(Hank Williams)
Your cheatin' heart
Will make you weep
You'll cry and cry
And try to sleep.
But sleep won't come
The whole night through
Your cheatin' heart
Will tell on you.
When tears come down
Like fallin' rain
You'll toss around
And call my name.
You'll walk the floor
The way I do
Your cheatin' heart
Will tell on you.
--- Instrumental ---
Your cheatin' heart
Will pine someday
And crave the love
You threw away.
The time will come
When you'll be blue
Your cheatin' heart
Will tell on you.
When tears come down
Like fallin' rain
You'll toss around
And call my name.
You'll walk the floor
The way I do
Your cheatin' heart
Is gonna tell on you...
It wasn't long ago when I first met you
But it didn't take me long to want you near
In the short time that I’ve known you I’ve grown to love you
And I can't stand the thought of you not here
Wine oh why, why did you do this
You made me become someone which I'm ashamed
Wine oh why, why did you do this
Wine you've become my everything
The beginning of each day I'm a new man
But by noon I begin to feel the fall
And by night I know I just got to have you
And I know that I must answer to your call
Wine oh why, why did you do this
You made me become someone which I'm ashamed
Wine oh why, why did you do this
You're back again but are you here to stay
Or havew you come again to lead my heart astray
You know I love you though you treat me like this
You're back again and I know I'll get burnt.
Everytime I hold and kiss you
You cause me to love you even more
My crazy heart just can't realize
You're back again just telling me lies.
--- Instrumental ---
Everytime I hold and kiss you
You cause me to love you even more.
My crazy heart just can't realize
If you think, it's lonesome where you are tonight.
Well you oughta be here with me.
If you think there's heartache where you are tonight.
Then you oughta be here with me.
Chorus:
Because with you I'm whole. Without you I'm cold.
So if you think about me where you are tonight
Then you oughta be here with me.
If teardops are fallin' where you are tonight.
Then you oughta be here with me.
If lonliness calls you where you are tonight.
Then you oughta be here with me.
Chorus:
Because with you I'm whole. Without you I'm cold.
So if you think about me where you are tonight
Then you oughta be here with me.
Recitation:
You know if nobody loves you darlin'
And it's lonely where you are tonight.
Honey, Don't you know you oughta be here with me?
And Here's thinking of you. Ah, whereever you are tonight
But you oughta be here with me.
Chorus:
Because with you I'm whole. Without you I'm cold.
So if you think about me where you are tonight
Then you oughta be here with me.
Darling, You oughta be here with me...
Who's gonna be to blame when dreams are all in vain
And find out then that there's somebody new
Who's gone away someday, they hadn't gone away
I bet you never thought it would be you
I bet you never thought it could be you.
--- Instrumental ---
You'll walk the floor and weep, you will tremble in your sleep
You'll sit and wonder what you're gonna do
Who's gonna pray each night for the Lord to bring daylight
I bet you never thought it could be you you
I bet you never thought it would be you.
--- Instrumental ---
Who's gonna feel ashamed each time they hear my name
And be sorry that they broke a heart in two
I think you ought to know so I'll tell you before I go
I bet you never thought it would be you you
I bet you never thought it could be you...
I never thought I'd find someone
Who could make me stay at home
I thought I always wanted to be free
But you walked into my life
And today you are my wife
And made a believer out of me.
You said that I belonged to you
And my running days were through
And I realized then that's how it had to be
And you made a believer out of me.
Yes, you made a believer out of me
You convinced me that I needed you
And I don't want to be free
Yes, you made a believer out of me
--- Instrumental ---
You said the women that I knew
Could never take the place of you
You promised to erase their memory
You gave your love and now I know
It won't be hard to let them go
You made a believer out of me.
I'll stay with you both day and night
'Cause your love is outta sight
I hope that you don't never set me free
And you made a believer out of me.
Yes, you made a believer out of me
You convinced me that I needed you
And I don't want to be free
Yes, you made a believer out of me...
It's a long way off from where I should be going
And everytime I hate to leave your side
And now when I return there's somethin' missin'
When I'm gone you don't seem to miss me.
Now life's so fast and everything is changing
And if your changeing too then I don't blame you
I remember how you used to kiss me
But when I'm gone you don't seem to miss me.
I'm going back I wonder why
I'm running fast to get home
I just can't wait to see your face
But you don't seem to miss me.
--- Instrumental ---
No one can take away the things you've given
And all the good we've had along together
There was a time when you could not resist me
Now I'm gone you don't seem to miss me.
I'm going back I wonder why
I'm running fast to get home
I just can't wait to see your face
But you don't seem to miss me.
I can't wait to see your face
I know that you wonder who I dream about
And if I met someone who thrills me so
Well, I've finally met a girl who turns me inside out
I'll tell you about her for you ought to know.
You comb her hair every mornin'
And make sure she's dressed just right
You comb her hair every mornin'
And put her to bed everynight.
When she's around me sometimes I can hardly speak
I stammer and I walk right into doors
And just to hold her hand in mine makes me feel weak
Oh, you know her heart is a friend of yours.
You comb her hair every mornin'
And make sure she's dressed just right
You comb her hair every mornin'
And put her to bed everynight...
(Curly Putman - Mike Kosser - Steve Pippin)
You look good in anything you choose to wear
Even a trace of gray would look good in your hair
And you look fine in sunshine baby or the shadows of a storm
But you always look your best here in my arms.
You look good when you sit and rock our baby
You look great the perfect picture of a lady
And you look fine with your smile so angel soft and sunshine warm
But you always look your best here in my arms.
We look good walking together
And we feel so good holding each other
I'm depending on your tender love to keep me safe and warm
Yes, you always look your best here in my arms.
I'm depending on your warm and tender love to keep me strong
And you always look your best here in my arms...
(Written by Webb Pierce)
Yes, I know why I want to cry, it's over you
But I'm painting the town feelin' blue
If you've ever loved one that's untrue
Then you'll know why I want to cry, it's over you.
Well, I've tried you all over again
And you just lied all over again
Guess I'm asking for heartaches of you
Yes, I know why I want to cry, it's over you.
Well, I've tried you all over again
And you just lied all over again
If you've ever love one that's untrue
Yes, I know why I want to cry, it's over you.
Yes, I know why I want to cry, it's over you...
(George Jones - Eddie Eddings)
Yearning to be with the one I can't agree with
Yearning to hear you call my name
Like a fool I left you and now I can't forget you
Please forgive me take me back again.
I'll never be the same without you darling
You'll always be my everything
Now I'm yearning to kiss you
Oh, darling how I miss you
Oh, how I wish you felt the same.
--- Instrumental ---
I'll never be the same without you darling
You'll always be my everything
Now I'm yearning to kiss you
Oh, darling how I miss you
I wish that we could make commance sweetheart...
(Arlie Duff)
George Jones & Gene Pitney
Y'all come, (y'all come), y'all come, (y'all come)
Oh, y'all come to see us when you can
Y'all come, (y'all come), y'all come, (y'all come)
Oh, y'all come to see us now and then.
When you live in the country everybody is your neighbor
On this one thing you can rely
They'll all come to see you and never, never leave you
Saying y'all come to see us by and by.
Y'all come, (y'all come), y'all come, (y'all come)
Oh, y'all come to see us when you can
Y'all come, (y'all come), y'all come, (y'all come)
Oh, y'all come to see us now and then.
The kinfolks 're coming, coming by the dozen
Eatin' everything from soup to hay, hay, hay
And right after dinner they ain't looking any thinner
And here's what you'll hear them say.
Y'all come, (y'all come), y'all come, (y'all come)
Oh, y'all come to see us when you can
Y'all come, (y'all come), y'all come, (y'all come)
Oh, y'all come to see us now and then.
--- Instrumental ---
Oh, old grandma's a wishing they'd come out to the kitchen
And help her do the dishes right away
But they all start leavin', even though she's a grievin'
You can still hear grandma say.
Y'all come, (y'all come), y'all come, (y'all come)
Oh, y'all come to see us when you can
Y'all come, (y'all come), y'all come, (y'all come)
Oh, y'all come to see us now and then.
Oh, y'all come to see us now and then...
If they saw Him riding in, long hair flying in the wind,
Would they love Him down in Shreveport today?
If they heard He was a Jew and a Palestinian too,
Would they love Him down in Nashville today?
If they saw Him talk with ease
To the junkies, whores, and thieves,
Would they love Him out in Wichita today?
