I may say that I don't care hold up head up in the air
Even tell my friends I'm glad that you don't call
But when the day is through my heartaches start anew
And that's when I miss you most of all
And my arms keep reaching for you my eyes keep searching for you
My lips keep calling for you and my shoes keep walking back to you
[ steel ]
No matter how much I pretend I wish I had you back again
For nothing else means half as much as you
My world just seemed to die the day you said goodbye
And I can't forget no matter what I do
And my arms keep reaching for you...
The next voice you hear will be your conscience
As you lie awake and try so hard to sleep
And your unfaithful heart will have to listen
To the shabby little secrets you keep
You'll be tormented like you tormented me
And tears of shame will fall with every memory
But the next voice you hear will make you listen
Till you wish that you had listened to me
You'll be tormented like you tormented me
And tears of shame will fall with every memory
But the next voice you hear will make you listen
Now the fate takes us both to the crossroads it seems that we two have to part
No matter what happenes my darling you'll always be close to my heart
If troubles and cares overtake you whatever your sorrows may be
No matter what happens my darling I want you to please call on me
[ steel ]
I'll always be ready to guide you if destiny leads you astray
No matter what happens my darling my heart's with you each night and day
So remember that you're always with me in mem'ry you'll be by my side
[ John Johnson and Leon Rhodes ]
Old love new tears cause from seeing you again last night
Old love new tears I just stood there crying till you were out of sight
For you were with your new love and you passed me right on by
I tried my best to give a smile but mem'ries made me cry
Old love new tears cause from seeing you again last night
[ steel ]
Old love new tears...
I turned around and slowly walked away
These tears I knew that I had shed would fall like this someday
When will my arms grow cold when will your kiss grow old
When will I want to be free exactly one minute past eternity
When will I make you blue she done run around on you
Throw away the love you've given me exactly one minute past eternity
Eternity's for ever so darling have no fear
My love for you will last and last a million million years
When will I say goodbye break your heart and make you cry
Tell you to forget about me exactly one minute past eternity
[ fiddle ]
Eternity's for ever...
Just give me one more memory that's all I ask of you
To see you once again would mean a lot to me
We'll pretend I'm just a friend that you once knew
So please be there and give me one more memory
Now hello darling, I'm just passing through this way
Thought I'd call you up, I haven't long to stay
If you'll meet me in our same old meetin' place
I promise you that I won't speak of yesterdays
Just give me one more memory [unverified]
Now I respect the choice you made so long ago
And if you're happy dear that's all I need to know
I'm not here to cause you any misery
But if I could see you, I'd have one more memory
Just give me one more memory [unverified]
One sweet hello and one sad goodbye
Two empty arms and these lonely nights to cry
Together is was heaven but how quickly time did fly
With one sweet hello and one sad goodbye
[ guitar - steel ]
These precious mem'ries linger on haunting my mind since you're gone
These little things between us that really have no ties
Are all we had together and all we realize
If I had counted one two three before I made you cry
If I had counted four and five and made another try
If we had counted six seven eight and made a brand new start
If we had counted nine and ten we wouldn't be apart
One two three come back to me and let bygones go by
Four and five I know that I've been a foolish guy
Six seven eight give me a date and I'll be as good as pie
Nine and ten kiss me again who wants to say goodbye
[ steel - guitar ]
If I had counted one two three before I walked away
If I had counted four and five well I'd whispered darling stay
If we had counted six seven eight and turned on all our charms
If we had counted nine and ten we'd be in each other's arms
One two three come back to me...
There's a new star in heaven tonight
The brightest of them all up there
As we gaze at the sky we wonder
Why that the Lord took our baby so fair
For he was as sweet as the rose
His eyes was so big bright and blue
And it made me so glad, they said, he favors his dad
And my wife that he's the image of you
Now you should see our baby's book
It's pink and bordered with gold
Though it's not complete
But on the first sheet our darling's life story is told
It tells of the days that he came
To add more joy to our home
After seven short weeks our Master did speak
And now Rodger Dale has gone
But I know that he's happy up there
I can vision each action and look
Friends as you travel on, please remember this song
We're far apart but our hearts are holding hands
Yes it's hard to sit here by myself each night
Not knowing where you are or when I'll hold you tight
Yes I have temptations sometimes it's pretty rough
But temptation's never strong as our sweet love
Cause our hearts are holding hands across the miles
Even though we're lonely we can smile
Cause I know you're my woman and I know you're my man
We're far apart but our hearts are holding hands
[ steel ]
Today a stranger looked my way and flashed his gold
And said he'd buy me all the treasures I could hold
But I took out your last letter where you wrote you love me so
And there I found the strenght to tell him no
Cause our hearts are holding hands...
