SAN ANTONIO ROSE
(Bob Wills)
« © '40 Bourne Co, ASCAP »
Deep within my heart lies a melody a song of old San Antone
Where in dreams I lived with a memory beneath the stars all alone
It was there I found beside the Alamo enchantment strange as the blue up above
A moonlit pass that only she would know still hears my broken song of love
Moon and all your splendor know only my heart call back my Rose Rose of San Antone
Lips so sweet and tender like petals falling apart speak once again of my love my own
Oh broken song empty words I know still live in my heart all alone
For that moonlit pass by the Alamo and Rose my Rose of San Antone
Title : Seashores Of Old Mexico
Artist : Merle Haggard
Album : N/A
I left, out of Tucson, with no destination in mind.
I was runnin' from trouble and the jail-term the Judge had in mind.
And the border meant freedom, a new life, romance,
And that's why I thought I should go,
And start my life over on the seashores of old Mexico.
My first night in Juarez, lost all the money I had.
One bad senorita made use of one innocent lad.
But I must keep on runnin'; it's too late to turn back:
I'm wanted in Tucson, I'm told.
Yeah, an' things'll blow over on the seashores of old Mexico.
Two Mexican farmers en route to a town I can't say,
Let me ride on the back of a flatbed half-loaded with hay.
Down through Durango, Colima, Almiera,
Then in the Manzanillos,
Where I slept on the seashores of old Mexico.
After one long siesta, I came wide awake in the night.
I was startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight.
My new-found companion, one young senorita,
Who offered a broken hello,
To the gringo she found on the seashores of old Mexico.
She spoke of Sonora and swore that she'd never return,
For her Mexican husband, she really had no great concern.
'Cause she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo:
That's all I needed to know.
Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of old Mexico.
Yeah, she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo:
That's all I needed to know, ha, ha.
Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of old Mexico.
Instrumental fade.
There's a certain hill outside of town called Sam Hill
And a certain guy used to go there every day
They said a certain girl lived up in Sam Hill
Aw, a pretty girl, not hep to city ways
This certain guy would come down the hill a smilin'
Headed back to town at the crack of dawn
And he had 'em all a wonderin' what he was doin'
Yeah, wonderin' what in Sam Hill's goin' on
We knew this certain guy was not a goldminer
Cause he never took a shovel or a pick
He only took a little box of candy
And disappeared in Sam Hill mighty quick
We tried to follow him to his destination
But he had a secret path and soon he was gone
And he had us all a wonderin' what he was doin'
Yeah, wonderin' what in Sam Hill's goin' on
I know that you have wondered too about Sam Hill
You've probably asked "What in Sam Hill's goin' on?"
All I can say in answer to your question
Is the goin's on are still goin' on
This certain guy's still takin' up his candy
He's 99 and all his youth is gone
But he climbs that hill and still comes down a smilin'
And we're wonderin' what in Sam Hill's goin' on
Wish I knew
What in Sam Hill's goin' on
He won't tell us'
What in Sam Hill's goin' on
He just snickers
What in Sam Hill's goin' on
RUN 'EM OFF
(Oney Wheeler - Tracey Lee)
« © '53 Peer International, BMI »
Now when the big bad wolf got in grandma's house
A little Red Ridinghood was scared as the mouse
And just like her I'm scared through and through
Some two legged wolf would run away with you
So run 'em off no use to talk all day
Just run 'em off they're tryin' to get you to play
Run 'em off and make 'em let us be
If you don't run 'em off I swear you're cheatin' on me
Now there's an iceman and milkman and folks out of town
They don't come to visit they just hang around
They act just as friendly as can be
But I don't think they care a thing about me
So run 'em off don't talk too long
Run 'em off so we can be alone
Run 'em off and make 'em let us be
If you don't run 'em off I swear you're cheatin' on me
No matter where you are or what you do
Folks start to whistle and how is you
When they get too close I wanna say shoo
Cause it looks like they wanna take what bother you
So run 'em off don't talk too long you're gonna get in Dutch
Run 'em off and make 'em let us be
If you don't run 'em off I swear you're cheatin' on me
Now once I ended this song but I write so more
Cause there's a half-a-dozen wolfs comin' up to my door
And I can tell by a lookin' cause it's plain to see
That they're not here to make eyes at me
So run 'em off don't talk too long...
I left the four lane highway took a blacktop seven miles
Down by the old country school I went to as a child
Two miles down a gravel road I could see the proud old home
A tribute to a way of life that's almost come and gone
The roots of my rasing run deep I come back for the strength that I need
And hope comes no matter how far down I sink the roots of my raising run deep
I pulled into the driveway Lord it sure was good to be there
And through the open door I could see that dad was asleep in his favorite chair
In his hand was a picture of mom and I remembered how close they were
So I just turned away I didn't want to wake him spoil his dreams of her
A christian Mom who had the strength for life the way she did
Then to pull that apron off and do the Charleston for us kids
Dad a quiet man who's gentle voice was seldom heard
Who could borrow money at the bank simply on his word
The roots of my raisin'...
The roots of my raisin' run deep
ROLY POLY
(Fred Rose)
« © '56 Milene Music, ASCAP »
Hey Roly Poly eatin' corn and taters hungry every minute of the day
Roly Poly knowin' all the biscuits long as he can chew it it's okay
He can eat an apple pie and never even bat an eye
He likes everything from a soup to hay
Roly Poly daddy's little fatty and he's gonna be a man someday
Roly Poly scrambled eggs for breakfast bread and jelly twenty times a day
Roly Poly eats a hard day dinner it takes lots of strenght to run and play
Bowls up weeds and does the chores run both ways to Holday's stores
He wears up that apetite that way
Roly Poly daddy's little fatty but he's gonna be a man someday
Right or wrong I'll always love you
Though your're gone I can't forget
Right or wrong I'll keep on dreaming
Still I wake with the same old regret
All along I knew I'd lose you
Though I prayed that you'd be true
In your heart please just remember
Right or wrong, I'm still in love with you.
(Repeat)
All along I knew I'd lose you
Though I prayed that you'd be true
In your heart please just remember
Reasons to quit the smoke and beer don't do me like before
And I'm hardley ever sober and my ole freinds
Don't come round much anymore
Reasons to quit the low is always lower than the high
And the reasons for quitin' dont outnumber all the reasons why
So we keep smokin and we keep drinkin
Havin fun and never thinkin'
Laughin' at the price tags the we pay
And we keep roarin down the fast lane
Like two young men feelin no pain
And the reasons for quitin' are gettin bigger each day
Reasons to quit I cant afford the habit all the time
And I need be sober I gotta write some new songs that will rhyme
Reasons to quit there ain't no rhyme or reason when your high
And the reasons for quitin' don't outnumber all the reasons why
So we keep smokin and we keep drinkin
Havin fun and never thinkin'
Laughin' at the price tags the we pay
And we keep roarin down the fast lane
Like two young men feelin no pain
And the reasons for quitin' are gettin bigger each day
Precious memories unseen angels
sent from some where to my soul
how they linger ever near me
and the sacred paths unfold
precious memories how they linger
how they ever flood my soul
in the stillness of the midnight
precious sacred scenes unfold
precious father loving mother
fly accross the lonely years
and the home scenes of my childhood
in fond memory appears
precious memories how they linger
how they ever flood my soul
in the stillness of the midnight
precious sacred scenes unfold
precious sacred scenes unfold
Living on the road my friend was gonna keep you free and clean
Now you were your skin like iron and your breath's as hard as kerosene
You weren't your mama's only boy but her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye and sank into your dreams
Poncho was a bandit boys his horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants for all the honest world to feel
Poncho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dyin' words but that's the story goes
All the Federals say could've had him any day
We only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose
Lefty he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to
The dust that Poncho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth
Day they laid poor Poncho low Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go there ain't nobody knows
All the Federals say...
[ guitar ]
The poets tell how Poncho fell and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold and so the story ends we're told
Poncho needs your prayers it's true but save a few for Lefty too
He only did what he had to do and now he's growing old
All the Federals say...