Would the rich men think it funny
If He said give up your money?
Would they love Him up on Wall Street today?
If He made the wine from water,
Gave it to their sons and daughters,
What would the folks in Salt Lake City say?
If He talked of brotherhood
As He walked their neighborhoods,
Would they love Him up in Boston today?
Oh, If He said love those who use you,
And forgive those who abuse you,
If He turned the other cheek, what would you say?
Would you laugh and call Him crazy,
And just send Him on his way,
If He walked right into your town today?
Would you laugh and call Him crazy,
And just send Him on his way,
If He walkd right into your town today?
Tammy Wynette & George Jones
Oh Lord, you know that I'm not
One to bother you with little things
And you and I have never been too close
But we've always been on speakin' terms
I've watched you with doin' things
And tried to understand you more than most.
No I haven't gone to church the way I ought to
But I always thought you knew
In my own way I worshipped you
While even your own children
Doubt and fail to understand
The simple way you go about the things you do.
I've seen the doubt upon the face of loved ones
As they sadly placed a wreath of flowers on a tiny grave
And wondered why a child is brought into the world
To only live a little while and die, you could have saved.
But I believe that in your eyes
This little child was somethin' special
And you wanted it to be with you, no doubt
So with out-stretched arms you beckoned
It's so simple that I reckon
They can't understand the way you worked it out.
Once I saw a young man growin'
till he neared the age of knowin'
Then I watched as somethin' happened to his mind
No doctor could correct it,
It was just as I suspected
And I marvelled at your way of bein' kind.
They tried everything in vain and
I was there when they explained it
To the family, how he slipped into a trance
Guess you looked into the future,
Watched him turn his back upon you
Lovin' him so much you couldn't take the chance.
It took a lot of love to die,
for sinners such as I
And I guess that's why you've never given up on me
You understood when some denied you
And even when they crucified you
Knowin' all these things were meant to be.
For the stable's such a simple thing,
No wonder there were few who came
To see a king the night that...
(Written by George Jones)
I've been living a new way
Of life that I love so
But I can see the clouds are gath'ring
And the storm will wreck our home
For last night he held you tightly
And you didn't even shove
This is true for I've been watching
From the window up above
You must have thought that I was sleeping
And I wish that I had been
But I guess it's best to know you
And the way your heart can sin
I thought we belonged together
And our hearts fit like a glove
I was wrong for I've been watching
From the window up above
Instrumental
From my eyes the teardrops started
As I listened on and on
I heard you whisper to him softly
That our marriage was all wrong
But I hope he makes you happy
And you will never lose his love
I was wrong, I was watching
From the window up above
How I wish I could be dreaming
And wake up to an honest love
I was wrong for I was watching
From the window up above...
George Jones & Tammy Wynette
(Both)
Will you travel down this road with me
Help me be the one I want to be
Help me see the thing I long to see
Will you travel down this road with me?
(Tammy)
Lifes a journey full of dreams
Hopes and possabilities
One of my dreams will come true
If I'm walkin' next to you.
(Both)
Will you travel down this road with me
Help me be the one I want to be
Help me see the thing I long to see
Will you travel down this road with me?
--- Instrumental ---
(Tammy)
Many rivers we will cross
Many miles we will walk
Sharing laughter, sharing tears
Buildin' memories through the years.
(Both)
Will you travel down this road with me
Help me be the one I want to be
Help me see the thing I long to see
Will you travel down this road with me?
Will you travel down this road with me
Help me be the one I want to be
Help me see the thing I long to see
Will you travel down this road with me?
Will you travel down this road with me?...
(Boudleaux Bryant - Felice Bryant)
Where did the sunshine go, why is it raining so
Where is the love I used to know, where did the sunshine go.
Where did the sunshine go, why do the cold winds blow
Where is the one I needed so, where did the sunshine go?
I discovered the sunshine in a woman's loving smile
Like a fool I thought the sun had come to stay
Then she fell for another and the sun went out of style
And the springtime vanished when I went away.
Where did the sunshine go, why is it raining so
Where is the love I used to know, where did the sunshine go.
Where did the sunshine go, why do the cold winds blow
Where is the one I needed so, where did the sunshine go?
Now there's mothing but heartaches in the whole wide lonely earth
Anyway my blue world looks that way to me
Gone is all of the sunshine and the smile that gave it birth
Leaving nothing but a cold cold misery.
Where did the sunshine go, why is it raining so
Where is the love I used to know, where did the sunshine go.
Where did the sunshine go, why do the cold winds blow
Where is the one I needed so, where did the sunshine go?...
Unfaithful one, your tears are falling
At last you're payin' for all your fun
Too many honest hearts you've broken
Go on and cry unfaithful one.
So, now you found you were mistaken
You thought your game was almost fun
The tide has turned and left you weepin'
Go on and cry unfaithful one.
--- Instrumental ---
So, now you found you were mistaken
The storms of loneliness have come
The tide has turned and left you weepin'
Go on and cry unfaithful one.
When you left I thought that I would soon be over you
Even told myself that I would find somebody new
Time and tears have come and gone but not your memory
But I'll be over you when the grass grows over me
(Chorus:)
Yes I'll be over you when you're standing over me
And as you look down at the cold cold ground I'm sleeping in
Don't expect to hear me say that I still love you then
'Cause I'll be over you when the grass grows over me
Even when my eyes are closed they keep on seeing you
Every minute I'm alive I'm hurting through and through
And as long as I live I know I won't be free
But I'll be over you when the grass grows over me
(Darrell Edwards - Helen Cross)
When my heart hurts no more and the flames just an ember
Love that I begged you for I won't even remember
I'll be no weeping willow when I've learned the score
No more tears on my pillow when my heart hurts no more.
When my heart hurts no more, that's what I'm longin' for
To be free from the spell, that's all been so well
I will have to keep wonderin' what I'm livin' for
I won't be at your mercy when my heart hurts no more.
--- Instrumental ---
When my heart hurts no more, that's what I'm liviin' for
When at last I'll be free from your memory
I won't have to keep wonderin' what I'm living for
I'll be no weeping willow when my heart hurts no more...
Everybody tells me you're a cheater
Yes and everybody says you cheated too
Should we believe them and let them tear our love apart
Or should we believe what's in our hearts
I believe in my heart the one I love is true
And I'd never take a chance on losing you
Side by side hand in hand we'll never be apart
Just as long as we believe what's in our hearts
Only your two lips could make me happy
And I'm sure you know I feel the same way too
Together we will share a tender love no one can part
Just as long as we believe what's in our hearts
(Roger Bowling)
I guess I finally found what I do best.
I always knew there was something I'd be good at
Every man has something he does better than the rest
I still can't believe how much I miss you
And I guess I finally found what I do best.
When it came to lovin' oh you were something
I took all the love you gave and I surely made a mess
Yes, I lost in love but in sadness I've been succesful
Yes, I guess I finally found what I do best.
They say that every man has given talent
But if hurtin' is a talent then I know that I've been blessed
Oh, missing you just seems to come so natural
And I guess I finally found what I do best.
Oh, if there's something I wish I wasn't good at
But I guess I deserve what I do best...
I have the invitation that you sent me you wanted me to see you change your name
I couldn't stand to see you wed another but dear I hope you're happy just the same
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel that should be ringing now for you and me
Down the aisle with someone else you're walking
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
[ steel ]
I planned a little cottage in the valley I even brought a little band of gold
I thought someday I'll place it on your finger
But now the future looks so dark and cold
I fancy that I see a bunch of roses a blossom from an orange tree in your hair
And while the organ plays I'll love you truly please let me pretend that I am there
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel ever since the day you set me free
I know momma loved me
I reckoned that dad
Thought I was a pretty good kid
I've been blamed but I'm not ashed
Of a couple of things I did
I learned the golden rule
Before I started to school
Like ever'y little young'n should do
But what am I worth on God's great earth
If I'm not worth nothing to you
What am I worth here on earth
Darling, If I can't have you
I just can't find no peace of mind
With anything that I do
I don't know why you made me cry
Honey, won't you give me a clue
What am I worth on God's great earth
If I'm not worth nothing to you
I might get sent to be president
If I'm sure I could do it for you
They would feature my face all over the place
For all the good thing I do
I might get my name in the hall of fame
Or even in the book of who's who
But what am I worth on God's great earth
If I'm mot worth nothin' to you
What am I worth here on earth
Darling, If I can't have you
I just can't find no peace of mind
With anything that I do
I don't know why you made me cry
Honey, won't you give me a clue
What am I worth on God's great earth
(I'm wearing my heart away for you)
I wonder where you are tonight my love
These mem'ries of you just started now
My arms are cold while you hold someone new
And I'm wearing my heart away for you
I'm wearing my heart away for you
It cries out loud my love is true
And though my darling if you'd only knew
I'm wearing my heart away for you
Oh, I've always been a baby when it comes to growing up
And I'm the biggest baby that you've ever seen
I know we've had many problems but if you could still be me
Take this bottle from my hands and wean me.
