I feel so bad I've got a worried mind I'm so lonesome all the time
Since I left my baby behind on Blue Bayou
Saving nickels and saving dimes working till the sun don't shine
Looking forward to happier times on Blue Bayou
I'm going back some day come what may to Blue Bayou
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play on Blue Bayou
Where the fishing boats with their sails afloat if I could only see
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes how happy I'd be
Go to see my baby again wanna be with some of my friends
Maybe I feel better then on Blue Bayou
I'm going back some day gonna stay on Blue Bayou
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine on Blue Bayou
With the girl of mine by my side till the silvery moon and the evening dies
This is the last cowboy song the end of a hundred year waltz
Voices sound sad as they're singing along another piece of America's lost
He rides a feed lot and clerks in a market
On weekends selling tobacco and beer
His dreams of tomorrow surrounded by fences
But he'll dream tonight of when fences weren't here
He blazed the trail with Lewis and Clark
And eyeball to eyeball Ol' Wyatt backed down
He stood shoulder to shoulder with Travis in Texas
And rode with the Seventh when Custer went down
This is the last cowboy song the end of a hundred year waltz
Voices sound sad as they're singing along another piece of America's lost
Remington showed us how he looked on canvas
And Louie L'Amore has told us his tale
And Willie and Waylon and me sing about him
And wish to God we could have ridden his trail
The Old Chisholm Trail is covered in concrete now
And they truck 'em to market in fifty foot rigs
They blow by his market never slowing to reason
Like living and dying was all he did
This is the last cowboy song the end of a hundred year waltz
Voices sound sad as they're singing along another piece of America's lost
This is the last cowboy song the end of a hundred year waltz
Voices sound sad as they're singing along another piece of America's lost
[ guitar ]
This is the last cowboy song the end of a hundred year waltz
Did you ever say I'm lonesome and stop to wonder really what lonesome is
Lonesome is a little boy standing in a crowd a telephone ringing in an empty house
Lonesome is an autumn leave that first falls from its tree lonesome is me
Lonesome is a footstep with out of place to go
Or summer is last robin in winter's first snow
Lonesome is a little dog lost out in the street lonesome is me
Lonesome is an empty bottle a half filled glass of wine
The sound that a clock makes when all you have is time
Lonesome is a heart that breaks when love has turned to hate
The dying sun at the close of day
Lonesome is a jail of tears that won't set me free lonesome is me
Just as sure as there's gold in California
A jukebox in Tesas guitars down in Tennessee
Just as sure as a peach grows in Georgia
We gonna make it love's found you and me
It's been a long time long time to comin' and you tried other so have I
But love never touched me till you touched me
And you never saw love till you saw it in my eyes
Just as sure as there's gold...
[ dobro - guitar ]
You can look too hot and overlook it never see the forest for the trees
Run your race too fast and never win it
But if love is a gamble they won't bet on you and me
Just as sure as there's gold...
Just as sure as there's gold...
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love
A cowboy ain't easy to love and he's harder to hold
It means more to him to give you a song than silver or gold
Big trophy buckles and soft faded Levi's
And each night begins a new day
If you can't understand him and he don't die young
He'll probably just ride away
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love
A cowboy loves smoky ole pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do
Sometimes won't know how to take him
He's not wrong, he's just different and his pride won't let him do
Things to make you think he's right
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
This very night the train was right on time
Baby stepped aboard and left the both of us behind now
You've got to make your day and I've got to make my way
Somehow someway away from you Memphis morning
She's to me what sunshine is to you
Her train cross the river flying now what will I do like
Sunshine helps make your day she helped in her own way
Without sunshine flowers waste away Memphis morning
Oh oh Memphis morning you're not so pretty anymore
Raise your bridges start your whistles blowing
I don't know what I'm hanging round for Memphis morning
Now you hold too many memories
Best thing I can do is leave you with 'em without me well
If I come back this way now I'll try to plan my day
So you won't see me passing through Memphis morning
Words & Music by Ed Bruce
The lashes that she bats
Above those big blue eyes are real
The nails she scratches my back with are hers
She's soft and warm all over
No silicone landscaping
She keeps me straight with all those curves
The good Lord used the best parts
When he put this one together
She's got lots of love to give, and it's all mine
She don't need nothing extra
'Cause she came with all the options
My baby don't need no polish to shine
She don't shop at Neiman-Marcus
She don't need no new Mercedes
She says "thanks" but her red truck will do just fine
I don't wake up in the morning
In a cloud of VO-5
My first taste of Texas had blue eyes and golden hair
Beneath the Tennessee silver moon, we found a feeling we could share
And days made no difference, I'd been around and she was young
But my first taste of Texas still lingers in my heart and on my tongue
Her gentle heart was broken
In a way that a tender lady shouldn't have to know