A few Federals say could've had him any day
We only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose
Hello Mr. D.J. wont you play a song for me`
The girl I love just said good-by and I'm blue as I can be
Oh please Mr. D.J. play that song I heard you play
And send it out to someone who broke my heart today
You won't have to call her name she'll know it's meant for her
Play me that song of sadness and I'll be grateful to you sir
Oh please Mr. D.J. play that song I heard you play
And send it out to someone who broke my heart today
(Guitar)
You won't have to call her name she'll know it's meant for her
Play me that song of sadness and I'll be grateful to you sir
Oh please Mr. D.J. play that song I heard you play
And send it out to someone who broke my heart today
PEACH PICKING TIME DOWN IN GEORGIA
(Jimmie Rodgers - Clayton McMichen)
« © '33 Peer International, BMI »
When it's peach picking time in Georgia apple picking time in Tennessee
Cotton picking time in Mississippi everybody picks on me
When it's roundup time in Texas the cowboys make whoopee
And way down in old Alabama it's gal picking time for me
There's the bluegrass down in Kentucky Virginia's where they do the swing
Carolina now I'm a coming to you come and just to spend the spring
Arkansas I hear you calling I know I'll see you soon
That's where we'll do some picking beneath the Ozark moon
When the pickininees pick the cotton that's the time I pick a wedding ring
We'll go to the town to pick a little gown for the wedding in the spring
Hope the preacher knows his business I know he can't fool me
When it's peach picking time in Georgia it's gal picking time for me
OUR HEARTS ARE HOLDING HANDS
WITH BONNIE OWENS
(Bill Anderson)
« © '65 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
We're far apart but our hearts're holding hands
It's lonely just to sit here by myself each night
Not knowing when I'll ever get to hold you tight
Oh yes I have temptations and sometimes it's pretty rough
But temptation's never strong as our sweet love
Cause our hearts are holding hands across the miles
Even though we're lonely we can smile
Cause I know you're my woman and I know you're my man
We're far apart but our hearts are holding hands
Today a stranger looked my way and flashed his gold
And said he'd buy me all the treasures I could hold
But I took out your last letter that said you love me so
And there I found the strenght to tell him no
Cause our hearts are holding hands...
And come what may our hearts are holding hands
ONE SWEET HELLO
(Merle Haggard)
« © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI »
One sweet hello and one sad goodbye
Two empty arms and these lonely nights to cry
Together is was heaven but how quickly time did fly
With one sweet hello and one sad goodbye
These precious mem'ries linger on haunting my mind since you're gone
These little things between us that really have no ties
Are all we have together and all we realize
One sweet hello...
Together is was heaven...
Just watch the sunrise on the other side of town
Once more I've waited and once more you've let me down
This would be a perfect time for me to die
So I'd like to take this opportunity to cry
You gave your word now I return it to you
With this suggestion as to what you can do
Just exchange the words I love you for goodbye
While I take this opportunity to cry
I'd like to see you but I'm afraid that I don't know wrong from right
And if I saw you would I kiss you or want to kill you out of sight
It's been a long night so I think I'll go home
And feed my nightmares they've been waiting all night long
They'll be the last ones to tell me goodbye they'll give me many opportunities to cry
[ guitar - trumpet ]
Well I'd like to see you but I'm afraid....
I'm only human I'm just a man
Help me to believe in what I could be and all that I am
Show me the stairway that I have to climb
Lord for my sake teach me to take one day at a time
One day at a time sweet Jesus that's all I'm asking from you
Give me the strenght to do everyday what I have to do
Yesterday's gone sweet Jesus and tomorrow may never be mine
So for my sake teach me to take one day at a time
Do you remember when you walked among men
Well Jesus you know if you're looking below it's worse now than then
Pushing and shoving crawding my mind
So for my sake teach me to take one day at a time
One day at a time...
Yes just for my sake teach me to take one day at a time
ONE ROW AT A TIME
(Red Lane - Dottie West)
« © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The southeast Georgia red clay dust is groundin' to my blue jeans
A heavy hundred pound cotton sack a draggin' long behind
Wanting believe this place so bad I forgot it how I got here
Workin' my way back home one row at a time
It's along old cotton road between here and Vaco
Than three days of bummin' through that California line
And two more days of pickin' to that house just south of Fresno
Workin' my way back home one row at a time
Mississippi delta mud is caked in layers of my brogains
Sunshine on snow white cotton nearly makes me blind
I can almost see 'em now a homefolk runnin' out to meet me
Workin' my way back home one row at a time
It's along old cotton road...
Workin' my way back home one row at a time
The old man from the mountain's coming home home home
Thought I'd better warn you so I called you on the phone
Get rid of Joe the gringer you better be there alone
Cause the old man from the mountain's coming home
I've been walking in the sawmill I'm all uptight and tense
I got word that someone'a been diggin' under my back fence
Thought I'd better call you better let you know today
That the old man from the mountain's on his way yeah
The old man from the mountain's...
(Wind it up now)
[ guitar ]
Been working my dang fool head off all for a dollar bill
And I need a bunch of good loving so I'm comin' down the hill
Don't want no friendly Henry's warming up my bed
And the old man from the mountain means what he said
The old man from the mountain's...
(One more time)
The old man from the mountain's...
OLD FASHIONED LOVE
(Cecil Mack â- James P. Johnson)
« © '70 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Got that old fashioned love in my heart and there it will always remain
Like an ivy clinging vine clinging closer all the time
Through these years and these tears just the same
Got that old fashioned fate in my heart and nothing can tear us apart
Dry land may turn to sea but there'll be no change in me
Got that old fashioned love in my heart
Got that old fashioned love...
MY RAMONA
(Merle Haggard)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Everybody's talking bad about Ramona
They say she's changed a lot since I've been gone
They say she may not be too glad to see me
Cause Ramona doesn't know I'm coming home
Ah but everybody's wrong about Ramona
They're just going by the way she's actin' now
I just can't believe the things they say about her
Cause Ramona knows the things I wanna allow
Ramona's gonna be the way she used to be
And I'll be proud of her just like I was before
She never was the kind to like those crowded bars
And Ramona won't be seen there anymore
They say I may not recognize Ramona
And going by the picture they describe
The life they say she's living sure don't fit her
But I know she's still the same sweet girl inside
Ramona's gonna be the way...
MY PAST IS PRESENT
(Merle Haggard - Wynn Stewart)
« © '67 Central Songs, BMI »
The girl I love so much just walk in the door
My past is present but she's not mine anymore
That she stop by to hurt me or does she even know I'm here
My past is present it'd be that she still cares
For without her there's no future she's close yet far away
I keep hoping that my tomorrows we'll catch up with yesterday
For time has stopped my time has stopped since she went away
My past is present I just hope she's back to stay
For time has stopped...
I'm thinking of you tonight old pal
And wishing that you were here
I'm dreaming of the times and the days gone by
When you filled my heart with cheer.
I remember the night when all alone
We sang Sweet Adeline
No other face can take your place
In my heart old pal of mine.
chorus
The old pals are always the best you see
New Friends you can find every day
But they can't fill the places or ever be
Like the old pals of yesterday.
I'm wondering where you are tonight
And if you ever think of me
It would make my weary heart
So light sweetheart
Your face again to see.
But in this checkered life I find
Nothing comes right it seems
Still you'll always be a pal of mine
Though it may be only in dreams.
chorus
I take a trip every evening scrolling down memory lane
I'm walkin' again those familiar paths dreaming those dreams again
And I can always see my sweetheart just as she used to be
Waiting for someone at the garden gate and I know that someone is me
Big brown eyes and pearly hair and you'd tell that's Mary
Rosy cheeks and ruby lips can't you tell that's Mary
Ofttimes in the evenings we'd go scrolling
Hand in hand together beneath the pepper tree
And I can feel her hand in mine as I sit alone tonight
Dreaming of the times I spent with Mary
[ fiddle - guitar ]
Ofttimes in the evenings...