Yes, you've wondered why I've always had a bottle in my hand
Why I never could give up my childish ways
Well, I'd rather be even with your help the man I'm going to be
Take this bottle from my hand and wean me.
And when I take that first big step I'll walk straight to you
Right into your lovin' arms that's where I want to be
Take this bottle from my hand and wean me
Right in your loving arms that's where I want to be
Take this bottle from my hand and wean me.
We're gonna try to get along everyday
We're gonna search our hearts right now and find the way
From now on we're gonna sing a happy song
Everyday we're gonna try to get along.
Yes, we love each other so and that is why
If we don't try now, love might pass us by
We should keep it in the family, that's the place
And that's way to keep a smile upon our face.
So we're gonna try to get along everyday
We're gonna search our hearts right now and find the way
From now on we're gonna sing a happy song
Everyday we're gonna try to get along.
Take the kids, go away on a trip
Ride a plane take a train or a ship
Anything to make us laugh and have some fun
Doing this might get the old ball game won.
We're gonna try to get along everyday
We're gonna search our hearts right now and find the way
From now on we're gonna sing a happy song
Everyday we're gonna try to get along.
We're gonna try to get along everyday
We're gonna search our hearts right now and find the way
From now on we're gonna sing a happy song
I once stood in the darkness I couldn't see a light
Backed up against the wall I built around my life
I'd run out of reasons to ever love again
But somehow you found a door and you came waltzing in
(Chorus:)
Walls can fall, storms can end
Skys can clear, hearts can mend
All it took was your sweet love to rise above it all
You can build 'em strong and tall, but walls can fall
Here we stand together with stones enough to build
A bridge into forever beyond the highest hill
The past will fade behind us if we let the future shine
Not a thing can come between us if we always keep in mind that
(Repeat chorus)
--- Instrumental ---
There was a time when I thought of no other and we sang our own love's refrain
Our hearts beat as one as we had our fun but time changes everything
When you left me my poor heart was broken our romance seemed all in vain
The dark clouds are gone and there's blue skies again
Yes time changes everything
[ steel ]
The time has passed I forgot you mother nature does wonderful things
I guess that it's true for me and for you cause time changes everything
Oh you change the name of an old song rearrange it and make it swing
I thought nothing could stop me from loving you but time changes everything
[ fiddle ]
So goodluck to you may God bless you I can't say that we won't love again
(I won't believe a word, till I hear it from you.)
Draw me a picture, guess I'm a fool
I won't believe a word, they say about you
Send me a paper have it notarized, too
That still won't mean a thing, till I hear it from you.
Draw up a picture, might as well paint it blue
That's how I know I'll feel, if I find hope that's true
Write me a letter, address it afool
I won't believe it then, till I hear it from you.
They like me in Pittsburgh, everywhere I go
The sudden conversation, he'll be the last to know
Put it in the papers, make it headline news
I won't believe it then, till I hear it from you.
Album: High-Tech Redneck
I gave up cigarettes,
haven't had to light one yet.
It's been a year sense I stopped.
Same goes for alcohol.
I don't touch the stuff at all.
I used to drink 'till I dropped.
Chorus:
But those were tough this is easy,
and it feels so good to say.
Forgetting you is not that hard to do
for I've done it a thousand times a day.
Oh I've done it a thousand times a day.
Friends said it would take some time
to get you off my mind.
They thought I'd never let you go.
But, I guess I've proved them wrong.
One more bad habit gone.
Just like the whisky and the smokes.
Chorus:
But those were tough this is easy,
and I'm all right I'm ok.
Forgetting you is not that hard to do
for I've done it a thousand times a day.
I've given you up for good,
just like I said I would.
Oh the night you walked away.
Forgetting you is not that hard to do
for I've done it a thousand times a day.
Oh I've done it a thousand times a day...
I woke up this morning aching with pain
Don't think I can work, but I'll try
The car's in the shop so I thumbed all the way
Oh these days I barely get by
I walked home from work and it rained all the way
My wife left and didn't say why
She laid all her bills on the desk in the hall
Oh these days I barely get by
Put my only two dollars on my favorite horse
He lost by a nose and I cried
Oh, my boss says come winter we'll all be laid off
Oh these days I barely get by
These days I barely get by
I want to give up, lay down and die
Worst of all is when she told me goodbye
Oh these days I barely get by
(Writer: Hank Williams, Sr.)
I'll pretend I'm free from sorrow,
Make believe that wrong is right;
Your wedding day will be tomorrow,
But there'll be no teardrops tonight.
Why, oh why should you desert me,
Are you doin' this for spite;
If you only want to hurt me,
Then there'll be no teardrops tonight.
--- Instrumental ---
I'll believe that you still love me,
When you wear your veil of white;
But you think that you're above me,
And there'll be no teardrops tonight.
Shame, oh shame for what you're doin',
Other arms will hold you tight;
You don't care whose life you ruin,
So, there'll be no teardrops tonight...
I've [E] cried a million tears, down through the years. Searching [B] for
that special [E] one. And the vows I took before, where all forever more,
but no matter how I [B] tried they came un[E]done.
Then the good lord finally gave me the true love of a lady, someone who
believes in me. And she lets me know each day, that love is here to stay. I
finally found someone who'll never leave.
CHORUS
[NC]I put a [E] golden band on the [A] right left hand this [E] time, and the
[A] right left hand put a [E] golden band on [B] mine. When our [E] hair is
snowy white, [A] time will prove I'm [E] right. I put a [A] golden band on
the [B] right left hand this [E] time.
I'll [F] never have to plead for the [Bb] love that my heart needs, she'll be
[C] close enough to [F] touch. And when the nights are long and cold, [Bb]
she'll be there to [F] hold, all dressed up for [C] one more night of [F]
love.
CHORUS
[NC]I put a [F] golden band on the [Bb] right left hand this [F] time, and
the [Bb] right left hand put a [F] golden band on [C] mine. When our [F]
hair is snowy white, [Bb] time will prove I'm [F] right. I put a [Bb] golden
I stopped off at the Quicksack for some beer and cigarettes
The old man took my money as he stared at my Corvette
He said, I had one just like her son, a 1963
'Til the man down at the bank took her from me
Oh She was hotter than a two dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle Son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then
Then I handed him my keys and said, here take her for a spin
The old man scratched his head, then he looked at me and grinned
He said son you just don't understand it ain't the car I want
It's the brunette in your 'vette that turns me on
I had one that was hotter than a two dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle Son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then
Lord she was hotter than a two dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle Son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then
(Written by Dallas Frazier)
If you see a man in clothes that's old and ragged
And he walks from bar to bar in worn out shoes
If people point and whisper, "God have mercy"
Would you deny the man that you once knew
If on the street I meet you with your new love
And I walk right up and say, "How do you do"
Would you turn your back and tell him you don't know me
Would you deny the love that you once knew
Would you be ashamed to remember
I'm the same man who lost ev'rything for you
If tomorrow on the street I die a beggar
Would you deny the man that you once knew
Would you deny the love that you once knew...
Album: Love Bug
Well, I was ruling the roost, had all the chicks to myself.
And suddenly it happened, that funny little feeling I felt.
Well, I tried to outrun it, but it finally caught up with me.
Tell me how can I run from something that I can't see?
Chorus:
Oh, that little bitty teeny weeny thing they call the lovebug.
Nobody's ever seen it, but it's got the whole world shook up.
It all started with a little bitty kiss and a hug.
It's a little bitty teeny weeny thing they call the lovebug.
Well, I always thought that I had me a pretty good style,
But I lost that race by a good old country mile.
Yeah, I was walking all around
With my head held way up high,
And it fooled me, hit me, really took me by surprise.
Chorus:
Oh, that little bitty teeny weeny thing they call the lovebug.
Nobody's ever seen it, but it's got the whole world shook up.
It all started with a little bitty kiss and a hug.