[ Leon Rhodes ]
I was sitting alone with my memories and my yesterdays appear before me
I thought about our love so many times it's hard to keep living with you on my mind
Out of my mind oh please go away out of my heart I wish you would stay
Our love was shattered so many times
Won't someone please help drive you out of my mind
[ steel ]
I close my eyes and I see your face
And the one of the strangers that's taking my place
He holds the love that I once called mine
Won't someone please help drive you out of my mind
You were mine for just a while now you're puttin' on the style
And you've never once looked back at your home across the track
You're the gossip of the town but my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground pick me up on your way down
Pick me up on your way down when you're blue and all alone
When their glamour starts to bore you come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy but they'll find another toy
Then they'll take away your crown pick me up on your way down
[ guitar - steel ]
They have changed your attitude made you haughty and so rude
Your new friends can take the blame underneath you're still the same
When you've learned these things are true I'll be waiting here for you
As you tumble to the ground pick me up on your way down
Now we go our seperate ways Mr and Mrs Used To Be
For oh so long I've loved you I know that you loved me
But time moved on and we grew far apart
It's not the way I wanted but the judge has set you free
Although you're still the first one in my heart
I just don't understand it how people such as we
Could know the love that we have known but somehow disagree
I hope that you'll be happy the same dear you from me
Now we go our seperate ways Mr and Mrs Used To Be
[ guitar ]
At first it was like heaven on earth for you and me
But heaven's sure has changed a lot since then
I can't put all the blame on you for some belongs to me
But started out at heaven reached an end
I guess we could have made it but pride stood in our way
For love to live it must have worked we never seemed the same
And so I say goodbye now kiss the kids for me
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
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
[ ac.guitar ]
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 to my mama and daddy
Cause I know I owe them my all
In my heart joy tears start...
If she seems cold and bitter I beg of you
Just stop and consider all she's been through
Don't be quick to condemn her for things she might say
Just remember life turned her that way
She's been stepped on and walked 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
So don't blame her life turned her that way
[ steel ]
Had our number changed today although I hated to
But each time the phone would ring, they'd want to speak to you
And it hurts to tell them you're not here with me
Maybe now, oh, telephone will let me be
It's not in the book now so you'd better write it down
Just in case your love for me should ever come around
You might want to call and break the news to me
Just call Lonesome 7-7203
I keep the telephone beside me all the time
Hoping you might want to call and say you've changed your mind
If you do then, darling, you know where I'll be
I'm at Lonesome 7-7203
You're the only one, I'm giving out new number to
So now if the telephone should ring, I'll know it's you
If you ever long for love that used to be
Just call Lonesome 7-7203
You gotta walk that lonesome valley
You gotta go there by yourself
There's no one here can go there with you
You gotta go there by yourself
Mother said while she was dying
And her breath was almost gone
Keep your trust in the Holy Bible
It will guide you safely home
You gotta walk that lonesome valley
You gotta go there by yourself
There's no one here can go there with you
You gotta go there by yourself
If you cannot sing like angels
If you cannot preach like Paul
You can tell the love of Jesus
You can tell he died for all
You gotta walk that lonesome valley
You gotta go there by yourself
There's no one here can go there with you
So long we've been married last burdens we've carried
Though fate kept us humble and made our love true
But plans that we'd make up someone seems to break up
Oh darling what else can we do
We may have to leave here to find piece of mind dear
Some place where we can live a life of our own
For I know you love me and happy we could be if some folks would leave us alone
[ steel ]
When I go out walking there's lots of loose talking
They say we're unhappy and we'll break apart
But darling it's not true because I still love you and I do it with all of my heart
We may have to leave here...
[ steel ]
They say you are leaving that you are deceiving
But you tell me they say the same about me
But we'll show them there on that loose talk and do harm
And hope that's the truth they will see
Hello Mrs Johnson you self righteous woman
Sunday School teacher what brings you out slummin'
Do you reckon the preacher would approve where you are
Standing here vis'tin' with a back slidin' christian in a neighborhood bar
Well yes that's my bottle and yes that's my glass
And I see you're eye balling this pretty young lass
It ain't none of your business but yes she's with me
And we don't need no sermon you self righteous woman just let us be
The Lord knows I'm drinking and running around
And he don't need your loud mouth informing the town
The Lord knows I'm sinning and sinning ain't right
But me and the good Lord gonna have us a good talk later tonight
[ guitar + steel ]
Goodbye Mrs Johnson you self righteous biddy
I don't need your preaching and I don't need your pity
So go back to whatever you hypocrites do
And when I talk to heaven be nice and I'll put in a good word for you
Yes the Lord knows I'm drinking...
