All my life was a paper, once plain, pure and white
Till you moved with your pen, changing moods now and then
Till the balance was right
Then you added some music, every note was in place
And anybody could see all the changes in me
By the look on my face
And you decorated my life, created a world where dreams are apart
And you decorated my life by painting your love all over my heart
You decorated my life
Like a rhyme with no reason in an unfinished song
There was no harmony, life meant nothing to me
Until you came along
And you brought out the colors, what a gentle surprise
Now I'm able to see all the things life can be
Shining soft in your eyes
And you decorated my life, created a world where dreams are apart
And you decorated my life by painting your love all over my heart
Sleigh bells ring, are you listenin'?
In the lane, snow is glistenin'
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
We are walkin' in a Winter Wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is the new bird
He sings a love song, as we go along
We are walkin' in a Winter Wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say, "Are you married?"
We'll say "No, man
But you can do the job when you're in town"
Later on, we'll conspire
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid, the plans that we've made
Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say, "Are you married?"
We'll say "No, man
But you can do the job when you're in town"
Later on, we'll conspire
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid, the plans that we've made
Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland
Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland
I know it's late, I know you're weary
I know your plans don't include me
Still here we are, both of us lonely
Longing for shelter from all that we see
Why should we worry, no one will care girl
Look at the stars so far away
We've got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We've got tonight babe
Why don't you stay?
Deep in my soul I've been so lonely
All of my hopes fading away
I've longed for love like everyone else does
I know I'll keep searching even after today
So there it is girl, I've said it all now
And here we are babe, what do you say?
We've got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We've got tonight babe
Why don't you stay?
I know it's late, I know you're weary
I know your plans don't include me
Still here we are, both of us lonely
Both of us lonely
We've got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
Let's make it last, let's find a way
Turn out the light, come take my hand now
We've got tonight babe
Why don't you stay?
Sometimes I wonder if you know
Just how deep my feelings go
I'm not sure I tell you enough
How lost I'd be without your love
I often hurry through the day
Never stopping long enough to say
How much you really mean to me
So I'll tell you with no uncertainty
With all my heart, with all my soul
I will love you 'til the winds don't blow
Until the oceans turn to stone
I am yours and yours alone
My love is forever until forever's gone
Please forgive me if sometimes
Life comes between your heart and mine
When it appears I've shut you out
Remember this, you're all that really counts
With all my heart, with all my soul
I will love you 'til the winds don't blow
Until the oceans turn to stone
I am yours and yours alone
My love is forever until forever's gone
Sometimes I let this old world
Get in my way
When I do the thought of you
Gets me through the day
With all my heart, with all my soul
I will love you 'til the winds don't blow
Until the ocean turns to stone
I am yours and yours alone
My love is forever until forever's gone
It`s been a long time since I walked
through this old town
But oh, how the memories start to flow
And there`s the old movie house
They finally closed it down
You could find me there every Friday night
Twenty years ago
I worked the counter
at the drugstore down the street
But nobody`s left there I would know
On Saturday mornings that`s where
all my friends would meet
You`d be surprised what a dime would buy
Twenty years ago
All my memories from those days
come gather round me
What I`d give if they could
take me back in time
It almost seems like yesterday
Where do the good times go?
Life was so much easier
Twenty years ago
I guess I should stop by
Mr. Johnson`s hardware store
His only son was my friend Joe
But he joined the army back in 1964
How could we know he would never come back
I can't remember when you weren't there
When I didn't care for anyone but you
I swear, we've been through everything there is
Can't imagine anything we've missed
Can't imagine anything the two of us can't do
Through the years, you've never let me down
You turned my life around, the sweetest days I've found
I've found with you, through the years
I've never been afraid, I've loved the life we've made
And I'm so glad I've stayed, right here with you
Through the years
I can't remember what I used to do
Who I trusted, who I listened to before
I swear, you've taught me everything I know
Can't imagine needing someone so
But through the years it seems to me, I need you more and more
Through the years, through all the good and bad
I knew how much we had, I've always been so glad
To be with you, through the years
It's better every day, you've kissed my tears away
As long as it's okay, I'll stay with you
Through the years
Through the years, when everything went wrong
Together we were strong, I know that I belong
Right here with you, through the years
I never had a doubt, we'd always work things out
I've learned what love's about, by loving you
Through the years
Through the years, you've never let me down
You've turned my life around, the sweetest days I've found
I've found with you, through the years
It's better every day, you've kissed my tears away
As long as it's okay, I'll stay with you
These chains
These chains won?t keep me from being a free man
Doing what I can to get out of here
And these chains won?t keep me from seeing my freedom
Changing my name and starting over again
I was a fool for a good looking woman
?Til I found out the hard way, there was some out of me
Now what else could I do, how could any one blame me
To stand in this smile and with a gun in his hands
These chains won?t
She had a known reputation but I paid no attention
Good love and affection can make anything right
But judged no mercy for my infatuation
She said, killers are sinned boys, you?ve gotta pay the price
These chains won?t
Down the hole there?s a window, you can barely see through it
Deep in the night I see the lights of town
And started me thinking that a mystical ladder
Is as high as these walls and I?m climbing it run by run
Sunshine, you may find my window
But you won't find me
Sunshine, I've got my friend of darkness here
Tonight to hide me
Sunshine, as far as I'm concerned
I'm where I want to be
Sunshine, as far as you're concerned
Don't be concerned for me
'Cause she doesn't love me anymore
She doesn't want me, Lord
She doesn't need me anymore
She grew tired of chasing rainbows
But I loved her true
And God, You know I tried
And I guess she was right 'cause I'm at the end
I found the part but there's no golden sun
Sunshine, can't you see I'm not alone?
Don't bother me
Sunshine, pick up your dawn
Move on down the street
So sunshine, as far as I'm concerned
I'm where I want to be
Sunshine, as far as you're concerned
In a world where love is found and
lost so easily
I'm so thankful I share my life with you
All around you hear the sound of
faithless poetry
Oh, I won't lie
That's something I won't do
There must be a million words
To whisper soft and low
There must be a million ways
I could let this feeling show
But loving you with all my heart
And never letting go
That's the only way
The only way I know
Maybe I will never say everything I feel
Even so, you'll always know the truth
In the silence of a touch every word is real
As long as I live
That's what I'll give to you
There must be a million words
To whisper soft and low
There must be a million ways
I could let this feeling show
But loving you with all my heart
And never letting go
That's the only way
The only way I know
That's the only way
I've been riding all night just to get here
Don't you be throwing us out so soon
Across the whole damn South with cotton-mouth
Now we got some drinking to do
We've been stuck on the range for 45 days
And that's a long, long time
We ain't leaving this place, 'til there's a smile on our face
And the whole room is a friend of mine
So won't you line 'em all up and slide 'em all down
And let's hear the jukebox roll
We've been living on bacon and beans
Playing the jacks and the queens
But we still got some money to blow
And the times ain't wild enough
We dig our spurs in the make them jump
We're riding shotgun with the devil
We're the buckaroos
My name is Gideon Tanner
I've been a man of good manners
I won't dance 'til the ladies ask me
I simply tip my hat, I smile and sit back
And then I wait for that friendly stampede
I started dancing so tight that this girl turned white
I thought she must be passing away
I said, "Now don't let me down
'Cos when I hit this town
I've got to live my whole life in a day"
So won't you line 'em all up and slide 'em all down
And let's hear the jukebox roll
We've been living on bacon and beans
Playing the jacks and the queens
But we still got some money to blow
And the times ain't wild enough
We dig our spurs in the make them jump
We're riding shotgun with the devil
The corn was dry, the weeds were high when Daddy took to drinkin'
Then him and Lucy Walker, they took up and run away
Mama cried a tear and then she promised fourteen children
I swear you'll never see a hungry day.
When mama sacrificed her pride the neighbours started talkin'
But I was much too young to understand a thing they said
The things that mattered most of all was Mama's chicken dumplin's
And a goodnight kiss before we went to bed.
Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin
Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp
And late at night a hand would knock and there would stand a stranger
Yes, I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp.
When daddy left and destitution came upon our family
Not one neighbour volunteered to give a helpin' hand
So let 'em gossip all they want, she loved us and she raised us
The proof is standin' here, a full grown man.
Last summer Mama passed away and left the ones who loved her
Each and every one was more than grateful for their birth
Each Sunday she receives a fresh bouquet of fourteen roses
And a card that says The greatest Mom on earth.
Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin
Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp
And late at night a hand would knock and there would stand a stranger
Yes, I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp.
Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin
Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp
And late at night a hand would knock and there would stand a stranger
Yes, I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp.
Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin
(Lyrics & Music: G. Thorpe, L. Howe, C. Albert)
There's a fire burnin'
And I feed it with my life
There's a new beginning
And I know that this is right
I stoke the fire... feed the flame
It's comin' again
All and all the world keeps turnin'
Don't you know we got somethin' burnin'
On and on the ball keeps rollin'
Pick it up where we left off... smokin'
All and all the world keeps turnin'
Don't you know we got somethin' burnin'...