And mine was somewhere in between
Something I should hold on to or let go
Her talking blue eyes told me
The story of the love she failed to find
And without conversation
I suppose the lines on my face told her mine
My first taste of Texas had blue eyes and golden hair
Beneath the Tennessee silver moon, we found a feeling we could share
And days made no difference, I'd been around and she was young
But my first taste of Texas still lingers in my heart and on my tongue
'Cause we're not done, we've only just begun
Begun to love, now the two of us are one
And days made no difference, we're still around and love's still young
And my first taste of Texas still lingers in my heart and on my tongue
My first taste of Texas had blue eyes and golden hair
Beneath the Tennessee silver moon, we found a feeling we could share
And days made no difference, we're still around and love's still young
Ninety-nine years is a long long time to bust your back and the heart of mine
You sweat so much you can't cry tears when you stop to think about ninety-nine years
Ninety-nine years on a harder rock mine I work two years off of my time
Ninety-nine years go so slow when you still got ninety-seven more to go
Wrong kind woman got me in this mess wantin' pretty things and a satin red dress
What I couldn't make she said I have to take and judge said ninety-nine for just this sake
[ guitar ]
I take a rest when the guard turns his head
Hopin' he'll be nappin' maybe shoot me dead
Those days drag by and the years go slow
But thank God I only got ninety-seven more to go
Oh Lord if I could just go home I'd do things different from now on
There wouldn't be near the gray in my old daddy's hair
Oh Lord if I could just go home
I know it wasn't daddy's fault that mama died when I was just a kid
And the best that he could do to raise me right was all he ever did
And I know he'd love mama a lot longer than I had and he was every bit as alone
But I don't guess I'd helped too much to build a happy home
He made sure I got to church every Sunday the way mama had always done
And he was always sorry he had to work so hard and he never had much time for fun
He knew I missed mama a lot
And maybe he was easier on me than he should have been
But it sure ain't his fault that I didn't turn out to be much a man
Well I've grew on into my teens and I guess I thought I was a real hard stuff
Goin' into town hangin' around bars and actin' pretty tough
Well I'm looking out at a different set of bars now
And that little window don't let it much light
You see I got roarin' drinkin' mad one night and I killed the man in a fight
I got a letter from back home the other day
Saying dad had a stroke and he ain't doin' too good
Well if I had done right I'd be there now to help him and God you know I would
And I'd pay him back for all the years of love that he gave me
And I'd be a better man the way I was taught to be
I didn't cry today I even smile today
When I heard someone say that you had passed his way
I guess you'd have to say I'm gettin' better
Then I heard our old song the hurt wasn't quite so strong
Maybe it won't be long till all of my hurt is gone
Then I know I'll live on I'm gettin' better
I know I wrote my promise to you I said I'd never get over you
But a man can't spend all of his life fightin' heartaches and livin' with strife
For the time since I lost you I looked at someone new
Maybe she won't be true but darling neither were you
It must be I have always loved you just never knew where I would find you
You've always been the one babe now that I've found you
I can't remember ever never lovin' you
There's may have been someone before you
But I can't recall because she wasn't more you
It's either you or none babe now that we're one
I can't imagine ever never lovin' you
I always knew how much I loved you
But up till now I didn't know you how could I show you
There's may have been someone before you
But I can't remember ever never lovin' you
I can't remember ever never lovin' you
There was only me and her and him
The bar was giving last call so I thought I'd move on in
And I was slick and feeling like a man so I took the stool between 'em
And ordered one more round for me and her and him
I placed my arms across the back of her barstool
And I don't remember what I said but at the time it sounded cool
She pushed her drink away and never looked at me
She just paid her tab tipped the man and left me sittin' there alone with him
And he said there's girls and there's women and there's ladies
There's yes'es and there's no's and there's maybe's
There's teasin' and pleasin' they start learnin' when they're babies
There's girls and there's women and there's ladies
Well he pushed his old straw hat back and he grinned
And he said ain't they all a mystery ha ha sonny it's a sin
They're all sittin' on the world they're tryin' to win
Ah but you know I love a mystery
So let's drink another round to you and me and them
He said there's girls...
There's girls and there's women...
If you wanna keep a love young always show her that you care
Call her through the day to say you love her always thinking of her
Give her just a little more love than you take
If you sometimes seem to hurt her then you mustn't let love die
Take her head on your shoulder pet her say you're sorry to let her cry
Give her just a little more love than you take
Like the rain filling water that the sun takes from a lake
If you give more love there'll always be than much more to take
Just remember your time's coming when you'll need someone to lean on
So give love with a smile and she'll make it all worth while
Always by your side to give you more love than she takes
Like the rain filling water...
If you wanna keep a love young...
