to live here in your eyes.
A thousand times I see you
And a thousand times you take my breath away.
Fears and doubts consume me and I'm afraid someone will take it all away.
I hope we're here forever, but I guess it's time that we both realized.
That I guess I've come to live here in your eyes.
I guess I've come to live here in your eyes.
This must be the place called paradise.
You are so precious to me,
What a special time within our lives.
And I guess I've come to live here in your eyes.
A thousand times I see you
And a thousand times you take my breath away.
Fears and doubts consume me and I'm afraid someone will take it all away.
I hope we're here forever, but I guess it's time that we both realized.
You treated me like a doggone dog for so long,
And I went along just to keep peace in our home.
But theres one thing I want to do, I think it's time
that I tell it to you:
I don't do windows
and I won't go to Hell for you.
Although honey Hell is what you put me through,
I'll wash the floors if it keeps you from coming unglued,
and I'll clean the stove just to keep yopu in a good mood.
but you've been mean to me sometime,
I think I'm gonna tell you whats on my mind:
Now, I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known,
Just so I'll be the last.
No, I don't care if I'm not the first one you've kissed,
Darling, I'll never ask.
Yesterday's gone,
Love me from now on.
Be true to me,
Forget about the past.
No, I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known,
Just so I'll be the last.
[Instrumental break]
Yesterday's gone,
Love me from now on.
Be true to me,
Forget about the past.
No, I don't care if I'm not the first love you've known,
Just so I'll be the last.
Today, I passed you on the street,
And my heart fell at your feet.
An' I can't help it if I'm still in love with you.
Somebody else stood by your side,
And he looked so satisfied.
An' I can't help it if I'm still in love with you.
A picture from the past came slowly stealing,
As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you.
An', suddenly, I got that old time feeling:
An' I can't help it if I'm still in love with you.
Instrumental break.
It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you,
And hold you just the way I used to do.
Heaven only knows how much I miss you:
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you.
I am a pilgrim and a stranger
Traveling through this wearisome land
And I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
And it's not (good Lordy it's not) not made by hand
I got a mother, a sister and a brother
Who have gone to that sweet home
And I am determined to go and see them, good Lord
Over on (good Lordy over on) that distant shore
As I go down to that river Jordan
Just to bathe my weary soul
If I could touch but just the hem of His garment, good Lord
I believe (good Lordy I believe) that it would make me whole
Now when I'm dead, laying in my coffin
All of my friends all gather round
They can say that he's just laying there sleeping, good Lord
I'm sittin' in the railway station got a ticket for a destination
On a tour of one night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one man band
Homeward bound I wish I was homeward bound
Home where my thought's escaping home where my music's playing
Home where my love lies waiting silently for me
Every day's an endless stream of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me for movies and the factories
And every stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be
Homeward bound...
[ guitar ]
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness and harmony I need someone to comfort me
Homeward bound...
Well I'm standin' on the Broadway lookin' down the Main
Lookin' at that girl I'll never see again
I'm checkin' out I'm checkin' out
I gotta get on the move I've got that heenie jeebie blues
[ guitar - fiddle - harmonica ]
Sometimes I wishy washy I just can't hang around
I've got another baby waitin' in another town
I'm checkin' out...
Maybe that someday right now I just can't say
Something you got foolin' me down the other way
I'm checkin' out...
Well, a nickel is a nickel, a dime is a dime
I need a new man, Lord I know I won't mind.
Tell me how long, dear, do I have to wait?
Can I get you now, dear, must I hesitate?
Well now, the eagle on the dollar says "In God we trust"
You say you won't obey me, you wanna see that dollar first
How long, dear, do I have to wait?
Can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate?
Lord, if the river was made of whiskey an' I was a duck,
I'd just swim to the bottom an' I'd never come up.
How long, dear, mm, do I have to wait?
Why, can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate?
Now there's rocks down in the ocean and there's fish in the sea,
I know you mean the whole world to me.
How long, dear, must I have to wait?
Can I get you now, dear, mm, must I hesitate?
I got them Hesitation Stockings, I got them Hesitation Shoes,
Lord knows I got them Hesitation Blues.
Tell me, how long do I have to wait?
There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland
And the bankers are taking my home and my land from me
There's a big achin' hole in my chest now where my heart was
And a hole in the sky where God used to be
There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland
There's a well where the water's so bitter nobody can drink
Ain't no way to get high and my mouth is so dry that I can't speak
Don't they know that I'm dyin' why's nobody cryin' for me
My American dream fell apart at the seams
You tell me what it means you tell me what it means
[ guitar ]
There's a home place under fire tonight in a heartland
And bankers are taking the homes and the land away
There's a young boy closin' his eyes tonight in a heartland
Who will wake up a man with some land and a loan he can't pay
His American dream fell apart at the seams
You tell me what it means you tell me what it means
My American dream...
There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland
There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland
There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland
Started out with the dreams
And the plans of a wise man
And ended up with the heartaches of a fool
As a boy I would walk through the valley
Gazed at the world all around
Made a vow that somehow I would find fame and fortune
I found it but look at me now
I had a sweetheart who would love me forever
Didn't need her, I would reign all alone
And look at me, I'm the king of cold lonely castle
The queen of my heart is gone
So get around me, you fools for a dollar
Listen to me, a lesson you'll learn
Well there's happiness and love sent from heaven above
And the fires of ambition will burn
Started out with the dreams
And the plans of a wise man
Have I told you lately that I love you
Could I tell you once again somehow
Have I told you how with all my heart and soul I need you
Well, darling, I'm telling you now
My heart would break in two if I should lose you
I'm no good without you anyhow
Have I told you lately that I love you
Well, darling, I'm telling you now
Have I told you lately when I'm sleeping
Every dream that I dream is you somehow
And have I told you how my every thought is in your keeping
Well, darling I'm telling you now
My world would end today if I should lose you
'Cause I'm no good without you anyhow
Have I told you lately that I love you
I gotta walk alone
My sweetheart's gone
Nobody here loves me now
It's a long and lonesome road
I've got to walk alone
All the friends I knew
By two and two
Have left me one by one
It's a long and lonesome road
I've got to walk alone
Don't know where
Don't even care
I just keep walking on and on
All the friends I knew
By two and two
Have left me one by one
It's a long and lonesome road
I've got to walk alone
Don't know where
Don't even care
I just keep walking on and on
All the friends I knew
By two and two
Have left me one by one
It's a long and lonesome road
When I ran to the store with a penny,
And when youth was abundant and plenty,
Classify these as good times.
Good times.
When I rolled rubber tires in the driveway,
Pulled a purse, on a string, 'cross the highway,
Classify these as good times.
Good times.
Good times are comin', hummin', mmm
Good times are comin', hummin', mmm
Go to school, fight a war, workin' steady,
Meet a girl, fall in love, 'fore I'm ready,
Classify these as good times.
Good times.
Here I sit with a drink and a memory,
But I'm not cold, I'm not wet, and I'm not hungry,
So, classify these as good times.
Good times.
Good times are comin', hummin', mmm
Good times
Rock on, gold dust woman
Take your silver spoon and dig your grave
Heartless challenge
Pick your path and I'll pray
Wake up in the morning
See your sunrise loves to go down
Lousy lovers pick their prey
But they never cry out loud
Well, did he make you cry? Make you break down
Shatter your illusions of love
Is it over now? Do you know how
To pick up the pieces and go home?
Rock on, ancient queen
Follow those who pale in your shadow
Rulers make bad lovers
You better put your kingdom up for sale
Well, did he make you cry, make you break down?
Shatter your illusions of love
Is it over now? Do you know how
To pick up the pieces and go home?
Did he make you cry, make you break down?
Shatter your illusions of love
Is it over now? Do you know how
Why do I still write why do I still call
Why do I still think there's hope for us at all
These are the tings I hate but they're the things I do to get over you
Sunsets make me cry old pictures make me grin
But I don't really care to see your face again
These are the things I say but they're so hard to do like gettin' over you
You gotta believe that there's a reason that we surrender up our hearts
But there's a vantage point and it takes some time to find
Where you can see how all the pieces fit as you watch 'em fall apart
Now I don't think it's right and you don't know what's wrong
My heart keeps asking me just where do we belong
It's not as though my life ain't hard enough to do try gettin' over you
[ guitar ]
You gotta believe that there's a reason...
Now other people say stop living in the past
But when there's nothin' left it's your memory that lasts
It's later than you think but still this isn't through this gettin' over you
Georgia, Georgia,
The whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
I'm say Georgia
Georgia
A song of you
Comes as sweet and clear
As moonlight through the pines
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you
I said Georgia,
Ooh Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you
Georgia,
Georgia,
No peace, no peace I find
Just this old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
I said just an old sweet song,
Forgiving you was easy
But forgetting seems to take the longest time
I just keep thinking
And your memory is forever on my mind
You know I'll always love you
And I can't forget the days when you were mine
Forgiving you is easy
But forgetting seems to take the longest time
The bitter fruit of anger
Growing from the seeds of jealousy
Oh what a heartache
But I forgive the things you said to me
'Cause I believe forgiving
Is the only way that I'll find peace of mind
And forgiving you is easy
But forgetting seems to take the longest time
The years have passed so quickly
As once again fate steals a young man's dreams
Of all the golden years
And growing old together you and me
You asked me to forgive you
You said there was another on your mind
And forgiving you is easy
But forgetting seems to take the longest time
Forgiving you is easy
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, darling, kiss me
Fill my life with song
And let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, darling, kiss me
Fill my life with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, in other words
In other words, in other words
In other words
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susan and the plans they made put an end to you
Walked out this mornin' and I wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to
Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought I'd see you again
You gotta look down upon me Jesus you gotta help me make a stand
You just gotta see me through another day
My body is aching and my time is at hand I won't make it any other way
Oh I've seen fire...
I've been working my mind through an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
And there's hours of time on the telephone lines to talk about the things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines and pieces on the ground
Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought I'd see you baby one more time again
Let's have a hand for that young cowboy and wish him better luck next time
I hope we'll see him up in Fargo or somewhere farther down the line
This time he sure drew a bad one one that nobody could ride
By the way he pulled his hat on you know he'd be there for the fight
And it's the classic contradiction the unavoidable affliction
And it don't take much to predict son the way it always goes
Cause one day she'll say she loves you and the next she'll be tired of you
And push'll always come to shove you on that midnight rodeo
[ guitar ]
He almost made it to the buzzer somehow he gave up in the end
He put one hand around the other and let that pick up man on in
It was his last chance to ride it now he'll have to move along
But he knows back in his mind that he won't be away for long
And it's the classic contradiction...
So let's have a hand for that young cowboy and wish him better luck next time
I've traveled o'er the country wide a seekin' fortune fair
I've been down the two coast lines I've traveled everywhere
From Portland East and Portland West and back along the line
I'm goin' now to a place that's best that old home town of mine
Eight more miles and Louisville will come in to my view
Eight more miles on this old road and I 'll never more be blue
I knew some day that I'd come back I knew it from the start
Eight more miles to Louisville the home town of my heart
[ banjo - keyboards ]
There's sure to be a girl somewhere that you like best of all
Mine lives down in Louisville she's long and she is tall
But she's the kind that you can't find a rambling through the land
I'm on my way this very day to win her heart and hand
Oh eight more miles and Louisville...
[ banjo - keyboards ]
Now I can picture in my mind a place we'll call our home
A humble little hut for two we'll never want to roam
The place that's right for that love site is in those bluegrass hills
Where gently flows the Ohio by a place called Louisville
I'm drinking champagne feeling no pain till early morning
Dining and dancing with every pretty girl I can find
And I'm having a fling with a pretty young thing till early morning
Knowing tomorrow I'll wake up with you on my mind
Guilty conscience I guess though I must confess
I never loved you much when you were mine
So I'll keep drinking champagne...
Guilty conscience I guess...
So I'll keep drinking champagne...
Oh, I'm drivin' nails in my coffin
Every time I drink a bottle of booze
Oh, I'm drivin' nails in my coffin
Drivin' those nails over you
Well, my sweetheart has gone and I'm so lonely
She said that she and I were through
So I started drinking for past time
Drivin' nails in my coffin over you
Oh, I'm drivin' nails in my coffin
Every time I drink a bottle of booze
Oh, I'm drivin' nails in my coffin
Drivin' those nails over you
Oh, I'm drivin' nails in my coffin
Every time I drink a bottle of booze
Oh, I'm drivin' nails in my coffin
Drivin' those nails over you
Now you've turned me down and you don't want me
There's nothing left now to lose
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin
And I just can't quit drinking that old booze
Oh, I'm drivin' nails in my coffin
Every time I drink a bottle of booze
Oh, I'm drivin' nails in my coffin
Drivin' those nails over you
You make my eyes run over all the time and you're happy when I'm out of my mind
You don't love me but you won't let me be don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me
You must think that I look bad with a smile
For you haven't let me have one in such a long long while
Still I keep running back how can this be don't you ever get tired of hurtin' me
[steel]
You must think that I look bad...
Build your dreams to the stars above
But when you need someone true to love
Don't go to strangers, darlin'
Come to me
Play with fire 'til your fingers burn
When there's no place for you to turn
Don't go to strangers, darlin'
Come to me
For when you hear a call to follow your heart
You'll follow your heart, I know
'Cause I'm an old hand, I've been through it all
I'll understand if you go
So make your mark for your friends to see
When you need more than company
Don't go to strangers, darlin'
Come to me
For when you hear a call to follow your heart
You'll follow your heart, I know
'Cause I'm an old hand and I've been through it all
I'll understand if you go
So, make your mark for your friends to see
When you need more than company
Don't go to strangers, darlin'
Come to me
Don't go to strangers, darlin'
I love Corrina, tell the world I do
I love Corrina, yes, tell the world I do
I pray each night she loves me too
(Corrine, Corrina, Corrine, Corrina, Corrine, Corrina) I love you so
Oh little darling, now where you've been so long
Yeh, little darling where you've been so long
There's been no loving since you've been gone
(Corrine, Corrina, Corrine, Corrina, Corrine, Corrina) I love ya so
I left Corrina way across the sea (Across the sea)
I left Corrina way across the sea (Across the sea)
If you see Corrina send her home to me
(Corrine, Corrina, Corrine, Corrina, Corrine, Corrina) I love ya so
(Corrine, Corrina, Corrine, Corrina, Corrine, Corrina) I love you so
A cold November wind can cut right through your soul
Even leaves all hide away from the wind November blows
And after all the warmth of the summer and the fall
Cold November wind cuts the deepest of them all
A cold November wind will catch you by surprise
You think you're safely wrapped in love till the wind begins to rise
And after all the warmth of a love that had it all
A cold November wind is the hardest way to fall
We wonder why love seasons change when did the chill begin
Perhaps our love was swept away by a cold November wind
[ guitar ]
And after all the warmth of the summer and the fall
Cold November wind cuts the deepest of them all
We wonder why love seasons change when did the chill begin
Perhaps our love was swept away by a cold November wind
I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you
Come rain or come shine
High as a mountain and deep as a river
Come rain or come shine
I guess, when you met me
It was just one of those things
But don't ever bet me
'Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me
You're gonna love me, like nobody's loved me
Come rain or come shine
Happy together, unhappy together
And won't it be fine
Days may be cloudy or sunny
We're in or we're out of the money
But I'm with you always
I'm with you rain or shine
I guess, when you met me
It was just one of those things
But don't ever bet me
'Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me
You're gonna love me like nobody's loved me
Come rain or come shine
Happy together, unhappy together
And won't it be fine
Days may be cloudy or sunny
We're in or we're out of the money
But I'm with you always
Bright lights, big city
Gone to my baby's head
Bright lights, big city
Gone to my baby's head
I'd tried to tell the woman
But she doesn't believe a word I said
Go light pretty baby...
Gonna need my help some day
It's all right pretty baby...
Gonna need my help some day
You're gonna wish you listened
To some of those things I said
Go ahead pretty baby
Oh, honey knock yourself out
Go ahead pretty baby
Oh honey knock yourself out
I still love you baby
Cause you don't know what it's all about
Bright lights, big city
Gone to my baby's head
Bright lights, big city
Sometimes when the night calls it a day
And I wake up down in this missing you kind of way
And I remember things better left forgotten
And sometimes when I'm holding someone new
I can't help myself I slip off and think of you
And I remember things better left forgotten
Why oh why won't my mind let go of a love that used to be
And though I try in my heart I know your memory will never set me free
And sometimes right out of the blue I hear a voice and I turn and look for you
And I remember things better left forgotten
[ guitar ]
Why oh why won't my mind let go...
Sometimes when the nights calls it a day
If you would not have fallen
Then I would not have found you
Angel flying too close to the ground
And I patched up your broken wings
And hung around for a while
Trying to keep your spirits up
And your fever down
And I knew someday that you would fly away
For love's the greatest healer to be found
So leave me if you need to
I will still remember
Angel flying too close to the ground
Fly on, fly onPast the speed of sound
I'd rather see you up
Than see you down
So leave me if you need to
I will still remember
No won't you come along with me
Down the Mississippi
We'll take trip to the land of dreams
Floatin' down the river down to New Orleans
And the band'll be there to meet us
Oh, friends to greet us
That's where the light and the dark folks meet
A heaven on earth - they call it Basin Street
Basin street is the street
Where the elite always meet
Out in New Orleans, the land of dreams
You'll never know how nice it seems
Or just how much it really means
And I'd rather be, yes-sir-ee
New Orleans the land of dreams
Where I can lose my Basin Street blues
Now ain't you glad you came with me
We went down the Mississippi
We took a trip
To the land of dreams
We floated down the river
Down to New Orleans
Basin street - that's the street
Where the elite always meet
Down in New Orleans, the land of dreams
And you'll never know how nice it seems
Or just how much it really means
I'd rather be, yes-sir-ee
New Orleans the land of dreams
It's always now
There never was a used to be
Everything is still with me
And it;s alawys now
So brace your heart
Save yourself some sanity
It's more than just a memory
And it's always now
And here's your part
Sing it like a melody
There's really only you and me
And it's always now
So brace your heart
Save yourself some sanity
It's more than just a memory
And it's always now
And here's your part
Sing it like a melody
There's really only you and me
And it's always now
There's really only you and me
There ain't nothing I can do, or nothing I can say,
Some folks will criticize me.
So I'm gonna do just what I want to anyway,
And don't care if you all despise me.
If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean,
It ain't nobody's business if I do.
If I go to church on Sunday
And I shimmy down on Monday,
It ain't nobody's business if I do.
And if my friend ain't got no money
And I say, "All right, take all of mine honey,"
It ain't nobody's business if I do.
If I lend her my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle,
It ain't nobody's business if I do.
I would rather my gal would hit me
Than to haul right up and quit me.
It ain't nobody's business if I do.
I know that she won't call no copper
If she gets beat up by her poppa.
It ain't nobody's business if I do, Lord no.
Today's gonna make a wonderful yesterday
One on which I know that I can look back and smile
And with you here with me the hours have flown away
And today's gonna make a wonderful yesterday
Today we have made a thousand and one memories
That we can recall when today is a sweet used to be
And with you in my arms the future seems so far away
High on a mountain in western Montana
A silhouette moves 'cross a cinnamon sky
Riding alone on a horse he called Music
With a song on his lips, and a tear in his eye
He dreams of a time, and a lady that loved him
And how he would sing her sweet lullabies
But we don't ever ask him
And he never talks about her
Guess it is better to just let it slide
But sang "ooh" to the ladies
And ooh, he made some sigh
Now he rides away on a horse he called Music
With a pain in his heart and a tear in his eye
He rode the Music from Boston to Bozeman
For not too much money, but way to much ride
But those were the days when a horse he called Music
Could jump through the moon and sail across the sky
Now all that's left is an old time-worn cowboy
With nothin' more than the sweet by-and-by
And trailing behind, is a horse with no rider
A horse he calls memories that she used to ride
And he sang "ooh" to the ladies
And ooh, he damn near made some fall right down and die
Now he rides away on a horse he called Music
With a pain in his heart and a tear in his eye
High on a mountain in western Montana
Two crosses cut, through a cinnamon sky
Marking the place where a horse he called Music
I'm falling in love again
Never thought I would again never I thought I would
And I may be making mistakes again
But if I lose or win how will I know
How will I know how will I know how will I know how will I know
And I'm falling in love again and if I lose or win how will I know
[ ac.guitar ]
Pretty paper pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils to write I love you pretty paper pretty ribbons of blue
Crowded streets busy feet hustle by you downtown shoppers Christmas is nigh
There he sits all alone on the sidewalk hoping that you won't pass him by
Should you stop better not much too busy better hurry my how time does fly
And in the distance the ringing of laughter and in the midst of the laughter he cries
Pretty paper pretty ribbons of blue...
Take her to heart and she'll always love you and nobody can make her do wrong
But take her for granted leavin' your love unshown
Makes willpower weak and temptation strong
A woman's only human this you should understand
She's not just a plaything she's flesh and blood just like her man
And if you want a do right all day's woman you gotta be a do right all night's man
[ guitar ]
A woman's only human...
Well it's four a.m. and you're just gettin' in
Your first night out and I won't ask you where you've been
You're so ashamed and your eyes just can't meet mine
You've seen that look on me a thousand times
What makes us do the things we do heaven only knows
We think we have a secret but it always shows
And I taught you how to cheat you're doing fine
You've seen that look on me a thousand times
But I still love you and so I pretend and hope I'll never see that look again
But if we do I know the fault is mine I've seen that look on me a thousand times
You'll never know just how much I love you
You'll never know just how much I care
And if I tried I still couldn't hide my love for you
You ought to know for heaven I told you so
A million or more times
You went away and my heart went with you
I speak your name in my every prayer
If there is some other way to prove that I love you
I swear I don't know how
You'll never know if you don't know now
[ fiddle - guitar ]
Today I stood across the street and watched you leave with him
Right before my disbelieving eyes
And when you saw me standing there you turned away
And you wouldn't even cross the street to say goodbye
Once you said you'd do most anything to keep our love
You'd tear out your tongue before you'd tell me lies
Once you said you'd go to anything to be with me
Today you wouldn't even cross the street to say goodbye
[ guitar ]
Once you said you'd do most anything to keep our love
You'd tear out your tongue before you'd tell me lies
Once you said you'd crawl on hands and knees to be with me
Today you wouldn't cross the street to say goodbye
If you're feeling salty I'm your tequila
If you've got the freedom well I've got the time
There ain't nothin' sweeter than naked emotions
So you show me yours fun and I'll show you mine
No ma'am I know this ain't all that you've ever been used to
You with your rings of your fingers and time on your hands
Sometimes it's nice to have somebody nice to be close to
God knows I've been there before you and I understand
If you're feeling salty...
[ guitar ]
I wish that I were the answer to all of your questions
Lord knows I know you wish you were the answer to mine
So darlin' if you ain't got a thing but a change of direction
Lord knows I know you'll be something I'm lucky to find
If you're feeling salty...