Somethin' burnin'
You are bound to feel it
And you won't get left behind
Something burning so deep
Through your body and mind
If I ever come this way again
I stood outside the Lucky Star staring at the flashing sign
It read, 'Come on in and watch young Scarlet's body come alive'
Let her dance for you and cast her spell
You'll swear you can believe her
Be careful not to catch that scarlet fever
So I paid my fare and walked down front and found an empty chair
As I settled in young Scarlet took the ribbons from her hair
The moves her body made while the music played
Were the likes I've never seen
And she became the envy of my dreams
One by one her teasing movements brought the crowd out of their seats
And all at once young Scarlet danced straight up in front of me
From the moment that her eyes found mine I've never been the same
Scarlet locked another heart upon her chain
Now I get scarlet fever every time I see her
But she's a night club teaser not paid to notice me
Yes, I get scarlet fever if she knew how much I need her
She'd place her hand in my hand and dance away with me
She looked twenty-five but I was told that she was just sixteen
She had a way of making a man believe, she danced for only him
As she tantalized I fantasized and felt the sound of my heart beat
And every night I'd dream she'd fall in love with me
Then one night while driving in my eyes begun to tear
'Coz the sign outside the Lucky Star said, 'Scarlet isn't here'
She'd left that day to find a life of bigger and better things
And she left behind my chain of broken dreams
But still get scarlet fever in my mind I still see her
Out there dancing somewhere to another fool like me
Yes, I get scarlet fever if she knew how much I need her
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down
Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town
It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore
And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be
Oh Ruby, I still need some company
It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age, Ruby, I realize
But it won?t be long, I?ve heard them say until I'm not around
Oh Ruby, don?t take your love to town
She?s leaving now 'cause I just heard the slamming of the door
The way I know I?ve heard it slam a hundred times before
And if I could move, I?d get my gun and put her in the ground
Oh Ruby, don?t take your love to town
Oh Ruby, for God?s sake turn around
Ruben James, in my song you live again
And the phrases that I rhyme
Are just the footsteps out of time
From the time when I knew you, Ruben James
Ruben James, all the folks around Madison County
Cussed your name just a no count share croppin' colored man
Who would steal anything he can
And they always laid the blame on Ruben James
Ruben James, you still walk the furrowed fields on my mind
The faded shirt, the weathered brow
The calloused hand up on the plow
I loved you then and I love you now, Ruben James
Flora Gray, a gossip of Madison County died with child
And although your skin was black
You were the one that didn't turn your back
On a hungry white child with no name, Ruben James
Ruben James, with your mind on my soul
And the bible in your right hand
You said turn the other cheek
A there's a better world is a waiting for the meek
In my head these words remain from a Ruben James
Ruben James, you still walk the furrowed fields on my mind
The faded shirt, the weathered brow
The calloused hand up on the plow
I loved you then and I love you now, Ruben James
Ruben James one dark cloudy day
That brought you from the fields
And to your lonely pine box came
Just a preacher, me and the rain
To sing one last refrain for Ruben James
Ruben James, you still walk the furrowed fields on my mind
The faded shirt, the weathered brow
The calloused hand up on the plow
I loved you then and I love you now, Ruben James
Ruben James, you still walk the furrowed fields on my mind
The faded shirt, the weathered brow
The calloused hand up on the plow
Pretty little baby, lying in a manger
Staring at the strangers, who?ve come so many miles
They were told to follow the star up in the heavens
And it brought them to the stable of the little baby child
Could this be the kingdom of the high and mighty?
Is this the ruler born here tonight?
Should we lay our treasures here by the cradle?
Tell me, are You the savior, pretty little baby child
Sometimes the greatest of miracles
Come from the smallest of things
They knew as they knelt there beside him
They were looking in the eyes of a king
And that His tiny little fingers would bring us together
For ever and ever, pretty little baby child
Wonder of wonders, there in the darkness
The light of the promise, how it shines in His eyes
The angels are singing the hallelujah chorus
To the savior before us, pretty little baby child
Sometimes the greatest of miracles
Comes from the smallest of things
They knew as they knelt there beside him
They were looking in the eyes of a king
And that His tiny little fingers would bring us together
For ever and ever, pretty little baby child
For ever and ever pretty little baby child
Pretty little baby child
Seems to me that we've been friends forever
We spend our time together as all good friends will do
But the silence only lies
If you could read my eyes
They hold another feeling
I could show you
Maybe you should know
Just how much I love you
In my heart there's no one else above you
Maybe I should hope
You find out for yourself somehow
Or maybe I should tell you now
Maybe I should wait and take the chances
A good dancer never dances
Until he hears the cue
But the orchestra is gone
They've left us all alone
There's no one here to tell me how to tell you
Maybe you should know
Just how much I love you
In my heart there's no one else above you
Maybe I should hope
You find out for yourself somehow
Or maybe I should tell you
Maybe I should tell you
Maybe I should tell you now
In a bar in Toledo
across from the depot
on a barstool she took off her ring
I thought I’d get closer
so I walked on over
I sat down and asked her the name
When the drinks finally hit her
she said "I'm no quitter"
but finally quit living on dreams
I’m hungry for laughter
and here ever after
I’m after whatever the other life brings
In the mirror I saw him
and closely watched him
I thought how he looked out of place
He came to the woman
who sat there beside me
he had a strange look on his face
The big hands were callused
he looked like a mountain
For a minute I thought I was dead
But he started shakin'
his big heart was breakin'
He turned to the woman and said
(chorus)
You picked a fine time
to leave me Lucille
with four hungry children
and a crop in the field
I had some bad times
lived through some sad times
but this time your hurting won't heal
You picked a fine time
to leave me Lucille
After he left us
I ordered more whiskey
I thought how she'd made him look small
From the lights of the bar room
to a rented hotel room
he walked without talkin' at all
She was a beauty
but when she came to me
she must have thought I’d lost my mind
I couldn’t hold her
cause the words that he told her
kept coming back time after time
If you could see me now
The one who said
That he'd rather roam
The one who said
He'd rather be alone
If you could only see me now
If I could hold you now
Just for a moment
If I could really make you mine
Just for awhile
Turn back the hands of time
If I could only hold you now
But I've been too long in the wind
Too long in the rain
Takin' any comfort that I can
Looking back and longing for
The freedom of my chains
And lying in your loving arms again
If you could hear me now
Singing somewhere through the lonely night
Dreaming of the arms that held me tight
If you could only hear me now
But I've been too long in the wind
And too long in the rain
Takin' any comfort that I can
Yes, I'm looking back and longing for
The freedom of my chains
And lying in your loving arms again
I can almost feel your loving arms again
If you could hear me now
If you could see me now
Baby when I met you there was peace unknown
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
I was soft inside there was something going on
You do something to me that I can't explain
Hold me closer and I feel no pain every beat of my heart
We got something going on
Tender love is blind it requires a dedication
All this love we feel needs no conversation
We ride it together, uh huh
Makin' love with each other, uh huh
Islands in the stream that is what we are
No one in between how can we be wrong?
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, uh huh
From one lover to another, uh huh
I can't live without you if the love is gone
Everything is nothing if you got no one
And you did walk in the night
Slowly losin' sight of the real thing
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
Too deep in love and we got no way out
And the message is clear this could be the year for the real thing
No more will you cry, baby I will hurt you never
We start and end as one in love forever
We can ride it together, uh huh
Makin' love with each other, uh huh
Islands in the stream that is what we are
No one in between how can we be wrong?
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, uh huh
From one lover to another, uh huh
Islands in the stream that is what we are
No one in between how can we be wrong?
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, uh huh
From one lover to another, uh huh
Islands in the stream that is what we are
No one in between how can we be wrong?