Words & Music by
Ed Bruce and Phil O'Donnell
Second day of third grade, Three Oaks Elementary
She sat in the first row, I was all the way across the room
It might as well have been the far side of the moon
I had to get her attention, she wouldn't look at me
I waited for the bell to ring, and when we went outside for recess
I put a cricket down the backside of her dress
Had to take a note home, Mama spanked my butt
Daddy hugged me, "Son, that's part of growing up"
You live and learn to give and take
When to use your strength
And when you need a gentle touch
Sometimes it takes patience
Sometimes a greater store of love
You learn it growing up
Andy was my best friend, all the way through high school
We couldn't wait for Friday night
We'd chip in change for gas in his car and roam
One night I was grounded so he went out on his own
Two o'clock in the morning, I'd just gotten to sleep
Mama took the call and woke me
"That was Andy's Daddy on the phone"
Andy missed that hairpin curve on Levee Road
Andy loved to run hard, he never buckled up
Mama held me when I cried growing up
You live and learn to give and take
When to pray for strength
When understanding's not enough
Look life in the eye
Even when the road gets rough
It's not easy growing up
I can't forget the day she called me home from work
The pains were getting closer
She said, "Hon, don't panic, but it's time to go"
We named him "Andy" for a friend I used to know
It hit me just this morning, I dropped him off at school
No great revelation
I bowed my head and thanked the Lord for all I've got
Little league and family picnics in the park
Both our folks are doing well, the circle's filling out
I treasure every moment; I'm still growing up
You live and learn to give and take
Always try to do your best
And hope that it's enough
If you don't lose the faith
You'll always find the love
Soft rain kissing the fallen leaves
Night wind harmonizing with whispering trees
Of pretty sounds I've heard the sweetest I think, maybe
Is when she sings to the baby
I look around at riches by which some men measure
But all their wealth, I see, can never match my treasures
The stillness of the dawn by a mountain stream
A bird and his mate dancing through the night on pale moon beams
Of pretty things I've seen the sweetest I think, maybe
Is when she's holding the baby
I look around at riches by which some men measure
But all their wealth, I see, can never match my treasures
Of fortunes I have seen, the riches I think, maybe
THEY CALL HER A HUNDRED DOLLAR LADY
I DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT SHES WORTH
BUT EVER SINCE SHE WALKED
INTO THIS HONKY TONK
IVE COUNTED ALL MY MONEY WANTIN HER
TWO FIVES, THREE ONES, AND TWO QUARTERS
AND THIS COLD GLASS OF BEER I JUST PAID FOR
AND I COULD PAY THE REST FIRST THING MONDAY
AH, HONEY HAVE MERCY ON A POOR BOY,
BUT SHE SAID:
(BRIDGE)
NO DOWN PAYMENTS, NO CHECKS OR CREDIT CARDS
IM SORRY BUT BUSINESS IS BUSINESS
IM A WORKIN GIRL AND YOU KNOW TIMES ARE HARD
BUT HONEY IM OFF ON WEDNESDAYS
WELL I BOUGHT A FEW ROUNDS
AND SHE TOOK WHISKEY
GUSTO ON TAP AINT GOOD ENOUGH
SHE WAS WEARIN HIGH HEELED BOOTS
AND TIGHT FITTIN TWO PIECE LEVIS
SO MANHATTANS MORE HER KIND OF STUFF
THREE ONES, TWO DIMES, FOUR NICKLES
ILL GO WITHOUT LUNCH AND SMOKES TOMORROW
BUT SHE SAID NO AGAIN TO MY QUESTION
SHE LIKES ME BUT SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS SORRY
SHE STILL SAID:
HUNDRED DOLLAR LADY
(REPEAT BRIDGE)
THEY CALL HER A HUNDRED DOLLAR LADY
I DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT SHES WORTH
IVE HAD ME SOME OF THOSE
HUNDRED DOLLAR DAYDREAMS
BUT NONE OF THEM CAN COME UP TO HER
I could tell you that it don't hurt, you're leavin' me
And I could say it never really matter
The way you've always treated me
Baby, I could lie to you some more and say
I won't cry when you walk out back door
But I know better
If someone had just told me you would be like this
I'd always runnin' and lookin' and a wantin'
To taste some stranger's kiss
Baby, that have been good advice I took
I tell myself I'd never even givin' you a second look
But I know better
Go on and have your fun, see the town and run around
I don't think you've got too much longer to run
There'll come a time when you're too tired to run
And bright lights and booze
Have got you too used up for anyone's fun
Baby, you'll expect to start again with me
Back before our love begin to end
But I know better
Before the snow flies and summer dies the wildbirds fly away
Before the winter falls the spirit calls and warns 'em not to stay
And this morning something's warning me our love affair is through
So I believe before you leave I'd best be leaving you
Well I don't know when I started feeling restless
But something that I hear ain't ringing true
Can't explain this crazy feeling but it's cut my whole world reeling
I believe I'd best be leaving you
Before the snow flies...