You tell me today that you're leaving
But just think a while I'm sure that you must know
Today might be the day that you walk away
But you left me a long long time ago
Today's just the day that ends it all
Except the usual mem'ries that always linger on
And today might be the day that you walk away
But you left me a long long time ago
[ piano ]
I stood with helpless hands and watched me lose your love
A little more each day then it was gone
And I kept wondering just how long until this day would come
Just how long could your pride keep hangin' on
So please don't say you're sorry don't say anything
Don't try to say why you must leave just go
And today might be the day that you walk away
But you left me a long long time ago
You don't think I'm funny anymore
You used to laugh at all my jokes
Even though you'd heard them all before
But yoy think I'm funny anymore
I used to fake a heart attack
And fall down on the floor
But even I don't think that's funny anymore
I guess things change
And the more they change the more they stay the same
And there ain't no blame
Sometimes the picture just don't fit the frame
And this is where the cowboy yields the floor
Cause you don't think I'm funny anymore
I guess things change
And the more they change the more they stay the same
And there ain't no blame
Sometimes the picture just fit the frame
And this is where the cowboy yields the floor
Cause you don't think I'm funny anymore
You give your hand to me
And then you say hello
And I can hardly speak
My heart is beating so
And anyone can tell
You think you know me well
But you don't know me
No you don't know the one
Who thinks of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips
And yearns to hold you tight
To you I'm just a friend
That's all I've ever been
No, you don't know me
For I never knew the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by
The chance that you might love me too
You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away
Beside that lucky guy
You'll never, never know
The one who loves you so
No, you don't know me
For I never knew the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by
The chance that you might love me too
You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away
Beside that lucky guy
Who'll never, never know
The one who loves you so
No, You don't know me
You'll never, ever know
Give me just one more sip of that Worry B Gone
I'm planning on feelin' much better before too long
Got a world of trouble, that I need to forget
I'm on my way, but I ain't there yet
Give me just one more sip of that Worry B Gone
Everywhere I look, trouble is all I see
Can't listen to the radio, I can't stand TV
I've got trouble with the air, trouble with the water
People ain't treating one and other like the other
Give me just one more sip of that Worry B Gone
Don't wanna hear no preacher preachin'
No more politician bitchin'
All those songs about love gone wrong,
Got me wonderin' where my baby's gone
Well I can't suffer for wastin' my time
Don't give me no advise that rime
Just give just one more puff of that Worry B Gone
Don't wanna hear no preacher preachin'
No more politician bitchin'
All those songs about love gone wrong,
Got me wonderin' where my baby's gone
Give me just one more hit of that Worry B Gone
Yeah, give me just one more sip of that Worry B Gone
Today as I walk through my garden of dreams
I'm alone in the sweet used-to-be
My past and my present are one and the same
And the future holds nothing for me
Yesterday's kisses still burning
And yesterday's mem'ries still find me
Scenes from the past keep returning
I've got a wonderful future behind me
[steel]
You say there is happiness waiting for me
But I know this is just fantasy
Let me trade one tomorrows for one yesterday
Live in my garden of dreams
Yesterday's kisses still burning
And yesterday's mem'ries still find me
Scenes from the past keep returning
Sweet is the song when the song is love love that has stood the test of time
And when you've heard all the songs of love will you remember mine
Gone are the times that I walked with you and held your hand in mine
Now when you hold another's hand will you remember mine
I have sat neath the trees while the cool summer breeze
Blew away the sands of time
And thought of days when you were near remembering when you were mine
Gone are the times when I held you close and pressed your lips to mine
Now when you kiss another's lips will you remember mine
Tell me why baby why baby why baby why
You make me cry baby cry baby cry baby cry
You know that I'll love you till the day that I die
So tell me why baby why baby why baby why
Well I got a crow I want to pick with you
Just like last time when the feathers flew
You're runnin' wild a kickin' uo your heels
And leavin' me home with a handful of bills
Tell me why baby why...
[ guitar ]
Well now I don't know but I've heard you say
That every little dog's a gonna have his day
You better pay attention don't you dare forget
Cause I'm just a little baby puppy yet
Tell me why baby why...
Tell me why baby why...
[ guitar ]
You know that I'll love you till the day that I die
You could have your choice of guys at town why are you pickin' on me
Just snap your fingers and they'll come around why are you pickin' on me
I'm well aware of this game you've learned
To love and then leave and show no concern
And tomorrow you'll have other candles to burn
So why are you pickin' on me
[ piano - guitar ]
You could have your choice...
Come on over baby Whole lot of shaking going on Yes I said come on over baby Baby you can't go wrong We ain't faking Whole lot of shaking going on Well I said come on over baby We got kicking in the barn, ooh huh Come over baby, baby Baby got the bull by the horn We ain't faking it Whole lot of shaking going on Well I said shake it baby shake I said shake it Baby shake I said shake it Baby shake it Said shake, baby shake Come on over Whole lot of shaking going on Ahhhhh, Let's go !!! Well I said come on over baby We got kicking in the barn Whose barn what barn my barn Come on over baby Baby got the bull by the horn We ain't faking it Whole lot of shaking going on Easy Now Shake Ahhhh, shake it babe Yeah You can shake one time for me Do the hula hussy Whole lot of shaking going on Now let's get real low one time now Shake baby shake All you got to do honey is kind of stand in one spot Wiggle around just a little bit That's what you got to do, yeah Oh babe whole lot of shaking going on Now let's go one more time Shake it, baby, shake ... (2x) shake baby, come on baby shake baby shake come on over, whole lot of shaking going on
A past that's sprinkled with the blues a few old dreams that I can't use
Who'll buy my mem'ries of things that used to be
There were the smiles before the tears and with the smiles some better years
Who'll buy my mem'ries of things that used to be
When I remember how things were my memories all leave with her
I'd like to start my life anew but memories just make me blue
A cottage small just built for two a garden wall with violets blue
Who'll buy my mem'ries of things that used to be
Explain again to me Lord why I'm here I don't know I don't know
The setting for the stage is still not clear where's the show where's the show
Let it begin let it begin I'm born can you use me
What would you have me to do Lord shall I sing them a song
I could tell them all about you Lord I could write of the loves I have known
I'll work in their cotton and cornfields I promise to do all I can
I'll laugh and I'll cry I'll live and I'll die please Lord let me be a man
Dear Lord let me be a man and I'll give it all that I can
If I'm needed in this distant land please Lord let me be a man
Before I begin this level of journey portraying most typical man
Last minute instruction would surely be welcome
Please Lord let me hold to your hand
Front porch sittin in an old rockin chair
The sun is hot in the Texas sky
Garden growin clothes out on the line
Dusty road when a car goes by
Story tellin of days long ago
And the only place she'd ever been
Singin softly This World Is Not My Home
Memories take me back again
When I was young and Grandma wasn't old
When she guided me as I watched life unfold
Anything we didn't have we didn't really need to hold
When I was young and Grandma wasn't old
She'd throw a party and all of her friends
Would gather around the quilting frames
They'd always call out for me to come inside
And give me nickels and dimes to sing
It makes me happy that I can still go back
My memories are so clear
Of how It used to be when I never dreamed
Of ever lookin back from here
When I was young and Grandma wasn't old
When she guided me as I watched life unfold
Anything we didn't have we didn't really need to hold
When I was young and Grandma wasn't old
What was it you wanted tell me again so I'll know
What's happening in there what's going on in your show
What was it you wanted could you say it again
I'll be back in a minute you can get it together by then
What was it you wanted you can tell me I'm back
We can start it all over get it back on the track
You got my attention go ahead speak
What was it you wanted when you were kissing my cheek
Was there somebody looking when you give me that kiss
Someone there in the shadows someone that I might have missed
Is there something you needed something I don't understand
What was it you wanted do I have it here in my hand
Whatever you wanted slipped out of my mind
Would you remind me again if you'd be so kind
Has the record been breaking did the needle just skip
Is there somebody waitin' was there a slip of the lip
What was it you wanted I ain't keepin' score
Are you the same person that was here before
Is it something important maybe not
What was it you wanted tell me again I forgot
[ harmonica ]
Whatever you wanted what could it be
Did somebody tell you that you could get it from me
Is it something that comes natural is it easy to say
Why do you want it who are you anyway
Is the scenery changing am I gettin' it wrong
Is the whole thing going backwards are they playing our song
Where were you when it started do you want it for free
What was it you wanted are you talking to me
Songwriters: Cochran, H; Nelson, W;
What can you do to me now?
That you haven't done to me already
You broke my pride and made me cry out loud
What can you do to me now?
I'm seeing things that I never thought I'd see
You've opened up the eyes inside of me
How long have you been doing this to me?
I'm seeing sides of me that I can't believe
Someway, somehow, I'll make a man of me
I will build me back the way I used to be
Much stronger now, the second time around
'Cause what can you do to me now?
What can you do to me now?
That you haven't done to me already, already
You broke my pride and made me cry out loud
What can you do to me now?
From the great Atlantic ocean
To the wide Pacific shore
To the queen of flowing mountains
For the hills and by the shore
She's mighty tall and handsome
And she's known quite well by all
She came down from Birmingham
On the Wabash Cannonball
Well now listen to the jingle
To the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland
Through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine
And the lonesome hoboes call
No changes can be taken
On the Wabash Cannonball
[steel]
Now here's to daddy Claxton
May his name forever stand
He'll always be remembered
In the ports throughout the land
His earthly race is over
And the curtain round him falls
We'll carry him home to Glory
On the Wabash Cannonball
Well now listen to the jingle
To the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland
Through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine
And the lonesome hoboes call
No changes can be taken
On the Wabash Cannonball
[guitar]
Well listen to the jingle
To the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland
Through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine
And the lonesome hoboes call
No changes can be taken
You're not a dream you're not an angel you're a woman
I'm not a king I'm a man take my hand
We'll make a space in the lives that we planned
And here we'll stay until it's time for you to go
Though we're different we're apart we're not the same
We laughed and played at the stars like in a game
You could have stayed outside my heart but in you came
And here you'll stay until it's time for me to go
Don't ask why don't ask how don't ask forever love me now
This love of mine had no beginning it has no end
I was an oak now I'm a willow now I can bend
And though I'll never in my life see you again
Still I'll stay until it's time for you to go
Don't ask why I'll be don't ask how I'll be don't ask forever I'll be love me now
O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies,
O they tell me of a home far away;
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an uncloudy day.
O the land of cloudless day,
O the land of an unclouded sky,
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an uncloudy day.
O they tell me of a home where my friends have gone,
O they tell me of that land far away,
Where the tree of life in eternal bloom
Sheds its fragrance through the uncloudy day.
O the land of cloudless day,
O the land of an unclouded sky,
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an uncloudy day.
O they tell me of a King in His beauty there,
And they tell me that mine eyes shall behold
Where He sits on the throne that is whiter than snow,
In the city that is made of gold.
O the land of cloudless day,
O the land of an unclouded sky,
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an uncloudy day.
O they tell me that He smiles on His children there,
And His smile drives their sorrows all away;
And they tell me that no tears ever come again
In that lovely land of uncloudy day.
O the land of cloudless day,
O the land of an unclouded sky,
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Then the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark;
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
In the dark blue sky you keep,
While you thro' my window peep,
And you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
He was tougher than leather and he didn't care whether the sun shined or not
When a young kid in Cow Town wanted a showdown
He was careless or just maybe forgot
But he died in the gunfight blinded by sunlight never draw when you're facin' the sun
And old tougher than leather just carved one more notch on his gun
And when he turned to go the beautiful maiden knelt down
Where her dead sweetheart lay
And on his breast placed a rose while the townspeople stared in dismay
And old tougher than leather should've known better
But he picked up the rose in his hand
And the townspeople froze when his hands crushed the rose
And the rose petals fell in the sand
And old tougher than leather was a full-time go-getter
The grass never grew beneath his feet
From one town to another he would ride like the wind
But his mind kept going back to the street
Where a young cowboy died and a young maiden cried
And rose petals fell in the sand
And his heart had been softened by the beautiful maid
And he knew he must see her again
Well he went back to the town where it all had come down
And he searched but his search was in vain
He had wanted to find her and say he was sorry
For causing her heart so much pain
But one night he died from a poison inside
Brought on by the wrong he had done
And old tougher than leather had carved his last notch on his gun
Well he was burried in Cow Town along about sundown
Lookin' good in his new store-bought clothes
When the young maiden came over and knelt down beside him
And on his lapel placed a rose
There's a bird in the sky flying high flying high
To a place from a place changing skies changing skies
I see nothing to be gained by explanations
No need to try to say who's right or who was wrong
No need to enter into lengthy dissertations to make a long story short she's gone
I won't attempt to explain the things that happened
To put in words why she's not here would take too long
And it's all too far beyond the realm of understanding
To make a long story short she's gone
The way you look at me you don't believe she loved me
But she once loved me with a love so sweet and strong
I won't try to give the reasons why I miss her so
To make a long story short she's gone
Three days that I dread to see arrive
Three days that I hate to be alive
Three days filled with tears and sorrow
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
There are three days I know that I'll be blue
Three days that I'll always dream of you
And it does no good to wish these days would end
'Cause the same three days start over again
Three days that I dread be alive
Three days that I hate to see arrive
Three days filled with tears and sorrow
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
There are three days I know that I'll be blue
Three days that I'll always dream of you
And it does no good to wish these days would end
'Cause the same three days start over again
Three days that I dread to see arrive
Three days that I hate to be alive
Three days filled with tears and sorrow
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Three days
Three days
This Face is all I have, worn and lived in
And lines below my eyes are like old friends
And this old hearts' been beaten up
And my ragged soul has had things rough
And this face is all I have, worn and lived in
The fairest they can fall bored in believing
Something to achieve, this peaceful feeling
After all these tears are only true
And your silver spoons can't dig up my roots
And this face is all I have, worn and lived in
*chorus*
Worn and lived in
Through the tides of time
Worn and lived in
This face of mine
And I kept believing the reflection on the wall
Who needs to be the fairest of them all
I never looked like you, cool and streamlined
I have this honesty that grows with time
And when cracks appear they suit me fine
Like a good old dog you won't hear me whine
And this face is all I have, worn and lived in
*chorus*
Worn and lived in
Through the tides of time
Worn and lived in
This face of mine
And I kept believing the reflection on the wall
Who needs to be the fairest of them all
Sins and lies, they take the place of truth and answers
You can trade a glance and call it second sight
You can't buy sympathetic mirrors,
And honesty is an answer you can't find
And I kept believing the reflection on the wall
I might have been a helpless soul
With nothing much in store
I might have been without a goal
Just dreams and nothing more
I might have known my life alone
But that's where you came in
Your loving arms have saved me from
The things I might have been
I might have been the kind who roams
A stranger everywhere
Just one of those poor stay-at-homes
With no one's lips to share
But your sweet kiss has changed all this
And made my life begin
So keep loving me don't let me be
The things I might have been
The night that we met I heard her music
The words started coming so I wrote her a song
She loved every line that flowed from my mind
And I sang it to her all night long
It was easy to write about her blue eyes
And her sweet smelling body and her smile touching me
I made her mine with just a few lines
And a three quarter timed melody
Now that’s all there is to this song
The dream that she was has moved on
All the words to the verses are gone
That’s all there is to this song
Now that’s all there is to this song
The dream that she was has moved on
All the words to the verses are gone
Where's my pal where's my friend all good things must have an end
Sad things and nothing's on and on they go I guess he went to Mexico
They all went to Mexico buenas dias got to go
Tengo que obedecer mi corazon they all went to Mexico
[ guitar ]
Where's my mule and where's my dray straw hat's packed up and gone away
The mule don't go north and dray go slow they both went to Mexico
Where's my sweetie where's the face that lit dark corners every place
She put up with me long time you know and then she had to go to Mexico
They all went to Mexico...
[ accordion ]
Where's my brown dog where's my hound he liked my truck he hung around
But he's a canine Romeo and I guess he went to Mexico
Where's that woman so sweet so mean her heart was cautious her mind was keen
She was always looking for the peccadillo I hope she went to Mexico
They all went to Mexico...
[ guitar ]
Where's December's happy crew with German bikes and sidecars too
They take the truck south to St Louis MO motorcycle all the way to Mexico
Where's my luck and where's my grace has it all been just a foolish chase
Every time I hear that rainy chill wind blow I think it might be time to head to Mexico
They all went to Mexico...
They all went to Mexico...
Lonely nights I cannot sleep I just lie awake and weep
" Wondering if I'll get a chance to make things right " Don't you
heave a heart at all " Can you see my teardrops fall " They are
tears I shed for you these lonely nights
Won't you reconsider this " You're the one dear, that I miss
" Won't you come back here and say you'll be mine
We could be so happy then " I would love you till no end
" There would be no broken hearts no lonely nights
There stands the glass that will ease all my pain
That will settle my brain it's my first one today
There stands the glass that will hide all my fears
That will drown all my tear brother I'm on my way
I'm wondering where you are tonight I'm wondering if you are all right
I wonder if you think of me in my misery
There stands the glass fill it up to the brim
Until my troubles grow dim it's my first one today
[ guitar - piano ]
Now that we're back together the battle is half won
We'll try to save a part of yesterday
I know it won't be easy but at least we have begun
There is no easy way but there is a way
We both could use some understanding trust would help
And the journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step
And is love not worth the price we'll have to pay
There is no easy way but there is a way
[ guitar - steel ]
We both could use some understanding...
I could tell the moment that I saw him,
He was nothing but the troublemaking kind
His hair was much too long and his motley group of friends
Had nothing but rebellion on their minds.
He's rejected the establishment completely
And I know for sure He's never held a job.
He just goes from town to town
Stirring up the young folks
'Til they're nothing but a disrespectful mob.
And I know for sure He's never joined the army
And served His country like we all have done.
He'd rather wear His sandals and His flowers
While others wage the war that must be won.
They arrested Him last week and found Him guilty
Aand sentenced Him to die but that's no great loss.
Friday they will take Him to a place called Calvary
And hang that troublemaker to a cross.
Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day you're born and when you die
They never seem to hear even your cry
So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall,
One and all
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall,
One and all
Well the oppressors are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
And they think that they have got the battle won
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
'Cause as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall,
One and all
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall,
One and all
And I keep on fighting for the things I want
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave
So as sure as the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall,
One and all
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall,
Some people go to school tryin' to learn how to teach
Some people go to school tryin' to learn how to preach
But if you preach without goin' school
Brother you're ain't no preacher you're an educated fool
And that's all and that's all
You'd better change your way of livin' cause the good Lord say that's all
Now a feller I know it's a wiser man tryin' to save all the money that he can
One day undertaker lets him down
Where's he gonna spend that money under the ground
And that's all and that's all...
[horns]
Now a man come from monkey some people say
But the Good Book brother just don't tell it that way
And if you believe that monkey tale like some folks do
Then I'd rather be that monkey than you
And that's all and that's all...
Well my little song is ended and my little song is through
And I necessarilly mean this song for you
But if you don't like the way the little song goes
Well it's a mighty good sign that I've been trottin' on your toes
Well there's nothing quite like Texas on a Saturday night
Nothin' can compare to it no matter how you try
Nevada never closes New York City's got bright lights
But it's nothing quite like Texas on a Saturday night
Everybody's goin' San Antonio on a Saturday night
River walkin' talkin' western swingin' singin'
Songs of love and yellow roses
There's nothing quite like Texas on a Saturday night
It's honky tonkin' heaven underneath that lone star sky
You can lose your blues in Mexico with their women and their wine
Cause it's nothing quite like Texas on a Saturday night
[ fiddle - steel ]
Well there's nothing quite like Texas on a Saturday night
Nothing can compare to it no matter how you try
Colorodo's mighty friendly with your Rocky Mountain high
But it's nothing quite like Texas on a Saturday night
When the sun goes down it's time to paint the town
That's when you hear those fiddles play
[ fiddle ]
From Dallas to Del Rio and up to Amarillo they'll be dancin' in the streets
Loud and rowdy howdy howdy haughty lawdy
How I wish that I could be in Abilene
There's nothing quite like Texas on a Saturday night
Nothing can compare to it no matter how you try
Nevada never closes New York City's got bright lights
But it's nothing quite like Texas on a Saturday night
You ain't nothin' but trouble, far as I can tell
Just a wasted wish in the wishin' well
But you don't know, I've been here before
I'm just one too many miles from shore
And I'm takin' on water and I'm goin' down
Takin' on water, that's what I'm doin' now
Takin' on water with only one way out
I gotta get my heart to higher ground
Oh, I'm already in, in too deep
I know you won't be there to rescue me
I'm already feel it, right through my chest
I'm afraid if I taste it, I might not catch my breath
And I'm takin' on water and I'm goin' down
Takin' on water, that's what I'm doin' now
Takin' on water with only one way out
I gotta get my heart to higher ground
Why is a woman always thinkin'
Just because a man is sinkin'
He's gonna drown
But I'm takin' on water, goin' down
Takin' on water, that's what I'm doin' now
Takin' on water, there's only one way out
I gotta get my heart to higher ground
And I'm takin' on water, goin' down
Takin' on water, that's what I'm doin' now
Takin' on water with only one way out
I gotta get my heart to higher ground
Takin' on water, goin' down
Takin' on water, that's what I'm doin' now
Takin' on water with only one way out
I gotta get my heart to higher ground
Takin' on water, goin' down
Takin' on water, that's what I'm doin' now
All alone at the end of the evening and the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinkin' about a woman who might have loved me and I never knew
You know I've always been a dreamer spent my life running round
And it's so hard to change can't seem to settle down
But the dreams I've seen lately
Keep on turnin' out and burnin' out and turnin' out the same
So put me on a highway and show me a sign and take it to the limit one more time
[ piano ]
You can spend all your time making money you can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow would you still be mine
And when you're looking for more freedom when nobody seems to care
And you can't find the door well you can't find it anywhere
When there's nothin' to believe in
Still you're coming back you're running back
You're coming back for more
So put me on the highway and show me a sign and take it to the limit one more time
Songwriters: Kristofferson, Kris;
Well, I woke up Sunday mornin'
With no way to hold my head, that it didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad
So I had one more for dessert
Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt
And I shaved my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day
I smoked my brains the night before
With cigarettes and songs that I'd been pickin'
But I lit my first and watched a small kid
Cursin' at a can that he was kickin'
Then I crossed the empty street
And caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken
And it took me back to somethin'
That I'd lost somehow, somewhere along the way
On a Sunday mornin' sidewalk
Wishin' Lord that I was stoned
'Cause there's somethin' in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there's nothin' short of dyin'
Half as lonesome as the sound
Of a sleepin' city sidewalk
Sunday mornin' comin' down
In the park I saw a daddy
With a laughin' little girl who he was swingin'
And I stopped beside a Sunday school
And listened to the songs that they were singin'
Then I headed back for home
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'
And it echoed through the canyon
Like the disappearin' dreams of yesterday
On a Sunday mornin' sidewalk
Wishin' Lord that I was stoned
'Cause there's somethin' in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there's nothin' short of dyin'
Half as lonesome as the sound
Of a sleepin' city sidewalk
Sunday mornin' comin' down
On a Sunday mornin' sidewalk
Wishin' Lord that I was stoned
'Cause there's somethin' in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
And there's nothin' short of dyin'
Half as lonesome as the sound
Of a sleepin' city sidewalk
Sunday mornin' comin' down
Summertime and the livin' is easy fish are bitin' and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mom is good looking so hush baby don't want you cry
Some of these days you gona rise up singin'
You'll spread your wings and you'll take the sky
Till that time there's a nothing can harm you so hush little baby don't you cry
Can't go home if you're going by the mill
Cause the bridge' washed out at the bottom of the hill
Big Creek's up, Little Creek's level,
Plow my corn with a double shovel
(Chorus:)
Stay all night, stay a little longer
Dance all night, dance a little longer
Pull off your coat, throw it in the corner
Don't see why you can't stay a little longer.
Sitting in the window, singing to my love
Slop bucket fell from the window up above
Mule and the grasshopper eatin ice cream
mule got sick, so they laid him on the green
You ought to see my Blue Eyed Sally
She lives way down on Shinbone Alley
Number on the gate, the number on the door
The next house over is the grocery store.
Grab your partner, pat her on the head
If she don't like biscuits, feed her cornbread
Girls around Big Creek, 'bout half grown
You're hangin' on his arm she's holdin' mine a fool must have said love was blind
We're shouting I love you's with people all around and they don't hear one sound
Let her eyes do the talkin' and her eyes do the walkin'
And her eyes do the slipping around staring each other down
And we're both on to how long a slow song would be for us now
This timebomb we're holding is so near exploding right down
So let her eyes do the talkin' and eyes do the walkin'
Her eyes do the slipping around staring each other down
Just pretend I never happened erase me from your mind
You will not want to remember any love as cold as mine
I'll be leaving in the morning for a place I hope I find
All the place must be better than the ones I leave behind
I don't suppose you'll be unhappy you'll find ways to spend your time
But if you ever think about me and if I ever cross your mind
Just pretend I never happened...