Oh gee wouldn't it be wonderful to open up the doors of the past
And live again as yesterday
But you know no matter where I wander no matter where I roam
There'll always be a place in my heart boys
Fofr a girl away back for a girl that I used to call Mary
I still love you as I did in yesterday
Many years have gone by though it seems just like a day
It's no wonder that I love you you have been so kind and true
There will never be another it will always be just you
We've come along the way together when you've proved your love is true
My life's been a pleasure and it's all because of you
And to me you'll always be just as sweet as flowers in May
And I'll still love you as I did in yesterday
[ guitar - violin ]
I still love you as I did in yesterday...
And to me you'll always be...
MY HANDS ARE TIED
(Tommy Collins - Merle Haggard - Kay Adams)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
She came her to see me today in prison where I have to stay
But this time she came here to tell me goodbye
Pretending that I understood I held back the tears best I could
But I know that she knew I wanted to cry
Cause my hands're tied I'm locked here inside
I want her I need her I love her but my hands're tied
Her visits kept my world alive our love found the way to survive
But now it's all over I've lost her for good
She waited with arms open wide till somebody else stepped inside
But I know she waited as long as she could
Cause my hands're tied...
MY CAROLINA SUNSHINE GIRL
(Jimmie Rodgers)
« © '28 Peer International, BMI »
Moon moon I can see you sinking low
You make me think of a sweetheart a little girl that I love so
After I wonder the whole night through wondering if you think of me
Why am I lonesome thinking of someone I'm thinking only of you
My Carolina sunshine girl you have turned my heart to stone
My Carolina sunshine girl you have left me all alone
I wonder why I sit and cry
When I really should laugh at your photograph
For you're the sweetest angel in this world
And I love love love you my Carolina sunshine girl
I wonder why I sit and cry
When I really should laugh at your little old photograph
For you're the sweetest angel in this world
And I love love love you my Carolina sunshine girl
MULE SKINNER BLUES (BLUE YODEL NO. 8)
(Jimmie Rodgers - George Vaughn)
« © '30 Peer International, BMI »
Good morning Captain good morning Shine
Do you need another mule skinner out on your new mud line
I like to work I'm rolling all the time
I can carve my initials on a mule's behind
Hey little water boy bring that water round
If you don't like your job set that water bucket down
Walkin' on the good roads dollar and half a day
My good gal's waitin' on Saturday night just to draw my pay
I'm goin' to town honey what you want me to bring you back
Bring a pint of booze and a Johny B Stetson hat
I smell your bread a burnin' turn your damper down
If you ain't got a damper good gal turn your bread around
I had a home out in Texas,
down where the blue bonnet's grew.
I had the kindest old mother;
how happy we were just we two.
Till one day the angels' called her,
that debt we all have to pay.
She called me close to hr bedside,
these last few words to say.
"Son, don't start drinking and gambling,
promise you'll always go straight. "
Ten years have passed since that parting,
that promise I've broke, I must say.
I started gambling for pastime,
at last I was just like them all.
I bet my clothes and my money,fall.
One night I bet all my money,
nothing was left to be seen.
All that I needed to break them was one card,
and that was a queen.
The cards were dealt all 'round the table,
each man took a card on the draw.
I drew the one that would beat them;
I turned it and here's wat I saw.
I saw my mother's picture,
and somehow she seemed to say.
"Son, you have broken your promise,"
so I tossed the cards away.
My winnings I gave to a newsboy,
I knew I was wrong from the start.
And I'll ne'er forget that promise,
to Mother, the queen of my heart.
MONTEGO BAY
(Hank Cochran - Glenn Martin)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I showed her most of Tennessee that's all I could afford
I even thought of stealing so I could show her more
But she never did seem happy and I often heard her say
Hey I like it here but I love Montego Bay
Oh I should have gone with her at least I wouldn't know
What about Montego Bay that makes it pull so strong
All I've got's old mem'ries of the way she used to say
Hey I like it here but I love Montego Bay
Why couldn't I convince her why couldn't I make her see
There's no way Montego Bay needs her more than me
When she left she seemed so happy I can still hear her say
Hey I like it here but I love Montego Bay
Why couldn't I convince her...
MOM AND DAD'S WALTZ
(Lefty Frizzell)
« © '51 Peer International, BMI »
I'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mama and daddy
I want them I want them to know
How I feel my love is real for my mama and daddy
I want them to know I love them so
In my heart the joy tears start cause I'm happy
And I pray every day for mom and pappy and each night
I'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mama and daddy
I want them to know I love them so
I'd fight in wars do all my chores for my mama and daddy
I want them to live on till they're called
I'd work and slave and never rave to my mama and daddy
Because I know I owe them my all
In my heart the joy tears start...
I love them so
POOR BROKE MIXED UP MESS OF A HEART
(Tommy Collins - Merle Haggard)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Oh you poor broke mixed up mess of a heart
Yeah a little bitty woman gonna tear you all apart
I warned you a thousand times but you wouldn't listen nor pay no mind
You poor broke mixed up mess of a heart
Yeah I watched her buy her tickets in Charlotte North Carolina
I heard her say oneway please to Denver
She's goin' to meet that other guy and it won't do us no good to cry
Cause she's wearin' his ring on her finger
Oh you poor broke mixed up mess of a heart...
Well I watched her tip a porter as she stepped aboard that midnight train
Bound to take her faraway forever
I watched the tail light fade away knowing she was gone to stray
And I wish that's broken heart that's leavin' with her
Oh you poor broke mixed up mess of a heart...
You poor broke mixed up mess of a heart
With friends around and even pals that I know are true
Still I'm lonely homesick and blue
There's no one who can cheer me when I'm alone
Longing for my Mississippi home
Way down on the delta on that Mississippi shore
In that muddy water I long to be once more
When that shadows creep about and the whippoorwill call
You can hear old mommy shout come in here you all
Way down on the levee strolling in the pale moon light
You can see those steamboats and fields of snowy white
That's a feeling I can't lose muddy water in my shoes
When I get those Mississippi Delta blues (yodel)
[ dixieland ]
I long to hear them singing songs them old melodies
Swanee River and Ol' Black Joe
That sweet magnolia perfume floating on the breeze
Way down south is where I long to go
by Bill Halley
I'm growing tired of the big city lights
Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights
In all my dreams I am roaming once more
Back to my home on the old river shore
I am sad and weary far away from home
Miss the Mississippi and you dear
Days are dark and dreary everywhere I roam
Miss the Mississippi and you
Roaming the wide world over
Always along and blue, so blue
Nothing seems to cheer me under heaven's dome
Miss the Mississippi and you
Memories are bringing happy days of yore
Miss the Mississippi and you
Mocking birds are singing 'round the cabin door
Miss the Mississippi and you
Roamin the wide world over
Always alone and blue
Longing form my homeland, muddy water shore
Miss the Mississippi and you
1932 Southern Music Publishing Company, Inc (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved.
Memories and drinks don't mix too well
And jukebox records don't play those wedding bells
Looking at the world through the bottom of a glass
All I see is a man who's fadin' fast
Tonight I need that woman again what I'd give for my baby to just walk in
Sit down beside me and say it's alright
Take me home and make sweet love to me tonight
But here I am again mixing misery and gin
Sittin' with all my friends and talkin' to myself
I look like I'm havin' a good time but any fool can tell
That this honky tonk heaven really makes you feel like hell
I light a lonely woman's cigarette
We start talkin' bout what we want to forget
Her life story and mine are the same
We both lost someone and only have ourselves to blame
But here I am again...
Memories and drinks don't mix too well.
Jukebox records don't play those wedding bells.
Lookin' at the world through the bottom of a glass,
All I see is a man who's fading fast.
Tonight I need that woman again.
What I'd give for my baby to just walk in.
Sit down beside me and say: It's alright.
Take me home and make sweet love to me tonight.
But here I am again, mixin' misery and gin.
Sittin' with all my friends and talkin' to myself.
I look like I'm havin' a good time but any fool can tell,
That this Honky Tonk Heaven really makes ya' feel like hell.
I light a lonely woman's cigarette,
We both start talkin' 'bout what we want to forget.