My heart will break as I watch you go but your kind of love is hard to hold
It seems you and I are losing touch so I'll wish you love and honey lots of luck
Well lots of luck and a big goodbye and you can't say I didn't try
It well could be that I tried too much
And that's why you're leaving but honey lots of luck
[ guitar ]
Now you want love and a big gold mine well that combination is hard to find
Cause money don't always walk with luck but you can go looking and honey lots of luck
Well lots of luck and a big goodbye...
Well honey lots of luck
Love is no excuse for what we're doing
For we both know that two hearts could break
We tell ourselves we've got to have each other
But love is no excuse for us to make
Sure we love each other and it could be so right
But not if someone else has got to pay
Our love for each other looks good in the night
But our love can never see the light of day
It's been going on for much too long now
And our wrongs have mounted one by one
We tell ourselves that's cause we love each other
But love is no excuse for what we've done
I overlooked a love I couldn't see until that day you walked away from me
That's what it took for this poor fool to find
That your sweet love was right here all the time
When we broke up I started searchin' to
For our love hid from me as well as you
How could I be so foolish and so blind
When your true love was right here all the time
Right here was love when neither one expected it to be
Right here was love before our eyes that neither one could see
We'll let the world go by dear we won't mind
For our true love was right here all the time
[ guitar ]
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
I've waited all through the years love
To give you a heart true and real
'Cause I know you're living in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill
The light shines bright from your window
The trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride, dear
Listen all you rounder's take a tip from me
Listen all you rounder's take a tip from me
Don't you ever marry if you love your liberty
Don't do it boy
Oh-laydi-yay-oh-laydi-yay-oh-ladi-yii
A woman will tell you, you can do just as you please
A woman will tell you, you can do just as you please
But when she gets you she'll find an ace up her sleeve
Oh-laydi-yay-oh-laydi-yay-oh-ladi-yii
Once I had lots of money and I rattled it all the time
I had lots of money and I rattled it all the time
But now all I hear rattlin' is this ball and chain of mine
Oh-laydi-yay-oh-laydi-yay-oh-ladi-yii
When I was a singer I had girls by the score
When I was a singer I had girls by the score
One fine day as I was walking down the street
I spied a beggar man with rags upon his feet
Took a penny from my pocket in his tin cup I did drop it
And I heard him say as I made my retreat
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose may an elephant careless you with it's toes
May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose
[ guitar ]
My laundry man is really on his toes found a hundred dollar bill among my clothes
When he called me I came running gave him back his dime for phoning
And I heard him saying as I turned to go
May the bird of paradisee...
[ steel ]
I was way behind one day to catch a train
The taxi driver said we'll make it just the same
A speed cop made it with us and as he wrote out the ticket
There's lots of mean women on almost any street
Lord There's lots of mean women on almost any street
But I've got the meanest Mama that ever walked on two feet
That gal is so low down I often wonder why
Lord she's so low down I often wonder why
That she keeps on livin' I guess she's to mean to die
Now you triflin' women always say you love your man
Lord you triflin' women always say you love your man
And when he goes out the front door the back door lets a new man in
(Ah maybe two of them)
Now there's two things in this world I don't understand
Lord there's two things in this world that I don't understand
One of thems a woman the other ones a man
I'm gonna buy me a pistol I'll think I'll get a 44
Gonna buy me a pistol I'll think I'll get a 44
Yes I've got lots of miles but lots of mem'ries
And I wouldn't set the miles back if I could
Cause whenever I get blue I know exactly what to do
Just retravel all those miles in memories
You say that all those miles are showing on me
Well I'll admit I had some rough ones way back when
But for every mile there holds a story left untold
Back there in my book of memories
Cause I've got lots of miles...