[ ac.guitar ]
I don't suppose you'll be unhappy...
Just pretend I never happened...
South of the border down Mexico way
That's where I fell in love when stars above came out to play
Now as I wander my thoughts ever stray south of the border down Mexico way
She was a picture in old Spanish lace
And for a tender while I kissed the smile opon her face
For it was Fiesta we were so gay south of the border down Mexico way
And she smiled and she whispered Manana
Never dreaming that we were parting
And I lied and I whispered Manana for our tomorrow never came
South of the border I rode back one day
There in a veil of white by candlelight she knelt to pray
And the mission bells told me that I mustn't stay
South of the border down Mexico way
[ guitar ]
Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
Some day I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
Some day I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Somebody pick up my pieces " I'm scattered everywhere " And put
me back together " And put me way over there " Take me out of
contention " I surrender my crown " So somebody pick up my
pieces " It's just me comin' down
Well, I sure thought I had her " Lord, I know she had me " What
I thought was heaven " Is just falling debris " Well, I may not be
crazy " But I got one hell of a start " Somebody pick up my pieces =
I think I'm fallin' apart
Don't follow my footsteps " Step over my trail " The road is too
narrow " And your footing could fail " And the fall to the
bottom " Could tear you apart " And they'll be pickin' up pieces
" Of you and your heart
Don't follow my footsteps " Step over my trail " The road is too
narrow " And your footing could fail " And the fall to the
bottom " Could tear you apart " And they'll be pickin' up pieces
" Of you and your heart
Slowly I'm falling more in love with you
And slowly you're winning a heart that can be true
Now I can't hide my feelings no matter what I do
For slowly I'm falling more in love with you
More and more I need you and want you by my side
More and more I love you as each day passes by
My heart I know you're stealing I hope that you'll be true
For slowly I'm falling more in love with you
[ harmonica - guitar ]
All your stations are being torn down a high flying trains no longer roar
The floors're all sagging with boards at a suffering from not being used anymore
Things're all changing the world's rearranging a time that will soon be no more
Where has a slow movin' once quickdraw outlaw got to go
The whiskey that once settled the dust tasted so fine now taste so faint
And the mem'ries that once floated out come back stronger
And more clearly with each drink you take
And the women who warmed you once thought so pretty now look haggard and old
So where has a slow movin' once quickdraw outlaw got to go
[ guitar ]
This land where I travel once fashion with beauty now stands with scars on her face
The wide open spaces are closin' in quickly from the ways of the whole human race
And it's not that I blame them for claming her bounty
I just wish they're takin' her slow
Cause where has a slow movin' once quick draw outlaw got to go
Sitting here in limbo, but I know it won't be long
Sitting here in limbo, like a bird without a song
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on
Sitting here in limbo, waiting for the dice to roll
Sitting here in limbo, got some time to search my soul
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on
I don't know where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
Tried my hand at love and friendship
But all that is passed and gone
This little boy is moving on
Sitting here in limbo waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo knowing that I have to go
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on
I don't know where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
Tried my hand at love and friendship
But all that is passed and gone
This little boy is moving on
Sitting here in limbo waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo knowing that I have to go
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
When you just give love, and never get love,
Youd better let love depart.
I know its so, and still I know,
I cant get you out of my heart.
You made me leave my happy home.
You took my love, and now youve gone,
Since I fell for you...
My life has been such misery and pain.
I guess I'll never be the same,
Since I fell for you...
Well its too bad, and its too sad,
That I'm in love with you...
When you love me, and then you snub me.
But what can I do, I'm still in love with you.
I guess I'll never see the light.
I get these blues most every night,
Since I fell for you...
Well its too bad, and its too sad,
That I'm in love with you...
When you love me, and then you snub me.
But what can I do, I'm still in love with you.
I guess I'll never see the light.
I get those blues most every night,
Since I fell for you...
Since you loved me, then you snubbed me
I prayed you put no one above me
He looked down into her brown eyes and said say a prayer for me
She threw her arms around him whispered God will keep us free
They could hear the riders coming he said this is my last fight
If they take me back to Texas they won't take me back alive
There were seven Spanish angels at the alter of the sun
They were praying for the lovers in the valley of the guns
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared
There was thunder from the throne
And seven Spanish angels took another angel home
She reached down and picked the gun up that lay smokin' in his hand
She said father please forgive me I can't make it without my man
And she knew the gun was empty and she knew she couldn't win
But her final prayer was answered when the rifles fired again
There were seven Spanish angels...
There were seven Spanish angels...
Gonna take a sentimental journey gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey to renew old memories
I got my fare got my reservation spent every dime I could afford
Like a child in wild antisipation long to hear that all abord
Seven that's the time we leave at seven I'll be waitin' up for heaven
Countin' every mile of railroad track that takes me back
I never thought my heart could be so yearny why did I decide to roam
I'm gonna take a sentimental journey sentimental journey home
[ guitar ]
Seven that's the time we leave...
The sense to see and I saw you walk away
The sense to feel and I feel lonely everyday
The sense to hear for I heard you say goodbye
The sense to taste now I can taste the tears that I cry
My senses tell me all that I need to know
It's over but I don't have the sense to let you go
It doesn't make much sense for me to cry for you
And if I had any sense at all I'd realize we're through
But my senses are reacting much too slow
And it's over but I don't have the sense to let you go
The seasons come, the seasons go
We get a little sunshine, rain and snow
Just the way that it was planned to be
But there's no seasons in my heart
While you play the leading part
cause the flowers will bloom eternally.
Your leaving, will bring autumn sorrow
And my tears like withered leaves will fall
But spring, it could bring some glad tomorrow
And darlin' we could be happy after all.
As it all is in natures' plan
No season gets the upper hand. Oh
How I tried to keep this fact in mind
The trees are bare, the cold wind blows
And by experience I know
That winter comes, but the spring is close behind.
Your leaving, will bring autumn sorrow
And my tears like withered leaves will fall
But spring, it could bring some glad tomorrow
[Chorus:]
On my way to Italy from the Gulf of Mexico
Riding on a tanker, feeling mighty low
My good gal's behind me, no loving for so long
I'm going back to Texas, for that's where I belong
Nights are so lonely on the ocean
To much time to dream of yesterday
If only I could carry out my notion
And hit the trail for Texas right away
[Chorus:]
On my way to Italy from the Gulf of Mexico
Riding on a tanker, feeling mighty low
My good gal's behind me, no loving for so long
I'm going back to Texas, for that's where I belong
I never thought I was leaving
I could get so blue out on the sea
But I'll bet you after all this grieving
Its that good old Texas soil for me
[Chorus:]
On my way to Italy from the Gulf of Mexico
Riding on a tanker, feeling mighty low
My good gal's behind me, no loving for so long
How many times have you heard someone say,
"If I had his money I'd 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 for 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 lonely 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 has ended, 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,
Oh you better watch out you better not cry
You better not pout I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town
He's a making a list and he's checking in twice
You're gonna find out who's naughty and nice
Santa Claus is comin' to town
He sees you when you're sleeping and he knows when you're awake
He knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake
Oh you better watch out you better not cry
You better not pout I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town
[ guitar ]
And he sees you when you're sleeping...
Run that by me one more time
To make sure that I heard you right
I hope you don't expect me to believe that line
I might be crazy, but I ain't dumb
And I know a lie when I hear one
Would you run that by me one more time?
Well, you're late again, I see
What's your excuse this time?
Don't you try to kiss and make up
When you smell so strong from wine
Well, I'm not late, the clock is wrong
You need to wind Big Ben
Honey, that's not wine you smell
That's aftershave for men
Would you run that by me one more time?
What happened to the money
I gave you to pay the rent?
The rent is overdue
And we ain't got one red cent
I put it in the cookie jar
The day you brought it home
One day when I came back from town
I looked and I'll be dogged if that money wasn't gone!
Bells will be ringing
The glad, glad news
Oh, what a christmas
To have the blues
My baby's gone
I have no friends
To wish me greetings
Once again
Choirs will be singing
"silent night"
Christmas carols
By candlelight
Please come home for christmas
Please come home for christmas
If not for christmas
Then by new year's night
Friends and relations
Send salutations
Sure as the stars shine above
It's christmas time, my dear
The time of year
To be, with the one you love
Then won't you tell me
You'll never more roam
Christmas and new year's
Will find you home
There'll be no more sorrow
No grief and pain
Then I'll be happy, happy
Once again
Short interlude
No more sorrow
No grief and pain
But I'll be happy
Christmas
Originally written and recorded by Townes Van Zandt
Duet with Merle Haggard
Living on the road my friend
was gonna keep you free and clean
Now you were your skin like iron
and your breath's as hard as kerosene
You weren't your mama's only boy
but her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
and sank into your dreams
Poncho was a bandit boy his horse
was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants
for all the honest world to feel
Poncho met his match you know
on the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dyin' words
ah but that's the way it goes
All the Federales say
they could've had him any day
We only let him slip away
out of kindness I suppose
Lefty he can't sing the blues
all night long like he used to
The dust that Poncho bit down south
ended up in Lefty's mouth
Day they laid poor Poncho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
there ain't nobody knows
All the Federales say
they could've had him any day
We only let him slip away
out of kindness I suppose
(instrumental)
The poets tell how Poncho fell
and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
and so the story ends we're told
Poncho needs your prayers it's true
but save a few for Lefty too
He only did what he had to do
and now he's growing old
(All the Federales say
they could've had him any day)
We only let him slip away
out of kindness I suppose
A few Federales say
could've had him any day
We only let him go so long
Drinkin beer in a cabaret
Was I havin fun!
Til one night she caught me right
And now I'm on the run.
Lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin' mama
Lay that pistol down.
She kicked out my windshield
And she hit me over the head.
She cussed and cried and said I lied
And wished that I was dead.
Well, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin' mama
Lay that pistol down.
Drinkin' beer in a cabaret
And dancin with a blonde
Till one night she shot out the lights
And bang that blonde was gone
So, Lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin' mama
Lay that pistol down
I'll see you every night babe
And I'll woo you every day
And I'll be your reg'lar daddy
if you'll put that gun away
And just, Lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin' mama
Lay that pistol down
Lead Ride Plays Verse and Chorus
Drinkin beer in a cabaret
And Was I havin fun!
Til one night she caught me right
And now I'm on the run.
Well, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin' mama
Lay that pistol down
Well, there was old Al Dexter
He always had his fun
But, with some lead she shot him dead
Now his Honkin' days are done
Oh, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.
I said, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.
I say, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.
Oh, pistol packin mama
See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans
Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile
Once he had a future full of money love and dreams
Which he spent like they was going out of style
And he keeps right on a changin' for the better or the worse
And searchin' for a shrine he's never found
Never knowing if believin' is a blessin' or a curse
Or if the going up is worth to coming down
He's a poet he's a picker he's a prophet he's a pusher
He's a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he's stoned
He's a walking contradiction partly truth and partly fiction
Taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home
He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars
And he's traded in tomorrow for today
Runnin' from the devils Lord and reachin' for the stars
And losin' all he loved along the way
But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse
And all he ever gets is older and around
From the rocking of the cradle to the rolling of the hearse
The going up was worth the coming down
He's a poet he's a picker...
People are saying that time will take care of people like me
That I'm livin' too fast and they say I can't last too much longer
But little they see that their thoughts of me is my saviour
And little they know that the beat oughta go just a little faster
So pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home
The singer ain't singin' and the drummer's been draggin' too long
Time will take care of itself so just leave time alone
And pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home
Well I'm wild and I'm mean and I'm creatin' a scene I'm goin' crazy
Well I'm good and I'm bad and I'm happy and I'm sad and I'm lazy
I'm quiet and I'm loud and I'm gatherin' a crowd and I like gravy
About half off the wall but I learned it all in the Navy
I gotta get over you again
I gotta get over you again
I had my heart wide open
And you just walked right on back in
You can't imagine
Just how hard It's been
Now I gotta get over you
I gotta get over you again
We never really had a chance
We never really had a chance at all
I was carrying more luggage
Than U-haul truck could haul
And I had It all worked out
We'd only be the best of friends
Now I gotta get over you
I gotta get over you again
Maybe I never really got over you at all
And I've been looking in the mirror
Lying like a dog
Supposed to be so easy
Like falling off a log
And I started thinking
Thinking about things that might have been
Now I gotta get over you
I gotta get over you again
And I gotta get over you
I gotta get over you again
I gotta get over you
I gotta get over you again
I gotta get over you
I gotta get over you again
I had my heart wide open
And you just walked right on back in
And I gotta get over you
I'm just one step before losin' you.
And I'm just one step ahead of the blues.
But I know that there's been pain an' misery.
Long before this old world had ever heard of me.
And I know it will hurt to see you go,
But we'll just add one more heartache to the score.
And though I still love you as before,
I'm just one step beyond carin' any more.
[Instrumental]
Bet that you're surprised that I could feel this way,
After stayin' home an' waitin' night and day.
For someone who cared so much for me,
You'd come home just long enough to laugh at me.
I don't know just when my feelin's changed,
I just know I could never feel the same,
And though I still love you as before,
It's quarter to three there's no one in the place except you and me
So set 'em up Joe I've got a little story you oughta know
We're drinking my friend to the end of a brief episode
Just give me one for my baby and one more for the road
I've got the routine so drop another nickel in the machine
I'm feeling so bad I wish you'd make the music dreamy and sad
I could tell you a lot but you've got to be true to your code
So give me one for my baby and one more for the road
I have often walked down the street before
But the pavement always
Stayed beneath my feet before
All at once am I
Several stories high
Knowing I'm on the street where you live
Are there lilac trees
In the heart of town?
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Does enchantment pour
Out of every door?
No, it's just on the street where you live
And oh, the towering feeling
Just to know somehow you are near
The overpowering feeling
That any second you may suddenly appear
People stop and stare
They don't bother me
For there's no where else on earth
That I would rather be
Let the time go by
I won't care if I
Can be here on the street where you live
People stop and stare
They don't bother me
For there's no where else on earth
That I would rather be
Let the time go by
I won't care if I
Can be here on the street where you live
Ole buttermilk sky
I'm keepin' my eye peeled on you
What's the good word tonight
are you gonna be mellow tonight?
Ole buttermilk sky
can't you see my little donkey and me
We're as happy as a Christmas tree
headed for the one I love
I'm gonna pop her the question that question
do you Darling do you do?
It'll be easy so easy
if I can only bank on you
Ole buttermilk sky
I'm tellin' you why now you know
Keep it in mind tonight
keep brushin' those clouds from sight
Ole buttermilk sky
don'cha fail me when I'm needin' you most
Hang a moon above her hitchin' post
and hitch me to the one I love
You can if you try
don't tell me no lie
Will you be mellow and bright tonight
ole buttermilk sky
[ guitar ]
Ole buttermilk sky don'cha fail me...
Will you be mellow and bright tonight
Old friends pitching pennies in the park
Playing croquet till it's dark old friends
Mhm old friends swapping lies of life and loves
Pitching popcorn to the doves old friends mhm
[ guitar ]
Old friends looking up to watch the birds holding arms to climb a curb
Old friends oh old friends
Old friends Lord when all my work is done bless my life and grant me one
Oold friend at least one old friend
[ sax ]
Papa's words ringin' in my ears son you got to get tighter with your tears
Just because she's leaving don't start believing
That your rock'n roll days are gone
Cause nothing lasts forever but old Fords and a natural stone
And when those sad songs and slow hurtin' songs
Get you down while you're alone it won't hurt long
Cause nothing lasts forever like old Fords and a natural stone
Diamonds are forever and these old cars they still keep rolling on
And all those I love you forever's they're just words that can't be depended on
Cause when they're wrong they're wrong and when they're gonethey're gone
Cause nothin' lasts forever but old Fords and a natural stone
I've spent the lifetime making up my mind to be
More than the measure of what I thought others could see
Good luck and fast bucks they're too few and too far between
There's catalog buyers and old five and dimers like me
She stood beside me letting me know she would be
Something to lean on if everything ran out on me
Well fenced yards ain't hole cards and like is not ever will be
The reason for rhymers and old five and dimers like me
[ harmonica - guitar ]
It's taking me so long now that I know I believe
All that I do or say is all I ever will be
Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me
Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to see
I've got a long list of real good reasons for all the things I've done,
I've got a picture in the back of my mind of what I’ve lost and what I've won
I've survived every situation knowing when to freeze and when to run
And regret is just a memory written on my brow and there's nothing I can do about it now.
I've got a wild and a restless spirit I held my price through every deal
I've seen the fire of a woman’s scorned turn her heart of gold to steal
I've got the song of the voice inside me set to the rhythm of the wheel
And I've been dreaming like a child since the cradle broke the bow and there's nothing I can do about it now.
Running through the changes going through the stages coming round the corners in my life, leaving doubt to fate, staying out to late waiting for the moon to say goodni----ight And I could cry for the time I've wasted but that's a waste of time and tears, and I know just what I'd change if went back in time somehow, but there’s nothing I can do about it now
Running through the changes going through the stages coming round the corners in my life, leaving doubt to fate, staying out too late waiting for the moon to say goodni----ight And I could cry for the time I've wasted but that's a waste of time and tears, and I know just what I'd change if went back in time somehow, but there’s nothing I can do about it now.
Nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
If I leave my love behind
Nobody's fault but mine
Had good love in my home
Had a good love in my home
If I leave my love behind
Nobody's fault but mine
Loves my sugar in my tea
Loves my sugar in my tea
If I leave my love behind
Nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
If I leave my love behind
Nobody's fault but mine
Love will cry when I leave
Love will cry when I leave
If I leave my love behind
Nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
Nobody's fault but mine
If I leave my love behind
I wish I could laugh when I look way back
Find out who stole all my dreams
Oh I wish it was easy to face the past
There was nobody there but me
And it's hard not to smile when I'm back on high ground
And I'm wishing that someone could see
Then the sun comes up and the dreams die down
There's nobody there but me
[ guitar - piano ]
It feels so good to be back on dry ground
After drifting so long at sea
And when the sun comes up and the dreams die down
(Phases and stages circles and cycles and scenes that we've all seen before
Let me tell you some more let me tell you some more)
I come home last Saturday morning I come home and found you gone
Well there was a note tacked on my door said your baby don't love you anymore
Well I got dressed up and I went downtown I got dressed up and I went downtown
Well I walked up and I walked down
Well there weren't no love there weren't no love around
There weren't no love around there weren't no love around
There weren't no love around there weren't no love around
There weren't no love around there weren't no love around
There weren't no love around there weren't no love around
Well I come home and I lay down I felt my head spinning round and round
Lord I poured my dreams and I drank 'em down no there weren't no love
There weren't no love around
Well, I went upon a mountain, I looked down in the sea
I seen the crabs and the fishes doing the beebop beep
'Cause my bucket's got a hole in it, yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it, I can't buy no beer
[Chorus:]
Yeah! My bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah! My bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah! My bucket's got a hole in it
I can't buy no beer
Well, I'm standing on the corner with a bucket in my hand
I'm a-waiting for a woman that ain't got no man
Cause my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it, I can't buy no beer
[Chorus]
Well, there ain't no use for me a-working so hard
When I got a woman in the boss man's yard
'Cause my bucket's got a hole in it, yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it, I can't buy no beer
[Chorus]
Well, me and my baby, we just bought a Ford
And now we sit together on the running board
'Cause my bucket's got a hole in it, yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it
Yeah, my bucket's got a hole in it, I can't buy no beer
Mr. Record Man I'm looking for a song I heard today
There was someone blue singing not someone who went away
Just like me his heart was yearning for a love that used to be
It's a lonely song about a lonely man like me
There was something bout a love that didn't treat him right
And he'd wake from troubled sleep and cry her name at night
Mr Record Man get this record for me won't you please
It's a lonely song about a lonely man like me
[piano]
I was driving down the highway with the radio turned on
And a man that I heard singing sound so blue and all alone
As I listen to his lonely song I wonder could it be
Could there somewhere be another lonely man like me
Now there far from me there's an old holler tree
Where you lay down a dollar or two
You go round the bend and you come back again
With a jug of that good ole mountain dew
They call it that ole mountain dew Lord Lord and them that refuse it are few
I'll hush up my mug if you'll fill up my jug with that good ole mountain dew
The preacher came by with his head high said hi said his wife took down with the flu
And he thought that we're hard just to give him a quart
Of that good old mountain dew
Well we call it that ole mountain dew...
[ac.guitar]
My uncle Mort he's sawed off and he's short he measures bout four foot two
But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint of that good old mountain dew
Well we call it that ole mountain dew...
What there was left of us was all covered in dust and thick skin
A half eaten apple or the whole Sistine Chapel painted on the head of a pin
A life long love's worth gone up in a smurk and you didn't even see her waltz in
Now this love is a ghost having played host to the most unoriginal sin
At the wedding we smiled as some devil played wild violin
Soon after the chapel she offered me that apple
One bite and I was gone with the wind
And you needed no proof cause the whole naked truth
Was wearin' only an infidel's grin
And a proud schoolboy's boast of having left his post for the most unoriginal sin
[ violin - guitar ]
Now the jukebox is humming all the venial shortcomings of men
Lord I found me this drink that can finally sink
All the skills that I've been wallowing in
Buddy once you get started once true love's departed you do it over and over again
So tonight I will toast just whoever comes close to the most unoriginal sin
Counted the stars on the 4th of July
Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky
Talking about redemption and leaving things behind
As the sun sank west of the Mendocino County line
As fierce as Monday morning feeling washed away
I orchestrated paradise, couldn’t make you stay
You dance with the horses through the sands of time
As the sun sinks west of the Mendocino County line
I have these pictures and I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time
These pictures and these photographs
Let me know I’m doin’ fine
I used to make you happy once upon a time
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino County line
The two of us together felt nothin’ but right
Feeling near immortal every Friday night
Lost in our convictions, lips stained with wine
As the sun sank west of the Mendocino County line
I have these pictures and I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time
These pictures and these photographs
Let me know I’m doin’ fine
I used to make you happy once upon a time
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino County line
I don’t talk to you too much these days
I just thank the lord pictures don’t fade
I spent time with an angel just passing through
Now all that’s left is this image of you
Counted the stars on the 4th of July
Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky
Talking about redemption and leaving things behind
I have these pictures and I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time
These pictures and these photographs
Let me know I’m doin’ fine
We used to be so happy once upon a time
Once upon a time
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino County line
It's been rough and rocky travelin',
But I'm finally standing upright on the ground.
And after takin' several readings,
I'm surprised to find my mind's still fairly sound.
I thought Nashville was the roughest,
But I know I said the same about them all.
We received our education
In the cities of the nation, me and Paul.
Almost busted in Laredo,
But for reasons that I'd rather not disclose,
But if you're stayin' in a motel there and leave,
Just don't leave nothin' in your clothes.
And at the airport in Milwaukee,
They refused to let us board the plane at all,
They said we looked suspicious,
But I believe they like to pick on me and Paul.
And on a package show in Buffalo
With us and Kitty Wells and Charlie Pride.
The show was long and we was just sittin' there
And we'd come to play and not just for the ride.
And we drank a lot of whiskey,
So I don't know if we went on that night at all.
But I don't think they even missed us
I guess Buffalo ain't geared for me and Paul.
It's been rough and rocky traveling
But I'm finally standin' upright on the ground.
And after takin' several readings,
I'm surprised to find my mind's still fairly sound.