Her life story and mine are the same.
We both lost someone and only have ourselves to blame.
But here I am again, mixin' misery and gin.
Sittin' with all my friends and talkin' to myself.
I look like I'm havin' a good time but any fool can tell,
That this Honky Tonk Heaven really makes ya' feel like hell.
LOVE HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I'd love to forget every time that you kissed me
I'd love to forget that you're gone
I'd gladly hold back each tear that I'm crying
But love has a mind of its own
Love is a ruler the greatest of kings
Love sets a peon a throne
Forgetting you darling is not my decision
For love has a mind of its own
I don't wanna carry this worrysome heartache
I don't want to cry all night long
I wish I could run from the day that I met you
But love has a mind of its own
Love is a ruler the greatest of kings...
Love has a mind of its own
Mary's mine and she'll always be till the end of time
She gave her heart to me
No truer love could I ever find than Mary's love
And Mary's mine
I once lived the life without meaning
Just the face with no place in this world
At last I found reason for living
And I owe it all to the love of a girl
Her love gave me reason for living
To make her happy is first on my mind
Because of her my life has real meaning
I love her so and I know Mary's mine
Mary's mine and she'll always be till the end of time
She gave her heart to me
No truer love could I ever find than Mary's love
And Mary's mine
No truer love could I ever find than Mary's love
Cause Mary's mine
Mama did she leave to go to Memphis
Are you taking care care of Braidy while she's gone
And mama is she down there drown the mem'ries
Surely she won't be in Memphis very long
Mama since I left her I've been crazy
I bet she thinks my love for her is gone
I stopped by because I thought she'd be here waiting
Mama Memphis can't be very far
She'll be back to get the baby
Could I stay with little Braidy while she's gone
She'll be back to get the baby
Surely she won't stay in Memphis very long
[ steel ]
She'll be back to get the baby...
In downtown Modesto I was workin' the Holiday Inn
I would stick with a gig that would last us throughout the weekend
I was singing a new song I'd wrote on the way into town
When she came in the front door and found her a place to sit down
Hey I knew right away that she like the words to my song
Cause she stared at my git guitar and followed my fingers too long
And she had the likeness of a girl I'd seen in my dreams
But lights can do wonders with make up and faded blue jeans
And the last thing I needed was somebody messin' up my mind
So I found a hundred reasons for lookin' her way one more time
She could cause me to sing bad and fall out of love with guitar
And blow all my chances at bein' a big singing star
With one passin' glance I could tell she was young for her age
Yeah she got to looking better as she got down closer to the stage
And as she sipped on her wine I knew just the kind she would be
And somehow I knew she was here to the bad things to me
And the last thing I needed...
[ guitar ]
She could cause me to sing bad...
I got a feelin' called the blues oh Lord since my baby's said goodbye
Oh I don't know what I'll do all I do is sit and cry oh Lord
That last long day she said goodbye well Lord I thought I would cry
She'll do me she'll do you she's got that kinda lovin'
Lord I love to hear her when she calls me sweet daddy
Such a beautiful dream I hate to think it all over
I've lost my heart it seems
I've grown so used to you somehow well I'm nobody's sugar daddy now
And I'm lonesome I've got the lovesick blues
Well I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal that's what's the matter with me
I'm in love I'm in love with a beautiful gal but she don't care about me
Lord I tried and tried to keep her satisfied but she just wouldn't stay
So now that she is leavin' this is all that I can say
I got a feelin' called the blues...
You can't hide yourself away from the problems of today
You can't hide yourself at night just turn off the bedroom light
And you can't try to hide your feelings they'll be heavy on your mind
You can't hide yourself from love cause love will come and find you everytime
And if you're fighting with love you have no way to win
You might as well go on give on in
And through the years I've come to know love commands and love is never blind
You can't hide yourself from love love will come and find you everytime
[ guitar ]
If you're fighting with love...
I ain't never robbed or beat up on nobody I ain't never failed no lie detector test
But tomorrow I'm gonna be the town's most wanted man
But tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death
I'm gonna shave shower shine my shoes and shampoo
Break out my pinstriped suit with the matching vest
Climb in my four hundred horse widetrack rollin' apartment van
Tonight I'm gonna lay some heart to rest
Tomorrow my face will be all over the post office wall
The town will put a price upon my head
I'm gonna be some happy lady's most wanted man
Cause tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death
Gonna grab her kiss her squeeze her please her and show her no mercy
Premeditated lovin' at its best
It'll take seven days to get the smile off the corpus delightee
Yeah tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death
[ ac.guitar ]
See that shady character smilin' on the six o'clock news
Front page color Assiciated Press
You'll be looking at some happy lady's most wanted man
Cause tonight I'm gonna love somebody to death
I'm gonna grab her kiss her squeeze her...
And baby it's gonna be you think about it now
I know you can't alway be here with me
You can't find what all you need is just one man
You're hardly ever free and seldom lonely
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can
And don't feel like I expect you to be through me
Any time you'll have leave I'll undertand
I don't have what all it takes to make you happy
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can
[ guitar ]
Let me be the one you sometimes come to
You just barely have the time for one more friend
I'll be satisfied with any crumb you'll throw me
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can
Don't feel like I expect you to be through me
Any time you'll have leave I'll undertand
I'll be satisfied with any crumb you'll throw me
What I'm tryin' to say is love me when you can
Love and honor a promise to obey sacred vows that we both made yesterday
But when someone tempted you you ease to cross the line
And I'll bet love and honor never cross your mind
You're the woman that once gave me her hand
And I'm the fool who's tryin' hard to understand
Why when someone tempted you you were so inclined
And I'll bet love and honor never cross your mind
Love and honor never cross your mind and love and honor is something hard to find
When someone tempted you you ease to cross the line
And I'll bet love and honor never cross your mind
[ guitar ]
Love and honor never cross your mind...
There's a long line of mourners coming down our street
Their fancy cars are such a sight to see
They're all of your rich friends that knew you in the city
And now they finally brought you back to me
The papers told of how you lost your life
Of the party and the fatal crash that night
The race on the highway the curve nobody seen
Now you're riding in that long black limousine
When you left home you told me that, that someday you'd be returning
With a fancy car for the whole town to see
Well now everybody's watching now and I guess you finally got your dream
You're riding in one of them long black limousines
Through tears I watch as you ride by
With a chauffer at the wheel dressed up so fine
I'll never love another my heart and all my dreams
Ride with you in that long black limousine
There hasn't been one bit of laughter in this house in so
long,
Just the howling of the wind asking why.
And I know this house ain't growing, but it seems bigger since
you're gone.
And this loneliness is eating me alive.
If there's any forgiveness in you wrap it up and come on
home.
Hey I may not change completely, oh but I'lltry.
And honey you'll have to hurry or there'll be no reason to
come home.
Cause this loneliness is eating me alive.
The bigger the house, the harder the tear falls,
I found it out since you're goodbye.
And honey you'll have to hurry or there'll be no reason to
come home.
Cause this loneliness is eating me alive.
LITTLE OLE WINE DRINKER ME
(Hank Mills - Dick Jennings)
« © '66 Johnny Bienstock Music, BMI »
I'm praying for rain in California
So the grapes can grow and they can make more wine
And I'm a sittin' at a honky'n in Chicago
With a broken heart and a woman on my mind
I match the man behind a bar for the jukebox
And the music takes me back to Tennessee
When they ask who's the fool in the corner cryin'
I say a little ole wine drinker me
I came here last week from down in Nashville
Cause my baby left for Florida on a train
And I thought I'd get a job and just forget her
But in Chicago a broken heart is still the same
I match the man behind a bar...
Yeah I say a little ole wine drinker me
Life is like a mountain railway,
With an engineer that's brave.
We must make the right connections,
From the cradle to the grave.
Watch the curves, the fill, the tunnels,
Never falter, never quail.
Keep your hand upon the throttle,
And your eyes upon the rail.
refrain:
Blessed Saviour,
Thou wilt guide us,
Till we reach,
That Blissful shore,
Where the angels,
wait to join us,
In Thy praise
For ever more.