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, uh huh
From one lover to another, uh huh
I'm going to sing you a sad song, Suzy
I'm going to sing you a sad song, girl
I'm going to sing you a sad song, Suzy
I'm going to sing a love song, all about you and me, girl
Oh girl, you know you lied to me
You said you love me more than anything
And only time I was just a fool, I'm another fool
In your game
I'm going to sing you a sad song, Suzy
I'm going to sing you a sad song, girl
I'm going to sing you a sad song, Suzy
I'm want to sing a love song, all about me and you, girl
Oh girl, you still don't know what love's all about
To you it's just another game for two
I may be hurt now but in the end, oh, in the end
Girl, you knew
I'm going to sing you a sad song, Suzy
Oh, I'm going to sing you a sad song, girl
I'm going to sing you a sad song, Suzy
I'm going to sing you a sad song, girl
Oh, oh, sing you a sad song, Suzy
I see the questions in your eyes
I know what's weighin' on your mind
You can be sure I know my heart
And I'll stand beside you through the years
You'll only cry those happy tears
And though I would make mistakes
I'll never break your heart
I swear by the moon and the stars in the sky, I'll be there
I swear, like a shadow that's by your side, I'll be there
For better or worse, till death do us part
I'll love you with every beat of my heart and I swear
I'll give you every thing I can
I'll build your dreams with these two hands
We'll hang some memories on the walls
And when there's silver in your hair
You won't have to ask if I still care
'Cos as the time turns the page, my love won't age at all
And I swear by the moon and the stars in the sky, I'll be there
I swear, like the shadow that's by your side, I'll be there
For better or worse, till death do us part
I'll love you with every beat of my heart and I swear
For better or worse, till death do us part
I'll love you with every beat of my heart
(Single)
When temptin' eyes 'cross the room
Said to me I'd love to be with you
I'm not tempted for a moment
I just think about my woman
My baby calls me on the phone
Telling me I need to hurry home
Well the hurryin' is easy 'cause she's waiting up
With all the love I'm needin'
I prefer the moonlight and a blanket
And the one right little lady by my side, that's what I like
I prefer a late drive down the turnpike with the moonlight shinin' so bright
Got her by my side that's what I'd like
When its magic moment time
I prefer the moonlight, I prefer the moonlight
The river plays a quiet song
She and I lay down and play along
She's her mother's lovely daughter
Moonlight dances on the water
The moon is full and so am I
I look at her and feel like I could cry
But my tears contain no sorrow
'Cause I know she'll wake up by my side tomorrow
I prefer the moonlight and a blanket
And the one right little lady by my side, that's what I like
I prefer a late drive down the turnpike with the moonlight shinin' so bright
Got her by my side that's what I like
Mornin' noon and night, when the feelin' comes around
Somewhere in some sky that ol' moon is surely shinin' bright
I prefer the moonlight and a blanket
And the one right little lady by my side, oh that's what I like
I prefer a late drive down the turnpike with the moonlight shinin' so bright
Got her by my side that's what I like
When its magic moment time
I prefer the moonlight, I prefer the moonlight
I prefer the moonlight, I prefer the moonlight
I prefer the moonlight, I prefer the moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight, moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight, moonlight
I prefer the moonlight, I prefer the moonlight
I prefer the moonlight, I prefer the moonlight
I prefer the moonlight, I prefer the moonlight
I prefer the moonlight, I prefer the moonlight
Postcards and letters
And pictures made to last forever
To be boxed up and tossed away
Knickknacks and souvenirs
In an afternoon, they're out of here
They'll disappear without a trace
But what they mean to me
Can never be replaced
I can't unthink about you
I can't unfeel your touch
I can't unhear all the words
Unsay all the things
That used to mean so much
I wish I could unremember
Everything my heart's been through
I'm finding out it's impossible to do
Oh, it's no use
I can't unlove you
Intestates and old songs
Like time they go on and on
I guess I could learn to do the same
I could wake up without you
These two arms not around you
Tell myself it's meant to be this way
No matter how I try somethings I can't change
I can't unthink about you
I can't unfeel your touch
I can't unhear all the words
Unsay all the things
That used to mean so much
I wish I could unremember
Everything my heart's been through
I'm finding out it's impossible to do
Oh, oh
Oh, it's no use
I can't unlove you
I wish I could unremember
Everything my heart's been through
And finding out it's impossible to do
Oh, oh, it's no use
Well, a hammer fell down on a .44 Primer
And that was one less problem in South Carolina tonight
Wrong or right
She just looked to me as she finished her tale
The blank expression went another pale shade of gray
There was nothing to say
In the shadows of her face, I saw the scars
That you get when you live where love is hard
And she said
Don't you sit and judge me from some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug it off until you've walked a mile in my bare feet
There are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play
Well, I put the cuffs on her and sat her in the car
Walked inside, he was layin' on the floor stone dead
Been shot in the head
There were whiskey bottles and dope by the chair
A starving baby with nothing to wear but tears
So the picture was clear
He had finally pushed her way across the line
And the badge I wore was losing all its shine
And she said
Don't you sit and judge me from some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug it off until you've walked a mile in my bare feet
There are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play
I just stood there thinkin' how justice is blind
But after thirty five years, you learn to read the signs
So I made up my mind
I took the cuffs of her and I walked her back in
Wiped the gun off and wrapped it in his right hand
Where it should've been
And the morning paper read in black and white
It's just another senseless case of suicide
Suicide
Oh, but don't you sit and judge me from some high and mighty seat
Don't you shrug it off until you've walked a mile along my beat
There are people that you pass by every day
With harder cards than yours in life to play
Well, a hammer fell down on a .44 Primer
If you never rode West of the Arizona border
You can turn the other way boy but you never get far
You be living a lie if you wanna see the wonders of the age
You must follow the evening star
Evening star
Shine a little Heaven
On a stranger with no dream
Where you are
You can see the loneliness I mean and if I gotta fight
I can never play somebody else's game, I can follow the evening star
Starlight, you never need somebody else's name
If you follow the evening star
Have you ever known a sunset when the sky's on fire
How you end another day boy you've been searching too far
Like the desert I rode on any memory is lost in the restless wind
I just lie beneath the evening star
Evening star
Shine a little Heaven
On a stranger with no dream
Where you are
Have you ever held a woman in the California moonlight
Put your money on a good night if you never been there
It's a sight for sore eyes if you wanna see the wonders of the age
Making love beneath the evening star
Evening star
Shine a little Heaven
On a stranger with no dream
Where you are
You can see the loneliness I mean and if I gotta fight
I will never play somebody else's game, I can follow the evening star
Starlight, you never need somebody else's name
Elvira, Elvira
My heart's on fire for Elvira
With eyes that look like diamonds, lips like cherry wine
She can sure enough make my little light shine
I get some funny feelin' up and down my spine
'Cause I know that my Elvira's mine
Giddy up
(Oom poppa omm poppa mow mow)
Giddy up
(Oom poppa omm poppa mow mow)
Heigh-ho silver, away
Elvira, Elvira
My heart's on fire for Elvira
Tonight I'm gonna meet her to the Hungry House Cafe
And I'm gonna give her all the love I can
She's gonna jump and holler
'Cause I saved up two dollars
She's gonna search and find that preacher man
Elvira, Elvira
My heart's on fire for Elvira
Elvira, Elvira
Elvira
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Elvira
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Elvira
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Elvira
(Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na)
When the lights go down and the music gets pretty
Get that cheek-to-cheek look in your eye
Little boy, go, better grab your honey
Girl, you?d better grab your guy
It?s time for dream, dream dancing
Dream, dream dancing
Out on the dance floor everybody?s all alone
Just squeeze my hand and then let?s close our eyes
And listen to the man play on the saxophone
As we swerve 'cross the floor, just there, stars in the sky
Dream, dream dancing
Dream, dream dancing
Close your eyes, hold me tight
Let the night last forever, let the night last forever
And I don?t mind if the sun never shines
And I don?t care if tomorrow never comes
As long as we are dream, dream dancing
Dream, dream dancing
When the joint shuts down and I?m still feeling up
We go on home for a little cozy cover
For our favorite station on the radio
We?ll be dancing close, we?ll be dancing slow
Dream, dream dancing
I think of all the times, I needed you
And you would come to me, ‘cos you wanted too
And we built the fire that would last thro’ the night
Still be burnin’ in the morning light.
Oh, it must’ve had a thousand ways
Of takin’ our breath away
We took a chance or two, didn’t we?
And made some mountains move, oh, didn’t we?
From out of the blue storm clouds came
And it started rainin’, we just let it rain
Oh, it must’ve been a careless love
Oh, it had to be a careless love
Satin sheets, and no regrets
We had it baby, we had the best, didn’t we?.
And every now and then
I let my feelings show
And tho’ takes me a while
Just to let you go
‘cos you were more than a lover
and more than a friend
never before and never again.
Oh, it must’ve been …
Oh, it ought to be “you and me”
Oh, we had a good, didn’t we?
Girl, there are no words to say
What I feel in my heart
You, you're on my mind, night and day
And it hurts me when we're apart
When you're not here by my side
There is nothing in this world for me
I guess I'm crazy
Crazy for you, can't you see
And although you may think, it's crazy
Here it's where I want to be, I will always need your love
Well now, I can see every dream
When I look in your eyes
And though, things never are what they seem
There is one thing that I realize
That there's no doubt in my mind
We can make this love go on forever
I guess I'm crazy
Crazy for you, can't you see
Although you may think it's crazy
Here it's where I'll always be and I need you with me
'Cos you are the dream that finally came true in me
In all my life there'll be no one else
If I looked all my life there could be no one else
There's a back road leadin' off the hard-top
Half-a-mile past the slingshot tree
Wanders round through a million mem'ries
It's callin' me, callin' me.
There's a white house with fading shutters
The old front door that never needed a key
An' I hear my Momma in the hush of the evenin'
Callin' me, yeah, she's callin' me.
An' no matter where I'm goin'
It reminds me of where I'm from
Just as long as I can hear it
I know I'm not too far gone.
There's a first kiss under the willow
Love so honest, it was hard to believe
An' even when my heart is breakin'
It's callin' me, callin' me.
Yes, it's callin' me
(Ooh, yeah, yeah.)
Callin' me, callin' me.
An' no matter where I'm goin'
It reminds me of where I'm from
Just as long as I can hear it
I know I'm not too far gone.
There's a tiny country chapel
Filled with voices singin' harmony
An' when my soul is lost in the silence
Oh, it's callin'; yes, it's callin' me.
Yes it's callin' me.
(Callin' me.)