[ steel ]
Now as faces and places come before me
Making up my full book of memories
And I wouldn't ever dare one page to soil or tear
I might want to review them all some day
If the wife and I are fussin' brother that's our right
Cause me and that sweet woman's got a licence to fight
Why don't you mind your own business mind your own business
Cause if you mind your own business then you won't be mindin' mine
Oh the woman on our party line's a nosey thing
She picks up her receiver when she knows it's my ring
Why don't you mind your own business mind your own busines
Cause if you mind your own business then you won't be mindin' mine
[ guitar ]
I got a little gal that wears her hair up high the boys all whistle when she walks by
Why don't you mind your own business mind your own business
Well if you mind your own business then you sure won't be mindin' mine
If I wanna honky tonk around the two or three
Brother that's my headache don't you worry bout me
Just you mind your own business mind your own business
If you mind your own business then you won't be mindin' mine
[ steel ]
Mindin' other people's business seems to be hightone
I got all that I can do just mind my own
Why don't you mind your own business mind your own business
The warship had landed and night come ashore
The fighting was over for me ever more
For I had been wounded they left me forget
A stone for my pillow and snow for my bed
The enemy found me and took me away
And made me a prisoner of war so they say
But God in his mercy was with me
One day the gate was left open and I ran away
I returned to the old home my sweet wife to see
The home I had built for my darling and me
The door I then opened and there on the stand
I saw a picture of her and the man
The clothes she was wearing told me the sad tale
My darling was wearing a new bridal veil
Then I found a letter and these words I read
Missing in action she thought I was dead
So I kissed her picture and whispered goodbye
My poor heart was breaking but my eyes were dry
I knew it was too late for her now to learn
I knew she must never know I had returned
A vagabond dreamer forever I'll roam
Because there was no one to welcome me home
The face of my darling no more I shall see
I can tell you're from the south but it picks out on your mouth
Mississippi gal I love you
And when I hear you call come on and hear you all Mississippi gal I love you
Now a picture of cottage built for two way down south where dreams come true
Vanish in that southern style drives me crazy all the while
Now I walk a million miles for a great big southern smile Mississippi gal I love you
[ guitar - fiddle ]
Now remember some fine day I've been headin' back your way
Mississippi gal I love you
And when I hear you call come on and hear you all Mississippi gal I love you
Now if you'd make up your mind today I'd give my life and that ain't hay
I'm so tired of roamin' round with a gal like you I'd settle down
Precious mem'ries unseen angels sent from somewhere to my soul
How they linger ever near me and the sacred past unfolds
Precious mem'ries how they linger how they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight precious sacred scenes unfold
[ guitar ]
Precious father loving mother fly across the lonely years
And old home scenes of my childhood in fond memory appear
I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
I untroduced him to my loved one and while they were dancing
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Only God knows how much I have lost
Yes I lost my little darling the night they were playing the beautiful Tennessee Waltz
[ steel - piano ]
Signed sealed and delivered a package containing my heart
To open remove the wrapper but please don't tear it apart
You tore out this heart when you left me you left me so sad and so blue
I'm sending this special delivery please handle with care it's for you
[ steel - guitar ]
It's all that I have to offer but darling you know that it's true
Signed sealed and delivered the postman will bring it to you
I thought perhaps you would keep it just for a while don't you see
The warden let the prisoner down the hallway to his doom
And I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
? Let my guitar playing friend do my request
Let him sing me back home the song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Take me away and turn back the years
Sing me back home before I die?
I recall last Sunday morning a choir from off the street
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers there's a song my mama sang
Could I hear it once before you move along
Won't you sing me back home?
Seems I always have to slip around to be with you my dear
Slippin' around afraid we'd might be found
I know I can't forget you and I've got to have you near
But we'll just have to slip around and live in constant fear
Though you're tied up with someone else and I'm all tied up too
I know I've made mistakes dear but I'm so in love with you
I hope someday I'll find a way to bring you back with me
Then I won't have to slip around to have our company
[ steel - guitar ]
Seems I always have to slip around to be with you my dear
Slippin' around afraid we'd might be found
I know I can't forget you and I've got to have you near
But we'll just have to slip around and live in constant fear
Though you're tied up with someone else and I'm all tied up too
I know I've made mistakes dear but I'm so in love with you
I hope someday I'll find a way to bring you back with me
Then I won't have to slip around to have our company
When the postman delivered a letter
It filled her dear heart full of joy
But she didn't know 'til she read the inside
It was the last one from her darling boy
Dear Mom, was the way that it started
I miss you so much, it went on
Mom, I didn't know, that I loved you so
But I'll prove it when this war is won
I'm writing this down in a trench, Mom
Don't scold if it isn't so neat
You know as you did, when I was a kid
And I'd come home with mud on my feet
The captain just gave us our orders
And Mom, we will carry them through
I'll finish this letter the first chance I get
But now I'll just say I love you
Then the mother's old hands began to tremble
And she fought against tears in her eyes
But they came unashamed for there was no name
And she knew that her darling had died
That night as she knelt by her bedside
She prayed, "Lord above, hear my plea
And protect all the sons that are fighting tonight
Somewhere between me and you
I love you so much, I can't let you go
And sometimes I believe you love me
But somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a door without any key
Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a window that I can't see through
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you
Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a love I can't understand
It's there for a while then it fades like a smile
And I'm left in the middle again
Making believe that you still love me and it's leaving me alone and so blue
I'll always dream, still I'll never own you, making believe is all I can do
I can't hold you close when you're not with me
You're somebody's love and you'll never be mine
Making believe, I'll spend my lifetime loving you and making believe
I can't hold you close darling when you're not with me
You're somebody's love and you'll never be mine
Yes, I know that my baby's been steppin' out, used to be my darlin'
Her old flame keeps comin' right back again, botherin' my baby
I tried to hold my head up high, look my friends right in the eye
But way down, deep inside it hurts me so
Her old used to be is on the pout again, botherin' my baby
I have worried now so long, dear, it's driving me crazy
But I won't ever pout, neither my darlin', I cannot shout
'Cause I know that my baby's steppin' out
Can I buy you a drink you look lonely well so I might and it might help us both
I can tell by that lost look in your eyes just like me you lost the one you loved most
Well mine walked out into the arms of another sayin' I just don't love you no more
And I've just got to tell someone my story but stop me if you've heard this one before
For I wouldn't think of wasting your time I've wasted too much of my own
And it's not just a difference of --- line and I'll leave if you'd rather be alone
Cause that's how you were when I walked in well so am I just like you maybe more
And with each word I speak I die a little
So please stop me if you've heard this one before
[ steel ]
Take a letter Miss Gray it must go out today
And I think you already know what it's gonna say
It's to the one I'm tied to the one I'm leaving for you
Tell her that it's all over and I can't help what I do
Make it straight and to the point there's no use lying that won't do
Make three copies one for her one for me and one for you
And you can tell her you're the one and just sign it simply John
And oh yes PS please forgive what I've done
(steel)
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Take these tears from my eyes and let me see
Just a spark of the love that used to be
If you love somebody new let me find a new love too
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Give my heart just a word of sympathy
Be as fair to my heart as you can be
Then if you no longer care for the love that's beating there
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Now some folks think I'm lazy some say he's just tired
Some say I'm waitin' on a Gravy Train for some rich fellow's yard
But they don't know what it's all about no matter how it may appear
I don't pass through this world but once so I'm taking it easy here
Taking it easy here my friend taking it easy here
I don't pass through this world but once so I'm taking it easy here
Taking it easy here my friend taking it easy here
I don't pass through this world but once so I'm taking it easy here
[ steel ]
Now some folks like the Northern steaks some folks like the South
Some run around like the Gypsys do just livin' from hand to mouth
But I don't want a lotta dough just enough to feel secure
I don't pass through this world but once so I'm taking it easy here
Taking it easy here my friend...
[ guitar ]
Now some folks like the Eastern steaks some folks like the West
But to me it's all the same just so I get my rest
My life's gettin' shorter every day but the future holds no fear
I don't pass through this world but once so I'm taking it easy here
If you have a love that's true one who never makes you blue
Let your things and love show through tell her so tell her so
Give her a kiss once in a while a tender touch a loving smile
If you're happy let her know tell her so tell her so
[ steel ]
Never let her heart grow cold she means more to you than gold
If you're proud she's yours to hold tell her so tell her so
Now listen while I tell you 'bout a place I know
Down in Tennessee where the tall corn grows
Hidden from the world in a bunch of pines
Where the moon's a little bashful and seldom shines
Civilized people live there alright
But they all go native on Saturday night
Their music is a fiddle and a crack guitar
They take the kicks from an old fruit jar
They do the boogie to an old square dance
The woods're full of couples lookin' for romance
Some bartender takes his brogain lights out the lights
Yes, they all go native on Saturday night
When they really get together there's a lot of fun
They all know the other fella packs a gun
Everybody does his best and acts just right
'Cause it's gonna be a funeral if you start a fight
They struggle and they shuffle till the broad daylight
Yes, they all go native on Saturday night
Well, now you've heard my story 'bout a place I know
Down in Tennessee where the tall corn grows
Hidden from the world in a bunch of pines
Where the moon's a little bashful and seldom shines
Civilized people live there alright
In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia there's a girl who is waitin' just for me
Many times we walked in the moonlight and in her loving arms I long to be
I miss her smile in the moonlight and I know she misses me too
In the Shenandoah Valley of Virgiania I know that her love is still true
[ fiddle - steel ]
I don't worry anymore like I did before she's not leaving she's already gone
And I won't be slipping round afraid I might be found
For she won't be waitin' round when I get home
I won't listen to her cry I won't tell her another lie
She's not leaving she's already gone
[ piano ]
I no longer have to see the way she'd look at me
Or hear her crying in her sleep all night long
I won't hurt her anymore like I did before he's not leaving she's already gone
NO HELP WANTED
Writer Bill Carlisle
Now I've got a gal from New Orleans
She's the cutest little thing that you ever have seen
She's got a cute little walk with a hippity-hop
She's *big at the little and bottom at the top*
(Do ya need any help?) No help wanted
(Do ya need any help?) No help wanted
(Do ya need any help?) (Do ya need any help?)
I can handle this job all by myself
Well, I love my baby, she's a little lovin' hugger
Cute as a button and sweet as sugar
I'm gonna buy her a diamond ring
And we'll get married in the Spring
(Do ya need any help?) No help wanted
(Do ya need any help?) No help wanted
(Do ya need any help?) (Do ya need any help?)