You will roll up grades of trial,
You will cross the bridge of strife.
See that Christ is your Conductor,
Of this lightning train of life.
Always mindful of obstuctions,
Do your duty, never fail.
Keep your hand upon the throttle,
And your eyes upon the rail.
refrain
You will often find obstructions,
Look for storms of wind and rain,
On a fill, or curve, or trestle,
They will almost ditch your train.
Put your trust alone in Jesus,
Never falter, never fail.
Keep your hand upon the throttle,
And your eyes upon the rail.
refrain
As you roll across the trestle,
Spanning Jordan's swelling tide,
You behold the Union Depot,
Into which your train will drive.
There you'll meet the Superintendent,
God the Father, God the Son,
With the hearty, joyus plaudit,
"Weary pilgrims, welcome home."
refrain
Well it really has been nice bein' with you but I'm afraid that I've got to leave
As you know I'm a rodeo cowboy and there's a rodeo down in Mesquite
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy breakin' broncs or gettin' broke
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy and that's the only life I know
On the day you think your day is the big one
I'm walkin' away with all that they own
Then your lyin' hurtin' hearin' someone saying
Give him a hand that's all that cowboy is taking home
Hot beer and cold stale hamburgers makes a meal sorta hard to enjoy
And it kinda makes you think of momma's chicken
Ah that's the life of a rodeo cowboy
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy...
[ guitar - dobro ]
When your down and your really feeling sorry well you go for a drink in some bar
Then someone points at you and you hear him whisper over there stands a rodeo star
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy...
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy...
LIFE IN PRISON
(Merle Haggard)
« © '64 Owen Publications, BMI »
The jury found the verdict first degree
They swore I planned her death to be
I prayed they sentence me to die
But they wanted me to live and I know why
So I do life in prison for the wrongs I've done
And I pray every night for death to come
My life will be a burden every day
If I could die my pain might go away
Insane with rage I took my darling's life
Because I loved her more than life
My dreams for her will last a long long time
But I'd rather die than live to lose my mind
But I've got life in prison...
If I could die my pain might go away
When LEONARD finally came to California
He was twenty-one years old as I recall
He loved to write a song and pick the guitar
And he came to hang a Gold one on the wall.
The town in which he lived is not important
But you'll know which town I mean by the time I'm thru
He soon became a famous entertainer
But LEONARD was a name he never used
He was on his way to having what he wanted
Just about as close as one could be
Hey! once he even followed Elvis Presley
And he wrote a lot of country songs for me.
But he laid it all aside to follow Jesus
For years he chose to let his music go
But preaching wasn't really meant for LEONARD
But how in the hell was LEONARD s'posed to know.
Well, life began to twist its way around him
And I wondered how he carried such a load
He came back again to try his luck in music
And lost his wife and family on the road.
SPOKEN:
[After that he seemed to bog down even deeper
And I saw what booze and pills could really do
And I wondered if I'd ever see him sober
But I forgot about a Friend that LEONARD knew.]
Well, LEONARD gave me lots of inspiration
He helped teach me how to write a country song
And he even brought around a bag of groceries
Hey! back before Muskogee came along.
Really I'm not trying to hide his showname
Or the town in which this episode began
SPOKEN: [Somehow I had to write a song for old Tommy]
If just to see the smilin' faces in the band.
When LEONARD finally came to California
He was twenty-one years old as I recall
And he loved to write a song and pick the guitar
And he came to hang a Gold one on the wall.
Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
And what have I done that has made you so distant and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old
I cannot offer you diamonds or a mansion so fine
I cannot offer you clothes that your young body craves
But if you will say that you long to forever be mine
Think of the heartaches the tears and the sorrow you'll save
While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And of the promises that you are breaking so free
But to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me
Riches do not come in silver and in gold it comes in the happiness you find
I place my gold and silver before my precious queen
But now there's only mem'ries left behind
If you never lost a loved one then you'll know just what I mean
For what good are treasures and the kingdom if you're a king without a queen
Now that she has gone and found another love my castle is empty and so cold
For her leaving brought me heartaches that I have never known
And there's sadness in the treasures I now hold
If you never lost a loved one...
If you're a king without a queen
There's a dark and a trouble side of life there's a bright and a sunny side too
Though we meet with the darkness and strife the sunny side we also have in view
So keep on the sunny side always on the sunny side keep on the sunny side of life
It will help you everyday it will brighten all the way
If you'll keep on the sunny side of life
Oh the storm in its fury broke today crushing hopes that I cherish so dear
Clouds and storms will in time pass away and the sun again will shine bright and clear
So keep on the sunny side...
[ guitar - steel ]
Let us greed with a song of hope each day though the moments be cloudy or fair
Let us trust at our Saviour always will keep us everyone in his care
So keep on the sunny side...
[ guitar ]
JUST BETWEEN THE TWO OF US
WITH BONNIE OWENS
(Liz Anderson)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Just between the two of us we know our love is gone
People think it's wonderful our love can be so true
You'll never say an angry word no matter what I do
And you have so much faith in me you trust me anywhere
But the reason if they only knew is that we just don't care
Just between the two of us let's live up this fantasy
For we no longer care enough to even disagree
Everybody envies us and the way we get along
But just between the two of us we know our love is gone
Wish we could go back again to days that used to be
We fought a lot but even then I knww you cared for me
Now we get along so well no teardrops ever fall
But there's no love no anything there's nothing left at all
Just between the two of us...
JIMMIE'S TEXAS BLUES
(Jimmie Rodgers)
« © '29 Peer International, BMI »
The way I've been treated sometime I wish I were dead
The way I've been treated sometime I wish I were dead Lord Lord
Cause I ain't got no place to lay my weary head
When I want you woman I always find you gone
Everytime I want you I always find you gone
Listen here good mama I'm gonna put your headbreaks on
Some like Chicago some love Memphis Tennessee
Some like Chicago some love Memphis Tennessee
Give me sweet Dallas Texas where the women think the world to me
You may have your troubles I'm having my troubles too
You may have your troubles I'm having my troubles too
Yes I know how it feels when you're feeling so doggone blue
I'm not singing the blues I'm telling you the hard luck I've had
I'm not singing the blues I'm telling you the hard luck I've had
The blues ain't nothing but a good man feeling bad
JIMMIE THE KID
(Jimmie Rodgers)
« © '31 Peer International, BMI »
I'll tell you a story of Jimmie the Kid he's a brakeman you all know
He was born in Mississippi away down south and he flagged on the T N & O
He yodeled to fame on the Boston Main the Wabash and the Teepee
From the old Grand Trunk to the cotton belt and he yodeled on the Santa Fe
On the Lehigh Valley he yodeled awhile then he went to the Nickel Plate
From the old Lake Shore and the Erie Line now he yodels to a Cadillac Eight
He yodeled his way to the C & A the Lackawanna and I C
He rode a rattler called the Cannonball then he yodeled on the M K & T
Now the story goes that Jimmie the Kid he has a yodeling mama so sweet
They go Cadillacin' every night and they yodel up and down the street
He's rode freight trains from East and West he's fixed himself up nice
He's got a beautiful home all of his own it's the yodeler's paradise
They've treated him good they've treated him bad he never done any wrong
He yodels a yodel everybody knows is the yodeling brakeman's song
Like the ancient Roman Empire this world is doomed to fall
And it's much too big a thing for mortal man
Just take a look around and see the writing on the wall
Somehow we've got to find a helping hand
This world has never been in the awful shape it's in
And people scorn the things our leaders do
It's time a prayer was spoken from the hearts of every man
Jesus take a hold and lead us through
The mighty roar of gunfire is now a local sound
And our city streets are filled with angry men
Law's now a mockery throughout our troubled land
And destruction seems to be the current trend
This world has never been in the awful shape it's in
And our leaders seem in doubt what to do
It's time a prayer was spoken from the hearts of every man
Jesus take a hold and lead us through
Jesus take a hold and lead us through
She was always there each time I needed you,
Holding on to me like I held on to you,
We still don't have what you and I once had;
No, It's Not Love, But it's not bad.