Callin'
Oh, it's callin'
Not many say she's pretty 'cause they don't realize
That beauty is often hidden from another's eyes
But in the quiet moments her beauty starts to shine
And every night I'm thankful that she's mine, that she is mine
'Cause she was born to love me in her gentle way
Born to love me each and every day
Born to love me, born to hold me tight
Born to love me every night, every night
I learned it doesn't matter what other people see
It's what I feel for her and what she feels for me
She made my life worth living because she's understood
That love is made for giving, she's so good, she's so good
And she was born to love me in her gentle way
Born to love me each and every day
Born to love me, born to hold me tight
And she loves me every night, every night
Well, I looked for my baby ?bout the break of day
I said, "I looked for my baby ?bout the break of day"
But a blue train took my baby away
Now the rail is rusted and the road is long
I said, "The rail is rusted and the road is long"
And that blue train won?t bring my baby home
I hear that whistle moaning, steel whinning on the track
I hear that whistle moaning, steel whinning on the track
But that blue train won?t bring my baby back, no no no
I?m going down to the station, down that road I?m going
I?m going down to the station, down that road I?m going
Gonna catch that blue train, bring my baby home
Gonna catch that blue train, bring my baby home
Gonna catch that blue train, gonna bring my baby back
Gonna catch that blue train, gonna bring my baby back
Gonna catch that blue train, gonna bring my baby back
Blue train, blue train, blue train
Gonna catch that blue train
Blue train, blue train, blue train
Let's go out in a blaze of glory
All good things must end
Like two heroes in a story
Let's go out like we came in
In a blaze of glory
Here we are broken hearted
We thought our love would never end
We fell hard when we got started
We're fallin' out like we fell in
Let's go out in a blaze of glory
All good things must end
Like two heroes in a story
Let's go out like we came in
In a blaze of glory
Let's don't lie and hurt each other
That would be our worst mistake
Once again let's act like lovers
One more time for old time's shake
Let's go out in a blaze of glory
All good things must end
Like two heroes in a story
Let's go out like we came in
In a blaze of glory
Let's go out in a blaze of glory
All good things must end
Like two heroes in a story
Let's go out like we came in
Sometimes when I'm down and alone
I feel just like a child with out a home
The love you give me keeps me hangin' on, honey
All I ever need is you
Your my first love, your my last
Your my future, your my past
Ohhh loving you is all I ask, honey
All I ever need is you
Winters come and then they go
And we watch the melting snow
Sure summer follows spring, all the things you do
Give me a reason to build my world around you
(World around you)
Some men follow rainbows I am told
Some men search for silver, some for gold
But I found my treasures in my soul
And all I ever need is you
Without love I'd never find the way
Through ups and downs of every single day
And I won't sleep at night until you say
Honey, all I ever need is you
La, La, La, La, La, La
The love you give me keeps me hangin' on
Honey, all I'll ever need is you
La, La, La, La, La, La
But I found my treasures in my soul
Honey, and all I ever need is you
No one seemed to notice the man beside the road
He was just a ragged soldier out there in the cold
But he seemed to have a purpose only known to him
As he walked along the streets that night through the town of Bethlehem
In his head he held a memory of all the wars he'd known
In his hand he clutched a medal for the bravery he'd shown
And the weight of every battle he caried in his heart
But his eyes were clear and searching for a manger in the dark
Some are born to greatness, some are born to fall
Some are bound to be forgotten like they never lived at all
But we're all born to know him and stand befor his light
Like the soldier who found his king tonight
He had marched for politicians, served under their command
And he fought for all the causes that he did not understand
But it was something deep inside him now that led him on his way
With a single star to guide him to were the baby lay
Some are born to greatness, some are born to fall
Some are bound to be forgotten like they never lived at all
But we're all born to know him and stand befor his light
Like the soldier who found his king tonight
He stood before the son of God, come to pay our debt
He smiled up at the soldier that the world would soon forget
So he held out his medal and said this for you I bring
There he swore aligiance to the newborn baby king
Some are born to greatness, some are born to fall
Some are bound to be forgotten like they never lived at all
But we're all born to know him and stand befor his light
God said
Mary
pure and
holy
with this
baby
I trust you
She said
shurly
I'm not
worthy
and it
scares me
but I trust you
Chorus:
Underneith a shining star
in a manger stall
Mary held the gift of love
God gave to us all
Precious
baby
pure and
holy
I'm not worthy
but I trust you
Chorus
Precious
baby
pure and
holy
will you
save me
I trust you
Son of
Mary
I trust you
Every now and then
When the world steps in
Stealing all our time away
It soon takes so much
We forget to touch
That's when I know
it's time for me to say
(chorus)
Take my hand
Let's walk through love's door
And be free from the world once more
Here's my heart
We can hide today
And love the world away
Once again we'll be
Where our hearts are free
And the time is ours to share
Love will always stay
Just a touch away
Come with me
All the magic's waiting there
(chorus)
Oh, my love, my darling
I hunger for your touch
Alone, lonely time
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh, "Wait for me, wait for me
I'll be coming home, wait for me"
Oh, my love, my darling
I hunger for your touch
Alone, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
Oh, I need your love
I know it's late, I know you're weary
I know your plans don't include me
Still here we are, both of us lonely
Longing for shelter from all that we see
Why should we worry, no one will care girl
Look at the stars so far away
We've got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We've got tonight babe
Why don't you stay?
Deep in my soul I've been so lonely
All of my hopes fading away
I've longed for love like everyone else does
I know I'll keep searching even after today
So there it is girl, I've said it all now
And here we are babe, what do you say?
We've got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We've got tonight babe
Why don't you stay?
I know it's late, I know you're weary
I know your plans don't include me
Still here we are, both of us lonely
Both of us lonely
We've got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
Let's make it last, let's find a way
Turn out the light, come take my hand now
We've got tonight babe
Why don't you stay?
Why don't you stay?
KENNY
Just look at you sitting there
You never looked better than tonight
And it'd be so easy to tell ya I'd stay
Like I've done so many times
KIM CARNES
I was so sure this would be the night
You'd close the door and want to stay with me
And it'd be so easy to tell ya I'll stay
Like I've done so many times
BOTH: Don't fall in love with a dreamer
'cause he'll always take you in
Just when you think you've really changed him
He'll leave you again
Don't fall in love with a dreamer
'cause he'll break you every time
KIM: Oh, put out the light
KENNY: Just hold on
BOTH: Before we say goodbye
Now it's mornin' and the phone rings
And you say you've gotta get your things together
You just gotta leave before ya change your mind
KENNY
And if ya knew what I was thinkin', girl
I'd turn around if you'd just ask me one more time
BOTH: Don't fall in love with a dreamer
KIM: 'cause he'll always take you in
BOTH: Just when you think you've really changed him
He'll leave you again
Don't fall in love with a dreamer
KENNY: 'cause he'll break you every time
KIM: Oh, put out the light
KENNY: Just hold on
BOTH: Before we say goodbye
BOTH: Before we say goodbye
BOTH: Goodbye
You lie in gentle sleep beside me
I hear your warm and rhythmic breathing
I take your hand and hold it tightly
Listen, can you not hear our young hearts beating
I kiss the sleep from your eyes
Your smile is sweeter than the morning
And here it comes
(CHORUS)
Can you feel it baby
Can you feel it, here it comes
Feel it, Feel it
Fire, Fire
Something's burning
Something's burning
Something's burning
And I think it's love.
And now the sun is burning brightly
We lie in love so close together
I get the feeling deep inside me
My love for you will burn forever
I'D CUT MY HAND TO TOUCH YOUR FACE
I cup my hands to touch your face
And once again I feel your fire
And here it comes
(CHORUS)
And I think it's love, love
And I think it's love.
And I think it's love, love
And I think it's love.
And I think it's love, love
And I think it's love.
Ruben James, in my song you live again
And the phrases that I rhyme
Are just the footsteps out of time
From the time when I knew you Ruben James
Ruben James all the folks around Madison County
Cussed your name just a no
Count share croppin colored man
Who would steal anything he can
And they always laid the blame on Ruben James
Ruben James, you still walk furrowed fields on my mind
The faded skirt the weathered brow
The calloused hand up on the plow
I loved you then and I love you now Ruben James
Flora James, Ruben James
Gray, a gossip of Madison County died with child
And although your skin was black
It was you that would not turn your back
On a hungry white child with no name, Ruben James
Ruben James, with your mind on my soul
And the bible in your right hand
You said turn the other cheek
A better world is a waiting for the meek
In my head those words remain from Ruben James
Ruben James one dark cloudy day
That brought you from the fields
And to your lonely pine box came
Just a preacher, me and the rain
To sing one last refrain for Ruben James
We only knew each other by letter
When I met her over the train
When the smoke cleared and the dust was still
She was standing there speaking my name
I guarantee she looked like an angel
I couldn't think of what I should say
But when Adam saw Eve in the garden
I believe he felt the selfsame way
I handed her up on the wagon
And I loaded up her trunk behind
She was sitting up there with the gold in her hair
I tried to get a hope on my mind
You think that you could love me, Mary?
You think we got a chance of a life
Do you think that you could love me, Mary?
Now you are to be my wife
We finally headed out of the station
And drove up my home trail
And when we came to the farm she laid a hand on my arm
I thought my resolution would fail
Now froze as she stepped through the doorway
And I stood there as still as could be
I said, "I know, it ain't much it needs a woman's touch
Perhaps she turned around and looked at me"
Do you think that?
We had a prairie wedding
There was a preacher and a neighbor or two
I gave my golden thing, a gold wedding ring
And the both of us said, "I do"
Now when the sun is going down in the prairie
And the golden hair is a flame
I say, "Do you really love me, Mary?"
I hold her and I whisper her name
Owe 'em more than that
Old Hank was a drifter passing through,
he stayed long enough to cry the blues,
acquainted with the bottle,
he knew the good Lord too,
Hank was drifter passing through;
Lefty was an old rigger's son,
he felt every word he ever sung,
and when it came to see him, Lord,
he showed them how it€™s done,
old Lefty was an old rigger's son.
They broke the ground
on the road that we go down today,
like a train whistle passing,
their voices are starting to fade.
There are some who sing their phrases,
others tip their hats,
but it seems like we owe €˜em more than that.
Marty painted pictures with a song,
El Paso made the whole world sing along,
with the story of Felina and the cowboy in her arms,
Marty painted pictures with a song.
Waylon was the outlaw of our time,
not afraid to lay it on the line,
he went against the grain,
and he always spoke his mind,
Waylon was the outlaw of our time.
There are some who sing their phrases,
others tip their hats,
but it seems like we owe €˜em more than that,
but it seems like we owe €˜em more than that,
we all know we owe €˜em more than that...
Yeah, we do.
Busted flat it baton rouge, headin' for the trains
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
Took us all the way to new orleans.
I took my harpoon out of my old dirty red bandana
I was playin' sad while bobby sang the blues
With those windshield wipers slappin' time
And bobby’s clappin’ hands we finally
Sang up every song that driver knew.
Oh oh oh freedom's just another word
For nothin' left to lose
And nothin' ain't worth nothin', but it’s free
Oh oh oh feelin' good was easy, lord
When bobby sang the blues
I’m feeling good was good enough for me, bobby mcgee.