It's a little bitty teeny weeny thing they call the lovebug.
Yes, a little bitty teeny weeny thing they call the lovebug...
There's a secret behind the smile you see
For this smile is just a part of me
But I know some can't see the signs
That show I'm hurtin' all the time
And the lonely know my secret they know you're on my mind
There's a secret behind the lies you tell
For inside is where the sorrow lies
Cause I'm living like the lonely do
For they've lost someone they love too
And the lonely know my secret they know what I go through
There's a secret behind the smile you see...
Well, it won't be long now
Until that 'ol sun goes down
And darkness helps me hide my shameful tears.
My wife works all night long
For a man who's halfway gone
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs.
Chorus:
It's a shame she wears the name
Of a man who's locked and chained
To a bottle that's destroyin' all hopes and cares.
To the men with the hungry eyes
She works and hides her pride
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstair
--- Instrumental ---
Chorus:
It's a shame she wears the name
Of a man who's locked and chained
To a bottle that's destroyin' all hopes and cares.
To the men with the hungry eyes
She works and hides her pride
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs.
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs...
Intro: G
I�ve [G]heard the sound of my dear old mama [C]crying
And the [D]sound of the train that took me off to [G]war
The [G]awful sound of a thousand bombs ex[C]ploding
And I [Am]wondered if I could take it any[C]more[D]
There were [G]times when they almost drove me [C]crazy
But I [D]did my best and took it like a [G]man
And [G]who would think in my lonely room I�d [C]hear it
The [D]one sound in the world my heart can�t [G]stand
[N.C.]To hear that sound and to [G]know its really [C]over
Through tear stained eyes I watched her walk a[D]way
And of [G]earthquakes storms and guns and war
Lord [C]nothing has ever hurt me more than that [G]lonely sound
The [D]closing of the [G]door
(Key change to G#)
And of [G#]earthquakes storms and guns and war
Lord [C#]nothing ever hurt me more than that [G]lonely sound
(The bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side)
When I awke this a morning the rain was a pouring down
I was gonna wed the little river girl just over the bridge across town
Now I'm a runnin' up and down the river and my nerves are drivin' me wild
Because the bridge washed out I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
Rain oh rain stop a fallin' dark clouds hurry from the sky
The preacher and my bride is a waitin' and the weddin' bells are starting to chime
I can't kiss and hold her and it's driving me out of my mind
The bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
[ guitar ]
Now I got one foot in the water the other foot solid on the ground
When I try to swim that ragin' ol' river I know if I try I'd drown
There's not a boat around me they walked on out with the tide
And the bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
Rain oh rain stop a fallin'...
The bridge washed out and I can't swim and my baby's on the other side
(Merle Haggard)
Tonight the bottle let me down,
And left your memory come around;
The one true friend I thought I'd found,
Tonight the bottle let me down.
Each night I leave the bar room when it's over,
Not feeling any pain at closing time;
But tonight your memory found me much too sober,
I couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind.
Tonight the bottle let me down,
And left your memory come around;
The one true friend I thought I'd found,
Tonight the bottle let me down.
--- Instrumental ---
I've always had a bottle I could turn to,
And lately I've been turnin' every day;
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to,
And I'm hurtin' in an old familiar ways.
Tonight the bottle let me down,
And left your memory come around;
The one true friend I thought I'd found,
Tonight the bottle let me down.
Tonight the bottle let me down...
If you ever feel unwanted
Kicked around so much you're taunted
Hearts crys out with so much pain
Well, that's the way I feel.
Love someone and love her dearly
Hope these words she didn't hear me
Left me here heartsick and lonely
That's the way I feel.
A cry would do no good
I used to think it would
But the more I thought
The more I believe is what I'll do.
Let your feeling have it's day
Maybe it will go away
Maybe I will find another
That's the way I feel.
Can't let heartbreak over come me
Just because that's the way she done me.
I'll forget she ever loved her
That's the way I feel
--- Instrumental ---
If you ever get the notion
That you're drowning in an ocean
Of the tears that you are crying
That's the way I feel.
Crying just because your lonely
Crying cause your one and only
'Cause she loves somebody better
That's the way I feel.
A cry would do no good
I used to think it would
But the more I thought
The more I believe is what I'll do.
Let this feeling have it's day
Maybe it will go away
Maybe I will find another
That's the way I feel.
Can't let heartbreqk over come me
Just because that's the way she done me.
I'll forget she ever loved her
That's the way I feel...
I used to spend my nights. love, in a barroom
Liquor was the only love I've known
But you rescued me from reaching for the bottle
And you brought me back from being too far gone
Your as smooth as Tennessee whiskey
Your as sweet as strawberry wine
Your as warm as a glass of brandy
And I stay stoned on your love all the time
I looked for love in all the same old places
Found the bottom of the bottle always dry
But when you poured out your heart, I didn't waste it
'Cause there nothing like your love to gettin' me high
Your as smooth as Tennessee whiskey
Your as sweet as strawberry wine
Your as warm as a glass of brandy
And I stay stoned on your love all the time.
I stay stoned on your love all the time...
(Roger Miller)
Your halo is the neon
Your heart a jukebox song
Your heaven is a honky tonk
You love to live so wrong.
I know your not a changin'
As a saint you've gained no fame
My angels kinda tarnished
But I love, just the same.
Tarnished angel
From a backstreet bar
Tarnished angel
I want you just as you are.
Our worlds are strange and different
But love they says is blind
I'll try to live in your world
If you won't live in mine.
--- Instrumental ---
Tarnished angel
From a backstreet bar
Tarnished angel
I want you just as you are.
Our worlds are strangely different
But love they say is blind
I'll try to live in your world
If you won't live in mine...
(Roger Mill & George Jones)
Well, If you wanna drive a big limousine
I'll buy the longest one you've ever seen
The tall, tall trees, and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.
Well, If you wanna own a great big mansion
Yes, I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees, and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.
Yes I'm a fool, over you
(It may take a while, but I'll prove it's true)
Well, if it's lovin' you want, I've got it
And if it's money you want, I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees, and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.
--- Instrumental
Well, If you wanna take a trip across the ocean
Yes, we'll travel anywhere you take a notion
I'll buy you tall, tall trees, and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.
Now, if you wanna own a great big mansion
If I give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees, and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.
Yes, I'm a fool, over you
(It may take a while, but I'll prove it's true.)
Well, if it's lovin' you want, I've got it
And If it's money you want, then, I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.
--- Instrumental ---
Yes, I'm a fool, over you
(It may take a while, but I'll prove it's true.)
Well, if it's lovin' you want, I've got it
And If it's money you want, then, I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you...
Oh Jesus, please
Please take the devil outta me.
I've traveled far down this lonesome road
The devil he's got me bent down so low
I've just found out where I want to be
Oh Jesus, please
Please take the devil outta me.
I'm getting tired of living in sin
I'm tired of keeping the devil for my friend
I want so badly to be set free
Oh Jesus, please
Please take the devil outta me.
--- Instrumental ---
Now, I'm so happy, I'm free from sin
Because I left my dear Savior in
My jesus told me that I was free
Oh Jesus, thank you
You took the devil outta me.
--- Instrumental ---
I'm getting tired of living in sin
I'm tired of keeping the devil for my friend
I want so badly to be set free
Oh Jesus, please
Please take the devil outta me.
(Boudleaux Bryant)
Take me as I am or let me go.
Why must you always try to make me over
Take me as I am or let me go
White lilies never grow on stalks of clover
Take me as I am or let me go.
You're trying to reshape me in a mold love
In the image of someone you used to know
But I won't be a standing for an old love
Take me as I am or let me go.
(Take me as I am or let me go.)
You've tried to change me ever since you met me
Take me as I am or let me go
If you can't overlook my faults forget me
Take me as I am or let me go.
You're trying to reshape me in a mold love
In the image of someone you used to know
But I won't be a standing for an old love
Take me as I am or let me go...
This old smoke filled bar is something I'm not used to,
I gave up my home to see you satisfied;
I just called to let you know where I'll be living,
It's not much but I feel welcome here, inside.
I've got swinging doors, a jukebox and a barstool,
My new home has a flashing neon sign;
Stop by and see me anytime you want to,
'Cause, I'm always here, at home, 'til closing time.
--- Instrumental ---
I've got everything it takes to drive me crazy,
And I've got everything it takes to lose my mind;
And in here the atmosphere's just right for heartaches,
Thanks to you I'm always here, 'til closing time.