No, It's Not Love, not like ours was. It's Not Love,
But it keeps love from driving me mad;
And I don't have to wonder who she's had.
No, It's Not Love, But it's not bad
I turn to her when you leave me alone,
Sometimes even when you're here, and you're still gone.
She'e slowly changing what you leave so sad;
No, It's Not Love, But it's not bad.
No, It's Not Love, not like ours was. It's Not Love,
But it keeps love from driving me mad;
And I don't have to wonder who she's had.
No, It's Not Love, But it's not bad
Well I might have gone fishin' I got to thinkin' it over
The road to the river is a mighty long way
Well it must be the reason ano rhyme or no reason
I'm takin' it easy it's my lazy day
I never mind callin' cause I ain't comin'
Just get you on by me and stay out of my way stay out of my way
A little bit thinkin' drives me to drinkin'
Hey I'm a takin' it easy it's my lazy day
[ piano - guitar ]
Well I might have gone fishin'...
Last night we had a hell raisin' time
Nippin' on tequila and suckin' on limes
Sunrise chased the good time away
And good morning would have been the wrong thing to say
'Cause the poundin' in the top of my head
Hey didn't leave me any too soon
I can't say we've had a good morning
But babe it's been a great afternoon
Well you nursed me through the morning while I was really down
Then one rowdy afternooner got me up and around
Yes last night we had one hell raisin' time
But today won't be forgotten too soon
I can't say we've had a good morning
Oh but babe it's been a great afternoon, yes sir
Well you nursed me through the morning while I was really down
Then one rowdy afternooner got me up and around
Yes last night we had one hell raisin' time, he he
But today won't be forgotten too soon
I can't say we've had a good morning
But dang it's been a great afternoon
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
I made a big mistake when
I introduced her to my friend
And gave him a chance to dance with her
As I watched them in the crowd
I could hear my heart beat loud
Cause it meant goodbye to me
When she said hello to him
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
She just held on to his hand
When it was break time for the band
And it was plain to see that I'd lost out
So I slipped to wait and cry
Felt so low I could die
Cause it meant goodbye to me
When she said hello to him
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Is there anywhere to go
Where a broken heart won't show
Everyone must know what's wrong with me
They can tell bout my ways
I go round lost in the days
Cause it meant goodbye to me
When she said hello to him
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
I'd love to shout my feelin's from a mountain high
Tell the world I love her and I will till I die
There's no way the world will understand that love is colour blind
That's why Irma Jackson can't be mine
I remember when no one cared about us bein' friends
We were only children and it really didn't matter then
But we grew up too quickly in a world that draws a line
Where they say Irma Jackson can't be mine
If my lovin' Irma Jackson is a sin
Then I don't understand this crazy world we're livin' in
There's a muddy wall between us standin' high
But I'll love Irma Jackson till Idie
She tells me she's decided that she'll go away
And I guess it's right but she alone should have the final say
But in spite of her decision forcin' us to say goodbye
I'll still love Irma Jackson till I die
If my lovin' Irma Jackson is a sin
Then I don't understand this crazy world we're livin' in
It's a muddy wall between us standin' high
But I'll love Irma Jackson till Idie
WHAT A FELLOWSHIP
WHAT A JOY DIVINE
LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS
WHAT A BLESSEDNESS
WHAT A PEACE IS MINE
LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS
CHO:
LEANING (ON JESUS)
LEANING (ON JESUS)
SAFE AND SECURE
FROM ALL ALARMS
LEANING (ON JESUS)
LEANING (ON JESUS)
LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS
OH HOW SWEET TO WALK
IN THIS PILGRIM WAY
LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS
OH HOW BRIGHT THE PATH
GROWS FROM DAY TO DAY
LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS
CHO:
WHAT HAVE I TO DREAD
WHAT HAVE I TO FEAR
LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS
I HAVE BLESSED PEACE
WITH MY LORD SO NEAR
LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS
CHO:
We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee;
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street;
We like livin' right, and bein' free.
I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
We don't make a party out of lovin';
We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo;
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.
And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.
Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear;
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen.
Football's still the roughest thing on campus,
And the kids here still respect the college dean.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.
We got up before sunup to get the work done up
We'd work in the fields till the sun had gone down
We've stood and we've cried as we helplessly watched
A hailstorm a beatin' our crops to the ground
And I've gone to bed hungry many nights as a lad
In the good old days when times were bad
I've seen daddy's hands break open and bleed
And I've seen him work till he's stiff as a board
I've seen mama lay and suffer in sickness
In need of a doctor we couldn't afford
Anything at all was more than we had
In the good old days when times were bad
No ammount of money could buy from me
The mem'ries that I have of them
No ammount of money could pay me
To go back and live through it again
We've got up before we found ice on the floor
Where the wind would blew snow
Through the cracks in the wall
And I've walked many miles to an old country school
With my luch in a bag of my overalls
Anything at all was more than we had
In the good old days when times were bad
No ammount of money could buy from me
The mem'ries that I have of them
No ammount of money could pay me
To go back and live through it again
IN THE ARMS OF LOVE
(Buck Owens - Gene Price)
« © '69 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Save me from loneliness rescue me with your love
I'll be safe just as long as you keep me wrapped tightly in the arms of love
The arms of love are all I need around me
But I don't know what I'd do if you should go
So please give me what I dream of the kind of dream sent from above
I'll be satisfied as long as you keep me wrapped tightly in the arms of love
The arms of love are all...
Keep me in tightin'ness give me all your love
I won't cry a single tear if you'd keep me wrapped tightly in the arms of love
In the arms of love
IF YOU'VE GOT TIME (TO SAY GOODBYE)
(Merle Haggard)
« © '71 Tree Publishing, BMI »
If you've got time to say goodbye have mercy on a guy that's gonna miss you
I know you're in a hurry but consider all the hurt I'm going through
Let me brace my heart so I can face the part that I've been dreading for so long
If you've got time to say goodbye then I'll promise I won't cry till you're gone
I know a man should never show his feelings
And I should pretend I'm glad you're leaving
If you've got time to say goodbye...
You say that you like ridin'
In my Cadillac
When I try to kiss you
You keep on pushin' me back
You say you like to party
and the money that I earn
But if you don't give me a sample
Before I sign that deed
Don't look at me
Like maybe you don't understand....
If you wanna be my Woman
Then you know you gotta let me be your man.
Piano & Guitar solo
You say yer from the country
I don't believe that's true
You try to play it smart
And look so innocent too
You say you need a ring
To give the lovin' that I need
But if you don't give me a sample
Before I sign that deed
Don't look at me
Like maybe you don't understand....
If you wanna be my Woman
Then you know you gotta let me be your man.
Piano solo, ending in a slide-out.
IF YOU SEE MY BABY
(Eddie Miller - Bob Morris)
« © '61 Jat Music »
If you see my baby while making your rounds
In some crowded nightspot or cafe in town
Tell her I miss her and I'm still around
If you see my baby in this lonesome old town
Tell her to call me when she's all alone
Cause I'm always waitin' by my telephone
I'd still worship the ground where she walks around
If you see my baby in this lonesome old town
Tell her to call me...
You must have been mad at me when you said I'm in love with you
And you made me believe in you and that you wanted me
If you really had love in mind and it hurtin' me all this time
I wonder what you would do if you hated me
If love causes this much pain and revenge really played no part
And you're about to break my heart when you're through with me
You must have been mad at me when you said I'm in love with you
And I wonder what you would do if you hated me
[ guitar ]
You must have been mad at me...
We can call Mrs Johnson to keep the kids a day or two
Take the early flight to Florida just the way we used to do
Let room service bring us breakfast make love all through the day
If we're not back in love by Monday we can go our sep'rate ways
If we're not back in love by Monday we can't say we didn't try
But before we burry our love let's make sure we've let it die
Sleep a few more nights together say the things we used to say
If we're not back in love by Monday we can go our sep'rate ways
[ steel ]
We could find that little cafe with the funny sounding name
Get the table by the window I'll say I love you once again
If the violin player's still there we'll dance you until the break of day
If we're not back in love by Monday we can go our sep'rate ways
If we're not back in love by Monday...