I thought Nashville was the roughest,
But I know I said the same about them all.
We received our education
That's my favorite part, rewind my life on.
When my world got dark, and you turned my light on.
I watched it for hours again and again in my head.
I did.
I see I was down on you, more than I needed to be.
I'd say I'm sorry but then you'd think I'm lyin'
Chorus:
Maria, shut up and kiss me.
Stop shakin', stand up and hold me.
I bet you're gonna miss me. You need me. Believe me.
Maria shut up and kiss me
You're crazy and it turns me on and on
The way you're carryin' on.
That's my favorite shirt, you always had on.
Man, It sure looked good, ev'ry time you walked on.
You're takin' the wind from me every chance that you could.
You're good.
Somethin' I can't explain.
You tell me lately I've changed.
If you feel better tell me why are you cryin'?
(Repeat Chorus)
Maria, Maria can we talk it over instead?
Let's call it even and leave it alone.
Come to bed.
Maria, stop leavin' your teasin' is beaten me down.
Maria just calm down
In these situations I've found it's best not to be proud
and say that you're sorry.
Maria, shut up and kiss me.
Stop shakin', stand up and hold me.
I bet you're gonna miss me. You need me. Believe me.
Maria shut up and kiss me
You're crazy and it turns me on and on
The way you're carryin' on.
And it turns me on and on.
on and on
on and on
And it turns me on and on.
on and on
on and on
Tonight down here in the valley
I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin
I can see your mansion on the hill
Do you recall when we parted
The story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love, dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill
[dobro]
I've waited all through the years, love
To give you a heart true and real
Cause I know that you're living in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill
The light shines bright from your window
And the trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride, dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill
Mamas' don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mama's don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love
Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold
And they'd rather give you a song then diamonds or gold
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi's each night begins a new day
And if you don't understand him and he don't die young
He'll probably just ride away
Mamas' don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mams' don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love
Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms and clear mountian moringin's
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
And them that don't know him won't like him
And them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
He ain't wrong he's just different
but his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's right
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Twilight falls, ev'nin' shadows find,
There 'neath the stars, a maiden, so fair, divine.
Lonely there she kneels, and tells the stars above
In her heart is a song, an' there it belongs:
Her undying song of love.
Ev'ry word reveals an empty broken heart
Broken by fate that held them so far apart.
Stars on high, seem to know she's there.
In her heart is a song, an' there it belongs:
The only two things in life that make it worth living,
Is guitars tuned good and firm-feeling women.
I dont need my name in the marquee lights,
I got my song and I got you with me tonight.
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love.
Lets go to Luckenbach, Texas,
With Waylon and Willie and the boys.
This successful life were living,
Got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys.
Between Hank Williams' pain songs,
An' Newberry's train songs,
An' "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain",
Out in Luckenbach, Texas,
Aint nobody feeling no pain.
So baby lets sell your diamond ring,
Buy some boots and faded jeans and go away.
This coat and tie is choking me,
In your high society, you cry all day.
Weve been so busy keeping up with the Jones,
Four-car garage and were still building on.
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love.
Lets go to Luckenbach, Texas,
With Waylon and Willie and the boys.
This successful life were living,
Got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys.
Between Hank Williams' pain songs,
An Newberry's train songs,
An' "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain",
Out in Luckenbach, Texas,
Aint nobody feeling no pain.
Lets go to Luckenbach, Texas,
With Waylon and Willie and the boys.
This successful life were living's,
Got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys.
Between the Hank Williams' pain songs,
An Jerry Jeff's train songs,
An' "Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain",
Out in Luckenbach, Texas,
Aint nobody feeling no pain.
I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies
Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle as she flies
Turning on the world the way you smiled upon my soul as I lay dying
And healing as the colors in the sunshine and the shadows of your eyes
Waking in the morning to the feeling of your fingers on my skin
Wiping out the traces of the people and the places that I've been
Teaching me that yesterday was something that I never thought of trying
Talking of tomorrow and the money love and time we have to spend
Loving you is easier than anything I'll ever do again
Coming close together with a feeling that I've never known before in my time
You ain't ashamed to be a woman you know just how to be a friend
I don't know the answers to the easy way you opened every door in my mind
Dreaming is as easy as believing it's never gonna end
Loving you is easier than anything I'll ever do again
I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies
Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies
Turning on the world the way she smiled upon my soul as I lay dyin'
Healing as the colors in the sunshine and the shadows of her eyes
Waking in the morning to the feeling of her fingers on my skin
Wiping out the traces of the people and the places that I've been
Teaching me that yesterday was something that I'd never thought of tryin'
Talking of tomorrow and the money love and time we have to spend
Loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again
Coming close together with a feeling that I've never known before in my time
She ain't ashamed to be a woman or afraid to be a friend
I don't know the answers to the easy way she opened every door in my mind
But dreaming was as easy as believing it was never gonna end
And loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again
[ piano - harmonica ]
Coming close together...
I'm lookin' for a feeling that I once had with you
Lookin' for a feeling, I have grown accustomed to
I've had love and I've had lovers but they never seem to do
I keep lookin' for a feeling that I lost when I lost you
I said, when it was over, I'd be over you in time
'Cause nothing lasts forever, it's all a state of mind
I found one love, I'll find another, heaven knows how hard I've tried
But there's somethin' always missing, somethin' never satisfied
I keep lookin' for a feeling, I once had with you
Lookin' for a feeling, I have grown accustomed to
I've had love and I've had lovers but they never seem to do
Songwriters: Nelson, Willie;
The lights go out each evening at eleven
And up and down our block there's not a sound
I close my eyes and search for peaceful slumber
And just then the local memory comes around
Piles of blues against the door to make sure sleep will come no more
She's the hardest working memory in this town
Turns out happiness again then lets loneliness back in
And each night the local memory comes around
Each day I say tonight I may escape her
I pretend I'm happy and never even a frown
But at night I close my eyes and pray sleep finds me
But again the local memory comes around
Rids the house of all good news then sets out my crying shoes
What a faithful memory never lets me down
We're both up till light of day chasing happiness away
And each night the local memory comes around
Piles of blues against the door to make sure sleep will come no more
It's the hardest working memory in this town
Turns out happiness again then lets loneliness back in
And each night the local memory comes around
And each night the local memory comes around
There's just a little fashioned karma coming down
Just a little old fashioned justice going round
A little bit of sowing and a little bit of reaping
A little bit of laughing and a little bit of weeping
Just a little old fashioned karma coming down
Coming down coming down just a little old fashioned karma coming down
It really ain't hard to understand
If you're gonna dance you gotta pay the band
It's just a little old fashioned karma coming down
[ fiddle - guitar - harmonica - piano ]
It's a lesson too late for the learning made of sand made of sand
And in the wink of an eye my soul is turning in your hand in your hand
Are you going away with no word of farewell
And will there be not a trace left behind
I could have loved you better I didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
You got reasons of plenty for going this I know this I know
For the weeds have been steadily growing please don't go please don't go
Are you going away...
[ guitar ]
Are you going away...
Well I guess I been hanging around too long it's just about time I was moving along
But I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
And don't you worry and don't you moan it's just about time I was moving along
But I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
I'm a gonna leave this sinful world before the dawning
Don't you worry and don't you moan it's just about time I was moving along
I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
[piano]
And when I'm dead and you carry me away
Don't you bury me deep cause I ain't gonna stay
I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
Just a little bit of dirt and a little bit of gravel
Don't you weigh me down cause you know I gotta travel
I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
I'm gonna kneel at the feet...
Well I spent my whole lifetime
In a world where the sunshine
Finds excuses for not hangin' 'round
I squandered emotions
On the slightest of notions
And the first easy loving I found
But soon all the good times
The gay times and play times
Like colors run together and fade
Oh Lord if you hear me
Touch me and hold me
And keep me from blowing away
There's times when I trembled
When my mind remembered
The days that just crumbled away
With nothing to show
But these lines that I know
Are beginning to show in my face
Oh Lord if you're listening
I know I'm no Christian
And I ain't got much coming to me
So send down some sunshine
Throw out your lifeline
And keep me from blowing away
Oh Lord if you hear me
Touch me and hold me
Songwriters: Frazier, Dallas; Owens, Sr., Arthur L;
So he told you that you're the dream that he's been searching for
And he told you that he's never met anyone like you before
And I can hear him telling you, your lips taste just like sherry wine
But did he tell you that he's known as Johnny One Time
Did he tell you that your heart will soon become
Another trinket on his bracelet of broken hearts?
Did he tell you that the morning sun will find you
Patching up your shattered pride and searching for the missing parts?
Did he tell you that the special love you're saving
Will disappear in flames of shame like mine?
Did he tell you that he's known as Johnny One Time
So he told you that he'd never lead your heart astray
And he told you that he'd love you forever and a day
And I can hear him telling you that he's the shy and bashful kind
But did he tell you that he's known as Johnny One Time
Did he tell you that your heart will soon become
Another trinket on his bracelet of broken hearts?
And did he tell you that the morning sun will find you
Patching up your shattered pride and searching for the missing parts?
And did he tell you that the special love you're saving
Will disappear in flames of shame like mine?
Did he tell you that he's known as Johnny one time?
Songwriters: Nelson, Willie;
This is Jimmy's road
Where Jimmy liked to play
This is Jimmy's grass
Where Jimmy liked to lay around
This is Jimmy's tree
Where Jimmy liked to climb
But Jimmy went to war
And something changed his mind
This is the battle ground
Where Jimmy learned to kill
Now Jimmy has a trade
And Jimmy knows it well too well
This is Jimmy's grave
Where Jimmy's body lies
When a soldier falls
Jimmy's body dies and dies
Well this is Jimmy's road
Where Jimmy likes to play
This is Jimmy's grass
Where Jimmy likes to lay around
It's not supposed to be that way you're supposed to know that I love you
But it don't matter anyway if I can't be there to control you
And like the other little children you gotta dream a dream or two
But be careful what you're dreamin' or soon your dreams'll be dreamin' you
It's not supposed to be that way you're supposed to know that I love you
But it don't matter anyway if I can't be there to console you
And when you go out to play this evening play with fire flies till they're gone
Then you rush to meet your lover and play with real fire till the dawn
It's not supposed to be that way you're supposed to know that I love you
I passed a home the other day
The yard was filled with kids at play
And on the sidewalk of this home
A little boy stood all alone
His smiling face was sweet and kind
But I could see the boy was blind
He listened to the children play
I bowed my head and there I prayed
Dear Lord above why must this be
And then these words came down to me
After all you're just a man
And it's not for you to understand
It's not for you to reason why
You too are blind without my eyes
So question not what I command
Cause it's not for you to understand
[steel]
Now when I pray my prayer is one
I pray his will not mine be done
After all I'm just a man
Hey baby don't you think I know
I've been acting real funny for a week or so
It's not like me to see things through
But I've never seen a sight quite like you
It's time for me to face the facts
I've gone too far and I can't turn back
I'm in love and it's all your fault
Turned my head and my heart got caught
Gone, without a thought
I'm in love and its all your fault
I've survived behind these walls
Never thought that I could see them fall
Hey now baby, I can't believe
That I give in so easily
The look in your eyes, the feel of your lips
The touch of your skin on my fingertips
I'm in love and it's all your fault
Turned my head and my heart got caught
Gone, without a thought
I'm in love and its all your fault
Ahh yeah!!
The look in your eyes, the feel of your lips
The touch of your skin on my fingertips
I'm in love and it's all your fault
Turned my head and my heart got caught
Gone, without a thought
I'm in love and its all your fault
Turned my head and my heart got caught
Gone, without a thought
I'm in love and it's all your fault
Yeah!
Turned my head and my heart got caught
Gone, without a thought
The turning earth will raise its wand
And bring the seasons to their frutiful end
and little men and trains will crasl
And snake their way around the timeless bend
And rivers, too, will course their way to find the hungry Mother Sea at last
And love will grow, it will come to pass
The sun will blaze its scorching path
across the sky a million times or more
and men with charts will scan the skies
in quest of life on some forgotten shore
and in the quiet womb the sleeping seed
will stretch its arms and grow at last
and love will grow, it will come to pass
It will come to pass
Though men and minds and times will change
still pinioned they by fers of growinkg old
though scalpeled hands will plumb the deepest corners
none will find the soul
yet bearded men in sandwich boards will tell the sinfuls treets
When we look into each other's eyes
Our hearts aren't beating wildly as they beat before
And when we hold each other in our arms
We can't receive the same vibrations anymore
And when we hear each other speak our names
We don't hear the ringing and the singing of a million bells
Perhaps our hearing's failing us perhaps we're hearing other things but who can tell
It could be said that way it could be said that way
But I'd much rather say it's time for me to go
What's the point in making leaving any harder than a leaving really ought to be
And this road on which I travel paved with broken glass and gravel
Has just room for me I hope there's room for me
I suspect that I'll be lonely but I know that if I'm lonely I'll deserve to be
And I plan to think about you just as often as I will and that's my plans for me
It could be said that way it could be said that way
But I'd much rather say it's time for me to go
I am a roving cowboy ridin' all alone
And for such a roving cowboy I've sure made myself at home
I love your sunshine I love your flowers I love your ocean rolling in
And for such a roving cowboy I've sure found myself a friend
I am a cowboy I am a sailor I have drifted far and wide
I have crossed the seven oceans I have crossed the Great Divide
But if you're ever looking for me let me tell you where I'll be
I'll be somewhere soaking up sunshine on my island in the sea
Couldn't sleep last night just walked the floor
Don't know how I'll stand this anymore
Lonely are the times since I lost you recieved your invitation to the blues
I don't know why you caused me such pain
I just hope I'll never go through this much again
Lonely me I don't know what to do recieved your invitation to the blues
[ guitar ]
You took the laughter from this world of mine thanks to you the sun will never shine
Lonesome me I don't know what to do recieved your invitation to the blues
I don't know why you caused me such pain
I just hope I'll never go through this much again
Well I'm so lonesome I don't know what to do recieved your invitation to the blues
If you could only see what's going through my mind
And if your ears could hear the rhythms and the rhymes
If you could see our love directing time
If you could only see what's going through my mind
And if you only knew the values of unknowns
And if you could see transitions going on
And if my lips could speak the words, the truth you'd find
If you could only see what's going through my mind
If you could only see what's going through my mind
And if your ears could hear the rhythms and the rhymes
And if you could see our love directing time
If you could only see what's going through my mind
If you could only see what's going through my mind
If you could only see what's going through my mind
If you could only see what's going through my mind
He's in the jailhouse now he's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now he's in the jailhouse now
I told him once or twice to quit playin' cards and a shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now
I had a friend named Rambling Bob who used to steal gamble and rob
He thought he was the smartest guy in town
But I found out last Monday that Bob got locked up Sunday
They got him in the jailhouse way downtown
He's in the jailhouse...
[ steel ]
I went out last Tuesday I met a girl named Susie
I told her I was the swellest man in town
She started to call me honey she started to spend my money
We took in every honky tonk in town
We're in the jailhouse now we're in the jailhouse now
We're in the jailhouse now we're in the jailhouse now
They told us once or twice to quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
If you really loved me
You wouldn't treat me this way
And you'd be kind enough
To leave some life while I'm away
And I might cry when you go
But I won't die when you go
And someday someone just might come along
If you really loved me
You wouldn't test me this way
You wouldn't leave the choice of leaving up to me
But I'm too proud to survive
Cause I'm more dead than alive
Funny a woman can come on so wild and free
Yet insist I don't watch her undress or watch her watch me
And stand by my bed and shiver as if she were cold
Just to lie down beside me and touch me as if I were gold
One night of love can't make up for six nights alone
But I'd rather have one than none Lord cause I'm flesh and bone
And sometimes it seems that she ain't worth the trouble at all
But she could be worth the world if somehow you can touch her at all
Right or wrong a woman can own any man
She can take him inside her and hold his soul in her hand
Then leave him as weak and weary as a newborn child
Fighting to get his first breath and open his eyes
One night of love can't make up...
[ guitar ]
They all sat around in a circle laughing and all telling lies
Then the tall one he bumped in a dollar se said boys I've got nothing to hide
The King and the Queen stood together then the ace he would not be to blame
And if the cards were all laid on the table then love could be more than a game
And if the stars didn't shine on the water then the sun wouldn't burn on the sand
And if I were the man you wanted I would not be the man that I am
And I have seen my share of long nights and I have told my share of lies
And I have run into the darkness when I saw the look in your eyes
But if the night didn't lie in the darkness then the daylight would be hard to find
And if the truth didn't turn to a weakness I would have never have spoken my mind
And if the stars didn't shine on the water...
[ guitar ]
So if you're going out to Carolina then don't linger in New Mexico
And if you think of the one there behind you then you might not feel so alone
And if the stars didn't shine on the water...
Well it's four a.m. and you're just gettin' in
Your first night out and I won't ask you where you've been
You're so ashamed and your eyes just can't meet mine
You've seen that look on me a thousand times
What makes us do the things we do heaven only knows
We think we have a secret but it always shows
And I taught you how to cheat you're doing fine
You've seen that look on me a thousand times
But I still love you and so I pretend and hope I'll never see that look again
But if we do I know the fault is mine I've seen that look on me a thousand times
You're my buddy, my pal, my friend " It will be that way until the
end and wherever you go, " I want you to know " You're my buddy,
my pal, my friend
And I've loved you all over the world " You are my sunshine
" You keep my life in a whirl " And you love me sometimes
I'll always follow my heart " Wherever it takes me
" And until death do us part " I'll love you all over the world
I'll always follow my heart " Wherever it takes me
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
That means he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry
Did you ever see a night so slow
As time goes draggin' by
The moon just went behind the clouds
To hide its face and cry
The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry
I'm so lonesome I could cry
I'm not trying to forget you anymore
I got back into remembering all the love we shared before
And I'd been trying to forget someone who my heart still adores
So I'm not trying to forget you anymore
You were someone who brought happiness into my life
and it did not last forever but that's all right
we were always more than lovers and I'm still your friend
And if I had the chance I'd do it all again
So I'm not trying to forget you anymore
I got back into remembering all the love we had before
And the best days of my life are still when you walk through that door
Now, many many years ago
When I was twenty three
I was married to a widow
Who was pretty as could be
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Had hair of red
My father fell in love with her
And soon the two were wed
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life
My daughter was my mother
'Cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matters
Even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy
My little baby then became
A brother-in-law to dad
And so became my uncle
Though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle
That also made him the brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter
Who, of course, was my step-mother
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grandpa
My father's wife then had a son
That kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild
For he was my daughter's son
My wife is now my mother's mother
And it makes me blue
Because, she is my wife
She's my grandmother too
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grandpa
Now, if my wife is my grandmother
Then, I am her grandchild
And every time I think of it
It nearly drives me wild
For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw
As the husband of my grandmother
I am my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
It's so damn easy to say that life's so hard
Everybody's got their share of battle scars
As for me, I'd like to thank my lucky stars
That I'm alive and well
And it'd be easy to add up all the pain
And all the dreams you sat and watched go up in flames
You were on, on the wreckage as it smolders in the rain
But not me, I'm alive
And today you know that's good enough for me
Breathing in and out's a blessing, can't you see?
Today is the first day of the rest of my life
And I'm alive and well, God, I'm alive and well
Stars are dancing on the water here tonight
It's good for the soul when there's not a soul in sight
This boat has caught it's wind and brought me back to life
Now I'm alive and well
And today you know that's good enough for me
Breathing in and out's a blessing, can't you see?
Today is the first day of the rest of my life
If the world keeps on turning and I'm sure it's bound to do
Then I'll keep on loving you
And if the dawn comes tomorrow and we know that it is true
Then I'll keep on loving you
What the thing changes sky to fall the dawn wouldn't come the world wouldn't stall
I wouldn't care as long as you're near it wouldn't matter to me at all
And if the stars stay in heaven and the moon stays in the blue
Then I'll keep on loving you
[ piano - guitar ]
If I ever should lose you then I know just what I'll do
I'll just keep on loving you
You are heaven to me dear you are every dream come true
And I'll keep on loving you
Life is so sweet when you are near I couldn't do without you my dear
I love you so I want you to know I think of you wherever I go
And I will always be faithful and I'm sure that you will too
Worried man worried man I'm a weary worried man
Hungry babies don't understand papa is a worried man
The place I used to draw my pay slammed the door on me today
And told me just to stay away and no come back again
I went back home to bring the news my woman saw that I had the blues
But she said the babies need new shoes and I'm a worried man
Worried man worried man...
[Guitar]
Well there is no way that I can see that I can feed my family
Cause I don't own no money tree and very little lam
But I said mama don't you cry I'll get a job up fore the day's gone by
I don't know where though and that is why I'm a worried man
Worried man worried man...
You told me you'd love me forever
But the one in your arms is not me
So if this is what you refer to as love
Then I'd rather you didn't love me
I have waited so long for your love now
But I've made up my mind it can't be
For if I am just one of the many you love
Then I'd rather you didn't love me
How can I name the one to blame
I suppose it's the way you believe
But if this is what you refer to as love
Then I'd rather you didn't love me
[steel]
And if I am just one of the many you love
Then I'd rather you didn't love me
I'll walk alone
Where once we wandered
It seems so strange
Since you are gone
Till you return
I'll stay the same, dear
I'll still be true
And walk alone
By stars above
I swear to love you
With all the love
I've ever known
While we're apart
I'll stay the same, dear
And when teardrops start
I'll walk alone
[piano]
The flame of love
Is brightly burning
And you know that I'm
Your very own
Each night I pray
For your returning
But while you're gone
Those happy hours I spent with you
That lovely afterglow
Most of all, I miss you so
Your sweet caresses, each rendezvous
You voice so soft and low
Most of all, I miss you so
You once filled my heart with
No regrets, no fears
Now you'll find my heart
Filled to the top with tears
I'll always love you and want you too
How much you'll never know
I love you because you understand dear every single thing I try to do
And you're always there to lend a halping hand dear
But most of all I love you cause you're you
No matter what the world may say about me
I know your love will always see me through
I love you for the way you never doubt me but most of all I love you cause you're you
[fiddle]
I love you because my heart is lighter every time I'm walking by your side
And I love you because the future's brighter the door to happiness you opened wide
No matter what may be the style or season
I know your love will always see me through
I love you for a hundred thousand reasons
I see you watchin’ me just like a hawk
I don’t mind the way you talk
But if you touch me something’s got to give
I live the life I love and I love the life I live
My diamond ring and my money too
Tomorrow night they could belong to you
The girl move me at their will
I live the life I love and I love the life I live
I may lay a hundred on a bet this time
Tomorrow night can’t cover your dime
Next week I could be over the hill
I’m just tryin’ to tell you people how I feel
You see me rockin’ as I pass you by
Don’t talk about me cause I could be high
Just forgive me if you will
I live the life I love and I love the life I live
Well, I may lay a hundred on a bet this time
Tomorrow night can’t cover your dime
Next week I could be over the hill
I’m just tryin’ to tell you people how I feel
You see me rockin’ as I pass you by
Don’t talk about me cause I could be high
Just forgive me if you will
I always go the other way but my car drove me down today
To a little house on the older side of town
Back when things were never hard I used to play there in that yard
And I just drove by to see if things had changed
Cokes were just a nickel then and across the street at the five and ten
A lot of things were cheap and square and strange
And the life that we had might have been but it was one we loved believin' in
And I just drove by to see if things had changed
I wondered now if love is still the way it was back then
I need to know that life is still a place worth livin' in
There it is just like it was a house where there was always love
And I just drove by to see if things had changed
[ guitar ]
In a world that seen it's better days it's good to know some things remain the same
Though standing still is not times way
Take to heart while in it's spring oh love is just a fragile thing
And I just drove by to see if things had changed
I wondered now if love is still...