Well, I can handle this job all by myself
Well, she calls me her "little piggy-wiggy"
And I call her my "little thinga-ma-jiggy"
Every time I ask her for a kiss
I can hear her voice sound somethin' like this
(Do ya need any help?) No help wanted
(Could you use a little help?) No help wanted
(Do ya need any help?) (Could you use a little help?)
Well, I can handle this job all by myself
(Do ya need any help?) No, sirree
(Could you use a little help?) Not for me
(Just call on me if you need a little help)
I can handle this job all by myself
Well, I'm gonna take her honky-tonkin' tonight
We're gonna do everything up right
When the music starts we'll swing and sway
We're gonna dance till the break of day
(Do ya need any help?) No help wanted
(Could you use a little help?) No help wanted
(Do ya need any help?) (Could you use a little help?)
(Do ya need any help?) (Do ya need any help?)
(Could you use a little help?) (Could you use a little help?)
I can handle this job all by myself
She called me baby baby all night long used to hold and kiss me till the dawn
Then one day I awoke and she was gone there's no more baby baby all night long
She called me baby baby all night long
Kissed my tears away when things went wrong
What I'd give if she'd just come back home and call me baby baby all night long
[ steel ]
She called me baby baby all night long lift me up so high and made me strong
Now each time in dreams just like a song I still hear baby baby all night long
I've tried to drive away her memory
But each night it comes back to torture me
'Cause once again there she is right on time
When she goes walking through my mind
She goes walking through my mind
Caring out a little bit each time
Her footsteps 're gettin' louder all the time
When she goes walking through my mind
I've tried to drown my thoughts in the wine
But a glass full of heartaches is all I find
'Cause once again there she is right on time
And she goes walking through my mind
She goes walking through my mind
Caring out a little bit each time
Her footsteps 're gettin' louder all the time
When she goes walking through my mind
Tonight I will sleep though I'm not trying
For sleep makes me dream then I start crying
Once again I'll get the glimpse of what was mine
Saturday Satan, Sunday saint
Foolin' your neighbors that's what you think
Readin' the Good Book, singin' the hymns
Come Monday morning and he's back to a life of sin
Old Brother Brown, all week he steals
Tells everyone this big business deals
The deacon walks by, a dollar hits the plate
Tryin' to buy self a ticket to the Pearly Gates
Old Sister Rose on the very first row
Been a sittin' right there twenty years or so
Never hears a word when the preacher speaks
Too busy talkin' bout the bad girl down the street
Saturday Satan, Sunday saint
Foolin' your neighbors that's what you think
Readin' the Good Book, singin' the hymns
Come Monday morning and he's back to a life of sin
This little song holds good advice
Though some people may think it ain't too nice
Well, if you're one who's wearin' the shoes
Well, there's somebody watchin' and you ain't nobody's fool
Saturday Satan, Sunday saint
Foolin' your neighbors that's what you think
Readin' the Good Book, singin' the hymns
Come Monday morning and he's back to a life of sin
Send me the pillow that you dream on
Don't you know that I still care for you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling I can dream on it too
Each night while I'm sleeping oh, so lonely
I share your love in dream that once was true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling I can dream on it too
Send me the pillow that you dream on
Maybe time will let our dreams come true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling I can dream on it too
I've waited so long for you to write me
But just a memory's all that's left of you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darling I can dream on it too
The sweetest songs belong to lovers in the gloaming
The sweetest days are the days that used to be
The saddest words I ever heard were words of parting
When you said sweetheart remember me
Remember me when the candle lights are 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
[ piano ]
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...
[ guitar ]
A brighter face may take my place when we're apart dear
A sweeter smile and a love more bold and free
But in the end fearweather friends may break your heart dear
If they do sweetheart remember me
Oh please release me, let me go
For I just don't love you anymore
To waste our lives would be a sin
Release me and let me love again
I have found a new love dear
And I will always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold
Oh release me, my darling let me go
Please release me, let me go (back up)
For I just don't love you anymore
To waste our lives would be a sin (back up)
Release me and let me love again
Please release me, can? t you see
You? de be a fool to cling to me
To live a lie would bring us pain
After the war was over
I was coming home to you
I saw a rainbow at midnight
Out on the ocean blue
The stars in heaven were shining
The moon gave its light from above
I saw your face in this rainbow
And it made me think of our love
[Incomprehensible]
We'll build a home in the country
And make all our dreams come true
There we will make a heaven
Sweetheart, for just we two
Here we will live so happy
And have a baby or two
We'll name them after the rainbow
Because it reminds me of you
[Incomprehensible]
After this life is over
And our journey here is through
We'll move to the land of the rainbow
She's a big city girl in so many ways
She walks and she talks up town
But she's got something hard to find
Nowadays that keeps me hangin' around
She's a little bit country
Makes me think of meadows and clover
Apple pie and a pup named Rover
And the good ole days
Lordy, she don't know what cheatin' means
I ain't a gonna teach her them kind of things
She's a little bit country and I've got country ways
Well I've been all around this troubled old world
But I never found peace of mind
Till I met that pretty little city girl
Lord, they oughta make more of her kind
She's a little bit country
Makes me think of meadows and clover
Apple pie and a pup named Rover
And the good ole days
Lordy, she don't know what cheatin' means
I ain't a gonna teach her none of them things
She's a little bit country and I've got country ways
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
It was there I found beside the Alamo enchantment strange as the blue up above
A moonlit pass that only she would know still hears my broken song of love
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
For that moonlit pass by the Alamo and rose my Rose of San Antone
[ fiddle ]
Just follow the stairway to this lonely world of mine
You'll find me waitin' here in Apartment No 9
Not so very long ago you walked away from me
And after all the plans we made you decided to be free
Loneliness surrounds me without your arms around me
And the sun will never shine in Apartment No 9
[ steel ]
I'll keep waitin' in this lonely room just in case you'd change your mind
You'll find me waitin' here in Apartment No 9
Loneliness surrounds me...