I've got swinging doors, a jukebox and a barstool,
My new home has a flashing neon sign;
Stop by and see me anytime you want to.
'Cause I'm always here at home, 'til closing time...
(Ervin T. Rouse - Lois Mann - Murray Burns)
George Jones & Gene Pitney
(Both)
Just as far as I can remember
She'll remain the rose of my heart
Mom took sick along in December
February brought us broken hearts.
(George)
The reason we've not called the family reunion
We knew that she wouldn't be there
But since we've thought it all over, mama
We know that your spirit is there.
(Both)
No, no, I can't forget the hours
You're the onliest one mom
And sweeter than the flowers
No, no, there's no need to bother
It's because you now
Would only hurt father.
--- Instrumental ---
It looks so good to see us together
But I had to look after dad
Oh mama, when I passed by your coffin
I didn't want to remember you dead.
(Gene)
They all gathered round I stared at their faces
All heads were bowed mighty low
But that was one time we all had to face it
It hurt us so bad you know.
(Both)
No, no, I can't forget the hours
You're the onliest one mom
And sweeter than the flowers
No no there's no need to bother
It's because you now
Would only hurt father.
Oh no momma we'll never forget you
And someday we'll meet you up there...
Sweet dreams of you
Every night I go through
Why cant I forget you and start my life anew
Instead of having sweet dreams about you.
You dont love me its plain
I should know you'll never wear my ring
I should hate you the whole night through
Instead of having sweet dreams about you.
--- Instrumental ---
Sweet dreams of you
Things I know can't come true
Why cant I forget you and start my life anew
Instead of having sweet dreams about you...
(Jimmy Hodges)
Gene Pitney
I know that someday you'll want me to want you
When I'm in love with somebody else
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
No you don't want me now I'll get along somehow
And then I won't won't want you.
--- Whistles ---
(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
No you don't want me now I'll get along somehow
And then I won't won't want you...
Suppose tonight would be our last night together
And the love we have known came to an end
Would we laugh and tell ourselves think nothing of it
Or would we cry together for what might have been
I know I'd die in just a little while without you
Another dawn I wouldn't want to see
If you're supposed tonight would be our last together
Oh what a long and lonely night it would be
I couldn't live long without your arms around me
Too soon the blues would come moving in on me
If you suppose tonight would be our last together
With you tonight would be the last night for me
There's a ramshackle shack
In old Caroline
It's callin' me back
To the girl of mine
Those two brown eyes
I'm longin' to see
Oh, the girl of my dreams
She will always be
Those two brown eyes
That sparkle with love
Came down to me
From heaven above
If I could fly
Like a beautiful dove
I'd fly to the arms
Of the one that I love
Just when the sunshines the brightest
And the world looks alright, again
Then the clouds fill the sky's
You can't believe your eyes
Sometimes you just can't win.
My love never meant much to you dear
Or yo you I was always a friend
Oh, why did I call,
You have no heart at all
Sometimes you just can't win.
--- Instrumental ---
I can't live like this any longer
Not knowing just where I stand
I know I should't care
But sweetheart it don't seem fair
Sometimes you just can't win
And then when the sunshines the brightest
And the world looks alright, again
The clouds fill the sky's
You can't believe your eyes
Four walls, two chests and the doorway
To a room that has always stayed closed
But sometimes that door can be opened
By someone that you used to know.
It's been many long years since I've seen her
I got a letter just yesterday
It seemed like it came out of no where
And here's what she had to say.
The years have gone by, some good and some bad
But I never stop thinking 'bout the times that we had
Oh, so meet me tomorrow where we used to go
She signed it someone that you used to know.
--- Instrumental ---
Time is a river that flows down the stream
Never to return to the place where it's been
Still there's some people that stays in your soul
Like someone that you used to know.
The years have gone by, some good and some bad
But I never stop thinking 'bout the times that we had
Oh, so meet me tomorrow where we used to go
She signed it someone that you used to know.
Someone that you used to know...
George Jones & Skeeter Davis
Silent night, Holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in a heavenly peace.
Sleep in a heavenly peace.
Silent night, Holy night
Shepherds quake, at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing alleluia
Christ, the Savior is born.
Christ, the Savior is born.
--- Instrumental ---
(Silent night, Holy night)
(Son of God, love's pure light)
(Radiant beams from Thy holy face)
(With the dawn of redeeming grace)
(Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.)
(Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.)
Silent night, Holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in a heavenly peace.
Sleep in a heavenly peace.
(Sleep in a heavenly peace)...
If my old truck was a horse I'd have to shoot it
Lord, the day my ship came in I was waiting for a train
Everytime I get a grip I always lose it
I can't enjoy the sunshine for the rain.
Hon., you know I'm always saying I'm sorry
But you stand by me through it all
Seems like everytime I make my mark
Somebody always paints the wall.
Everytime I think I'm off and running
I'm barely up to a crawl
Everytime I get a leg up on the ladder of success
I shake and fall.
Back last week down at the factory
I was up for a promotion
And the bosses little brother got the call
Seems like everytime I make my mark
Somebody always paints the wall.
--- Instrumental ---
If my old truck was a horse I'd have to shoot it
Lord, the day my ship came in I was waiting for a train
Everytime I get some news there's nothing to it
You're my only pleasure from the pain.
Hon., you know I'm always saying I'm sorry
But you stand by me through it all
Seems like everytime I make my mark
Somebody always paints the wall.
Seems like everytime I make my mark
Somebody always paints the wall...
I never felt more like singing the blues
I never thought that I'd ever lose
Your love dear why'd you do me this way
Well I never felt more like crying all night
Everything's wrong and nothing ain't right
Without you you got me singing the blues.
The moon and stars no longer shine
The dream is gone I thought was mine
There's nothing left for me to do but cry over you
I never felt more like running away
Why should I go cause I couldn't stay
Without you you got me singing the blues.
--- Instrumental ---
The moon and stars no longer shine
The dream is gone I thought was mine
There's nothing left for me to do but cry over you
I never felt more like running away
Why should I go cause I couldn't stay
Without you you got me singing the blues...
(Ed Burt)
The moon was softly shing on an old Kentucky home
The fragrance of magnolia's filled the air
A lonely girl was writing to her sweet heart all alone
To say how much she wished that she were there.
Silver dew on the blue grass tonight
How it shines in the moons silver light
And the day that used to be, ow I wish that you could be
Silver dew on the blue grass tonight.
--- Instrumental ---
Star of love, high above shining bright
Know the wish that I'm wishing tonight
And you'll bring him back, I know, to the one who loves him so
Star of love high above shining bright.
Silver dew on the blue grass tonight
How it shines in the moons silver light
And the day that used to be, how I wish that you could be
Silver dew on the blue grass tonight...
I'm thinking of a little lady she bears her load without a friend
The one who rocked me in my cradle and through the years she loves me yet
The roses on her cheeks have faded and when they pass her on the street
Would break my heart to see them mock her although she may not dress so neat
She was the first to ever love me the first to hold me to her breast
God bless her cause she is my mother and she'll be the last one I'll forget
Her way may seem a bit old fashioned and some may laugh when passing by
I'm not ashamed to call her mother my love for her I'll not deny
There's a picture that I carry
One we made some time ago
If they ask who's in the picture with me,
I say just a girl I used to know
Just a girl, I used to go around with
Just a friend, from long ago,
I don't tell them how lost I am without her
I say she's just a girl I used to know
I say she's just another girl now
Just a flame, that's lost it's glow
And I say, her name has slipped my mind now,
And she's just a girl I used to know
Just a girl I used to spend some tIme with
Just a friend from long ago
I don't talk about the nights I cry about her
I say she's just a girl I used to know
Just a girl I used to know...
Moerators note: There are several version which use
slightly different words i.e. 'a girl' might be 'some one'
and the verses may be switch. But the basic song is
the same in all versions. See 'Just a Girl I Used to Know'
Look out heart I can tell you have weaken
For I feel those heartaches began
She's come back and I don't know what has brought her
She don't love me she's just lonesome again
For a while I know that I'll be happy
And that's all that matters within
Though I love her I know I can't hold her
But she'll come back when she's lonesome again
Just like always I'm waiting here for her
Yes it's true I always have been
Yes I love her but I know I'll be sorry
She don't love me she's lonesome again
Yes I love her but I know I'll be sorry
(George Jones - Tammy Wynette)
Well, you asked me to tell you about her
Since we have been friends for so long
Well, she's really an outstanding woman
More precious than any I've known.