Well, last night I came home an' I knocked on my door,
An' I called to my love as I oft had before.
An' I knocked an' I knocked: no answer thee came.
No kisses to greet me or voice call my name.
An' I couldn't believe it was true, oh Lord.
Couldn't believe it was true.
An' my eyes filled with tears an' I must've aged in years,
An' I couldn't believe it was true.
Instrumental break.
Well, the shock was so great, I am quiverin' yet.
An' I'll try to forgive but I cannot forget.
My heart breakin' loss is another man's gain.
Her happiness, always, I hope will remain.
An' I couldn't believe it was true, oh Lord.
Couldn't believe it was true.
An' my eyes filled with tears an' I must've aged in years,
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright
(Bright), bright (bright)
Sun-shiny day
It's gonna be a bright
(Bright), bright (bright)
Sun-shiny day
I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for
It's gonna be a bright
(Bright), bright (bright)
Sun-shiny day
Look all around, there's nothin' but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin' but blue skies
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright
(Bright), bright (bright)
Sun-shiny day
It's gonna be a bright
(Bright), bright (bright)
Sun-shiny day
It's gonna be a bright
(Bright), bright (bright)
Sun-shiny day
Oh, what a bright, (bright)
[Willie:]
I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jellyroll
[Wheel:]
How 'bout your short'nin' bread
[Willie:]
Oh, I wouldn't give you a piece a pie to save your soul
[Wheel:]
I guess that's what you said
[Willie:]
My Ma told me today, when she went away
[Wheel:]
To buy groceries
[Willie:]
To be a good boy, she'd give me a toy
'Cause I'm my Mama's pride and joy
There ain't no use of anyone to keep a hangin' 'round
[Wheel:]
Maybe I'm waitin' on your Ma
[Willie:]
You don't know my Ma, she'd really put you down
[Wheel:]
Put me down
[Willie:]
Ma's bakin' up a storm, and her oven is still warm
I know you want it, but you can't have it
And I ain't gonna give you none
[Wheel:]
You dirty boy!
[Wheel:]
I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jellyroll
[Willie:]
Oh, such a stingy chap!
[Wheel:]
I wouldn't give you a piece a pie to save your soul
[Willie:]
How 'bout a zuzu snap
[Wheel:]
Her cherry pie is fine, her layer cake divine
But I'm tellin' you twice, you can't get a slice
Unless you're extra special nice
Now, there ain't no use of you to just keep a hangin' 'round
[Willie:]
Oh, pretty please
[Wheel:]
I love you but I hate to put you down
Yeah, my jellyroll is sweet
[Willie:]
That it is!
[Wheel:]
It sure is hard to beat
Well, I know they want it
[Willie:]
But, they can't have it
[Both:]
Yeah, ho-ho Miss Nelly, I mean my jellyroll
[Willie:]
Dibs on the dishpan
[Wheel:]
People steal, they cheat and lie
For wealth and what it will buy
Don't they know on the judgement day
That their gold and silver will melt away
I'd rather be in a deep, dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my God and doom my soul
Jesus said ,come on to me
I'll break sin's chains and set you free
I'll carry you to a home on high
Where you'll never, never die
What good is gold and silver, too
When your heart's not good and true
Sinner hear me when I say
Fall down on your knees and pray
Jesus died there on the cross
So this world would not be lost
Sinner hear now what I say
For someday you'll have to pay
What good is gold and silver too
If your heart's not good and true
Sinner, hear me when I say
Home is where you're happy and I'm happy here with you,
Or any place on earth that you may be.
Home is where you're happy, just any house will do,
And I'll feel at home as long as you're with me.
This room could not hold me for one short minute;
If you weren't here with me, I'd soon be gone.
That chair is just a chair when you're not in it.
It takes more than rooms and chairs to make a home.
Home is where you're happy and I'm happy here with you,
Or any place on earth that you may be.
Home is where you're happy, just any house will do,
And I'll feel at home as long as you're with me.
Time, someday, may cause this house to crumble,
But we'll move into another, love and all.
And if time, someday, should make your footsteps stumble,
I'll be there to catch you, should you fall.
Home is where you're happy and I'm happy here with you,
Or any place on earth that you may be.
Home is where you're happy, just any house will do,
Haven't got a worry haven't got a care I haven't got a thing to call my own
Though I'm out of money and I'm a millionaire
I still have my home in San Antone when I greet my neighbor with a hi y'all
I'm wealthy as a king upon a throne
But when I feel like braggin' I just up and say I'm a native son of San Antone
[fiddle - guitar]
Well I travel around the country on my merry way
I've been to crowds and felt I was alone
But when I feel like braggin' I just up and say I'm a native son of San Antone
There's a sweet somebody by the Alamo someday she's goin' to be my very own
And we'll buy a high chair in a year or so for our little home in San Antone
For our little home in San Antone
[fiddle]
For our little home in San Antone
[fiddle]
I was a highwayman
along the coach roads I did ride
sword and pistol by my side
many a young maid lost her baubbles to my trade
many a soldier shed his life blood on my blade
the bastards hung me in the spring of '25
but I am still alive
I was a sailor
I was born upon the tide
the way of the sea I did abide
I sailed a schooner 'round the horn of mexico
I went aloft unfurled the mainsail let it blow
and when the yards broke off they said that i got killed
but I am living still
I was a dam builder
across the river deep and wide
where steel and water did collide
a place called boulder on the wild colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
they buried me in that grey tomb that knows no sound
but I am still around
I'll always be around and around and around and around and around and around....
I fly a star ship
across the universe divide
and when i reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
"PERHAPS" I may become a highwayman again
or i may simply be a single drop of rain
but I will remain
Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus Lane
Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer pulling on the reins
Bells are ringing children singing all is merry and bright
So hang your stockings and say your prayers cause Santa Claus comes tonight
Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus Lane
He's got a bag that's filled with toys for boys and girls again
Hear those sleigh bells jingle jangle what a beautiful sight
Jump in bed and cover up your head cause Santa Claus comes tonight
Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus Lane
He doesn't care if you're a rich or poor boy for he loves you just the same
Santa knows that we're God's children that makes everything right
Fill your hearts with Christmas cheer cause Santa Claus comes tonight
Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus Lane
He'll come around when the chimes ring out it's Christmas morn again
Peace on earth will come to all if we just follow the light
Hello walls, (Hello, hello.)
How'd things go for you today?
Don't you miss her.
Since she up and walked away?
And I'll bet you dread to spend another lonely night with me,
But lonely walls, I'll keep you company.
Hello window, (Hello, hello.)
Well, I see that you're still here.
Aren't you lonely,
Since our darlin disappeared?
Well look here, is that a teardrop in the corner of your pane?
Now don't you try to tell me that's it's rain.
She went away and left us all alone the way she planned.
Guess we'll have to learn to get along without her if we can.
Hello ceiling, (Hello, hello.)
I'm gonna stare at you a while.
You know I can't sleep,
So won't you bear with me a while?
We gotta all stick together or else I'll lose my mind.
I gotta feelin' she'll be gone a long, long time.
Sometimes it's heaven, sometimes it's hell, sometimes I don't even know
Sometime I take it as far as I can and sometimes I don't even go
My front tracks are headed for a cold water well, my back tracks are covered with snow
Sometimes it's heaven, sometimes it's hell, sometimes I don't even know[ steel - piano ]
Heaven ain't walkin' the streets paved with gold, hell ain't a mountain of fire
Heaven is layin' in my sweet baby's arms, hell is when baby ain't there
My front tracks are headed for a cold water well, my backtracks are covered with snow
Well sometimes it's heaven, sometimes it's hell, sometimes I don't even know
Songwriters: Nelson, Willie;
I'm sorry but you've come to the wrong house
But I know who those flowers are for
The flowers that you have are for someone who's happy
And happiness lives next door
Someone sends her flowers each evening
And her young heart is flooded with joy
So don't keep her waiting, deliver the flowers
To happiness who lives next door
The only one who would send flowers to me
Is gone to return no more
But there's some consolation to know someone is happy
And happiness lives next door
The only one who would send flowers to me
Is gone to return no more
But there's some consolation to know someone is happy
And happiness lives next door
At a time when the world seems to be spinnin' hopelessly out of control,
There's deceivers an' believers an' old in-betweeners,
That seem to have no place to go.
Well, it's the same old song, it's right an' it's wrong,
An' livin' is just somethin' that I do.
An' with no place to hide, I looked in your eyes,
An' I found myself in you.
I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars.
An' I've nearly gone up in smoke.
Now my hand's on the wheel, I've something that's real,
An' I feel like I'm goin' home.
An' in the shade of an oak down by the river,
Sit an old man an' a boy,
Settin' sail, spinnin' tales an' fishin' for whales,
With a lady they both enjoy.
Well, it's the same damn tune, it's the man in the moon.
It's the way that I feel about you.
An' with no place to hide, I looked in your eyes,
An' I found myself in you.
An' I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars.
An' I've nearly gone up in smoke.
Now my hand's on the wheel, I've something that's real,
An' I feel like I'm goin' home.
I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your crown and she cut your hair
And from you lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
And it doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Cyrus Jones 1810 to 1913
Made his great grandchildren believe
he could live to a 103
A hundred and three is forever when you’re just a little kid
So, Cyrus Jones lived forever
Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger
Muriel Stonewall 1903 to 1954
She lost both of her babies in the second great war
Now, you should never have to watch your only children lowered in the ground
that means you should never have to bury your own babies
Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger
Ring around the rosey
Pocket full o'posey
Ashes to ashes
{Musical intro}
We all fall down
Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Oh Gravedigger
Little Mikey Carson '67 to '75
He rode his bike like the devil until the day he died
When he grows up he wants to be Mr. Vertigo on the flying trapeze
Oh, 1940 to 1992--
Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Grave digger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
I can feel the rain
I can feel the rain
Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger
You may be an ambassador to England or France
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world
You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
Might be a rock'n' roll adict prancing on the stage
Might have money and drugs at your commands, women in a cage
You may be a business man or some high degree thief
They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a state trooper, you might be an young turk
You may be the head of some big TV network
You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame
You may be living in another country under another name.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a construction worker working on a home
You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome
You might own guns and you might even own tanks
You might be somebody's landlord you might even own banks.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride
You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side
You may be working in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair
You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk
You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread
You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed.
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
You may call me Terry, you may call me Jimmy
You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy
You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray
You may call me anything but no matter what you say.
You're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
Everybody's gone away said they're moving to LA
There's not a soul I know around everybody's leavin' town
Some caught a freight some caught a plane find the sunshine leave the rain
They said this town'll waste your time I guess they're right it's wastin' mine
Some gotta win some gotta lose good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
You know my heart keeps telling me you're not a kid at thirty-three
You play around you lose your wife you play too long you lose your life
I got my pills to ease the pain can't find a thing to ease the rain
I'd love to try and settle down but everybody's leavin' town
Some gotta win some gotta lose good time Charlie's got the blues
Well me and my baby we're goin' steady we ain't married but we're gettin' ready
To tie the knot I'm gonna make her my own
Well now that I've found her I'm gonna keep her finders keepers losers weepers
She's my baby she's goin' steady with me
Well I've been a honky tonkin' round nearly all my life
Now I got a steady babe and I'm gonna make her make her my wife
All you rovin' ramblers can leave her alone don't even date her on the phone
Cause she's my baby she's goin' steady with me
And now sweet baby that we're goin' steady I'll pull up and ask your daddy
What he thinks if you and I are wed
Cause I love you and you love me we're both as happy as we can be
I hope your daddy will let you go steady with me
We'll get the rings and be on our way to see the preacher man
And when you say I do sweetheart I'll slip the ring on your loving hand
Everything's gonna turn out fine I'll be yours and you'll be mine
You're my baby you're goin' steady with me
The closer I get to my home Lord the more I wanna be there
There'll be a gatherin' of loved ones and friends Lord you know I wanna be there
There'll be a mixture of teardrops and flowers crying and talking for hours
Bout how wild that I was and if I'd listened to them I wouldn't be there
Well there's old Charlie Toll they threw away the mold when they made him
And Jimmy McCline it looks like the wine's finally laid him
And Billie McRae that I could any day in a card game
And Bessie McNeal but her tears are real I can see pain
There's a mixture of teardrops...
Lord thanks for ride I got a feeling inside that I know you
And if you see your way you're welcome to stay cause I'm gonna need you
Your watching your watch and I know what's on your mind
There's someone home waiting and you're away over time
What should be so right is as wrong as can be
Go on home you don't belong here with me
I love you I love you I love only you
But the one home who's waiting he loves you too
He's worried and he's wondering where can you be
Go on home you don't belong here with me
Go on home you don't belong here with me
Though I want you and I need you desperately
But to hide here in the darkness is as wrong as can be
Go on home you don't belong here with me
Well, hello there
My, it's been a long, long time
How am I doing?
Oh, I guess that I'm doing fine
It's been so long now,
But it seems now, that it was only yesterday
Gee, ain't it funny, how time slips away.
How's your new love?
I hope that he's doin fine
I heard you told him,
That you'd love him till the end of time
Now, that's the same thing that you told me
Seems like just the other day
Gee, ain't it funny, how time slips away.
I gotta go now
I guess I'll see you around
Don't know when though
Never know, when I'll be back in town
But remember, what I tell you
In time your gonna pay
Casey Jones he was a mighty man
But now he's resting in the promised land
The kind of music he could understand
Was an eight wheel driver under his command
[Refrain:]
He made the freight train boogie
All the time
He made the freight train boogie
As he rolled down the line
When the fireman started ringing the bell
Everybody hung around to tell
Casey Jones was a coming to town, on a six
You may think that I'm talking foolish
You heard that I'm wild and I'm free
You may wonder how, I can promise you now
This love that I feel for you, always will be
Your not just time that I'm killing
I'm no longer one of those guys
As sure as I live, this love that I give
Is gonna be yours until the day that I die
I'm gonna love you forever
Forever and ever, Amen
As long as ol' man sit and talk about the weather
As long as ol' woman sit and talk about ol' man
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful
I be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever, Amen
They say, time take touch on your body
Make the young girl with brown hair turn gray
Well, honey I don't care, I ain't in love with your hair
And if it all fell out, I'd love you anywhere
They say, time can play tricks on your memory
Make people forget things they knew
Well it's easy to see, it is happening to me
I've already forgotten, every woman but you
I'm gonna love you forever
Forever and ever, Amen
As long as ol' man sit and talk about the weather
As long as ol' woman sit and talk about ol' man
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful
Just listen to how this song end
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever, Amen
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
If the sun's too hot cool it if you can
Better go out and get yourself a five cent fan
And fan it, fan it, you gotta fan it and cool it
Honey till the cows come home
Just met myself a new girl and her name was Sue
She said, "To make love to you, honey tell you what to do"
You gotta fan it, fan it, you gotta fan it and cool it
Honey till the cows come home
My mamma's in the kitchen, I just heard that back door slam
Come out of that kitchen honey, quit scorching that ham
And let's just fan it, fan it, you gotta fan it and cool it
Honey till the cows come home
Well, I got six months in jail, my back turned to the wall
Fannin' that thing was the cause of it all
So fan it, fan it, gotta fan it and cool it
We were headed home in Austin
Caught pneumonia on the road
Taking it home to Connie and the kids
A wheel ran off and jumped a railroad
Then ran through a grocery store
If you want to buy a bus I'm taking bids
And the devil shivered in his sleeping bag
He said traveling on the road is such a drag
If we can make it home by Friday we can brag
And the devil shivered in his sleeping bag
[guitar]
Well I just got back from New York City
Kris and Rita done it all
Raw perfection there for all the world to see
Lord I heard an angel singing
In the Philharmonic Hall
Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge cleft for me
And the devil shivered...
There's a family Bible on the table
Each page is torn and hard to read
But the family Bible on the table
Will ever be my key to memories
At the end of day when work was over
And when the evening meal was done
Dad would read to us from the family Bible
And we'd count our many blessings one by one
I can see us sittin' round the table
When from the family Bible dad would read
I can hear my mother softly singing rock of ages Rock of ages cleft for me
Now this old world of ours is full of trouble
This old world would also better be
If we'd find more Bibles on the tables
And mothers singing rock of ages cleft for me
I can see us sittin' round the table
When from the family Bible dad would read
I can hear my mother softly singing rock of ages
A thousand miles dear a thousand more across the water across the shore
I'll say a prayer dear for yours and mine please think of me dear each night at nine
I hold your picture close to my heart it takes your place dear while we're apart
Helps remind me that you're still mine to feel your nearness night at nine
[ guitar - piano ]
The bugle's playing out go the lights even it's lonely these army nights
Go tell kids I'm doing fine give them my love dear each night at nine
A thousand miles dear...
Dusty skies I can't see nothing in sight
Good old Dan you'll have to guide me right
For we lose our way the cattle will stray
And we lose them all tonight
With all of the grass and water's gone
We'll have to keep the cattle moving on
Sand blowing I just can't breathe in this air
Thought it would soon be clear and fair
But the dust storms were bad they took all we had
I've got to be moving somewhere
I hate to leave the old ranch so bare
But I've got to be moving somewhere
So get along doggies we're moving off of this range
Never thought as how I'd make the change
But the blue skies have failed we're on our last trail
Underneath these dusty skies
I just thought, that you would like to know
That I would, do anything, just to make your dreams, just to make your dreams come true
Well I just thought, that you would like to know, that I... I would climb the highest tree
Just to make your dreams, just to make your dreams, come true
I know, that it seems like, I am full of hot air
But my heart is in the right place
I swear, I swear
I just thought that you, would like to know, that I... I would do anything
Just to make your dreams, just to make your dreams come true
Now I know that it seems like, I'm full of hot air
But my heart
My heart is in the right place
I swear, I swear
And I just thought that you, would like to know
That I... I'd do anything... anything, just to make your dreams
Just to make your dreams come true
Just to make your dreams, just to make your dreams...
Don't be ashamed of your age
Don't let the years get you down
That old gang you knew
They still think of you
As a rounder in your old home town
Don't mind the grey in your hair
Just think of the fun you had puttin' it there
And as for that old book of time
Boy, you never skipped a page
So, don't be ashamed of your age
Brother, don't be ashamed of your age
Now, listen Mr Smith and Mr Brown
Don't let the years get you down
'Cause life ain't begun until you're forty some
That's when you really start to go to town
Now don't wish that you were a lad
Why boy, you've lost more girls
Than they've ever had
And once more you've graduated
From that ol' stubborn stage
So, don't be ashamed of your age
Verse 1
Theres a boat race down the river
Theres a slow boat on my mind
Everybody's going like crazy
I'm taking my own sweet time
I'll drift down to Big Shark River
Take a boat ride along the bay
Just trying to find a little peace of mind
Down in the Everglades
Chorus
There ain't gonna be no hurry
There ain't gonna be no rush
Just a lazy style like a crocodile
Playin' in the mangrove brush
I'll float on down the river
Let the speed boat speed away
I'll drift around making gator sounds
Down in the Everglades
Verse 2
While the big crowd down the rivers
Are gettin' drunk on sea grape wine
I'm gettin' high watchin' eagles fly
Havin' myself a time
Wet my whistle every now and then
With a sip of cool Gatorade
Watch the sun go down and let the world go 'round
Down in the Everglades
Chorus
There ain't gonna be no hurry
There ain't gonna be no rush
Just a lazy style like a crocodile
Playin' in the mangrove brush
I'll float on down the river
Let the speed boat speed away
I'll drift around making gator sounds
Down in the Everglades
I'll drift around makin' gator sounds
In this proud land we grew up strong we were wanted all along
I was taught to fight taught to win I never thought I could fail
No fight left or so it seems I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've changed my face I've changed my name but no one wants you when you lose
Don't give up cause you have friends don't give up you're not beaten yet
Don't give up I know you can make it good
Though I saw it all around I never thought that I could be affected
I thought that we would be the last to go it is so strange the way things turn
Drove the night toward my home the place that I was born on the lakeside
And as daylight broke I saw the earth the trees had burned down to the ground
Don't give up you still have us
Don't give up we don't need much of anything
Don't give up cause somewhere there's a place there's a place where we belong
Got to walk out of here I can't take anymore
I'm gonna stand on that bridge keep my eyes down below
Whatever may come and whatever may go
That river's flowing that river's flowing
Moved on to another town tried hard to settle down
For every job so many men so many men no one needs
Don't give up cause you have friends don't give up you're not the only one
Don't give up no reason to be ashamed don't give up you still have us
Don't give up now we're proud of who you are
Don't give up you know it's never been easy
When you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair
Talking to those rich folks that you know
Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
You know that I could never be alone
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flower by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Well when you're sitting back in your pink rose Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Days
I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
And another girl can take my pain away
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flower by US mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flower by the US mail
Send me dead flowers at my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Come all you young fellers, so young and so fine
And seek not your fortunes way down in the mine
It will form like a habit and seep in your soul
'Til the stream of your blood flows as black as the coal
It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines
There is many a man I have seen in my day
Who lived just to labor his whole life away
Like the fiend with his dope and the drunkard his wine
A man will have lust for the lure of the mine
It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines
I hope when I'm dead and the ages shall roll
That my body will blacken and turn into coal
I will look from the door of my heavenly home
And pity the miner a' diggin' my bones
It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine
If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye
It's no secret you feel better if you cry
When waking from a bad dream don't you sometimes think it's real
But it's only false emotions that you feel
If your heartaches seem to hang around too long
And your blues keep gettin' bluer with each song
Remember sunshine can be found behind the cloudy sky
So let your head down and go on and cry
If your heartaches...
I’ve had fame and fortune
Women come knock on my door
I’ve live to the limit maybe a little bit more
There are so many stories of how I got out of control
Some say it’s a woman
Some say it’s my trouble soul
I’m like a crazy old solider
fightin’ a war on my own
Just me and the whiskey
And the bottles are ten thousand strong
You’d think I’d give up
as many times as I’ve been hit
But like a crazy old soldier
I just don’t know when to quit
Barrooms and bedrooms
Are just faces and places and names
Once for the pleasure
And Lord knows once for the pain
I’ve tried to forget her
And all of the things that we’ve done
But as long as there are memories
I’ll never hang up my gun
I’m like a crazy old solider
Fightin’ a war on my own
Just me and the whiskey
And the bottles are ten thousand strong
You’d think I’d give up
As many times as I’ve been hit
But like crazy old solider
I just don’t know when to quit
Like a crazy old solider
Well, there's many a strange impulse out on the plains of West Texas.
There's many a young boy who feels things he can't comprehend.
And a small town don't like it when somebody falls between sexes.
No, a small town don't like it when a cowboy has feelings for men.
And I believe to my soul that inside every man there's the feminine.
And inside every lady there's a deep manly voice loud and clear.
Well, a cowboy may brag about things that he's done with his women.
But the ones who brag loudest are the ones that are most likely queer.
Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other.
Say, what do you think all them saddles and boots was about?
And there's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels for his brother.
And inside every cowboy there's a lady that'd love to slip out.
And there's always somebody who says what the others just whisper.
And mostly that someone's the first one to get shot down dead.
So when you talk to a cowboy don't treat him like he was a sister.
You can't fuck with a lady that's sleepin' in each cowboy's head.
Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other.
What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?
And there's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels for his brother.
And inside every lady there's a cowboy who wants to come out.