She's the first one on the dance floor when the music starts to play
She's the first to buy the band around the drink
She's just out to have a good time dances every set they play
And she don't care what anybody thinks
She's a sad and lonely Texas dance hall girl
Who's just tryin' to bring a smile to this old world
But behind the smile a broken heart lives in another world
She's a sad and lonely Texas dance hall girl
[ steel ]
No one really knows the story that there's an old love on her mind
Cause the certain song brings teardrops to her eyes
But they only dare a minute then she's laughing one more time
With what little happiness a teardrop buys
She's a sad and lonely...
When the warship's left Manila sailing proudly o'er the sea
All the sailors hearts were filled with fond regret
Looking backward to this island where they spent such happy hours
Making love to every pretty girl they've met
Well up stopped a little sailor with his pride eyes all aglow
Saying take a look at my girl's photograph
Then the sailors gathered round him just to look upon her face
And he said,? I love my Filipino baby?
She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet
Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet
Oh her lips are sweet as honey and her heart is true I know
She's my darling little Filipino baby oh Jimmy
In a little rustic cottage in the port of Filipines
Dwells a lonely little maiden all alone
She is thinking of her true love though he's far across the sea
And her heart beats true for him and him alone
Then one day he whispered,? Darling I've come back from Caroline
I've come back to claim the only girl I love?
And that night there was a wedding while the ships crew gathered round
And he wed his little Filipino baby
She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet
Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet
Oh her lips are sweet as honey and her heart is true I know
The divorce had been granted and my wife was seeking the custody of our only son
And as our boy told his story we both started crying
Then I realized the harm we had done
He said your honor I'm seven and home was a heaven
My dad was a king in my eyes
My mother an angel who guided my footsteps and home was my one paradise
But I love them both and I can't choose just one
Dear judge can't you make them see
That mom without daddy or dad without mommy
Would only mean heartbreak to me
[ steel ]
Judge I'm so broken hearted my parents have parted
And gone are the dreams I once had
To me there's no other can be like my mother but I still want to be with my dad
Long distance information give me Memphis Tennessee
Help me find the party try to get in touch with me
She could not leave her number but I know who placed the call
Cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall
So help me operator get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who'd call me here from Memphis Tennessee
Her home is on the southside high up on a ridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge
[ guitar ]
The last time I saw Marie she was a waving me goodbye
With hurry home drops on her cheek that trickle from her eyes
But we were torn apart because her mom did not agree
And tore apart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee
So help me information more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her so and all the fun we had
Marie is only six years old so information please
Try to put me through to her in Memphis Tennessee
You're with me from my first cup of coffee right up till that last beer goes down
You're on my mind so I can't sleep till morning you're the busiest mem'ry in town
Had talk last night with your new love but then he mentioned a few more you'd found
So we drank a toast to the next one and the busiest mem'ry in town
Babe sometimes you simply amaze me
With how fast you spread that heartache around
It must be hello I love you I'm leaving you're the busiest mem'ry in town
[ guitar ]
Babe sometimes you simply amaze me...