She's soft she's kind and she's gentle
She likes to be loved tenderly
She's the kind you won't ever get over
And she should belong to me.
Don't leave her at night she'll be frightened
She's afraid when the darkness sets in
And blue is her favorite color
And she prefers home loving men.
She likes roses on special occasion
Champagne makes her laugh and feel free
She wants to be held when she's lonely
And she should belong to me.
She should be here with me in these two arms of mine
Happy like we used to be
She no longer needs me I've run out of time
Oh, she should belong to me.
Oh, she should belong to me...
The mayor gave me the keys to the city
the welcome wagons already appear
but again I'll be packing and leaving
for it's plain now that she once lived here
it may be that I'll never forget her
cause she's love and love lives everywhere
could it be that I'll always be saying
I've got to go for she once lived here
I see her face in the cool of the evening
I hear her voice in each breeze loud and clear
oh there must be a town without memories
but not this one for she once lived here
I started drinking and acting crazy way back in sixty-five
Momma would pray and say he's my baby, Lord, please keep him alive
Sister came home with two little children, her man had left her alone.
Momma knew too well the hurt she was feelin'
'cause daddy has been gone so long
We all did our part to add to her pain
We all broke her heart but she never complained.
She loved a lot in her time
She watched love grow and die on the vine
She stood in the shadows so others could shine
She loved a lot in her time.
Momma's prayers were aswered a long time ago
I ain't touched a drink in ten years
My sister Mary married to a good old boy
They don't live far from here.
Momma's work is done, now she's gone on home
The words in our heart are engraved on her stone.
She loved a lot in her time
She watched love grow and die on the vine
She stood in the shadows so others could shine
She loved a lot in her time.
She stood in the shadows so others could shine
She loved a lot in her time.
Momma, you loved a lot in your time...
(Written by Ed Nelson & Fred Rose)
Comb your hair and paint and powder,
You act proud and I'll act prouder,
You sing loud and I'll sing louder,
Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire,
You're my gal and I'm your feller,
Dress up in your frock of yeller,
I'll look swell, but you'll look sweller,
Settin' the woods on fire.
We'll take in all the honkey tonks,
Tonight we're havin' fun;
We'll show the folks a brand new dance,
That never has been done,
I don't care who thinks we're silly,
You be Daffy and I'll be Dilly,
We'll order up two bowls of chili,
Settin' the woods on fire.
--- Instrumental ---
I'll gas up my hot rod stoker,
We'll get hotter than a poker,
You'll be broke, but I'll be broker,
Tonight, we're settin' the woods on fire,
We'll set close to one another,
Up one street and down the other,
We'll have a time, oh brother,
Settin' the woods on fire.
We'll put aside a little time,
To fix a flat or two;
My tires and tubes are doing fine,
But the air is showin' through,
You clap hands and I'll start bowin',
We'll do all the law's allowin',
Tomorrow I'll be right back plowin',
Settin the woods on fire...
Well, she's got me over deep waters
She's got me out on a limb
She's sawed it out from under me
And I ain't even learned to swim.
I keep a-scrathing at the muddy bank
But all I do is slide
I keep a-begging of her to love me
But just to be denied.
Well, somerbodies gonna get wet
Somebodies gonna drown
It looks to me like if this will be
My third time down.
Well she wanted me to take her boatin'
She just wants to paddle around
And her I am twenty miles from shore
And she throwed my paddler down
She pulled my cork from the boat
And here I'm a-sinking fast
If someone won't come rescue me
I don't know how long I'll last.
'Cause, somerbodies gonna get wet
Somebodies gonna drown
It looks to me like this will be
My third time down.
--- Instrumental ---
Well, she wanted me to take her a-wadin'
She just wants to wet her feet
But here I am up to my neck
In the middle of the famous old creek.
I keep a-scrathing at the muddy bank
But all I do is slide
I keep a-begging for her to love me
But just to be denied.
So, somerbodies gonna get wet
Somebodies gonna drown
It looks to me like if this will be
On the bank of the river stood Running Bear, young Indian brave
On the other side of the river stood his lovely Indian maid
Little White Dove was her name, such a lovely sight to see
But their tribes fought with each other, so their love could never be.
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that couldn't die.
He couldn't swim the raging river 'cause the river was too wide
He couldn't reach the Little White Dove waiting there on the other side
In the moonlight he could see her throwing kisses 'cross the waves
Her little heart was beating faster waiting for her Indian brave.
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that couldn't die.
Running Bear dove in the water, Little White Dove did the same
And they swam out to each other through the swirling stream they came
As their hands touched and their lips met, the raging river pulled them down
Now they'll always be together in their happy hunting ground.
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that couldn't die...
Lost all the day, a brains escape
it just can erase it
and robbing graves of kings and slaves
wipe out an oasis
is there really anything to be ashamed of?
or is it something radiant and smart
and even ruins can all be ruined
wasting what is wasting
and even ruins can all be ruined
wasting what is wasted, taking what is taken
i am an ending
i am an infant
ive never really done anything
i am an ending
at the beginning
i've never really laid anything at your feet.
and history, insanity
a world is distracted
like or unlike all my parents
i don't want to escape it.
like or unlike all my parents
i might lack the inspiration
and even ruins can all be ruined
wasting what is wasting
and even ruins can all be ruined
wasting what is wasted, taking what is taken,
i am an ending
i am an infant
i've never really done anything
i am an ending
at the beginning
i've never really laid anything at your feet.
(Johnny Paycheck)
Well, I was sent to a place in North Carolina
To check up on a moonshine still
When I got there to my suprise
I could see a little light on the hill
Well, the fire was glowing and really I was knowing
I was really hot on the track
But in D.C. they said it couldnt' be
But I'll be the one to bring 'em back.
'Cause I'm a revenooer man
Hey, I'm a revenooer man
I got a badge in my pocket
And a gun on my hip
And them moonshiners
Better never make a slip
'Cause I'm a revenooer man
Yeah, I'll get 'em if I can.
--- Instrumental ---
Well the moon was shining bright
As I looked down the river
I noticed on the side of the hill
I can see a red light that was glowing bright
I knew it had to be a still
Well, the people down the road said it wasn't far
But I better know someone
'Cause when the moonshiners know I carry a star
I'll bet my bottom dollar I'll have 'em on the run.
'Cause I'm a revenooer man
Yeah, I'm a revenooer man
I got a badge in my pocket
And a gun on my hip
Them moonshiners better never make a slip
'Cause I'm a revenooer man
Yeah, I'll get 'em if I can.
Well when I got back the woods were bare
Must've knew I was on my way
Well, I heard the branches shatter
And they started to scatter
I heard two or three of them say
It's the revenooer man
It's revenooer man
He's got a big 45 and loads to fill
Dragging and shagging to another hill
It's the revenooer man
And he'll get us if he can.
Yeah, I'm the revenooer man
And I'll get 'em if I can...
Please release me, from my sin
Welcome Jesus, come on in
For only you can cleanse my soul
Release me from sin to sin no more.
Let me walk on sacred ground
Be the ? that you've found
Just lead me on through heavens door
Release me from sin to sin no more.
Send you spirit from above
And teach me Your sweet ways of love
I seek for all You have in store
Release me from sin to sin no more.
Please release me, from my sin
Welcome Jesus, come on in
For only You can cleanse my soul
Release me from sin to sin no more.
Release me from sin to sin no more...
(Arthur Leo Owens - Dennis Knutson)
It's not that blue Mercedes Benz
That she could give to me
It's not that if she married me
That I would be set free.
It's not that shes just barrels of fun
That makes me fall so hard
That pretty little lady from Beaumnt, Texas
With the oil well in her yard.
It's not because she could be
In a playboy centerfold
That makes me want to take her back
With here and her black gold.
It's not because she's barrels of fun
That my heart pumps so hard
For that pretty little lady from Beaumnt, Texas
With the oil wells in her yard.
--- Instrumental ---
All that stock in Texas gold
Don't mean a thing to me
I buy my oil at K-Mart
I buy one and get one free.
I'd love her if she didn't have
Those paid up credit cards
That pretty little lady from Beaumnt, Texas
With the oil wells in her yard.
It's not because she could be
In a playboy centerfold
That makes me want to take her back
With here and her black gold.