You called me Country Willie
The night you walked away
With the one who promised you a life of joy
You thought my life too simple
And your was much too gay
To spend it living with a country boy
I'm writing you this letter
I write you every day
I hope that you've received the ones before
But I've heard not one word from you
And every day I pray
That you will not forget your country boy
While you're living in the city
With riches round your door
Is this your love
Is this your kind of joy
Or do you find
There's something missing
Does your heart cry out for more
And do you sometimes miss your country boy
[steel]
A cottage in the country
With roses round the door
Could not compete
With flashing city lights
But it's all I have to offer
Except for one thing more
A heart so filled with love
That it could die
Well it's time to end this letter
The light of dawn is near
A lonely night has passed
But there'll be more
Just one more thing in closing
For all the world to hear
Come home I love you
Within my prison cell so dreary alone I sit alone with aching heart
I'm dreaming of my lonely darling from her forever I must part
The rose she sent me as a token she sent it just to light my gloom
to tell me that her heart is broken and cheer me ere I meet my doom
The judge would not believe my story the jury said I have to pay
And with the rose in all its glory not guilty's all that I could say
Goodbye sweetheart for in the morning to meet my Maker in repose
And when I die at daylight's dawning against my heart they'll find this rose
[ guitar ]
I can tell that you're already growing tired of me
Want no part of me you even strated lying to me
And if you started out to break this heart inside of me
Congratulations to you dear you're doing fine
I pass you on the street and you don't speak to me
You just look at me and then you walk away from me
And if you started out to make a fool of me
Congratulations to you dear you're doing fine
And you should be comanded for the sorrow you cause me
How does it feel to be the Queen of Misery
So if you started out to make a fool of me
Congratulations to you dear you're doing fine
[ guitar ]
And you should be comanded...
Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see
Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly by
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
(Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see)
Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Originally recorded by Arlo Guthrie
Ridin' on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
All along the south-bound odyssey
the train pulls out at Kankakee
and rolls along past houses farms and fields
Passin' trains that have no names
and freight yards full of old black men
and the grave-yards of the rusted automobiles
Good morning America, how are you?
Say don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
and I'll be gone five-hundred miles
when the day is done
Dealin' cards with the old men in the club car
penny a point ain't no one keepin' score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
feel the wheels grumblin' 'neath the floor
And the sons of Pullman porters
and the sons of engineers
ride their father's magic carpet made of steel
Mothers with their babes asleep
rockin' to the gentle beat
and the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Good morning America, how are you?
Say don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five-hundred miles
when the day is done
Night time on the City of New Orleans
changin' cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Halfway home, we'll be there by mornin'
thru the Mississippi darkness rollin' down to the sea
But all the towns and people seem
to fade into a bad dream
and the steel rails still ain't heard the news
The conductor sings his songs again
the passengers will please refrain
this train has got the disappearin' railroad blues.
Good night America, how are you?
Say don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five-hundred miles
One night when the moon was bright on the moonlit bay.
That is where I found my little Cherokee maid.
The memory of the that night of love, is lingering yet.
And I know I never will forget.
My little Cherokee Maiden, I love her so.
And though we're far apart.
I know I'll never be tradin' my love for her,
For anybody else's heart.
Someday I'll make a trip back to that Cherokee Strip,
And I'll carry her away with me.
And straight as an arrow flies,
We'll ride to paradise,
My sweet little chickadee,
My little Cherokee Maiden and me.
My little Cherokee Maiden, I love her so.
And though we're far apart.
I know I'll never be tradin' my love for her,
For anybody else's heart.
Someday I'll make a trip back to that Cherokee Strip,
And I'll carry her away with me.
And straight as an arrow flies,
We'll ride to paradise,
My sweet little chickadee,
Walking with my baby, she got great big feet
Long, lean and cranky and ain't had nothing to eat
But she's my baby, I love her just the same
I'm crazy about my baby 'cause Caldonia is her name
Caldonia, Caldonia
What makes your big head so hard?
I love you, I love you just the same
I'm crazy about you, baby, 'cause Caldonia is your name
You know my mother told me to leave Caldonia alone
No kidding, that what she said
She said, "Son, the woman ain't no good, leave her alone"
But mama didn't know what Caldonia had been putting down
So I'm going down to Caldonia's house and ask her just one more time
Caldonia, Caldonia
What makes your big head so hard?
I love you, love you just the same
(Ahhh, yeah)
(Come on now, bring it on down to my house, boys....right)
(Ho)
Bring it on down to my house honey, there ain't nobody home but me
Bring it on down to my house honey, I need your company
Tom cat sittin' on the railroad track
Well he hollered at the Mama cat, she answered back
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
(Ohhh, yes)
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
Bring it on down to my house honey, I need your company
My gal Sal, she makes good pie
I eat so much I could nearly die
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
(Ahhh, yes)
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
Bring it on down to my house honey, I need your company
Say old man, can ya play the fiddle
Yes, by crackies I can play a little
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
(Ahhh, yeah)
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
Bring it on down to my house honey, I need your company
Bot-do, noddleaten do, sh'bodleaten do, whoooa
Bring it on down to my house honey, ain't nobody home but me
My troubled old heart dear is beating with pain,
You've gone and I know I'm the one who's to blame,
You've gone in the world to make a new start,
And left as a mem'ry your brand on my heart.
They say you were crying while packing your things
And left me your locket and bright golden rings,
The plans for your future I've broken apart
Now all I have left is your brand on my heart.
You say you were sorry it ended this way
And that I'll find someone to love me someday,
Another to cherish the love you once knew,
But darling that someone can only be you.
The flowers you planted, that rose you loved best
Its soft velvet petals are now closed in death
The birds have hushed singing, it all plays a part
To deepen the wound of your brand on my heart.
I'm appealing to you for forgiveness today
For all of your tears darling I've had to pay,
If you'll just forgive me we'll make a new start
I met a girl I loved in a town way down in Texas
Beneath the stars up above she was the sweetest girl I ever did see
So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms
I kissed her while the guitars played the Bonaparte's Retreat
All the world was bright as I held her on that night
And I heard her say please don't you ever go away
And so I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms
And kissed her while the guitars played the Bonaparte's Retreat
[ guitar ]
All the world was bright...
[ guitar ]
Well, he rode into Blue Rock, dusty an' tired,
An' got him a room for the night.
He lay there in silence with too much on his mind.
Still hopin' that he was not right.
But he found them that evenin' at a tavern in town,
In a quiet little out of the way place.
An' they smiled at each other when he walked through the door.
An' they died with their smiles on their faces.
I'd like to say that I tried.
Fits in with all deceptions and lies.
And empty tables with food, untouched.
I couldn't see the future,
and I liked it too much.
I've been goin' from door to door
with nothing to sell.
Wanderin' like a fool through the halls of a blue hotel.
Chorus:
Go on and rain down on us,
Go on and rain,
Go on and rain down on us,
I give up, I give up.
Somethin' about her is cold,
blowin through the trees,
leavin me wrong.
As the words come out,
I get confused, I get shattered like a lightbulb in October.
She's inside me like a secret,
and I got no one to tell.
And wanderin' like a fool through the halls of blue hotel.
Chorus
I give up, I give up
Choir:
Go on and rain down on us.
It's a Bloody Mary morning,
Baby left me without warning
Sometime in the night
So I'm flyin' down to Houston
Forgetting her's the nature of my flight
As we taxi toward the runway
With the smog and haze
Reminding me of how I feel
Just a country boy who's learnin'
That the pitfalls of the city
Are extremely real
All the night life and the parties
And temptation and deceit
The order of the day
Well it's a Bloody Mary mornin'
Cause I'm leavin' baby somewhere in LA
It's a Bloody Mary morning...
[guitar]
Our golden jet is airborn
And flight Fifty cuts a path
Across the mornin' sky
And a voice comes on the speaker
Reassuring us flight Fifty
Is the way to fly
And a hostess takes our order
Coffee tea or something stronger
To start off the day
Well it's a Bloody Mary morning
Cause I'm leavin' baby somewhere in LA
I was sittin' beside the road in Blackjack County
Not knowing that the sheriff paid a bounty
For men like me who didn't have a penny to their names
So he locked my leg to thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
All we had to eat was bread and water
Each day we had to build that road a mile and a quarter
Black sneak whip would cut our backs when some poor fool complained
But we couldn't fight back wearin' 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain
And then one night while the sheriff was a sleepin'
We all gathered round him slowly creepin'
And heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain
When we beat him death with thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
Now the whip marks have all healed and I am thankful
That there's nothing but a scar round my ankle
Most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again
To a black sneak whip and thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
To a black sneak whip and thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
She said I ain't gonna fix you no more sausage
Biscuits and gravy on the side
You done said the wrong thing to me baby
And you can kiss big booty good-bye
She said I ain't gonna fix you no more QUESAS
Or fix you nothing else that's chicken fried
Go on and find yourself another woman
And you can kiss big booty good-bye
Go on and find yourself a skinny woman
Something a little more your size
And don't come back to me a moaning
When she cuts you off of burgers and fries
She said I ain't gonna fix you no more chicken
And no more Momma's chocolate pies
And here's something heavy for you baby
You can kiss big booty good-bye
Go on and find yourself a skinny woman
Something a little more your size
And don't come back to me a moaning
When she cuts you off of burgers and fries
She said I ain't gonna fix you no more sausage
Biscuits and gravy on the side
You done said the wrong thing to me baby
And you can kiss big booty good-bye
And you can kiss big booty good-bye
I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did,
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I watched you die
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
It's the way that you kiss me
It's the way that you don't
It's the way that you'll miss me
When you swear that you won't
There's a feeling you give me
When we talk on the phone
God, I hope you outlive me
So I'm never alone
Chorus:
And whatever you do, I will be there for you
Through the thunder the wind and the rain
And whatever you do, I will promise to you
I will be there,
I will be there for you
I may lack social graces
But I won't swallow my pride
See there are millions of places, I could be
But I'm here by your side
(Chorus)
Though there's nothing to guide us
We will weather the storm
Till the heavens divide us
I'll keep you from harm
(Chorus)
And whatever you do, I'll be there for you
Through the thunder, the wind, and the rain
I will always be true, this I promise to you
I will be there
You didn't know I wasn't free when you fell in love with me
And with all your young heart you learned to care
It brought you shame and disgrace the world has tumbled in your place
Cause they call our love a back street affair
They say you wrecked my home I'm a husband that's gone wrong
They don't know the sorrow that we've had to bear
For the one that I'm tied to was the first to be untrue
Yes they call our love a back street affair
[ guitar - keyboards ]
We have each other now that's all that matters anyhow
Oh the judgement of gossip's never fair
We'll just be brave and strong then someday they'll see they're wrong
Let them call our love a back street affair
We'll be free for love someday when all the talk is dead away
And the happiness we've hoped for then we'll share
I'll climb a mountain high and then the world will hear me cry
You must remember this
A kiss is still a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply as time goes by
And when two lovers woo
They still say "I love you"
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings, as time goes by
Moonlight and love songs never out of date
Hearts full of passion, jealousy, and hate
Woman needs man, and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers as time goes by
(Instrumental)
Moonlight and love songs never out of date
Hearts full of passion, jealousy, and hate
Woman needs man, and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
Try to think that love's not around
But it's uncomfortably near
My old heart ain't gaining no ground
Because my angel eyes ain't here
Angel eyes, that old devil sent
They glow unbearably bright
Need I say that my love's mispent
Mispent with angel eyes tonight
So drink up all you people
Order anything you see
Have fun you happy people
The laughs and the jokes are on me
Pardon me but I got to run
The fact's uncommonly clear
Got to find who's now number one
And why my angel eyes ain't here
Oh, where is my angel eyes
Excuse me while I disappear
Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
Oh but I'm alright, I'm alright
Just weary to my bones
Still you don't expect to be bright and bon vivant
So far away from home
So far away from home
Don't know a soul who has not been battered
Don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
Or diven to its knees
Oh, but it's alright, it's alright
For we've lived so well so long
Still when I think of the road we're travelin' on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong
And I dreamed I was dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
Looking back down at me, smiled reassuredly
I dreamed I was flying
High up above my eyes could clearly see
The statue of liberty sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying
We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
Come on the ship that sails the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hours
And sing an American tune
Oh but it's alright, it's alright
Can't be forever blessed
Still tomorrow's gonna be another working day
And I try to get some rest
Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found I was blind but now I see
Twas grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relived
How precious did that grace appear the hours I first believed
Amazing grace...
[ guitar ]
Now when we've been there ten thousand years bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise that when we first begun
Amazing grace...
[ piano ]
Amazing grace...
Am I blue am I blue ain't these tears in these eyes tellin' you
Am I blue you'd be too if each plan that you had done and fell through
There was a time I was your only one now I'm sad and lonely one I'm such lonely one
Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
Maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have
If I made you feel second best
Girl I'm sorry I was blind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
Maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you
I'm so happy that you're mine
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
Tell me
Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
And give me
Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied
I'll keep you satisfied
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
Big Jim Butcher was the king of the hill
He ran his business with a deadly will
His foreman, John, had a pretty wife
The way she looked cut Jim like a knife
John was weak and his wife was, too
Her name was Kate, and she fell in, too
She let Big Jim do what he had to do
And John stood by and his life was thru
(Chorus:)
It was all in the name of love
All in the name of love
You can't change the stars above
All in the name of love
John took a bottle one drink at a time
Stared off in space as he lost his mind
Knew who it was on the telephone
He saw it all and he felt so alone
One dark morning, John stood up like a man
He took his shotgun with a steady hand
He went to the motel - broke the door in
He left two holes where two hearts had been
(repeat chorus)
He called the preacher and he called the law
And when they got there it was pretty raw
He said "Boys, you better come and take me away
I've done all I can do in the name of love today"
You can't break your eggs to count your chickens
And you can't break your neck to keep your ducks all in a row
But don't think every chance you take, has to mean a new mistake
It ain't necessarily so
Now depending on the soil and the season
you can plant a seed and you can watch it grow
But you can't have a guarantee 'cause everything that aught to be
Ain't necessarily so
I laugh when I can and I live with the rest
I learned that holdin' on means lettin' go
I try to be a friend to the person on my left
They say you just can't be too careful who you know
But that ain't necessarily so
I'd like to have more faith in human logic
Basin' all the rules on the proof that you can show
But I can't take my guesses back that I based on all those facts
That ain't necessarily so
And every time I follow what I'm feelin'
I end up in the same place my heart would have me go
If there's one rule of life I trust, it's everything outside your gut
Ain't necessarily so
I laugh when I can and I live with the rest
I learned that holdin' on means lettin' go
I try to be a friend to the person on my left
They say you just can't be too careful who you know
But that ain't necessarily so
I laugh when I can and I live with the rest
I learned that holdin' on means lettin' go
I try to be a friend to the person on my left
They say you just can't be too careful who you know
No one to talk with, all by myself
No one to walk with, I'm happy on the shelf babe
Ain't misbehavin', savin' my love for you
I know for certain the one I love
I'm through with flirtin', you that I'm thinkin' of
Ain't misbehavin'
Oh savin' my love oh baby, love for you
Like Jack Horner in a corner
Don't go nowhere and I don't care
Oh your kisses worth waitin' for, babe
I don't stay out late, don't care to go
I'm home about eight, me and my radio, babe
Ain't misbehavin'
Savin' all my love for youNo one to talk with, all by myself
No one to walk with, I'm happy on the shelf babe
Ain't misbehavin', savin' my love for you
I know for certain the one I love
I'm through with flirtin', you that I'm thinkin' of
Ain't misbehavin'
Oh savin' my love oh baby, love for you
Like Jack Horner in a corner
Don't go nowhere and I don't care
Oh your kisses worth waitin' for, babe
I don't stay out late, don't care to go
I'm home about eight, me and my radio, babe
Ain't misbehavin'
There's a land where I've been told
Every street is paved with gold
And it's just across the borderline
When it's time to take your turn
Here's a lesson that you must learn
You can lose more than you'll ever find
When you reach the broken promise land
Every dream slips through your hand
You'll know it's too late to change your mind
'Cause you paid the price to come to far
Just to wind up where you are
And you're still just across the borderline
Up and down the Rio Grande
A thousand footprints in the sand
Reveal the secret no one can define
The river flows on like a breath
In between our life and death
Who's the next to cross the borderline
Hope remains when pride is gone
And it keeps you moving on
Calling you across the borderline
You've got to accentuate the positive
eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
don't mess with Mister In-Between
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium's
liable to walk upon the scene
To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale Noah in the ark
What did they do just when everything looked so dark
They said you've got to accentuate...
[ guitar ]
To illustrate my last remark...
They said you've got to accentuate...
We skipped the light fandango
And turned cartwheels cross the floor.
I was feeling kind of seasick
The crowd called out for more.
The room was humming harder
And the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waitress brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face at first so ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
She said "There is no reason,
And the truth is plain to see",
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
Although both my eyes were open
They might just just have well been closed.
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
Her face at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale.
[The following are additional lyrics
as sung in concert]
She said she wanted shore leave
Tho in truth we were at sea
So I took her by a looking glass
And forced her to agree
Saying you must be the mermaid
Who took Neptune for a ride
Well she smiled at me so sadly
That my anger straightway died
Well I've been a lot of places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs and I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my love in stages with ten thousand people watchin'
Now we're alone and I am singin' my song for you
And I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly but darling can't you see
No one more important to me darling can't you please see through me
Cause now we're alone and I am singing my song for you
Well you taught me precious secrets of a truth with holding nothin'
You came out in front but I was hiding
Now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding
And I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing my song for you
Pardon me, if I'm sentimental when we say goodbye
Don't be angry with me should I cry
When you're gone, yet I'll dream
A little dream as years go by
Now and then there's a fool such as I
Now and then, there's a fool such as I am over you
You taught me how to love
And now you say that we are through
I'm a fool but I'll love you dear until the day I die
Now and then there's a fool such as I
Now and then, there's a fool such as I am over you
You taught me how to love
And now you say that we are through
I'm a fool but I'll love you dear until the day I die
Now and then there's a fool such as I
Now and then, there's a fool such as I
I'm born to lose
I've lived my life in vain
Every dream
Has only brought me pain
All my life
I've always been so blue
Born to lose
And now I'm losing you
Born to lose
It seems so hard to bear
How I long
To always have you near
You've grown tired
And now you say we're through
Born to lose
And now I'm losing you
[dobro]
I'm born to lose
My every hope is gone
It's so hard to face
An empty dawn
And you were all
The happiness I knew
I'm born to lose
The music stopped
The crowd is thinning now
One phase of night
Has reached an ending now
And nothing
Nothing lasts forever
Except forever
And you my love
And so you will my love
The street is dark here
While I walk along
And since you've gone
I always walk alone
Cause nothing
Nothing lasts forever
Except forever
And you my love
And so will you my love
The dawn and I
Arrive at home at last
Night turns it's lonely face
Toward the past
Cause nothing lasts forever
Except forever
And you my love
I just dropped by to see the house I used to live in
I hope that you don't mind I won't stay very long
So long ago someone I lived here together and then so suddenly I found myself alone
I couldn't stand the thought of living here without her
And so I moved away to let my memories die
But my memories outlived my own judgement
This may sounds strange to you but I just thought I'd drop by
The very door you're standing in she used to stand there
And wait for me to come home every night
And when I'd see her standing there I'd run to meet her
These things were on my mind so I just thought I'd drop by
I guess that I should leave someone just might not understand
And I'm aware of how the neighbors like to cry
But you can tell them all today a most I'm happy man
A long time forgotten
are dreams that just felt by the way.
And the good life he promised
ain't what she's living to day.
But she never complains of
the bad times or bad things he's done
Lord.
She's just talks about the good times
they've had and all the good times to come.
She's a good hearted woman
in love with a good timin' man.
She loves him in spite of his ways
that she don't understand.
Through teardrops and laughter
they'll pass though his world hand in hand.
A good hearted woman
lovin' her good timin' man.
He likes the night life
the brightlights and good timin' friends.
when the party's all over
she welcome him back home again.
Lord knows she don't understand him
but she does the best that she can.
'Cause she's a good hearted woman
she loves her good timin' man.
Go away; can't you see I'm cryin'?
Go back to the new love that you've found.
Don't sweet talk me, 'cause I ain't listenin',
And you'll only make things worse by hangin' round.
I know that I'd be crazy,
If I took you back again.
But this foolish heart of mine,
Might just weaken and give in.
So go away,
I feel much better when you're gone.
For you're the one who made me cry.
Now let me cry alone.
I know that I'd be crazy,
If I took you back again.
But this foolish heart of mine,
Might just weaken and give in.
So go away,
I feel much better when you're gone.
For you're the one who made me cry.
Songwriters: Nelson, Willie;
She always follows me from town to town
At least her memories follow me around
Whenever I clear my mind so she can see
I feel her love come rushing into me
And I know that I will never be alone
It looks as though her memory's bound to haunt
And I know my love will always stay in bounds
With her memory always following me around
Following me around, following me around
Following me around, following me around
And I know my love will always stay in bounds
With her memory always following me around
Following me around, following me around
Following me around, following me around
And I know my love will always stay in bounds
With her memory always following me around
With her memory always following me around
Do you remember how they warned you once before
They made it clear you weren't to see me anymore
Within your world of riches poor boys aren't allowed
And you must learn to love someone within your crowd
And though I love you more than I could ever say
The danger's much too great and you can't stay
You could never stand dishonor you're too proud
So you must learn to love someone within your crowd
[steel]
Someday you'll find someone deserving of your love
Someone to kiss the lips that I'm not worthy of
And when I see you passing by I'll feel so proud
When the evenin' sun goes down
You will find me hangin' 'round
The night life ain't no good life
But it's my life
Many people just like me
Dreamin' of old used-to-be's
And the night life ain't no good life
But it's my life
Listen to the blues they're playin'
Listen to what the blues are sayin'
Mine is just another scene
From the world of broken dreams
And the night life ain't no good life
But it's my life
The night life ain't no good life
What do you do with the sands of time
When they carve out lines around your eyes
I can close my fists up good and tight
But I can’t hold back the sands of time
What do you do with a memory
That just hangs around and stares at me
I can tear that frame down off the wall
But it won’t erase the things I saw
Night and day
Night and day
You remain
You remain
What do you do with old regrets
There’s a box full underneath the bed
Just close enough not to forget
But do what do you do with old regrets
There’s old house key in a kitchen drawer
To the door I can’t unlock no more
Sometimes I hold that key real tight
But what do you do after goodbye
Night and day
Night and day
You remain
You remain
Night and day
Night and day
You remain
What now, my love
Now that you've left me
How can I live
Through another day
Watching my dreams
Turn into ashes
And my hopes
Into bits of clay
Once I could see
Once I could feel
Now I am numb
I've become unreal
I walk the night
Oh without a goal
Stripped of my heart
And my soul
What now, my love
Now that it's over
I feel the world
Closing in on me
Here come the stars
Tumbling around me
And there's the sky
Where the sea should be
What now, my love
Now that you're gone
I'd be a fool
To go on and on
No one would care
No one would cry
If I should live
If I should die
What now, my love
Now there is nothing
Only my last goodbye
Only my last...
If you can't say you love me say you hate me
And that you regret each time you held me tight
If you can't be mine forever please forsake me
If you can't undo the wrong undo the right
It was right when you loved me only
But wrong when you held another tight
And before you go away and leave me lonely
If you can't undo the wrong undo the right
It's too late to say your heart is filled with sorrow
You can't undo what's done why do you try
And before you go away and leave me lonely
If you can't undo the wrong undo the right
[steel]
It's too late to say...
It was the time of the preacher
When the story began
With the choice of a lady
and the love of a man
How he loved her so dearly
he went out of his mind
When she left him for someone
she'd left behind
He cried like a baby
He screamed like a panther in the middle of the night
And he saddled his pony
and went for a ride
It was the time of the preacher
in the year of 01
Now the preachin' is over
and the lesson's begun
To all the girls I've loved before
Who travelled in and out my door
I'm glad they came along
I dedicate this song
To all the girls I've loved before
To all the girls I once caressed
And may I say I've held the best
For helping me to grow
I owe a lot I know
To all the girls I've loved before
The winds of change are always blowing
And every time I try to stay
The winds of change continue blowing
And they just carry me away
To all the girls who shared my life
Who now are someone else's wives
I'm glad they came along
I dedicate this song
To all the girls I've loved before
To all the girls who cared for me
Who filled my nights with ecstasy
They live within my heart
I'll always be a part
Of all the girls I've loved before
The winds of change are always blowing
And every time I try to stay
The winds of change continue blowing
And they just carry me away
To all the girls we've loved before
Who travelled in and out our doors
We're glad they came along
We dedicate this song
To all the girls we've loved before
To all the girls we've loved before
Who travelled in and out our doors
We're glad they came along
We dedicate this song
(written by Cindy Walker)
he hill country, the hill country of Texas.