You Don€™t Have Very Far To Go
You always find a way, to hurt my pride
If I€™m not cryin€™, you€™re not, satisfied
I don€™t know why you want to, hurt me so
If you€™re tryin€™ to break my heart,
You don€™t have very far to go
You don€™t have very far to go before the heartaches, begin
I already feel the sadness, of a heartbreak, settin€™ in
You€™ve turnin€™ down the flame of love, too low
If you€™re tryin€™ to break my heart,
You don€™t have very far to go
turn around
You don€™t have very far to go before the heartaches begin
I already feel the sadness of a heartbreak settin€™ in
You can€™t love me and still love, to hurt me so
If you€™re tryin€™ to break my heart
You don€™t have very far to go
Our love keeps drifting and you keep giving me to blame
I go on loving you although it's all in vain
Now you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try
I've done all I can do and I'm standin' at the end
Although I know it's over my heart just won't give in
So you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try
I've done all I can do and I'm standin' at the end
Although I know it's over my heart just won't give in
So you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try
WINE TAKE ME AWAY
(Tommy Collins - Merle Haggard)
« © '67 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Warm red wine you know that place where you take me some times
Where my caress have wings and fly right off my shoulder
Where I leave my cares behind and for a while find peace of mind
Help me friend of mine wine take me away
Wine take me away where I can lose myself
Take me where I won't even see the light of day
It's my life and I wanna live it it's my will and I wanna give it
Help me friend of mine wine take me away
When my life becomes a grime and when I'm weary and tired
Then I'll tell myself I need a short vacation
I gotta leave this lonely town and you're the quickest way I found
Help me friend of mine wine take me away
Wine take me away...
Help me friend of mine wine take me away
Just outside these prison walls a hanging tree is waiting
Tomorrow I'll meet darkness as death will say hello
Darling put you lips to mine and tell me that you love
Hold me close again before you go
Chorus
T
Will you visit me on Sundays, Will you bring me pretty flowers
Will your big blue eyes be misty, will you brush brush away a tear
A grave is filled with silence, but if a sleeping man could hear
Darling, will I hear your footsteps up there.
Promise me that time won't seperate me from your memory
That you will still remember me in days of silver hair
If not for you I know I'd lose my life before the morning
Hold me close and tell me that you care
Repeat Chorus
WHY SHOULD I BE LONELY
(Jimmie Rodgers - Estelle Lowell)
« © '30 Peer International, BMI »
Oh the moon light's so bright makes me lonely tonight
Everything seems to make me feel blue here
I'm down hearted now I'm lonesome somehow
Cause you are proving untrue
Why should I be so lonely why should I be sad
Though another is taking from me the best pal I've ever had
She's taking the sunshine with her leaving the clouds for me
But why should I be so lonesome when there's nobody lonesome for me
Oh the violets so blue are calling for roses so sweet make me lonely
They bring to my mind a sweet happy time when your love was only for me
Why should I be so lonely...
Why me Lord what have I ever done to deserve even one of the pleasures I've known
Tell me Lord what did I ever do to be worthy of you or the kindness you've shown
Lord help me Jesus I've wasted it so help me Jesus I know what I am
Now that I know that I've needed you so help me Jesus my soul's in your hand
Try me Lord if you think there's a way I can try to repay all I've taken from you
Maybe Lord I can show someone else what I've been through myself
On my way back to you
Lord help me Jesus...
Jesus my soul's in your hand
Hey why am I drinkin' there's no really reason to quit
And why am I thinkin' God know I'm trying to forget
And why does that woman who stay on my mind night and day
And why am I drinkin' why am I hurtin' this way
Is love just another word for mem'ry and is love just another word of pain
The question is that love we really answered
And if so why is love so much to blame
If love is what what we're really after then why am I runnin' away
And why am I drinkin' why am I hurtin' this way
[ steel ]
If love is what what we're really after...
Yes honey why am I drinkin' why am I hurtin' this way
WHO WILL BUY THE WINE
(Billy Mize)
« © '59 Billy Mize Music »
Not so long ago you held our baby's bottle
But the one you're holding now's a different kind
And you'd never know whose lips you'll soon be kissin'
Cause it all depends on who will buy the wine
Whoever sets 'em up and tips the waitress
Your kind of love just might as well be blind
And you'd never know whose lips you'll soon be kissin'
And it all depends on who will buy the wine
The kind of life you're livin' since you left me
I'm sure is not the life you thought you choosed
Your honky tonkin' world is not so flashy
Bright lights and booze is all it really knows
Whoever sets 'em up and tips the waitress
Your kind of love just might as well be blind
You just sit and wait to be somebody's baby
And it all depends on who will buy the wine
Who do I know in Dallas
Who can I call on the phone
Who do I know in Dallas
Who'll make me forget she's gone
I can's spend the night without someone
The loneliness will drive me insane
Who do I know in Dallas
Who'll make me glad I came
It was Shirley consoled me in Phoenix
And Jeannie in old San Antone
But who do I know in Dallas
Who'll help me forget she's gone
Oh who do I know in Dallas
Who can I call on the phone
Who do I know in Dallas
Who'll make me forget she's gone
Once I stood in the night with my head bowed low in darkness as black as the sea
In my heart felt alone and I cried oh Lord don't hide your face from me
Hold my hand all the way every hour every day from here to the great unknown
Take my hand let me stand where no one stands alone
[ piano ]
Like a king I may live in a palace so fine with great riches to call my own
But I don't know a thing in this whole wide world that's worse than being alone
Hold my hand all the way...
WHERE DOES THE GOOD TIMES GO
(Buck Owens)
« © '66 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Where does the good times go where does the river flow
Where does the north wind blow where does the good times go
Lips that used to burn with love now are cold beneath my touch
Still I love you oh so much where does the good times go
Where does the good times go...
Arms that used to hold me tight eyes that shone with love so bright
Now have changed like day to night where does the good times go
Where does the good times go...
Where does the good times go
WHERE COULD I GO BUT TO THE LORD
(J.B. Coats)
« © '40 Bridge Building Music, BMI »
Now tell me where could I go but to the Lord
Living below in this old sinful world hardly a comfort can afford
Striving alone to face temptation sore where could I go but to the Lord
Where could I go oh where could I go seeking a refuge for my soul
Needing a friend to help me in the end (now tell me) where could I go but to the Lord
Life here is grand with friends I love so dear comfort I get from God's own word
Yet when I face the chilling hand of death where could I go but to the Lord
Where could I go...
Where could I go...
When the ceremony was over a lad stood alone in tears
For he had just said goodbye to the one he had loved through the years
He stood all alone with his head bowed down as though his heart would break
The parson came over and took his hand and to him these words he did say
When God comes and gathers his jewels all his treasures of diamonds and gold
You'll meet her up there in heaven so fair when God comes and gathers his jewels
Every night when the pale moon is shining you can see this lad all alone
With his eyes lifted up toward heaven he's repeating these words he was told
When God comes and gathers his jewels...
[ fiddle ]
When God comes and gathers his jewels...
It gets longer in between each time you call
I'd be safe in saying you no longer care at all
We're never seem together like we used to
Be tell me darling whatever happened to me
I once played a big part in your world
Think back and I know you'll agree
You still play a big part in my world
Oh but whatever happened to me
I made up my own excuses for so long
I can't keep myself from asking what went wrong
Please forgive me if I'm just too blind to see
And tell me darling whatever happened to me
Please forgive me if I'm just too blind to see
And tell me darling whatever happened to me
The boys are wantin' me to go out drinking
They want me to leave my Julie home
I know Julie don't mind my drinking
But Julie don't like to be left here at home
So what's wrong with stayin' home with Julie
Julie's always been good to me
What's wrong with stayin' home with Julie
Julie's always stayed at home with me
I know she may be a bit old fashion
She don't wear all those fancy clothes
But at least they don't say bad things about her
And I'm proud of her everywhere we go
So what's wrong with stayin' home with Julie
Julie's always been good to me
What's wrong with stayin' home with Julie
Julie's always stayed at home with me
I remember it all started in 1929 when me and Diana came to Alaska
To homestead some of this free government land
Forty mile from the nearest gravel road we cut our life in the ponderosa pines
We sweated hard to beat the winter snow
But the cabin's up and we've got lots of times
What have you got planned tonight Diana would you consider laying in my arms
I love you more than ever now Diana I'm sure you're the reason I was born
Jim was born the first year we were here look at him my God he's almost grown
The baby's in the cradle fast asleep just think in no time he'll be up and gone
What have you got planned tonight Diana...