From the coal mines of kentucky to the california sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standing right beside me, lord, through everything i’d done
And every night she kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near salinas, lord
I let her slip away
Looking for that home and I hope she’ll find
I'll trade all of my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Holdin' bobby's body next to mine.
Oh, oh, oh, freedom's just another word
For nothin' left to lose
And nothin' left was all she left for me
Oh, oh, oh, feelin' good was easy, lord
When bobby sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me & by mcgee.
Oh, oh, oh, freedom's just another word
For nothin' left to lose
And nothin' ain't worth nothin', but it’s free
Oh, oh, oh, feelin' good was easy, lord
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
would one day walk on water.
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
would save our sons and daughters.
Did you know that your baby boy
has come to make you new;
this child that you delivered
will soon deliver you.
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
will give sight to a blind man.
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
will calm the storm with His hand.
Did you know that your baby boy
has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little baby,
you kiss the face of God!
Oh, Mary, did you know?
Oh, Mary, did you know?
The blind will see, the deaf will hear
the dead will live again.
the lame will leap, the dumb will speak
the praises of the lamb.
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
is Lord of all creation
Mary, did you know that your baby boy
will one day rule the nations.
Did you know (did you know) that your baby boy
is heaven's perfect lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding
is the great I am.
show me a bar with a good lookin woman
then just get out of my way
turn on
the jukebox, i'l show you a song you should play
sooner a later a few shots
of bourbon
and i'l think of somethinto say
whoa, i can take her or leave
i like to take her away
liquor and music, a good
combination
if you'e got love on the brain
i never knew two women who
acted the same
some want a drink first, and some want to just sit and
talk
whoa, oh, it two in the mornin i runninand she wants to
walk
somethin got a hold on me
it cheap but it ain' free
love or
somethinlike it got a hold on me
that when i asked her, my place or
your place
i hope i not out of line
i asked the wrong thing, but just the
right woman this time
she knew a hotel, she even had a name we could
sign
whoa, oh, the cheaper the grapes are, the sweeter the taste of the
wine
somethin' got a hold on me
it' cheap but it ain' free
love or
somethinlike it' got a hold on me
somethin got a hold on me
cheap but it ain' free
love or somethinlike it got a hold on me
love or
somethindamn near like it' got a hold on me
Love me tender
Love me sweet
Never let me go
You have made
My life complete
And I love you so
Love me tender
Love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For, my darlin', I love you
And I always will
Love me tender
Love me long
Take me to your heart
For it's there that I belong
And we'll never part
Love me tender
Love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For, my darlin', I love you
And I always will
Love me tender
Love me dear
Tell me your are mind
I'll be your through all the years
Till the end of time
Oh, love me tender
Love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For, my darlin', I love you
And I always will
Love like this
Is it still love when we no longer touch?,
passing white sheets in the night,
love goes unspoken, we don€™t say a word,
we simply turn out the lights.
Lost in the silence but still I can hear,
the sound of my own breaking heart,
I can€™t pretend that my world isn€™t falling apart.
And I don€™t wanna go thro€™ love like this,
€˜cos I won€™t ever know what I might have missed.
I wanna burn with desire,
I want to feel the fire when we kiss,
but I don€™t wanna go thro€™ love like this.
I still remember the taste of your skin,
the sound of you saying my name,
the way that it felt as we laid in the sand,
and passion came crashing like waves.
The wind of your laughter, the longing,
the love lead us to lacking inside
There must be some way for lovers to turn the trash.
€˜Cos I don€™t wanna go €
Like strangers living like two people
who€™d never known what is like to be loved.
I want to burn with desire;
I want to feel the fire of every kiss
But I don€™t wanna go thro€™ love,
No, I€™m not gonna go thru love,
I€™m not willing to go thru love like this.
You can run you can hide never let it inside
Keep livin your life in the dark
But sooner or later that gentle persuader
Is gonna catch up with your heart
Make you a dreamer, believer
Believin in love
Right when a man doin all that he planned
And he thinks he got just what he needs
Life will deliver a shock that will shiver
And drivin him down to his knees
Make him start givin, livin, Livin again
Well it's your mind, that tricks you in believin every time
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Well it's your heart, that talks you into to stayin where you are
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Out of the blue she reaches for you
And you tell her you dont have the time
So you move away fast but you know it wont last
cause you cant get her off of your mind
Thoughts are burning, turnin, Their turning around
How do you know when to stay or to go
And how do you know when it's real
You dont need a sign to make up your mind
You got your heart at the wheel
You wanna start sharing, carinng, Caring again
Well it's your mind, that tricks you in believing every time
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Well it's your heart, that talks you into to stayin where you are
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Turn you around
Every now and then when the world steps in
Stealin' all our time away
It soon takes so much, we forget to touch
That's when I know it's time for me to say...
Take my hand let's walk through love's door
And be free from the world once more
Here's my arms, we can hide today
And love the world away
Once again we'll be where our hearts are free
And the time is ours to share
Love will always stay just a touch away
Come with me all the magic's waiting there
Take my hand let's walk through love's door
And be free from the world once more
Here's my heart, we can hide today
And love the world away
We can love the world away...
By the time you read this letter
I'll be gone
I'm not the man I was when I left home
By the time you see my face
I will have aged
Much more than the passing of the days
This many miles might as well be the moon
It's a desolate place and I'm missing you
My heart can't believe what my eyes they have seen
God knows what's pulling us through
In a world gone insane, I've whispered your name
I'm missing you
Sometimes in the quiet of the night
I reach for you as if you're by my side
When everything around me seems all gone
The thought of holding you keeps me hangin' on
This many miles might as well be the moon
It's a desolate place and I'm missing you
My heart can't believe what my eyes they have seen
God knows what's pulling us through
In a world gone insane, I've whispered your name
Oh,I'm missing you
In a world gone insane, I whisper your name
I'm missing you
It must have been something
being born in a manger
With the sheep from the feilds
and stars shining over your head
It must have been something
seeing three wise men
On their knees befor a newborn
with their eyes all aglow
Cuz in their hearts they know
Chours:
It's the Messiah
he's come at last
It's the Messiah
he's come at last
It must have been something
speaking the word of your Father
With the promis of life
and peace .. forever
It must have been something
walking the streets of Jeruselem
With the sins of the world
the inoncence of a lamb
But soon everone will know
Chorus
It's the Messiah
he's come at last
It's the Messiah
he's with us at last
Beautiful Life
You can do what you want just seize the day
What you're doing tomorrow's gonna
come your way
Don't you ever consider giving up,
you will find, oooh
It's a beautiful life, oooh
It's a beautiful life, oooh
It's a beautiful life, oooh
I just wanna be here beside you
And stay until the break of dawn
Take a walk in the park when you feel down
There's so many things there
that's gonna lift you up
See the nature in bloom a laughing child
Such a dream, oooh
It's a beautiful life, oooh...
I just wanna be here beside you
I just wanna be here beside you
and stay until the break of dawn
You're looking for somewhere to belong
You're standing all alone
for someone to guide you on your way
Now and forever
It's a beautiful life, oooh...
I just wanna be anybody
We're living in different ways
It's a beautiful life
I'm gonna take you to a place I've never been
before o yeah
It's a beautiful life
I'm gonna take you in my arms and fly away
with you tonight
It's a beautiful life, oooh...
[Kenny Rogers]
Baby when i met you, there was peace on earth
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
I was soft inside, there was something going on
[Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton]
You do something to me, that i can't explain
Hold me closer, and i feel no pain
Every beat of my heart, we got something goin' on
[Kenny Rogers]
Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication
[Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton]
Honest love, we feel, needs no conversation
And we ride it together, uh huh,
Making love with each other uh huh
Islands in the stream, that is what we are.
No one in between, how can we be wrong.
Sail away with me, to another world
and we rely on each other, uh huh
from one lover to another, uh huh
[Dolly Parton]
I can't live without you if the love was gone
Everything is nothin if youv'e got no one,
and you just walk in the the night
slowly losing sight of the real thing.
[Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton]
But that won't happen to us, and we got no doubt
Too deep in love, and we got no way out
and the message is clear, this could be the year for the real thing
[Dolly Parton]
No more will you cry
baby i will hurt you never
[Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton]
we start and end as one
in love forever
We can ride it together, uh huh
Makin' love with each other, uh huh
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
No one in between, how can we be wrong
Sail away with me. to another world
And we rely on each other, uh huh
From one lover to another, uh huh
[Kenny Rogers]
(Sail away)
[Dolly Parton]
(Ohhhhh, sail away with me)
[Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton]
islands in the stream, that is what we are
No one in between, how can we be wrong
sail away with me, to another world
And we rely on each other, uh huh
from one lover to another, uh huh
Islands in the stream, that is what we are
No one in between, how can we be wrong
sail away with me, to another world
And we rely on each other, uh huh
From one lover to another, uh huh
little boy in a base ball hat
stands in the feild
with his ball and bat
palyer of them all
puts his bat on his sholder
and tosses up his ball
and the ball goes up and the ball comes down
swings his bat all the way around
the world so still you can hear the sound
the baseball falls to the ground
now the little boy doesn't say a word
picks up his ball he is undeterd
says i am the greatest there has ever been
and he grits his teeth
and he trys it again
and the ball goes up and the ball comes down
swings his bat all the way around
the world so still you can hear the sound
and the baseball falls to the ground
he makes no excuses
he shows no fear
he just closes his eyes and listens to the cheers
little boy he adjusts his hat
picks up his ball
stares at his bat
says i am the greatest the game is on the line
and he gives his all one last time
and the ball goes up the moon so bright
swings his bat with all his might
the world's is still still it can be
and the baseball falls
and that5s strike three
now it's supper time and his mama calls
little boy starts home
with his bat and ball
says i am the greatest that is a fact
but even i didn't know
i could pitch like that
says i am the greatest that is understood
but even i didn't know
i could pitch that good
Have you been listening, (Listen to the music)
Have you been sleeping (The sermon's in the music)
(The man standing next to you, he must surely be your brother)
(So brother please) heed the call
(The piper he's still piping)
The magic in the music
(The drummer he's still drumming)
The message in the music
(Sweet song of loving you should be singing)
(So brother please) heed the call
Listen to the music, Listen to the music
(Listen to the music) heed the call
(Listen to the music) heed the call
Heed the call of the music
Heed the call of the music
Heed the call of the music
Heed the call of the music
(It's still early in our morning)
There's still time for singing
Let's not waste our morning
Join in the singing
The outlaw of the midnight
He all too soon comes winging
(So brother please, please) heed the call
(Listen to the music) (Listen to the music) yeah
(Listen to the music) (Listen to the music) oh oh
(Listen to the music) oh oh oh (Listen to the music)
(Listen to the music)
He works hard to give her all he thinks she wants
A three car garage, her own credit cards
He pulls in late to wake her up with a kiss good night
If he could only read her mind, she'd say:
Buy me a rose, call me from work
Open a door for me, what would it hurt
Show me you love me by the look in your eyes
These are the little things I need the most in my life
Now the days have grown to years of feeling all alone
And she can't help but wonder what she's doing wrong
Cause lately she'd try anything to turn his head
Would it make a difference if she said:
Buy me a rose, call me from work
Open a door for me, what would it hurt
Show me you love me by the look in your eyes
These are the little things I need the most in my life
And the more that he lives the less that he tries
To show her the love that he hold inside
And the more that she gives the more that he sees
This is a story of you and me
So I bought you a rose on the way home from work
Opened the door to a heart that I hurt
And I hope you notice this look in my eyes
Cause I'm gonna make things right
I'm gonna hold you tonight
Do all those little things
For the rest of your life.
Lyrics by Scott Innes and Claude Parish, Music by Nelson Blanchard.
The wait turned into hours
Before you came my way
The smile that filled a daddy's heart
On the special day
The moment left me speechless
I didn't know what to say
Then you took your first breath
That took mine away
Days go by so quickly
Summer turns to fall
Seems like only yesterday
That you began to crawl
So don't be afraid to take that step
I'll catch you when you fall
I don't mind if you leave behind
A few handprints on the wall
I can't describe this feeling
Way down deep inside
The itsy-bitsy spider
Was the first thing that we tried
Patty cake, the baker's man
With your hands so very small
You could always stay this young
And I wouldn't mind at all
Days go by so quickly
Summer turns to fall
Seems like only yesterday
That you began to crawl
So don't be afraid to take that step
I'll catch you when you fall
I don't mind if you leave behind
A few handprints on the wall
Come and gather around at the table
In the spirit of family and friends
And we'll all join hands and remember this moment
'Til the season comes 'round again.
Let's all try to smile for the picture
And we'll hold it as long as we can
May it carry us through
Should we ever get lonely
'Til the season comes 'round again.
CHORUS
One night holy and bright
Shining with love from our hearts
By a warm fire
Let's left our heads high
And be thankful we're here
'Til this time next year.
May the new year be blessed
With good tidings
'Til the next time I see you again
If we must say goodbye
Let the spirit go with you
'Til the season comes 'round again.
CHORUS (again)
May the new year be blessed
With good tidings
Till the next time I see you again
If we must say goodbye
Let the spirit go with you
And we'll love and we'll laugh
In the time that we had
'Til the season comes 'round again
Back to the Well
When my home is, so far away;
And I miss you, so bad it hurts;
When I feel like, I’ve lost my way;
I know where to go to quench my thirst;
Chorus
Back to the well for a drink of cool, cool water;
Back to the arms where my heart first fell,
Back to the place my loving cup runs over,
Back to my love, back to the well
Cross the ocean, and around the world;
I’ve logged a million, country miles;
But I always come back to the girls,
Who makes it all worth while
Repeat Chorus Twice
Back to my love, back to the well
You won?t believe where I was today
Something made my car go a different way
Before I knew it, I was back in time at our old address
Sitting in the drive
And I could see you in my football jersey raking leaves
I could see me hanging lights on our first Christmas tree
I could see us nail those numbers on the door that afternoon
At 727 East Magnolia Avenue
They added on where we thought we would
You always said it would sure look good
They cut down that tree we were afraid would fall
Looks like they picked up right where we left off
I could see you out there on the deck soaking up the sun
I could see me chasing you around with a water gun
I could see us there together, seemed the sky was always blue
At 727 East Magnolia Avenue
If I could make one wish, oh, I?d relive my life with you
He works hard to give her all he thinks she wants
Three car garage, her own credit cards
He pulls in late to wake her up with a kiss goodnight
If he could only read her mind
She'd say:
Buy me a rose
Call me from work
Open a door for me what would it hurt
Show me you love me by the look in your eyes
These are the litte things
I need the most of my life
Now the days have grown
to years of feeling all alone
She can't help but wonder what she's doing wrong
Lately she try anything to turn his head
Would it make a difference if she'd say:
Buy me a rose
Call me from work
Open the door for me what would it hurt
Show me you love me by the look in your eyes
These are the litte things
I need the most in my life
And the more that he lives
The less that he tries
To show her the love that he holds inside
And the more that she gives
The more that he sees
This is the story of you
and me
So I bought you a rose
On the way home from work
to open the door to a heart that i hurt
And I hoped you noticed this look in my eyes
cause im gonna make things right
For the rest of your life(rest of your life)
And I'm gonna hold you tonight
do all those little things
for the rest of your life.
Real love is the only thing I know
Teh changes of everything at touches
It gets you and it's gentle clutches
But that's not really the heart of the matter
Everbody, every now and then
We'll say that they can use
Some side of two
Even though you're setting
Kind of roam
That's not really the heart of the matter
I think I'm really the heart of the matter
Isn't it natural going away to think I'll be alone
I think of you
Your love for me is gone
I think that's really the heart of the matter after all
Darling, I know every now and then
some nights I lay really easy on my mind
You might hold your billow in my cry
That's not the heart of the matter
Love is strange
Lots of people take it for a game
Once you get it you never want to quit
After you've had it
You say love, love is strange
Is better than a kiss
When you leave me
Sweet kisses are a miss
Hey, you sexy thing
How do call your love girl?
I say love girl
And if she doesn't answer
I say you'd better come here love girl
And if she still doesn't answer
Well then it is
Baby love is strange, baby, baby ...
You are the one
Tell me something
How do you call your love boy?
I say come here love boy
Oh, but if he doesn't answer
I say, Ah come here love boy
But what if he still doesn't answer
I simply say, Baby, oh my baby
Come here like that
You're the one
What do you call your love girl, my sweet baby
How do you call your lover boy
You know all sorts of ways
Baby, my sweet baby
Oh my baby, you are the one
While she lays sleeping, I stay out late at night and play my songs
And sometimes all the nights can be so long
And it's good when I finally make it home, all alone
While she lays dreaming, I try to get undressed without the light
And quietly she says how was your night?
And I come to her and say, it was all right, and I hold her tight
Chorus
And she believes in me, I'll never know just what she sees in me
I told her someday if she was my girl, I could change the world
With my little songs, I was wrong
But she has faith in me, and so I go on trying faithfully
And who knows maybe on some special night, if my song is right
I will find a way, find a way...
While she lays waiting, I stumble to the kitchen for a bite
Then I see my old guitar in the night
Just waiting for me like a secret friend, and there's no end
While she lays crying, I fumble with a melody or two
And I'm torn between the things that I should do
And she says to wake her up when I am through, God her love is true.
Chorus
And she believes in me, I'll never know just what she sees in me
I told her someday if she was my girl, I could change the world
With my little songs, I was wrong
But she has faith in me, and so I go on trying faithfully
And who knows maybe on some special night, if my song is right
I will find a way, while she waits... while she waits for me
LADY
Lady, I'm your knight in shining armor and I love you.
You have made me what I am and I am yours.
My love, there's so many ways I want to say I love you.
et me hold you in my arms forever more.
You have gone and made me such a fool,
I'm so lost in your love.
And oh, we belong together.
Won't you believe in my song?
Lady, for so many years I thought I'd never find you.
You have come into my life and made me whole.
Forever let me wake to see you each and every morning.
Let me hear you whisper softly in my ear.
In my eyes I see no one else but you.
There's no other love like our love.
And yes, oh yes, I'll always want you near me.
I've waited for you so long.
Lady, your love's the only love I need
and beside me is where I want you to be.
'Cause, my love, there's something I want you to know,
you're the love of my life, you're my lady.
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
(Mickey Newbury)
(Yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in)
I woke up this mornin' with the sundown shinin' in
I found my mind in a brown paper bag within
I tripped on a cloud and fell-a eight miles high
I tore my mind on a jagged sky
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
(Yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in)
I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in
I watched myself crawlin' out as I was a-crawlin' in
I got up so tight I couldn't unwind
I saw so much I broke my mind
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
(Yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in)
Someone painted "April Fool" in big black letters on a "Dead End" sign
I had my foot on the gas as I left the road and blew out my mind
Eight miles outta Memphis and I got no spare
Eight miles straight up downtown somewhere
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
I said I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in
Yeah yeah oh-yeah
I've found a great deal of satisfaction
Thinking that you think of me
I've found each day
Bring a new sunshine
There is no tomorrow
For us to borrow
Why can't you find
What you are needing in me
If I could only change your mind
I found no effort at all
In showing what I'm feeling you
I find it hard each day just knowing
There's no tomorrow for us to borrow
why won't you find
What you are needing in me
If I could only change your mind
And he'll tell her
He's working late again
But she knows too well there's something goin' on
She's been neglected and she needs a friend
So her trembling fingers dial the telephone
And Lord
it hurts her doin' this again
He's the best friend that her husband ever knew
When she's lonely he's more then just a friend
He's the one she longs to give her body to.