The hill country, the country that I love.
Where wild wings fly above the peaceful valleys,
and the Pedernales
flows lazily beneath the Texas skies.
The hill country, the hill country of Texas.
It knew my folks, my family, and my friends.
The boy who rode his pony in the sunlight,
the man who prayed at midnight.
And gave him strength to carry on again.
And when
the night falls.
And when
my god calls.
Where wild wings fly above the peaceful valleys,
by the Pedernales.
Please let me sleep beneath the Texas sky.
And when
the night falls.
And when
my god calls.
Where wild wings fly above the peaceful valleys,
by the Pedernales.
Please let me sleep beneath the Texas sky.
Thanks for what a little love you gave to me
And thank you for my escape from misery
I searched and found heaven and then lost it again
You were mine for a little while so thanks again
I'm not sorry forgiving all my love to you
And if they ask if I still love you I'll have to say I do
My heart was dead and you've made it live then died again
You were mine for a little while so thanks again
[ guitar ]
My reason for existing is now reveal
I'm just here to show the world how blue a man could feel
My heart was dead and you've made it live and die again
You're wondering just what I'll do now that it's over and done
Well that's something to think about and I've already begun
I suppose that I'll find a way people usually do
But it's something to think about I'll be lost without you
One thing I would have you do please consider the dawn
The dawn of your lonely years when youth and beauty are gone
And when you can no longer have any sweetheart you choose
Here is something to think about I'll still be thinking of you
Can't go home if you're going by the mill
Cause the bridge' washed out at the bottom of the hill
Big Creek's up, Little Creek's level,
Plow my corn with a double shovel
(Chorus:)
Stay all night, stay a little longer
Dance all night, dance a little longer
Pull off your coat, throw it in the corner
Don't see why you can't stay a little longer.
Sitting in the window, singing to my love
Slop bucket fell from the window up above
Mule and the grasshopper eatin ice cream
mule got sick, so they laid him on the green
You ought to see my Blue Eyed Sally
She lives way down on Shinbone Alley
Number on the gate, the number on the door
The next house over is the grocery store.
Grab your partner, pat her on the head
If she don't like biscuits, feed her cornbread
Girls around Big Creek, 'bout half grown
Jump on a man like a dog on a bone
Can't go home if you're goin' by the mill
Cause the bridge's washed out at the bottom of the hill
Big Creek's up Little Creek's level plow my corn with a double shovel
Stay all night stay a little longer dance all night dance a little longer
Pull off your coat throw it in the corner don't see why you can't stay a little longer
Sittin' in the window singin' to my love slop bucket fell from the window up above
Mule and the grasshopper eatin' ice cream mule got sick so they laid him on the green
Stay all night stay...
[ guitar ]
Well you ought to see my Blue Eyed Sally she lives away down on Shinbone Alley
Number on the gate the number on the door the next house over is the grocery store
Stay all night stay...
[ guitar ]
Stay all night stay...
Don't see why you can't stay a little longer
My oatmeal tastes just like confetti the coffee's too strong so forget it
The toast is burning well let it there's just so much to do since you've gone
Too much to do all alone
My tie's lost I can't find the sweater there's the doorbell I hope that's your letter
My head aches I hope I feel better there's just so much to do since you've gone
Too much to do all alone
So much to do since you've gone too much to do all alone
And time time rolls on like a river and oh there's just so much to do
You taught me how to love with all my heart with all my soul I trusted you
And now you say we'll have to live apart a thing I don't know how to do
You said someday I'd find somebody new and I'll have not one regret
But stay a while if what you say is true stay and teach me to forget
[piano]
You taught me how to worship you alone and now you say you'll have to go
And people call me on the telephone just to say I told you so
I know now that I only learned to live on the night when first we met
God above will teach me to forgive but stay and teach me to forget
Shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear
Biting on a bullet and pulling out all of his hair
Shotgun Willie's got all of his family there
Well, you can't make a record if you ain't got nothing to say
You can't make a record if you ain't got nothing to say
You can't play music if you don't know nothing to play
Shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear
Biting on a bullet and pulling out all of his hair
Shotgun Willie's got all of his family there
Now, John T. Floores was a-working for the Ku Klux Klan
At six foot five, John T. was a hell of a man
Made a lot of money selling sheets on the family plan
Shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear
Biting on a bullet and pulling out all of his hair
You told me once you were mine, alone, forever,
An' I was yours till the end of eternity.
But all those vows are broken now an' I will never,
Be the same except in memory.
Remember me when the candle lights are gleamin'.
Remember me at the close of a long, long day.
An' it would be so sweet when all alone, I'm dreamin',
Just to know you still remember me.
Instrumental break.
A brighter face may take my place when we're apart, dear:
Another love, with a heart more bold and free.
But in the end, fairweather friends may break your heart, dear.
An' if they do, sweetheart, remember me.
Remember me when the candle lights are gleamin'.
Remember me at the close of a long, long day.
An' it would be so sweet when all alone, I'm dreamin',
Just to know you still remember me.
Just to know you still remember me.
The red-headed stranger from Blue Rock, Montana,
Rode into town one day.
And under his knees was a ragin' black stallion,
And walkin' behind was a bay.
The red-headed stranger had eyes like the thunder,
And his lips, they were sad and tight.
His little lost love lay asleep on the hillside,
And his heart was heavy as night.
Don't cross him, don't boss him.
He's wild in his sorrow:
He's ridin' an' hidin his pain.
Don't fight him, don't spite him;
Just wait till tomorrow,
Maybe he'll ride on again.
A yellow-haired lady leaned out of her window,
An' watched as he passed her way.
She drew back in fear at the sight of the stallion,
But cast greedy eyes on the bay.
But how could she know that this dancin' bay pony,
Meant more to him than life.
For this was the horse that his little lost darlin',
Had ridden when she was his wife.
Don't cross him, don't boss him.
He's wild in his sorrow:
He's ridin' an' hidin his pain.
Don't fight him, don't spite him;
Just wait till tomorrow,
Maybe he'll ride on again.
The yellow-haired lady came down to the tavern,
An' looked up the stranger there.
He bought her a drink, an' he gave her some money,
He just didn't seem to care.
She followed him out as he saddled his stallion,
An' laughed as she grabbed at the bay.
He shot her so quick, they had no time to warn her,
She never heard anyone say:
"Don't cross him, don't boss him.
"He's wild in his sorrow:
"He's ridin' an' hidin his pain.
"Don't fight him, don't spite him;
"Just wait till tomorrow,
"Maybe he'll ride on again."
The yellow-haired lady was buried at sunset;
The stranger went free, of course.
For you can't hang a man for killin' a woman,
Who's tryin' to steal your horse.
Tthis is the tale of the red headed stranger,
And if he should pass your way,
Stay out of the path of the ragin' black stallion,
And don't lay a hand on the bay.
Don't cross him, don't boss him.
He's wild in his sorrow:
He's ridin' an' hidin his pain.
Don't fight him, don't spite him;
Just wait till tomorrow,
She said if I ever deceived her she'd be gone before I could count ten
Well I guess that I didn't believe her cause look at the trouble I'm in
She's gone gone gone gone gone gone crying won't bring her back
The more that I cry the faster the train flies further on down the track
I lost every right to be happy when I lost the heaven I'd found
She warned me she'd leave and she left me before my first tear hit the ground
She's gone gone gone gone...
[ guitar ]
And if I only knew where to find her I'd crawl back on my hands and knees
Each tick of the clock's a reminder she's one second further from me
Now she's gone gone gone gone...
Deep within my heart lies a melody a song of old San Antone
Where in dreams I lived with a memory beneath the stars all alone
Cause it was there I found beside the Alamo
Enchantment strange as the blue up above
And that moonlit pass beside the Alamo and rose my Rose of San Antone
Moon and all your splendor knows only my heart
Call back my Rose Rose of San Antone
Lips so sweet and tender like petals fallin' apart
Speak once again of my love my own
Broken song empty words I know still live in my heart all alone
And that moonlit pass beside the Alamo and rose my Rose of San Antone
[guitar - steel - fiddle]
Well now moon and all your splendor...
Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told, and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it
Look what it's done so far
And what's so amazing that keeps us star gazing?
And what do you think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me
All of us under its spell
We know that it's probably magic
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me
A one, two, three, two, two three.
I let love die, broke a woman's heart
Have only myself to blame
Fate ran its course, I suffered a loss
I learned a lesson in pain
I cheated and lied, I took love for granted.
Acting as cold as ice
But it's all in the past
I won't make the same mistake twice
Once is enough
It's one time too many
Change is rough
Ooo once is enough
Love went through such a sudden change,
Takin' a turn for the worst
Joy turned to fear, the pain got so severe
Lord, I thought I was cursed.
You get what you give, it comes 'round full circle
Ooo and I paid the price
I lost love so fast
I won't make the same mistake twice.
Brrrr Hoo!
I let love die, broke a woman's heart
And only myself to blame
Fate ran its course, I suffered a loss
Learned a lesson in pain
I cheated and lied, and took it all for granted
Acting as cold as ice
But it's all in the past
I won't make the same mistake twice
Once is enough
It's one time too many
The change is rough
Ooo once is enough
Love went through such a sudden change,
Takin' a turn for the worst
Joy turned to fear, the pain got so dear
Lord, I thought I was cursed.
You get what you give, it comes around full circle
Ooo and I paid the price
I lost love so fast
I won't make the same mistake twice.
Once is enough
It's one time too many
The change is rough
Ooo once is enough
Guitar, Yow!
I cheated and lied, and took it all for granted
Acting as cold as ice
But it's all in the past
I won't make the same mistake twice
Once is enough
It's one time too many
The change is rough
Ooo once is enough
One more time!
Once is enough
It's one time too many
The change is rough
Ooo once is enough
Aye yeah!
The change is rough
Ooo once is enough
Yeah yeah!
The change is rough
Ooo Once is enough
Yeah!
Livin on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
Your breath as hard as kerosene
You weren't your momma's only boy, but her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And sank into your dreams
Pancho was a bandit boy, his horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dyin words, ah but that's the way it goes
All the Federales say, they could've had him any day
They only let him slip away, out of kindness I suppose
Lefty he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth
The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows
All the Federales say, they could've had him any day
They only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose
The boys tell how old Pancho fell, and Lefty's livin in cheap hotels
The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold
And so the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too
He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old
All the Federales say, they could've had him any day
They only let him go so long, out of kindness I suppose
A few gray Federales say, they could've had him any day
They only let him go so long, out of kindness I suppose
Once more with feeling once more with feeling
Won't you hold me till the night fades into day
Once more with feeling once more with feeling
Hold me close don't let this feeling go away
Sometimes myself runs back to you
I just can't tell me what to do
But I remember when all wrapped up tight within
The shelter of my arms you used to stay
Once more with feeling...
I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy,
and Lovin' the cowboy ways.
Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes,
I burned up my childhood days.
I learned of all the rules of the modern-day drifter,
Don't you hold on to nothin' too long.
Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them,
With the words of a sad country song.
My heroes have always been cowboys.
And they still are, it seems.
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.
Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery,
From being alone too long.
You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare,
Knowin' well that your best days are gone.
Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen,
I let the words of my YOUTH fade away.
Old worn-out saddles, and 'old worn-out memories,
BUT no one and no place to stay.
My heroes have always been cowboys.
And they still are, it seems.
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
I lost my mind so long ago
I wanted everyone to know
I wanted everyone to see
My broken heart belong to me
I go beyond the thought of you
And a broken heart was nothing new
I wanted everyone to see
My broken heart belong to me
(Chorus)
And now as autumn fills the air
I feel your spirit every where
Now my fears are coming true
My broken heart belongs to you
And now as autumn fills the air
I feel your presence every where
Now my fears are coming true
My broken heart belongs to you
Now my fears are coming true
Pennies in a stream
fallen leaves of sycamore
moonlight in Vermont
Icy fingers waves
ski trails on a mountain side
snow light in Vermont
Telegraph cables
they swing down the highway
and travel each bend in the road
People who meet in this romantic setting
are so hypnotized by the lovely
evening summer breeze
warbling of a meadow lark
moonlight in Vermont
[ harmonica ]
Telegraph cables
they swing down the highway
and travel each bend in the road
People who meet in this romantic setting
are so hypnotized by the lovely
evening summer breeze
warbling of a meadow lark
moonlight in Vermont
My window faces the south I'm almost halfway to heaven
Snow is falling but still I can't see fields of cotton calling to me
My window faces the south and though I am far from the Swanee
I'm never frownin' or down in the mouth my window faces the south
[fiddle - ac.guitar]
My window faces the south...
(I'll always love you in my own peculiar way)
It would be a comfort just to know you never doubt me
Even though I give you cause most every day
Sometimes I think that you'd be better off without me
Although I love you in my own peculiar way
Don't doubt my love if sometimes my mind should wonder
To a suddenly remembered yesterday
Cause my mind could never stay too long away from you
I'll always love you in my own peculiar way
And though I may not always be the way you'd have me be
And though my faults may grow in number day by day
Let no one ever say that I've ever been untrue
I'll always love you in my own peculiar way
Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it
Cuz I know just what I'm gonna do
I'll start to spend my money callin' everybody honey
And I'll wind up singin' the blues
I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck
And brother I can name you a few
Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it
Cuz I know just what I'm gonna do
I gotta get drunk, I just can't stay sober
There's a lot of good people in town
Who like to see me holler, see me spend my dollar
And I wouldn't dream of lettin' 'em down
There's a lot of doctors tell me
That I'd better start slowing it down
But there's more old drunks than there are old doctors
i gotta run to keep from hidin';
I�m bound to keep on ridin'.
An' I got one more silver dollar,
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let �em catch the midnight rider.
Instrumental break.
Well, these ain't my clothes I�m wearin',
An' this ol' road goes on forever.
An' I got one more silver dollar,
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let �em catch the midnight rider.
Instrumental break.
Well, I've gone by the point of carin';
Some ol' bed, I�ll soon be sharin'.
An' I got one more silver dollar,
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let �em catch the midnight rider.
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let �em catch the midnight rider.
I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let �em catch the midnight rider.
I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let �em catch the midnight rider.
I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let �em catch the midnight rider.
To Fade
I gotta run to keep from hidin';
I’m bound to keep on ridin'.
An' I got one more silver dollar,
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let ’em catch the midnight rider.
Well, these ain't my clothes I’m wearin',
An' this ol' road goes on forever.
An' I got one more silver dollar,
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let ’em catch the midnight rider.
Well, I've gone by the point of carin';
Some ol' bed, I’ll soon be sharin'.
An' I got one more silver dollar,
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let ’em catch the midnight rider.
An' I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let ’em catch the midnight rider.
I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let ’em catch the midnight rider.
I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
I ain't gonna let ’em catch the midnight rider.
I ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no:
Busted flat in Baton Rouge headed for the trains feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my har'poon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the blues
And with the windshield whipers slappin' time
And Bobby clappin' hands we finally sang up every song that driver knew
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
And nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the blues
And body that was good enough for me good enough for me and Bobby McGee
[ guitar ]
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standin' right beside me Lord through everything I done
And every night she kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas Lord I let her slip away
Looking for the home I hope she'll find
And I'd trade all of my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Holdin' Bobby's body next to mine
Freedom's just another word...
That's my favorite part, rewind my life on.
When my world got dark, and you turned my light on.
I watched it for hours again and again in my head.
I did.
I see I was down on you, more than I needed to be.
I'd say I'm sorry but then you'd think I'm lyin'
Chorus:
Maria, shut up and kiss me.
Stop shakin', stand up and hold me.
I bet you're gonna miss me. You need me. Believe me.
Maria shut up and kiss me
You're crazy and it turns me on and on
The way you're carryin' on.
That's my favorite shirt, you always had on.
Man, It sure looked good, ev'ry time you walked on.
You're takin' the wind from me every chance that you could.
You're good.
Somethin' I can't explain.
You tell me lately I've changed.
If you feel better tell me why are you cryin'?
(Repeat Chorus)
Maria, Maria can we talk it over instead?
Let's call it even and leave it alone.
Come to bed.
Maria, stop leavin' your teasin' is beaten me down.
Maria just calm down
In these situations I've found it's best not to be proud
and say that you're sorry.
Maria, shut up and kiss me.
Stop shakin', stand up and hold me.
I bet you're gonna miss me. You need me. Believe me.
Maria shut up and kiss me
You're crazy and it turns me on and on
The way you're carryin' on.
And it turns me on and on.
on and on
on and on
And it turns me on and on.
on and on
on and on
on and on and on and on......
I'm making believe that you still love me and it's leaving me alone and so blue
I'll always dream but I'll never own you I'll keep loving you and making believe
I can't hold you close darling when you're not with me
You're somebody's love now and you'll never be mine
I'll always dream but I'll never own you I'll keep loving you and making believe
[steel]
Forgetting you, darling, is not my decision
For love has a mind of its own
I'd love to forget every time that you kissed me I'd love to forget that you're gone
And I'd gladly hold back each tear that I'm crying
But love has a mind of its own
Love is a ruler the greatest of kings
Love sets a pie on a throne
Forgetting you, darling, is not my decision
For love has a mind of it's own
I don't want to carry this worrysome heartache
I don't want to cry all night long
I wish I could run from the day that I met you
But love has a mind of its own
Love is a ruler the greatest of kings
Love sets a pie on a throne
Forgetting you, darling, is not my decision
I hope I won't disturb you with this call
I'm just in town for such a little while
And I thought perhaps you'd like to hear the news
Jeannie's grades were the highest in the school
Billy sure does look a lot like you
I understand your other son does too
And Billy said tell mom I miss her so
These were some little things
I thought you'd like to know
Remember Sam and Peg who lived next door
With them it seemed we always laughed so much
Well Sam and Peg don't live there anymore
I understand they broke up just like us
The house we lived in now has been torn down
Of all the things we owned the last to go
A freeway now runs through that part of town
These were some little things that
I thought you'd like to know
These were some little things that
Songwriters: Nelson, Willie;
Well, I used to walk stooped from the weight of my tears
But I just started laying my burdens down
I used to duck bullets from the rifle of fear
I just started laying my burdens down
Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
The flesh ain't nothing but the bark on a tree
I just started laying my burdens down
The tree ain't nothing but the soul in me
And I just started laying my burdens down
Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
My soul took love on a hell of a ride
I just started laying my burdens down
A soul ain't nothing but the car love drives
I just started laying my burdens down
Oh well, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
Love said, "Mama, can I come on home?"
I just started laying my burdens down
And God said, "Son, you ain't never been gone"
I just started laying my burdens down
Oh well, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
I'll never understand, dear
As long as I live
I guess I will always wonder why
You told me that you loved me
With all of your heart
And then without a warning
Said goodbye
The lovin' lies that I believed
And now how I grieved
You didn't mean it from the start
And you told me lovin' lies
And broke my heart
[steel]
You say I'll soon forget you
And find someone new
But, darlin' now how wrong you are
I only had one love, dear
And that was for you
And from that love my heart
Will bear to start
The lovin' lies that I believed...
So you told me your lovin' lies
i was looking for America, in a western movie
saw a young gun slinger with something to prove
and i came lookin'... like anybody else,
i came searchin'...like anybody else
lookin' fot that golden calf.
and i came shooting for the stars, like any young blood
i found a fat cat city and crooked judge
i killed anything standing in my path
i killed anyhtin till i laid myhands
liad'em on the golden calf
CHORUS:
now it's our last sand in open country
this is my last chance to be with you
this is the last dance fot this kind of man
i'm still lookin' for somthing to prove
i come around full circle, aged like an old dog
lookin' at thim young bucks just greem as frogs
but i ain't layin' back no time to laugh
i ani't layin' back
there's new kids a comin gunning for that golden calf
i was was looking for America in a western movie
i saw pike bishop stridin through aqua verde
he was headin down that dusty path
headin down that blood path
runnin from his crooked past
hes lookin for another life
sickof chasin down that golden calf
repeat chorus
but theres always someone faster
someone quicker on the draw
someonewith a hunger closin' in
some younger steppin up to be
th next out law
repaet chorus
oh i'm still looking for somehitn to prove
this our last stand...
this our last stand...
this our last stand...
this our last stand...
Now that I've made up my mind you're gone
It should be easier now
Perhaps now my heart will stop hangin' on
It should be easier now
The lesson I learned from you gold can't buy
A heart can be broken and still survive
Thanks to you now a much wiser man am I
And it should be easier now
The worst now is over I've stood the test
It should be easier now
They say everything happens for the best
And it should be easier now
The wounds in my heart you carved deep and wide
Hollowed and washed by the tears that I've cried
Now there'll be more room for love inside
The sun just went behind a cloud
There's darkness all around me now
For I've just destroyed the world I'm livin' in
I broke her heart so many times
That now at last I've broken mine
And I've just destroyed the world I'm livin' in
What made me think that I could go on hurting her
I should have known there'd have to be an end
But fools in love are taught by fate,
They never learn till it's too late
And I've just destroyed the world I'm livin' in
Songwriters: Nelson, Willie;
I'm a game that you used to play
And I'm a plan that you didn't lay so well
I'm a fire that burns in your mind
Close your eyes
I'm a memory
I'm a love that you bought for a song
And I'm a voice on a green telephone
And I'm a day that lasted so long
Close your eyes
I'm a memory
I'm a dream that comes in the night
And I'm a face that fades with the light
And I'm a tear that falls out of sight
Close your eyes
I'm a memory
Have I stayed away too long have I stayed away too long
If I come home tonight would you still be my darling
Or have I stayed away too long
The love light that shone so strong sweet love light that shone so strong
If I came home tonight would that same light be shining
Or have I staed away too long
I'm just outside of town and I'll soon be at your door
Or maybe I'd be wrong to hurry there
I'd best stay out of town and worry you no more
Maybe someone else has made you care
And if all of my dreams gone wrong my beautiful dreams gone wrong
If I came home tonight would you still be my darling
Or have I stayed away too long
[ guitar ]
I'm just outside of town...
If you Got The Money, Honey
I've Got The Time
If you got the money, honey
I've got the time
We'll go honky-tonkin'
And we're gonna have a time
We'll make all the night spots
Dance to the music, fine
If you got the money, honey
I've got the time
Well, there ain't no use to tarry
So let's start out tonight
We'll spread joy, boy, oh boy
And we'll spread it right
We'll have more fun, baby
All the way down the line
If you got the money, honey
I've got the time
We'll make all the night spots
Dance to the music, fine
If you got the money, honey
I've got the time
If you got the money, honey
I've got The Time
We'll go honky-tonkin'
And we're gonna have a time
Bring along your Cadillac
Leave my old wreck behind
If you got the money, honey
I've got the time
Well, we'll go honky-tonkin'
Make ev'ry club in to-own
We'll go to the park where it's dark
We won't fool around
But if you run short of money, honey
I'll run short of time
'Cause you with no more money, honey
a 1234
If you've got the money honey I've got the time
we'll go honky tonkin' and we'll have a time
we'll have more fun baby on the way down the line
if you've got the money honey I've got the time
there ain't no need to teary' lets start out tonight
we'll have fun oh boy oh boy and we'll do it right
bring along your cadillac leave my ol' wreck behind
if you've got the money honey I've got the time
(instumental break)
We'll go honky tonkin' make every spot in town
We'll go to the park where it's dark and we won't fool around.
if you run short of money I'll run short of time
you got no more money honey I've no more time
If you've got the money honey I've got the time
we'll go honky tonkin' and we'll have a time
bring along your cadillac leave my ol' wreck behind
if you've got the money
honey I've got the tiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmimeee
Worried man worried man I'm a weary worried man
Hungry babies don't understand papa is a worried man
The place I used to draw my pay slammed the door on me today
And told me just to stay away and no come back again
I went back home to bring the news my woman saw that I had the blues
But she said the babies need new shoes and I'm a worried man
Worried man worried man...