The time sure does fly doesn't it Dianna
It's been almost two years now since since you've been gone
Speaking of time I guess you know that mine's bout up I'm gonna see you tonight
Just another breath or two and I'll be home by the way
What have you got planned tonight Diana...
I can make it for a day or two without you
And maybe I can make it through the night
I can smoke I can drink and probably be alright until morning
But what am I gonna do with the rest of my life
I've got things that I can do I've got places I can go to this evening
I've got whiskey I can drink that'll help me not to think about you leaving
Yes I can smoke and I can drink probably be alright till morning
But what am I gonna do with the rest of my life
[ guitar ]
I've got things that I can do...
But what am I gonna do with the rest of my life
What a friend we have in Jesus all our sins and grieves to bear
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer
Oh what peace we often forfeit of what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer
Have we trials and temptation is there trouble anywhere
We should never be discouraged take it to the Lord in prayer
Oh what peace we often forfeit...
Can we find up friend so faithful who will all our sorrow share
Jesus knows our every weakness take it to the Lord in prayer
WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS
WRITERS HENRY CREAMER, J. TURNER LAYTON
Well, way down yonder in New Orleans in the land of the dreamy scenes There's a garden of Eden, ah-you know what I mean Yeah, Creole babies with flashin' eyes softly whisper with tender sighs And then you stop! Oh won't you give your lady fair a little smile? And then you stop! You bet your life you'll linger there a little while Yeah, there is heaven right here on earth with those beautiful queens Yeah, way down yonder in New Orleans Whoo! instrumental break Way down yonder in New Orleans, whoo!, in the land of the dreamy scenes There's a garden of Eden, you know what I mean Well, Creole babies with flashin' eyes softly whisper with tender sighs And then you stop! Oh won't you give your lady fair a little smile? And then you stop! You bet your life you'll linger there a little while Yeah, there is heaven right here on earth with those beautiful queens Well, way down yonder in New Orleans Yeah! whoo! instrumental to end
[ fiddle ]
Ever in dreams with you I'll sway dear to the waltz you saved for me
Ever in dreams while I'm away dear you'll hear this melody
Whisper goodbye and gently say dear that in all the days to be
You will sometimes remember the waltz you saved for me
WAIT A LITTLE LONGER PLEASE JESUS
WITH BONNIE OWENS
(Hazel Houser - Chester Smith)
« © '54 Central Songs, BMI »
Here the labor is so hard and the workers they are tired
And our weary hearts're yearning for a rest
And I find we're getting anxious to be in that happy home
Where we'll reseive such peace and happiness
But wait a little longer please Jesus there are so many wandering out in sin
Just a little longer please Jesus a few more days to get our loved ones in
Family scattered here and there and thought Lord we love them dear
Maybe we can help them find a way
But if waiting is the cost dear ol' Lord then I'll be lost
And that's the only reason why we say
Wait a little longer please Jesus...
A few more days to get our loved ones in
The ladies of the garden club say his home is just a disgrace to the town, if the Mayor want's reelected, he'd better pass some laws and tear it down.
They wanna cover it with flowers, maybe even plant some dogwood trees; I guess that they've forgotten, when we were kids what that place used to be. I know it's just a shanty now, but Lord that place was built with human tears, for it's the home of Uncle Lem who was born and raised and lived there ninety years. There's not a boy in this whole town hasn't stopped for water at his well, or sat on his porch in the evenin' and listened to the stories that he'd tell. (refrain) oh his hair was the color of a cottonfield and his skin was old and brown, and he was born in that rundown shack before there was a town. He bought that shack and a piece of earth for the highest price to pay; his mom was bought and sold there, Uncle Lem was born'd a slave.(end of refrain) the mayor and some ladies of the garden club went out to tell Uncle Lem that he'd have to find a new place to live; well they found him there in that old broken down rockin chair, and on an old paper bag they found his will. "nor I wanna leave my old shotgun to the fine mayor of this town, for I remember when he a little fella, he used to follow me around. I wish I had more to give to my friends that I love, but all I've got is this old shack and a piece of earth, and I want it to go to the ladies of the garden club.(refrain)
Tulare dust in a farm boy's nose
Wondering where the freight train goes
Standin' in the field by the railroad track
Cursin' this strap on my cotton sack
I can see mom and dad with shoulders low
Both of 'em pickin' on a double row
They do it for a livin' because they must
That's life like it is in the Tulare dust
The California sun was something new
That when we arrived in '42
And I can still remember how my daddy cussed
The tumbleweeds here in the Tulare dust
The wally fever was a comin' fate
To the farmworkers here in the Golden State
And I miss Oklahoma but I'll stay
If I must and help make a livin' in the Tulare dust
The Tulare dust in a farm boy's nose
Wondering where the freight train goes
Standin' in the field by the railroad track
Cursin' this strap on my cotton sack
TRAVELIN' BLUES
(Jimmie Rodgers - Shelly Lee Alley)
« © '31 Peer International, BMI »
I had a dream last night I thought my good gal had gone
I woke up this morning she had really done me wrong
I know it's not fair but my good gal has done caught air
My gal's been trifling around just about a week I know
Several of my good friends just told me so and so
She's found a new man and now I can understand
I'm going away leaving today I'm gonna bring my baby back
If that eight wheel driver don't jump the railroad track
I'll take her from that man I'm gonna bring her home if I can
It's true my baby's gone I know it won't be long
We'll both be on that train my baby's coming home again
She's been trifling around but now she has thrown him down
I'm going away leaving today...
I know we know I won't be here for long
A travelin' man will do what he can till he hears that travelin' song
Born in a little town I left home around bout the age of nine
Been everywhere a time or two doin' what I wanna do leavin' little girls behind
I know we know...
[ guitar - fiddle ]
If you see me twice take my advice and don't play me no tune
When I hear my song it won't be long I'll be leavin' soon
I know we know...
As I travel along I sing my songs I'm happy as can be
I'm free as a bird you can take my word travelin's a life for me
I know we know...
I know we know...
TRAIN WHISTLE BLUES
(Jimmie Rodgers)
« © '29 Peer International, BMI »
When a woman gets the blues she hangs her little head and cries
When a woman gets the blues she hangs her little head and cries
But when a man gets the blues he grabs a train and rides
Every time I see that lonesome railroad train
Every time I see that lonesome railroad train
It makes me wish I was going home again
Looky yonder coming coming down that railroad track
Looky yonder coming coming down that railroad track
With the black smoke rolling rolling from that old smoke stack
I got the blues so bad till the whole round world looks blue
I got the blues so bad till the whole round world looks blue
I ain't got a dime I don't know what to do
I'm weary now I want to leave this town
I'm weary now and I want to leave this town
I can't find a job I'm tired of hanging around
TOO MANY BRIDGES TO CROSS OVER
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Be close to me but please don't ever love me
Don't let your feelings carry you that far
I'll hold you in my arms buy you clothes and pretty charms
And I'll give you everything except my love
Because there's too many bridges to cross over
Too many places I ain't been
Yeah there's too many fields of tempting clover
Like an eagle I'm a prisoner of the wind
Well traveling was the nickname of my papa
And mama said he died cause he slowed down
Keep in mine these things I'm saying
Cause I ain't got the time to staying
Won't be long until my shoes touch distant ground
Because there's too many bridges...
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a word of lost sinners were slain
[ steel ]
I will cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown
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