Someday you'll call my name
And I won't answer
Someday you'll reach for me
I won't be there
For you've grown tired
Of all the love I gave you
But someday you'll wish
That I still care
All through the years
How I have loved you
And you know
I claimed you for my own
Someday you'll call my name
And I won't answer
For someday you'll find
Yourself alone
When your hair has turned
From gold to silver
And your eyes are dimmed
By passing years
You'll remember darling
What I told you
But there'll be no one
To dry your tears
There'll come a time
Within your life, dear
When you'll need somebody
Who will care
Someday you'll call my name
And I won't answer
For someday you'll find
There's a family Bible on the table its pages torn and hard to read
But the family Bible on the table will ever be my key to memory
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 sitting round the table when from the family Bible dad would read
And I can hear my mother softly singing rock of ages rock of ages cleft for me
This old world of ours is full of trouble but 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
Give when you give the best of your service
Telling the world that the Saviour has come
Be not dismay if man don't believe you he'll understand and say well done
Oh when I come to the end of my journey weary of life and the battle is won
Caring the staff and the cross of redemption he'll understand and say well done
[ guitar ]
Loving me to you seems such a bother you made it easy for me to love another
So don't blame her for stealing me you let her
And where your love stopped she went a little bit father
You changed so much I was more at ease with a stranger
It wasn't so hard our love was already danger
She does everything that pleases me you never
And where your love stopped she went a little bit father
She went a little bit farther to make me feel love
She considered my feelings now she's all that I'm thinking of
So don't blame her for stealing me you let her
And where your love stopped she went a little bit father
[ guitar - steel ]
She's looking better by the minute well I don't know what's in it
That makes the drink turn a poor boy's head
She's not much to look at a little old and a little fat
But I'll hang around and have a beer or two
For I know if I'll drink enough she won't look quite so rough
It's amazing what a little beer can do
She's looking better by the minute well I don't know what's in it
That makes the drink turn a fellow's head
She's looking better by the minute I guess they must've been bended it
To go right to a poor boy's head
Now she don't looks so awful bad considerin' in all this beer I've had
As a matter of fact guess I could do worse
I could take the sixpacks home but I sure hate to drink alone
And it takes more than beer to clinch my thirst
She's looking better...
[ guitar ]
Now in the darkness of this bar she looks like a movie star
That goes to show how wrong the guy can be
I guess I'd better pick her up fore I start to sober up
We'll have a ball this movie star and me
She's looking better...
I slipped out of the house about sundown
While mama was a washin' her hair
And you can bet your bottom dollar she'll come lookin' for me
When she finds that I'm not there
And if she catches her sweet thang runnin' around
I know there'll be the devil to pay
She'll come blowin' like a cyclone right through that door
And I can hear exactly what she'll say
Well has anybody here seen sweet thang?
I got a notion he'll be headed this a way
'Cause when my sweet thang is out tom cattin' around
He finds a sandbox like this to play
I wanna tell all you bar room roses
If my sweet thang does happen by
You'd better take my advice and if you blink more than twice
You'd better have somethin' in your eyes
I gave my baby all my money on payday
Except a little she don't know that I got
'Cause there's a cute little waitress at the corner cafe
And she seems to like me quite a lot
While we were sittin' in this back booth a havin' a talk
An' she believed in every word that I said
When the door blew open Loretta walked in
Yellin' loud enough to wake the dead
Well has anybody here seen sweet thang?
I got a notion he'll be headed this a way
'Cause when my sweet thang is out tom cattin' around
He finds a sandbox like this to play
I wanna tell all you bar room roses
If my sweet thang does happen by
You'd better take my advice and if you blink more than twice
You'd better have somethin' in your eyes
She ain't kiddin' either
You'd better take my advice and if you blink more than twice
FORT WORTH JAIL
(Dick Reinhardt)
« © '46 Red River Songs, BMI »
Way down in Fort Worth jailhouse feeling kinda low
Nobody cares about me cause I ain't got no dough
No 5 so black and shiny took me off to jail
My good gal said so long baby cause I can't go your bail
Dream all days that I'll be goin' down that lonely road so long
Looking for my stockyard baby though I know she's done me wrong
All you ramblin' men take a warning don't go near that big cowtown
That big eight wheeler rollin' down the track
Means your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
'Cause I'm movin' on I'll soon be gone
You were flyin' too high for my little old sky so I'm movin' on
That big loud whistle as it blew and blew
Said hello to the Southland we're comin' to you
Well we're movin' on oh hear my song
You had the laugh on me and so I've set you free and I'm movin' on
Mister fireman won't you please listen to me
'Cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee
Keep movin' me on keep rollin' on
So shovel the coal let this rattle a roll and keep movin' me on
Mister engineer take that throttle in hand
This rattler's the fastest in the southern land
Keep movin' me on keep rollin' on
You're gonna ease my mind put me there on time and keep rollin' on
I've told you baby from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
Now I'm movin' on I'm rollin' gone
You've broken your vow and it's all over now so I'm movin' on
You switched your engine now I ain't got time
For a triflin' woman on my main line
'Cause I'm movin' on you done your daddy wrong
I've warned you twice now you can settle the price 'cause I'm movin' on
But some day baby when you've had your play
You're gonna want your daddy but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on stayed away too long