[Guitar]
Well there is no way that I can see that I can feed my family
Cause I don't own no money tree and very little lam
But I said mama don't you cry I'll get a job up fore the day's gone by
I don't know where though and that is why I'm a worried man
Worried man worried man...
Worried man worried man...
No matter what's still not over you
Today I made a point to go somewhere I knew you'd be
I had to know if you still had the same affect on me
And the moment that I saw you there I knew
No matter what I do I'm still not over you
I can't explain why seeing you affects my sanity
But when I see you I become strange and differently
And the moment that I saw you there I knew
No matter what I do I'm still not over you
I'm still not over you that feeling's still the same
I'm still not over you I find that nothing's changed
And perhaps some day I'll find somebody new
But now it's much too soon I'm still not over you
I know you won't believe these things I tell you, no you won't believe
Your heart has been forewarned all men will lie to you, And your mind cannot conceive
Now all depends on what I say to you and on your doubting me
So I've prepared these statements far from true Take Heed and disbelive.
The sun is filled with ice and gives no warmth at all the sky was never blue
The stars are raindrops searching for a place to fall and I never cared for you
[ guitar ]
The sun is filled with ice...
I'd have to be crazy
to stop all my singing
and never play music again.
You'd call me a fool
if I put on a top hat
and ran out to flag down the wind.
I'd have to be weird
to grow me a beard
just to see what the rednecks would do.
I'd have to be crazy
plum out of my mind
to fall out of love with you.
You know I
(and I don't intend to)
But should there come a day,
when I say that I don't love you
They'll lock me away ay ay.
It sure would be weird
to live in an envelope
waiting along for a stamp
You'd swear I was loco
to rub for a genie
while burning my hand on the lamp
And I may not be normal
but nobody is
so I'd like to say 'fore I'm through
I'd have to be crazy
plum out of my mind
On a rainy Wednesday morning that's the way that I was born in
That old sharecropper's one room country shack
They said my mommie left me the day before she had me
Said she hit the road and never once looked back
And I just like to mention my grandma's old age pension
Is the reason why I'm standing here today
I got all my country learning a milking and a churning
Picking cotton raisin' hell and baling hay
I been to Georgia on a fast train honey I wouldn't born no yesterday
I got a good Christian raisin' and an eight grade education
Ain't no need in y'all a treatin' me this way
[ piano ]
Now sweet Carolina I don't think I'll ever find
Another woman put together like you are
I like your wiggle in your walking and your big city talking
And your brand new shiny Plymouth ragtop car
Well it's hurry up and wait in this land of give and take
It seems like haste it makes for waste everytime
I declare to my soul when you hear those ages roll
You better know I'm gonna get my share of mine
I been to Georgia on a fast train...
[ guitar - harmonica ]
I been to Georgia on a fast train...
I fell too hard and much too deep in love with you
I let you come and go at will it seems
You're back again this time you say forever
But I wonder just how long forever means
How long is forever this time
How long until one night you don't come home again
How long is forever this time how long until I'm all alone again
People say I'm foolish when I take you back
And it could be they're right but who can say
You'll be welcome here within my arms forever
Even when forever ends for me today
I've been walking in the shadows for so long that I forgot the sun can shine
I've turned away from everone and everything that wanted to be mine
Somehow I always shot my eyes and heart to everything that I could share
Now I'm standing still and I'm wondering just how long have you been there
And every path I've taken I have turned around and quickly closed the door
It seems as though I knew if I ever stop to feel I want more
I kept a steady run so my eyes could never focus anywhere
Now I'm standing still and I'm wondering just how long have you been there
How long have you been standing there protecting me from love that shouldn't be
Knowing all alone that I could realize that you were meant for me
Now I've got to mend every broken fence and bridge that I have burned
I've got to clear away the cobwebs in my heart so I can start to learn
For I realize that you've been waiting just to teach me how to care
Now I'm standing still and I'm wondering just how long have you been there
I thought if I could be with you
Maybe I'd feel better
But I'm afraid I took advantage of your love
I thought if you'd just hold me tight
Maybe I'd forget her
But I don't suppose as yet
You've held me tight enough
Please hold me tighter
I still remember
Put your arms around me
Hold me close, hold me tight and long
Please hold me tighter
I still remember
And I can't love again
Until her mem'ry's gone
[steel]
I don't feel anything what was I worried for
I don't feel love or hate or anything that I felt before
Why was I so afraid of seeing you again
Cause it's the strangest thing I don't feel anything
How I must have loved you once upon a time
And I can't seem to feel emotion now of any kind
Why was I so afraid of seeing you again
Cause it's the strangest thing I don't feel anything
[guitar]
You look the same as always time's been good to you
But I must confess that time has done a few things for me too
Why was I so afraid...
Heartache number one was when you left me I never knew that I could hurt this way
And heartache number two was when you came back again
You came back and never meant to stay
Now I've got heartaches by the number troubles by the score
Every day you love me less each day I love you more
Yes I've got heartaches by the number a love that I can't win
But the day that I'll stop counting that's the day my world would end
[guitar]
Heartache number three was when you called me
And said that you were coming back to stay
With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on the door
I waited but you must have lost your way
Now I've got heartaches by the number...
The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar
I am following the river down the highway through the cradle of the Civil War
I'm going to Graceland Graceland in Memphis Tennessee I'm going to Graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families and we are going to Graceland
My traveling companion is nine years old the child of my first marriage
But I've reason to believe we both will be received in Graceland
She comes back to tell me she's gone
As if I didn't know that as if I didn't know my own bed
As if I'd never noticed she way she brushed her hair from her forehead
And she said losing love is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart everybody feels the wind blow
I'm going to Graceland Graceland in Memphis Tennessee I'm going to Graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families and we are going to Graceland
My traveling companions are ghosts and empty sockets ghosts and empties
But I've reason to believe we both will be received in Graceland
There is a girl in Austin Texas and she calls herself the human trampoline
Sometimes when I'm falling flying tumbling in turmoil I say this is what she means
She means we're bouncing into Graceland
And I see losing love ss like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart everybody feels the wind blow
And I'm going to Graceland in Memphis Tennessee I'm going to Graceland
For reasons I cannot explain some part of me wants to see Graceland
And I may be obliged to defend every love every ending
Or maybe there's no obligations now
Maybe I've a reason to believe we all will be received in Graceland
Everybody's talkin' 'bout me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the echoes in my mind
Everybody stops to starin'
I don't even see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes
I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Through the fallin' rain
Going where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin' off the northeast wind
And sailin' on summer breeze
Skippin' over the ocean like a stone
[guitar]
Everybody's talkin' 'bout me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the echoes of my mind
Everybody stops to starin'
I don't even see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes
I won't let you leave my love behind
I won't let you leave my love behind
IÂ'LL TAKE YOU WITH ME EVERYWHERE I GO
IÂ'LL PUT YOU IN MY POCKET WHO WILL KNOW ?
RIGHT NEXT TO MY HEART AT EVERY SHOW
IÂ'LL TAKE YOU WITH ME EVERYWHERE I GO
(CHA CHA BEAT STARTS HERE)
NO MATTER WHERE OUR TRAILS WILL FINALLY WIND
OUR PATHS WILL JUST KEEP CROSSING YOURS AND MINE
UNTIL THEN AND IN MY POCKET YOU MUST GO
IÂ'LL TAKE YOU WITH ME EVERYWHERE I GO
(MUSIC)
NO MATTER WHERE OUR TRAILS WILL FINALLY WIND
OUR PATHS WILL JUST KEEP CROSSING YOURS AND MINE
UNTIL THEN AND IN MY POCKET YOU MUST GO
IÂ'LL TAKE YOU WITH ME EVERYWHERE I GO
UNTIL THEN AND IN MY POCKET YOU MUST GO
IÂ'LL TAKE YOU WITH ME EVERYWHERE I GO
I'd be the last one to tell you that you shouldn't go
And the first to say be happy if you can
But you lie and hurt someone who needs and loves you so
Do you mind too much if I don't understand
I suppose that you're convinced this is the thing to do
Life is short and sweet break all the hearts you can
I guess I shouldn't be surprised it's all a game to you
But do you mind too much if I don't understand
Forgive me but it all seems so unreal to me
And my heart and me we'd made so many plans
But that's all over now there's nothing left to do
But do you mind too much if I don't understand
The bright lights of Denver are shinin' like diamonds.
Like ten thousand jewels in the sky.
An' it's nobody's business where you're goin' or where you come from.
An' you're judged by the look in your eye.
She saw him, that evenin' in a tavern in town.
In a quiet little out of the way place.
An' they smiled at each other as he walked through the door.
An' they danced with their smiles on their faces.
This looks like a December day.
This looks like a "time to remember" day.
And I remember the spring, such a sweet tender thing.
And love's summer college,
Where the green leaves of knowledge,
Were waiting to fall with the Fall.
And where September wine,
Numbed the measure of time.
Through the tears of October, now November's over,
And this looks like a December day.
This looks like a December day.
It looks like we've come to the end of the way.
And as my memories race back to love's eager beginning,
Reluctant to play with the thoughts of the ending:
The ending that won't go away.
And as my memories race back to love's eager beginning,
Reluctant to play with the thoughts of the ending:
The ending that won't go away.
The morning that you left me was just another day
How could I see the sorrow that had found me
Then you left and told me that I was in your way
And I turned and ran as heaven fell around me
I stumbled through the darkness my footsteps were unsure
I live within a world that had no sunshine
When you left me darling my world came to an end
And there was darkness on the face of the earth
The stars fell out of heaven and the moon could not be found
The sun was in a million pieces scattered all around
Why did you ever leave me you knew how it would hurt
And now there's darkness on the face of the earth
[guitar]
The stars fell out of heaven...
Each time you hurt me you say you're sorry I try to understand and say okay
But there must be an end to understanding and the end of mine can't be too far away
I try to understand you're only human and we all make mistakes every day
But there must be an end to understanding and I know that I just can't go on this way
Don't you know that love and understanding go together
Ask too much of one and both will die
And there must be an end to understanding
And I know someday I'll reach the end of mine
Way down in Columbus Georgia wanna be back in Tennessee
Way down in Columbus Stockade friends have turned their backs on me
Go on and leave me if you wish to never let me cross your mind
In your heart you love another leave me little darlin' I don't mind
Way down in Columbus Georgia...
[fiddle - guitar]
Way down in Columbus Georgia...
Can I sleep in your arms, tonight, lady?
It's so cold lyin' here all alone.
An' I have no hold to hold on you.
An', I assure you, I'll do you no wrong.
Don't know why, but the one I love left me.
Left me lonely an' cold an' so weak.
And I need someone's arms to hold me.
Till I'm strong enough to get back on my feet.
Can I sleep in your arms, tonight, lady?
It's so cold lyin' here all alone.
An' I have no hold to hold on you.
An', I assure you, I'll do you no wrong.
Instrumental break.
Can I sleep in your arms, tonight, lady?
It's so cold lyin' here all alone.
And I have no hold to hold on you.
An', I assure you, I'll do you no wrong.
When you're weary and feeling small
When tears are in your eyes I will dry them all
I'm on your side when times get rough and friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down
When you're down and out when you're on the street
When evening falls so hard I will comfort you
I'll take your part when darkness comes and pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down
Sail on silver girl sail on by
Your time has come to shine all your dreams're on their way
See how they shine if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind
Bows and flows of angel hair
Ice cream castles in the air
And feathered canyons everywhere
I'd look at clouds that way
Now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I could have done
The clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud's illusions I recall
I really don't know cloud at all
Moons and Junes and Ferris Wheels
Dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale complete
I'd look at love that way
But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughin' when you go
And if you care don't let them know
Don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
Way down in Louisiana amongst the tall grown sugar canes
Lived a simple man and a domineerin' hen and a rose of a different name
The first time I fell lightly I was standing in the drizzlin' rain
With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin and a rose of a different name
The devil made me do it the first time the second time I done it on my own
Lord put a handle on a simple handed man and help me leave that black rose alone
[ harmonica ]
When the devil made that woman Lord she threw the pattern away
She was built for speed with the tools you need to make a new fool every day
Way down deep and dirty on the darker side of shame
You caught a cane cuttin' man with a bottle of gin with a rose of a different name
The devil made me do it the first time...
The devil made me do it the first time...
The music stopped
The crowd is thinning now
One phase of night
Has reached an ending now
And nothin'
Nothin' lasts forever
Except forever
And you my love
And so will you my love... my love
The street is dark here
While I walk along
And since you've gone
I always walk alone
Cause nothin'
Nothin' lasts forever
Except forever
And you my love
And so will you my love... my love
And so will you my love
Your memory's always near
Wherever I am found
Your memory's still around
The dawn and I
Arrive at home at last
Night turns it's lonely face
Toward the past
Cause nothin' lasts forever
Except forever
And you my love
And so will you my love... my love
Once again it's twelve o'clock and you're still gone
Honey are you ever coming home
I don't mind this waiting for you while you're gone
But honey, are you ever coming home
The wind outside is cold as my poor heart inside
Honey, are you ever coming home
I love you much too much to worry 'bout my pride
But honey, are you ever coming home
Just before I tuck them in
The children question me
"Why did daddy (mommy) leave us all alone?
And I've run out of answers
You've been gone so long
You want me to love just you while you love your share
Don't you think that's a little unfair
It's me stay home while you stay gone till you decide to care
Don't you think that's a little unfair
I can't see how it can be anything for me
What's mine is yours what's yours is yours that's how you wanted to be
And you want me to wait for you till you decide to care
Don't you think that's a little unfair
[ guitar ]
I can't see how it can be...
WAYLON:
It seems like yesterday, but it was a long time ago
She was lovely, she was the queen of my nights
There in the darkness with the radio, playin' low
The secrets that we shared, the mountains that we moved
Caught like a wildfire out of control
There was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove
JOHNNY:
And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it would never end
I remember how she held me oh, so tight
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
CHORUS (ALL):
Against the wind
We were running against the wind
We were young and strong
But just running against the wind
WILLIE:
And the years rolled slowly past, I found myself alone
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
I found myself further and further from my home
I guess I lost my way, there were oh, so many roads
I was livin' to run and runnin' to live
Never worrying about paying or how much I owed
Movin' eight miles a minute for months at a time
Breakin' all of the rules I could bend
I began to find myself searchin'
Searchin' for shelter again and again
CHORUS (ALL):
Against the wind
We were running against the wind
I found myself seekin'
Shelter against the wind
WILLIE:
All those drifter's days are passed me now
I've got so much more to think about
JOHNNY:
Deadlines and commitments
What to leave in, what to leave out
CHORUS (ALL):
Against the wind
We were running against the wind
Well I'm older now and still
Running against the wind
Against the wind
Against the wind
Memories are haunting you and they're making you feel blue
Darling a penny for your thoughts
Are you thinking of the past and a love that didn't last
Darling a penny for your thoughts
And it hurts me so to see the sorrow written on your face
And I hope and pray that some tomorrow I can take his place
But if someday we should part you can say a broken heart
Offered a penny for your thoughts
[ guitar ]
And it hurts me so...
Offered a penny for your thoughts
Twilight falls, ev'nin' shadows find,
There 'neath the stars, a maiden, so fair, divine.
Lonely there she kneels, and tells the stars above
In her heart is a song, an' there it belongs:
Her undying song of love.
Ev'ry word reveals an empty broken heart
Broken by fate that held them so far apart.
Stars on high, seem to know she's there.
In her heart is a song, an' there it belongs:
Her undying song of love.
Instrumental close
Yesterday, as I talked with a friend in town,
I forgot to remember that you'd gone.
For a moment, I found myself smilin',
But a moment isn't very long.
An' last night as I danced with a stranger,
An' she held her cheek close to my own,
For a moment, I almost forgot you,
But a moment isn't very long.
Every now an' then I get a chance to smile,
But those every now an' thens just last a little while.
An' tonight I've got a date with a new love,
But I know I'd do just as well at home.
For a moment, maybe I could forget you.
But a moment isn't very long.
[Instrumental]
Every now an' then I get a chance to smile,
But those every now an' thens just last a little while.
An' tonight I've got a date with a new love,
But I know I'd do just as well at home.
For a moment, maybe I could forget you.
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue your hair is red your eyes
are blue
I'd swap my horse and dog for you Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue there ain't no gal as true
as my sweet Sioux City Sue
I drive a herd of cattle down from old Nebraska way
That's how I come to be in the state of Iowa
And I met a girl in Iowa her eyes were big and blue
I asked her what her name was she said Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue...
[ keyboards - guitar ]
I asked her if she had a beau she said yes quite a few
Still I started courtin' my Sioux City Sue
The first time that I stole a kiss I caught her stealing
I asked her did she love me she said indeed I do
Oh Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue...
Yes I understand, that every life must end, uh-huh
As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, uh-huh
Oh I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love
Some folks just have one, yeah, others, they've got none.
Stay with me
Let's just breathe
Practiced on my sins, never gonna let you win, uh-huh
Under everything, just another human being, uh-huh
I don't want to hurt
There's so much in this world to make me believe
Stay with me
All I see
Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
But I come clean
I wonder everyday, as I look upon your face, uh-huh
Everything you gave and nothing you would take, uh-huh
Nothing you would take, everything you gave
Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
But I come clean
Nothing you would take, everything you gave
He's a sad song singer he plays a gut-stringer
With vagabond fingers that follow his mind
To far away places he reaches for traces
And touches the faces he's long left behind
He'll keep you from knowing where he's been or going
You'll see the distance right there in his eyes
Just short of stealing he'll take your feelings
Pull at your heart strings till they come untied
Once was a woman who made him turn lonesome
Her memory turns over and over again
Like an old stallion who's longing for freedom
Trying to outrun the wind
(steel)
Well I've laughed with the sunshine cried with the rains
I've had some bad nights with the best of the blues
And I go on pretending with long haired women
I still get crazy when I think of you
Once was a woman who made him turn lonesome...
He's like an old stallion who's longing for freedom
To Canaan's land I'm on my way
Where the soul (of man) never dies
My darkest night will turn to day
Where the soul (of man) never dies
(lead)
No sad farewells
No tear dimmed eyes
Where all is love
And the soul never dies
(tenor)
Dear friends there'll be no sad farewells
There'll be no tear-dimmed eyes
Where all is peace and joy and love
And the soul of man never dies
The rose is blooming there for me
Where the soul (of man) never dies
And I will spend eternity
Where the soul (of man) never dies
The love light beams across the foam
Where the soul (of man) never dies
It shines and lights the way to home
Where the soul (of man) never dies
My life will end in deathless sleep
Where the soul (of man) never dies
And everlasting joys I'll reap
Where the soul (of man) never dies
I'm on my way to that fair land
Where the soul (of man) never dies
Where there will be no parting hand
Too many pain pills too much pot
Tryin to be something that I'm not
Superman Superman
Tryin to do more than I can
I ain't Superman
Well I blew my throat and I blew my tour
I wound up sippin on soup d'jour
I wasn't Superman I wasn't Superman
Try to do more than I can
I wasn't Superman
Well the doctor said son It's a cryin shame
But you ain't Clark Kent and I ain't Lois Lane
You ain't Superman you ain't Superman
Tryin to do more than you can
You ain't Superman
And when I die put it on my stone
God said sucker get your bad ass home
You wasn't Superman you ain't Superman
Tryin to do more than you can
You ain't Superman
Tryin to do more than than you can
There's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone
The bottle is almost empty
And the clock just now struck ten
Darlin' I had to call you
To our favorite place again
We know it's wrong for us to meet
But the fire's gone out at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone
Love is where you find it
When you find no love at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone
Your lips are warm and tender
And your arms hold me just right
Sweet words of love you remember
That the one at home forgot
Each time you say is the last time
But we keep hangin' on
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone
Love is where you find it
When you find no love at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone
And nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone
Love is where you find it
When you find no love at home
Well there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone
There's nothin' cold as ashes
I was standing by my window,
On one cold and cloudy day
When I saw that hearse come rolling
For to carry my mother away
Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky
I said to that undertaker
undertaker please drive slow
for this lady you are carrying
Lord, I hate to see here go
Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky
Oh, I followed close behind her
Tried to hold up and be brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave
Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky
I went back home, my home was lonesome
missed my mother, she was gone
all of my brothers, sisters crying
what a home so sad and lone
Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky
We sang the songs of childhood
Hymns of faith that made us strong
Ones that Mother Maybelle taught us
Hear the angels sing along
Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky
Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
I live one day at a time I dream one dream at a time
Yesterday's dead and tomorrow is blind and I live one day at a time
I guess that's your surprise to see me back at home
But you know how much I miss you when I'm gone?
But don't ask how long I planned to stay? It never it crossed my mind
'Cause I live one day at a time
See that sparrow fly across the cloudy sky
Searchin' for a hatch of sunlight so am I
I wish I didn't have to follow and perhaps I want in time
But I live one day at a time
I live one day at a time I dream one dream at a time
Yesterday's dead and tomorrow is blind and I live one day at a time
I heard the old man say we need the rain
And I can feel it in my bones they're aching
I watched the sky and wait and wish these waters ease my pain
Because my will is breaking
If you get next to me and help me find simplicity
Then you could be the one to take me,
To break me and find my soul
Could you be the one to release me? (oh release me)
Waiting for your love
Oh to free me, so release me
Grey clouds, they infiltrate as every move you make
Gets me closer to clarity
While droplet drummers lead a complex beat increasing speed
Somehow accompanies our intensities
At first this cloud burst is pulling us under
Lightning and thunder, rain falls and you take me under
And find my self
Could you be the one to release me? (oh release me)
Waiting for your love
Oh to free me, so release me
So take off your shoes and stay awhile
This might be the right time tonight
If it makes you feel good
Then it makes me feel alright
We should take down the curtains now
And make blankets here on the floor
The torrential downpour, the potential for more
I seize to fight this tension that ignites us in the dark
Cause tension causes friction and this friction leads to sparks
The rain has filled this cup and, before it over flows,
I wanna take you in now here it goes
Could you be the one to release me? (oh release me)
Waiting for your love
Oh to free me, so release me
Could you be the one to release me? (oh release me)
We have just begun
Blackjack Booted Demons
Have Surrounded My Home
Got Dogs And 'Copters
And Keep Ringing My Phone
Well I Don't Know If I'm Coming Or Going
If It's Them Or Me
Oh, But One Things For Certain
Willie Nelson Only Smokes The Killer Weed
Now They're Breaking My Windows
Banging On My Doors
Got Me Down And Hog-Tied
Rifling Through My Drawers
Boss Demon Tells Me
Oh How He Would Like To Kill Me
Wait A Minute Tough Guy
My Disease Does That For Free
Well I Don't Know If I'm Coming Or Going
If It's Them Or Me
Oh, But One Things For Certain
Willie Nelson Only Smokes The Killer Weed
Well I Don't Know If I'm Coming Or Going
If It's Them Or Me
Oh, But One Things For Certain
Willie Nelson Only Smokes The Greenest Green
Well I Don't Know If I'm Coming Or Going
If It's Them Or Me
Oh, But One Things For Certain
Willie Nelson Only Smokes The Killer Weed