Daytime friends and nighttime lovers
Hoping no one else discovers
Where they go what they do
In their secret hidaway
Daytime friends and nighttime lovers
They don't want-a hurt the others
So they love in the nighttime
And shake hands in the light of day
And when it's over there's no peace of mind
Just a longin' for the way things should have been.
And she wonders why some men never find
That a woman needs a lover
a friend.
Daytime friends and nighttime lovers
Just look at you sitting there
You never looked better than tonight
And it'd be so easy to tell you I'd stay
Like I've done so many times
I was so sure this would be the night
You'd close the door
And wanna stay with me
And it'd be so easy
To tell you I'd stay
Like I've done so many times
Don't fall in love with a dreamer
Because he'll always take you in
Just when you think
You've really changed him
He'll leave you again
Don't fall in love with a dreamer
Because he'll break you every time
So put out the light and just hold on
Before we say goodbye
Now it's morning
and the phone rings and ya say
You gotta get your things together
You just gotta leave
Before you change your mind
And if you knew
What I was thinking girl, I'd turn around
If you'd just ask me one more time
Don't fall in love with a dreamer
Because he'll always take you in
Just when you think
You've really changed him
He'll leave you again
Don't fall in love with a dreamer
Because he'll break you every time
so put out the light and just hold on
Before we say goodbye
Kenny Rogers Dottie West---'Till I Can Make It On My Own
I'll need time to get you off my mind
I may sometimes bother you, try to be in touch with you
Even ask too much of you, from time to time
Now and then, Lord, you know I'll need a friend
And 'till I get used to losing you, let me keep on using you,
'Til I can make it on my own
I'll get by, but no matter how I try
There'll be times that you'll know I'll call
Chances are my tears will fall
And I'll have no pride at all, from time to time
But they say, oh, there'll be a brighter day
But 'til then I lean on you, that's all I mean to do,
'Til I can make it on my own
Surely someday I'll look up and see the morning sun
Without another lonely night behind me
Then I'll know I'm over you and all my cryin's done
No more hurtin' memories can find me
But 'til then, Lord, you know I'm gonna need a friend
'Til I get used to losing you, let me keep on using you
'Til I can make it on my own.
Farther I go
I took a boat, I took a plane
Halfway around the world on a train
New York to Orleans, Japan to Tibet
But the farther I go, the closer you get
And I can’t get you out of my mind
All these years to forget, all these miles in jet
But the farther I go, the closer you get.
I took some dreams, I can’t damp some dust
I damned your name, I cried and I cursed
I run to the ends of the earth to forget
But the farther I go, the closer you get.
I found a friend, I took her home
I took her upstairs, disconnected the phone
We got warmer and warmer
Been blazing hot
But the farther we went, the closer you got
And I can even make love anymore.
All these years to forget …
We knew it was one in a million
It was such a long shot
Somehow we’ve got here together
And who knows what will happen
Anything can happen
If we keep getting better
And we keep on believing.
When you put your heart in it
It can take you anywhere
Who’s to say that we can’t make it
It’s the same dream that we share
When you put your heart in it
It can take you anywhere.
This road was so long and winding
It was such a hard road
But we can’t stop once we had started
We were always getting closer
Suddenly it happens
A chance in a lifetime
Now we’re gonna take it
We can make it.
When you put your heart in it …
From the moment I met you,
you made my life complete.
This wave of pure devotion,
has swept me off my feet.
And tonight when we kissed,
you still took my breath away.
It goes without saying,
but I'll say it anyway...
The vows go un-broken - and you still know I do.
Love, keep and honor - always true to you.
Though I have been tempted,
oh I have never strayed.
I'd die before I'd damage,
this union we have made.
The vows go unbroken - and you still know I do.
Love, keep and honor - always true to you.
I knew from the first - that for better or worse,
I'd stand by you all my life.
And the go vows unbroken - and you still know I do.
Love, keep and honor - always true to you.
Love, keep and honor - always true to you.
Somewhere my love there will be songs to sing
Although the snow covers the hope of Spring
Somewhere a hill blossoms in green and gold
And there are dreams all that your heart can hold.
Someday, we´ll meet again, my love
Someday, whenever the Spring breaks through
You´ll come to me out of the long ago
Warm as the wind, soft as the kiss of snow.
´til then my sweet, think of me now and then
God speed my love ´til you are mine again.
Grady johnson was a common man
Four children and some bottom land
Early to bed he said well that ain’t me
I gotta spend some time with my family
Left to it’s own device may becomes june
But children grow up all too soon
So love your neighbor as yourself
Don’t use money to measure wealth
Trust in God but lock your door
Buy low sell high and slow dance more
Mama johnson was grady’s wife
She bore his children and she graced his life
Hand in hand and side by side
They worked hard to simplify
Some folks have and some have not
What really counts is what you do with what you’ve got
So love your neighbor as yourself
Don’t use money to measure wealth
Trust in God but lock your door
Buy low sell high and slow dance more
And more I think I understan
What my father’s father meant
When he said son what matters most
You can count on just one hand
So love your neighbor as yourself
Don’t use money to measure wealth
Trust in God but lock your door
Buy low sell high and slow dance more
Buy low sell high and slow dance more
I like blue eyes, hers are green
Not like the woman of my dreams
And her hair's not quite as long as I had planned
Five foot three, isn't tall, she's not the girl I pictured at all
And those paint by numbers, fantasies I've had
{chorus}
So it took me by complete surprise
When my heart got lost in those deep green eyes
She's not at all what I was looking for
She's more
No it wasn't at first site, but the moment I looked twice
I saw the woman, I was born to love
Her laughter, fills my soul
and when I hold her I don't wanna let go
When it comes to her, I can't get enough
{chorus}
More than I dreamed of, more than any man deserves
I couldn't ask for more, than a love like hers
{chorus}
One rainy afternoon at Union Station
As I sat alone and waited on my train
I overheard a lover's conversation
Laced with desperation and pain.
I heard a girl say when is your train leavin'
The schedule's blurry, something's in my eyes
I heard a boy say I'll just board it early
With a voice some lone drown out goodbye.
I thought there's so little love in the world
There's so little love in the world
With all of those millions of lonely boys and girls
Why is there so little love in the world.
I saw them walk together thro' the station
I saw the girl walk back alone her head held down
Her tremblin' lips the only indication
There you go again
You take my breath away
The way you looked just then
Moves me more than words can say
Just about the time I think
I couldn't love you any more
Well then
There you go again
You're still amazing me
I shouldn't be surprised
You'd think I'd know by now
But you get me every time
The love you give,
Your tender kisses
Take me places I have never been
There you go again.
There you go
How'd you know
Sometimes it's like you almost read my mind
Just when I need you most
There you go again.
You know it's hard for me
To tell you how I feel
I want you in my life
And I always will
Cause no elxe can touch you
When it comes to lovin' me
The way you can
There you go again.
There you go
There you go again.
Well, the morning's come and Lord my mind is aching
The sunshine's quietly standing at my door
Just like the dawn my heart is slowly breaking
With my tears, it goes tumbling to the floor
Once again the whole town will be talking
It's more I've seen the pity in their eyes
They could never understand, it's her sorrow not her man
No matter what they say I know she tried
Baby's packed her soft things and oh she's left me
I know she never meant to make me cry
It's not her heart Lord, it's her mind, she didn't mean to be unkind
Just one more day I ask
One chance to love you
I can see your face
Everywhere I go
It´s in my soul.
No matter how it goes
God only knows
I get more than I deserve
Yes, it´s such an easy word
Give me one more day.
And time
Is a river that rows us along
And love will deliver us
If we hold on.
So if you think
You might not trust your heart tonight
I´m never gonna drift away
I´ll wait forever if you say
You´ll give me one more day.
And time .....
There lies the difference
I don’t have to go out tonight
I don’t have to guess who I’ll see
I haven’t been lonely
Since the first time we met
Now I know I’ll never be.
‘cos I really care about you
and you really care about me
and there lies the difference
between now and when I was free.
This time love won’t go away
The future’s so easy to see
And there lies the difference
Between now and what used to be.
There’s no substitute for the truth
And I know you come straight from the heart
And our love stands out in the light of the day
Not only in the heat of the dark.
‘cos I really care …
If I could step back in time
With offers of you to be mine
I’d only step back
As far as when you came to me.
And this time love won’t go away
The future’s so easy to see
And there lies …
You never close your eyes anymore
When I kiss your lips
And there’s no tenderness like before
In your finger’s tips
You’re tryin’ hard not to show it, baby
But baby, baby I know it.
You’ve lost that lovin’ feeling
Oh, oh that lovin’ feeling
You’ve lost that lovin’ feeling
Now it’s gone, gone, gone, oh, oh, oh.
Now there’s no welcome look
In your eyes when I reach for you
And now you’re startin’ to criticize
Little things I do
It makes me just feel like cryin’, baby
‘cos baby, something beautiful’s dyin’.
You’ve lost ..
And I can’t go on, oh, oh, oh.
Baby, baby I’d get down on my knees for you
If you would only love me like you used to do
We had a love, a love
A love you don’t find everyday
So don’t, don’t, don’t let it slip away.
Bring back that lovin’ feeling
Oh that lovin’ feeling
Bring back that lovin’ feeling
‘cos it’s gone and I can’t go on.