It's not because she's barrels of fun
That my heart pumps so hard
For that pretty little lady from Beaumnt, Texas
With the oil wells in her yard.
That pretty little lady from Beaumnt, Texas
With the oil wells in her yard...
I wanna be with you I can give you love that's true
Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will
No one could take you place with me don't ever think of setting me free
Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will
Please be my love
No one can thrill me like you do I've spent the lifetime loving you
Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will
I think of you each day and night I just wanna hold you tight
Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will
Please be my love
No one could take you place with me don't ever think of setting me free
Just believe the way I feel I love you and I always will
Oh well I'm tired and so weary but I must junrney along
Till the Lord comes to call call me away oh yes
Well the morning is so bright and the lamb is the light
And the night is as fair as the day (oh yes)
(There will be peace in the valley for me some day
There will be peace in the valley for me oh Lord I pray
There'll be no sorrow no sadness oh my Lord no trouble I see)
There will be peace in the valley for me (oh yes)
Oh well the bear will be gentle yes the wolf will be tame
And the lion will lay down by the lamb
And the beast from the wild will be lead by a child
And I'll be changed from this creature that I am (oh yes)
(There will be peace in the valley...
What goes wrong with the mind of a man in a bar
Who sits and keep drinking with his thoughts strayed so far
It's the same old sad story that has often been told
One drink then another till he's out of control
As he sits at a table with his hands on the glass
For him there's no future there's only the past
He reaches for the bottle but his hands don't take hold
His eyes just can't focus he's out of control
Does he search for contentment that he might hope to find
From a honky tonk woman or the bottles of wine
He shakes and he trembles even though he's not old
Like a leaf in a whirlwind he's out of control
Yes I'm just like that fellow who sits there all alone
With no one to love me no family at home
I'm a picture of others with a future so cold
From Morenci, Arizona where the copper mines glow i could see Clifton in the canyons below. In clifton lived Rosie we danced and we dined with the money i made in the open pit mine.
I loved my sweet Rosie and she loved me too, there was nothing for rosie that i would not do. Her hugs and her kisses they were something devine gave me reason for working the open pit mine.
While I was out walking with my Rosie one day we passed a store window wtih rings on display i bought those she wanted how they really did shine spent the money i saved in that open pit mine.
Her love would bring heart ache that i would soon learn cause she would two time me when my back was turned. Rosie would go dancing and drink the red wine while i worked like a slave in that open pit mine.
One night i caught Rosie on her rondevou she was hugging and kissing with somebody new it was there that i shot her while there arms were intwined. Then i buried her deep in that open pit mine.
Album: One Woman Man
Written by Tillman Franks and Johnny Horton
If you told me that you love me
I would feel so proud
If you'd let me hold you honey
I'd holler out loud
I'll never love another
Even if I can
Come to me baby I'm a one woman man
Chorus:
Won't you let me baby just a kind of hang around
I'll always love you honey and I'll never let you down
I'll never love another even if I can
Well come to me baby I'm a one woman man
I'd climb the highest mountain
If it reached a bigger sky
To prove that I love you
I'd jump off and fly
I'd even swim the ocean
From shore to shore
To prove that I love you
Just a little bit more
Chorus:
Won't you let me baby just a kind of hang around
I'll always love you honey and I'll never let you down
I'll never love another even if I can
Well come to me baby I'm a one woman man
Instrumental
If you told me that you love me
I would feel so proud
If you'd let me hold you honey
I'd holler out loud
I'll never love another
Even if I can
Come to me baby I'm a one woman man
Chorus:
Won't you let me baby just a kind of hang around
I'll always love honey and I'll never let you down
I'll never love another even if I can
Well come to me baby I'm a one woman man
Come to me baby I'm a one woman man...
(Eddie Dean, Lorene Dean, and Hal Blair)
George Jones & Gene Pitney
(One has my heart, the other has my name)
One has my name, the other has my heart
With one I'll remain, that's how my heartaches start
One has brown eyes, the other's eyes are blue
To one I am tied, to the other I am true.
One has my love, the other's only me
But what good is love to a heart that can't be free?
So I'll go on livin' my life just the same
Still one has my heart, the other has my name.
--- Instrumental as they hum ---
(So I'll go on livin' my life just the same)
(Still one has my heart, the other has my name)
If I could live over, my life I would change
The one who has my heart would also have my name...
Once more to be with you dear just for tonight to hold you tight
Once more I'd give a fortune if I could see you once more
Forget (forget) the past (the past) this hurt can't last
So I don't want it to keep us apart
Your love (your love) I crave (I crave) I'll be I'll be your slave
If you'll just give me all of your heart
Once more to be with you dear...
Here I sit on the back row in a church down the street
Not to far from the place where we used to meet
And to find me gettin' though till you found someone to love
But I'll go back to the place that I keep thinking of.
It's not a fancy place just a tavern in the lonely part of town
Where lonely people find someone that hopes to settle down
They tell me to go and I can't understand
Here I sit on the back row while you wed another man.
You'd never dream but after many years I may still be sittin' there
With just a bottle and two glasses right next to your favorite chair
All alone you might not give him and he might tell you wrong
There I'll sit in a tavern waitin' for you all alone.
And it's not a fancy place just a tavern in the lonely part of town
Where lonely people find someone and hopes to settle down
They tell me to go and I can't understand
Here I sit on the back row while you wed another man...
Well old King Kong was a hell of'va gorilla
He stood four stories tall
They shot him with missles from aeroplanes
But he refused to fall
With Faye Ray in the palm of his hand
He'll walk right over the world
'Cause just like me he would do anything
Just to keep his girl
Yeah, old King Kong was just a little monkey
Compared to my love for you
If you treat right, every night
And to do what you wanted to
I said it's bigger than both of us
And now you know it's true
Old King Kong was just a little monkey
Compared to my love for you
Now when King Kong met Godzilla
He made that lizard crawl
It wasn't until he put his woman down
That she saw those big tears fall
And when you're walking next to me
I swear I can fill his shoes
Old King Kong was just a litttle monkey
Compared to my love for you
Yeah, old King Kong was just a little monkey
Compared to my love for you
If you treat right, every night
And to do what you wanted to
I said it's bigger than both of us
And now you know it's true
Old King Kong was just a little monkey
Compared to my love for you
Old King Kong was just a litttle monkey
Compared to my love for you...
Everybody is going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set set me free oh lonesome me
A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A lovesick fool that's blind and just can't see oh lonesome me
Well I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free
A flirtin' with the boys with all of her charms
Yeah but I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms
Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find me somebody new
I've thought of everything from A to Z oh lonesome me
[ guitar ]
Well I'll bet she's not like me...
Everybody's lonesome for somebody else but nobody's lonesome for me
So everybody's thinkin' of somebody else but nobody's thinkin' 'bout me
When the time rolls around for me to lay down and die
I bet I'll have to go and hire me someone to cry
Everybody's lonesome for somebody else but nobody's lonesome for me.
Everybody's longin' for somebody else but nobody's lonesome for me
Everybody's dreamin' bout somebody else but nobody dreams about me
All I need is a bride who wants a big hearted groom
I wouldn't care if she came ridin' in on a broom
Everybody's lonesome for somebody else but nobody's lonesome for me.
--- Instrumental ---
Everybody's pinin' for somebody else but nobody's pinin' for me
Everybody's crazy bout somebody else but nobody's crazy bout me
Oh I shine up my shoes and then I slick down my hair
Put on my Sunday suit but I ain't goin' nowhere
Everybody's lonesome for somebody else but bobody's lonesome for me.
Everybody's yearnin' for somebody else but nobody's lonesome for me
Everybody's fallin' for somebody else but nobody's fallin' for me
Now I ain't had a kiss since I fell out of my crib
It looks to me like I've been cheated out of my rib
Everybody's lonesome for somebody else but nobody's lonesome for me...
Word is around he walked out on you
And your world, it shattered like glass
I just found out that you're back in town
And searching for parts of your past.
You loved and lost, I lost and found
A new love I know will last
If you're hoping to find what you've left behind
There's no future for me in our past.
--- Instrumental ---
I know you're hurt and what you're going through
I want what's hurting for you
But there's not one thing in my past I can change
Even if I wanted to.
You loved and lost, I lost and found
A new love I know will last
But you're hoping to find what you've left behind
And there's no future for me in our past.
There's no future for me in our past...
George Jones & Tammy Wynette
I've got a never ending love for you
From now on that's all I wanna do
From the first time we met I knew
I'd have a never ending love for you.
After all this time of being alone
We can love one another
Feel for each other, from now on
Feel so good I can hardly stand it.
Never ending love for you
From now on that's all I wanna do
From the first time we met I knew
I'd have a never ending song of love for you.
--- Instrumental ---
After all this time of being alone
We can love one another
Feel for each other, from now on
Feel so good I can hardly stand it.
Never ending love for you
From now on that's all I wanna do
From the first time we met I knew
I'd have a never ending song of love for you.
I've got a never ending love for you
From now on that's all I wanna do
From the first time we met I knew
I'd have a never ending song of love for you...
There's just one place for me
Near you
It's like heaven to be
Near you
Times when we're apart
And I can't face my heart
Say you'll never stay
More than just two lips away
If my hours could be spent
Near you
I'd be more than content
Near you
Make my life worth while
By telling me that I'll
Spend the rest of my days
Near you
near you - near you
Make my life worth while
By telling me that I'll spend the rest of my days
Near you
Spend the rest of my days
(Bob Wills - Lee Ross)
George Jones & Gene Pitney
I may say that I don't care and 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 and my heartaches start anew
Well, 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.
--- Instrumental ---
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
My eyes keep searching for you
My lips keep calling for you
And my shoes keep walking back to you.
And my shoes keep walking back to you...
Just a few of my favorite lies . . .
Lately I don't even miss her
Yes it's true, out of sight and out of mind
All my love, yesterday, it has faded away
I'd be lonely if I could find the time
Helped her open the door when she left me
All I said was good luck and goodbye
Now at last I am free like I've wanted to be
These are a few of my favorite lies
I'm surprised I'm still talking about her
For I can stop any time, and I will
But if you feel like asking me questions
Well I have more lies I'm dying to tell
There's no room in my heart now for sadness
I've completely forgot how to cry
If she came back today I would turn her away
These are a few of my favorite lies
Once I thought two happy hearts would someday be as one
But then a third heart came along and now our love is gone
I count the many times I said I love no one but you
But don't be fooled by counting dreams that never will come true
Subtract one love and multiply the heartaches
Divide the tears by everytime a heart breaks
The answer only tells that it's too late
Subtract one love and multiply the heartaches
Subtract one love and multiply the heartaches...
(Lonnie Glosson)
Oh, I believe the time is coming when the Lord will come again
I believe the end is closer every day
Let's be ready for the judgement when we look upon his face
For he tells us in his word to watch and pray.
We are living, surely living in the days he speaks about
I believe the end is near in every door
So let's be ready for his coming let us meet him with a shout
And believe today in Matthew twenty-four.
--- Instrumental ---
While upon the Mount of Olives his disciples came to him
Saying tell us when these things are going to be
Jesus answered be ye watching let each one be free from sin
And take heed no man shall ever you deceive.
We are living, surely living in the days he speaks about
I believe the end is near in every door
So let's be ready for his coming let us meet him with a shout
And believe today in Matthew twenty-four.
--- Instrumental ---
We are living, surely living in the days he speaks about
I believe the end is near in every door
So let's be ready for his coming let us meet him with a shout
And believe today in Matthew twenty-four...
I'm going home to magic valley where hay turns into rose
I'm going home to magic valley leaving for my home above
Now don't you cry because I'm leaving for you see I've had my day
I've led the life that's not for grieving so rejoice with me and pray
For I hear my Lord telling me put down that heavy load
You'll reach your gold now follow me come on up the golden road
(Earl Montgomery - Carl Montgomery - Betty Tate)
Well, here we are again, tonight alone, just us two
Where the lights are dim and true love is coming through.
There's no one else in this whole world as far as we're concerned
We built ourselves a fire so let it burn.
When you look at me like you do right now I go to pieces
Because I know what's on your mind it's just me
You've got that love-me-look in your eyes
Like you've had so many time and how
Loving you could never be better than it is right now.
Tomorrow night we'll meet again to once more fan the flame
'Cause loving you the way I do stays the same
This love of ours is just as strong as any vow could be
And love could never be better for you and me.
When you look at me like you do right now I go to pieces
Because I know what's on your mind it's just me
You've got that love-me-look in your eyes
Like you've had so many time and how
Loving you could never be better than it is right now.
Loving you could never be better than it is right now...
(Doug Kershaw)
George Jones & Gene Pitney
At first mom and pap called their little boy Ned
They raised him on the banks of the river bed
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree
A home for my papa and my mama and me.
The clock strikes three papa jumps to his feet
Already mama's cookin' papa somethin' to eat
At half past papa he's a ready to go
He jumps in his piro headed down the bayou.
He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana River
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He set crops in the swamp catchin' everythin' he can
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
Muskart hides a hangin' by the dozen
Even got a lady make a muskart's cousin
Pile of hide drying in the hot hot sun
Tomorrow papa's gonna turn them into mon.
--- Instrumental ---
They call mama Rita and my daddy Jack
A little baby brother on the floor that's Mac
Frank and Lynn are the family twins
Big brother Ed's on the bayou fishin'.
On the river float papa's great big boat
That's how my papa goes into town
He takes every bit of the night and day
Then even reach the place where the people stay.
I can hardly wait till tomorrow comes around
That's the day my papa takes his fure to town
Papa promised me that I could go
Even let me see a cowboy show.
I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then
I told my papa gotta go again
Papa said son we got the lines to run
We'll come back again there's work to be done.
--- Instrumental ---
He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana River
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He set crops in the swamp catchin' everythin' he can
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man.
Gotta make a livin' he's a Louisiana man...
I was looking back to see if you were looking back to see
If I was looking back to see if you were looking back at me
You were cute as you could be standin' looking back at me
And it was plain to see that I'd enjoy your company
One Sunday afternoon as I was riding down the street
I met a cute little girl all dressed up so sweet
And the way that she was stacked I wish I'd've had a Cadillac
For who would notice me just drivin' this model T
I was looking back to see...
Listen baby now it's okay with me
Cause in your model T you're as cute as you can be
If you'll take me for a ride I will set close by your side
And I will guarantee we'll have fun man alive
I was looking back to see...
Oh me oh me oh gee oh gee
Perhaps you'd notice me if I wadn't drivin' this model T
Long as we're dreaming like this wonderful
Filled with true love and warm sunshine
Each way we look we see rainbow
My heart is yours and yours is mine
Each way we turn we turn to happiness
In a world where we don't stand alone
Long as we're dreaming we don't realize
When we wake up love will be gone
Long as we're dreaming birds are singing
Beside us there the grass is green
Each way we look we see ending
They know our love is pure and clean
Each way we turn we see a baby
In years to come he'll soon be grown
Long as we're dreaming we don't realize
When you said you were leaving tomorrow that today was our last day
I said there would be no sorrow then I'd laugh when you walked away
But a little bitty tear let me down spoiled my act as a clown
I had it made up not to make a frown oh but a little bitty tear let me down
I said I would laugh when you left me full of funny as you went out the door
That I'd have another was a waiting yes to wave goodbye as you go
But a little bitty tear let me down...
Everything went like I planned it and I really put on quite a show
And in my heart I felt I could stand it till you walked with your grip through the door
And a little bitty tear let me down...
I've got a sad, sad story friends, that I I don't like to tell
I had a home and family, when they locked me in this cell
I've been in here eighteen years that's a long time I know
But time don't mean a thing to me 'cause I've got life to go.
I went one night where the lights were bright to see what I could see
I met up with an old friend there, who's thought the world of me
He brought me drinks and he took me to every honky tonk in town
But words were said and now he's dead, I just had to bring him down.
It has been a long time now since I've heard from my wife
I guess I'd be there with her yet if I hadn't used the knife
I'll bet that little girl of mine don't realize or know
Her daddy's been here eighteen years and still got life to go.
I'll bet there's not one man outside that's spent this long in jail
I'll be here in this prison till my body's just a shell
I can't be free to go and see the ones that I love so
Yes, I've been in here eighteen years I've still got life to go.
Yes, I've still got life to go.
You tell me you have married an angel
She's made heaven out of your home
You say there couldn't be rainbows without her
She's brought you happiness you've never known.
But you may hate me for what I will tell you
But you'll thank me for setting you right
While you work to keep angel in heaven
Your angel steps out of heaven each night.
Her heaven's not the same that you're living in
It's any place where there's music and some free drinks thrown in
So call her your angel, I won't say you're not right
But you angel steps out of heaven each night.
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