Chorus:
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don抰 let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
I抦 so tired
I can抰 sleep
Standing on the edge of something
Much to deep
It抯 funny how we feel so much
and cannot say a word
We抮e screaming inside
but we can抰 be heard
Chorus
So afraid to love you
More afraid to loose
Clinging to past
That doesn抰 let me choose
Well once there was a darkness
A deep and endless night
You gave me everything
You gave me light
Chorus
Remember all the good times that we had
Let them slip away from us
And things got bad
Clearly I first saw you
Smiling in the sun
I want to feel your warmth
I want to be the one
Chorus
Chorus
Weep not for the memories
The memories
You wanna know if I care for you
You ought to know by now
How can you stand there just pretending
And you know how I feel.
'Cause baby, you're my love
And I love everything you do to me
You're my love
And I love when you're around
You're my love
And I've never let you down.
You wanna know what I see you
I can really say it for sure
All I know is I need you
More than I've ever needed
Anyone else before.
'Cause baby, you're my love
And I love everything you do to me
You're my love
And I love when you're around
You're my love
And I've never let you down.
Seasons changing faster than they do
And we'll be gone
It's funny but we didn't seem to care
The only thing we cared about
Was keeping you out, our strong
As long as you're there
If I closed my eyes it didn't hurt quite so bad
'cos
tonight I've just lost the best friend I've ever had
you were a maverick
running all away from New Orleans
we'd tell stories 'round the campfire late
at night
when it was down to just you and me.
Good friend, why did you
have to go?
Just when I was getting to know you
I'll sing this song to
show
You were a good friend
They don't make 'em quite like you
And in
my memory
You'll always be a good good friend to me.
You said I got a
home, boy
Haven't seen it for so long
Said I'm going home, boy
My work
is done
I can feel it in my bones.
Good friend, why did you
......
I cried a tear, you wiped it dry
I was confused, you cleared my mind
I sold my soul, you bought it back for me
and held me up, and gave me dignity
somehow you needed me.
You gave me strength to stand alone again
to face the world out of my own again
you put me high upon a pedestal
so high that I could almost see eternity
you needed me, you needed me.
And I can't believe it's you
I can't believe it's true
I needed you, you were there
I'll never leave, why should I leave?
I'd be a fool, 'cos I've finally found someone
who really cares.
You held my hand when it was cold
when I was lost you took me home
you gave me hope when I was at the end
and turned my lies back into truth again
you even called me friend.
You gave me strength ...
You made me feel love.
I said: yes, I’ve been blessed
I couldn’t begin to count the times I said,
baby, do you know how good you made me feel
I hear you say you do
I know it’s all because of you
that I have watched my life turned inside out,
yes, and I have watched you became from one thing
I can’t live without.
You made me feel love,
you made me feel love like
I never felt in love before...
You made me feel love
And you made me believe in love
Like I never thought ( that ) I could believe,
and you made me feel love
like I never felt love before.
I said: yes, yes I knew
The night I was introduced to you
Darling, do you remember that night as well as I do
You closed your eyes and smiled
As we rode back to the time
When I touched your hand and
We floated all into space
And all those people down there
Looking up at us and saying:
Hey, how you get that feeling that way.
You made me feel love ...
So many nights I sit by my window
Waiting for someone to sing me his song
So many dream I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark but now you've come along
You light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days
And fill my nights with song
Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water
Could it be finally I'm turning for home?
Finally, a chance to say hey, I love you
Never again to be all alone
You light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days
And fill my nights with song
Oh you light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days
And fill my nights with song
It can't be wrong
When it feels so right
'Cause you, you light up my life.....
As a child, mama told me all about You
And all the things You’ve done
I wondered all these years how You kept goin’
And had the strength to carry on
She said You’d always be beside me
To help me up if I should fall
If I get lost You’ll always find me
And all I have to do is call
When Moses cried for help to free his people
You opened up the mighty sea
When David said, “He sure looks big, Lord!â€
You can say, old things must end
You can smile and even pretend
And you can turn and walk away so easily
But you can´t say, you don´t love me anymore.
You can dream of what might have been
You can cry for what won´t pass again
And you can say there´s every reason you should leave
But you can´t say, you don´t love me anymore.
You can say I´m right you´re wrong
You can make your plans to find somebody else
But I can´t believe you can carry on
We know what should be said
But you can´t find the words instead.
You say, old things must end
You can smile and even pretend
And you can turn and say you´re leaving me for good
But you can´t say, you don´t love me anymore.
And you can turn and say you´re leaving me for good
But you can´t say, you don´t love me
First just say, you don´t love me anymore.
Album: With Love
Composer: Bruce Fisher and Billy Preston
You are so beautiful to me
You are so beautiful to me
Can’t you see
You’re everything that I’d hoped for
You’re everything I need
You are so beautiful to me
You are so beautiful to me
You are so beautiful to me
Can’t you see
You’re everything that I’d hoped for
You’re everything that I need
You are so beautiful
You are so beautiful
You are so beautiful to me
YOU AND ME
WITH KENNY ROGERS
Writers Johnny Wright - Jack Anglin - Jim Anglin
Â' © '54 Acuff-Rose Music Â'
You and me together life's a pleasure but without your love life's not complete
And I feel the same about you darling we belong together you and me
We'll share love's joy and life's sorrow you belong to me I belong to you
When you hold my hand the sun shines brighter
When you smile at me I lose my blues
You and me together...
Don't ever let nothing come between us think our lonely life apart would be
Gossiping tongue can never change me darling
Your love means more than life to me
You and me together...
All the man I am
You are the reason for me, you help me understand
I’ll be your shelter from the rain that never ends
Girl, you’ve always got a friend in me
All the love we had
I should’ve known our love was older than the past
Throwing my life away on songs I never heard
Just the speaking of a special word
I made you die inside but you loved me
And don’t believe the world
No, the world can’t give us paradise
When you make your love to me
Til I just could not see the light
As long as I got you
As long as I got me
As long as we got you and I
I won’t let you down
No better love will be there when you turn around
I’ll be living for you till the ocean turns to sand
There will never be any man
Could love you just the way that I love you....
So don’t believe the world
No the world can’t give us paradise
In the eye within the storm
When I just could not make it through the night
As long as I got you
As long as I got me
As long as we got you and I
So don’t believe the world
No the world can’t give us paradise
In the eye within the storm
When I just could not make it through the night
As long as I got you
As long as I got me
As long as we got you and I
I can't help smiling when I look at you,
To keep from going crazy is all I can do.
I'm so defenseless with you so close,
The walls have crumbled from my body and soul.
Write your name across my heart.
I want the world to know that I am yours forever.
And I will wear it like a shining star.
Write your name across my heart.
To you my life is an open door.
Everything I have is yours.
I'll try to give you everything you need,
But as far as love goes, there's a life-time guarantee.
Write your name across my heart.
I want the world to know that I am yours forever.
And I will wear it like a shining star.
Write your name across my heart.
In all my thoughts, in all I do, in all I say,
I belong to you with every breath I take....
Write your name across my heart,
I want the world to know that I am yours forever.
And I will wear it like a shining star.
Write your name, across my heart.
And I will wear it like a shining star,
Write your name across my heart.
Across my heart.
Across my heart.
Without you in my life
Life’s winding road is maybe lonely
We may never pass this way again
So let’s be friends.
I know our problems come between us
But there’s one thing you must understand
I wanna be your man.
‘Cos girl, I’m never gonna find that love
I’m never gonna find a dream
Without you in my life.
I love those times we were together
You know I’ll always need you by my side
To be my guide.
Now all our cards are on the table
I should hope we play our aces well
But time will tell.
‘Cos girl, I’m never…
(Dolly Parton)
I'll be home with bells on
I'll be home with bells on
Trim the tree and wrap the presents
Turn the Christmas music on
This Christmas I'll be home with bells on.
I've traveled around this country
Crossed the waters deep and wide
Made lots of friends and memories
Brought joy to other's lives.
It's Christmas time again
Another year has come and gone
And I can't keep from wonderin'
How the old folks are at home.
'Cause I'll be home with bells on
Trim the tree and wrap the presents
Turn the Christmas music on
This Christmas I'll be home with bells on.
--- Instrumental ---
When the snow is on the meadow
And the sleigh bells jingle bright
And the kids are singing
Jingle bells around the Christmas lights.
As daddy stokes the fire
And mama puts the turkey on
There ain't nothing goin' to slow me down
This Christmas I'll be home.
Yeah, I'll be home with bells on
Trim the tree and wrap the presents
Turn the Christmas music on
This Christmas I'll be home with bells on.
Yeah, I'll be home with bells on
Trim the tree and wrap the presents
Turn the Christmas music on
This Christmas I'll be home with bells on...
You say you want to take me where I've never been
You make me feel like I'm in heaven
You say you want to know me just the way I am
And hold me as close as you can
If that's what you're asking, baby, I am touched
You don't need a reason to put your faith in love
I know you wanna hear me say, "It's you I'll always love"
If that's all you're asking, you're not asking much
(If that's all it takes)
You want me to surrender the secrets of my soul
And tell you all there ever is to know
You want me to promise that you will always be
The only one who watches over me
If that's what you're asking, baby, I am touched
And you don't need a reason to put your faith in love
I know you wanna hear me say, "It's you I'll always love"
If that's all you're asking, you're not asking much
(If that's all it takes)
You're the one who makes it easy to give
You know I'm gonna love you as long as I live
If that's what you're asking, baby, I am touched
You don't need a reason to put your faith in love
I know you wanna hear me say, "It's you I'll always love"
If that's all you're asking, you're not asking much
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