[ guitar ]
Well I don't know if you'll ever understand me
But it won't make much difference if you do
Feelings that I can't ignore telling me just what's in store
And I believe I'd best be leaving you
Greyhound bus on a corner of a rainy street seems to say
Climb aboard by morning you will sleep far away
From this town where falling down brings laughing crowds
And not one hand to help you to your feet
Get on board (I'll take you away) get on board (I'll take you away)
Don't wait till it's too late get on board (I'll take you away)
Reflections of raindrops in the headlight beams seem to say
Go from this neon jungle for the price of your dreams is too much to pay
Leave this place this ride race this madning pace
It's just one great big chase for phoney face
Get on board (I'll take you away)...
Get on board (I'll take you away) get on board (I'll take you away)
Words & Music by
Ed Bruce, Ron Peterson & Judith Bruce
If you want to hear a love song
I could sing one
If you want to feel the fire
We could build one
If you need to catch a rainbow
We could chase one
If you want to be together
We could be one
Now, you talk about tomorrows
I can see one
There's no mountain we can't climb
If we reach one
If you believe in forevers
We could start one
If you want to be together
We could be one
One and one, I've always heard
Adds up to two
But one and one is only one
When that one is me and you
If you believe in forevers
We could start one
If you want to be together
There was a time I really thought it did some good
To get down on my knees to you and I would
But baby now that's all changed today's a brand new day
You ain't worth the price I had to stay
Just because you're the best looking woman that I've ever seen
Ain't reason enough to have to treat you like a queen
There's a harder lesson you need to learn and it might as well be today
Baby you ain't worth the price I had to stay
I'm tired of tryin' to turn the other cheek to you
And never knowin' which way to turn cause you've made up a brand new set of rules
Somewhere I picked up a little more pride than I had yesterday
Baby you ain't worth the price I had to stay
[ harmonica + guitar ]
I'm tired of tryin' to turn...
If I could find the strenght I need to do the thing I should
I just walk on out that door be rid of you for good
But a man ain't always strong enough to tell himself that he's been wrong
Why can't I just come home one night and you'd be gone
If I had only known the thoughts that went on in your mind
Then I could have left you to the others of your kind
I know that I should leave you now but I just ain't that strong
Why can't I just come home one night and you'd be gone
I cried things you do me that make me live in shame
Everybody knows how loosly you have worn my name
I guess I have more love and pride even thougg my love's all wrong
There's no way back cause we've come too far
We'll watch the last bridge burn in a midnight fire
Any thought of saying good night was lost when we closed the door
And I'm sure
You're not leavin' here tonight not till I hold you tight
Not till the sun burns brighter than this old candle light
I really don't care how long it takes till the moon is gone
With lovin' so near you're not leavin' here tonight
The light is soft layin' on your skin
We're close enough to go where we've never been
We feel the love that's waiting for us why wait a moment more
I think we're sure
You're not leavin' here tonight...
You're not leavin' here tonight...
You turn me on like a radio then baby then you play me soft and low
You know how to make the music flow deep in my soul
Baby you know just how to keep the signal strong you got me tuned in all night long
Whenever you want oh you turn me on like a radio
Baby when the room in dark
And you touch me and I feel a spark
I hear that old song start to play
And softly it fills the room
And each time that I hear that tune
I know it? s gonna take me away
You turn me on like a radio then baby then you play me soft and low
You know how to make the music flow deep in my soul
Baby you know just how to keep the signal strong you got me tuned in all night long
Whenever you want oh you turn me on like a radio
You turn me on like a radio then baby then you play me soft and low
You know how to make the music flow down deep in my soul
Baby you know just how to keep the signal strong you got me tuned in all night long
I was born a king of fools
Most people think I'm just a playboy breaking rules
But they don't know that when it comes around to love I
always loose
That’s why I call myself the king of fools.
I was born never to care
But now I want a love that I can share.
I've searched in vain for a Love that would never be
true
That's why I call myself the king of fools
King of fools, king of fools
When it comes around to love I always lose
I was born without a good thought
just to live fast, tell lies and breaking hearts
I have broken many hearts and I've broken many rules
that's why I call myself the King of Fools.
King of fools, king of fools
When it comes around to love I always lose
I was born the king of fools
At any other game I never lose
But when it comes around to Love that's when I realize
I was born the king of fools.
King of fools, king of fools
When it comes around to love I always lose
King of fools, king of fools
At any other game I never lose
King of fools, king of fools
Ed Bruce, Glenn Ray & Patsy Bruce
Too many dusty trailtowns, too few and far between
Tired saloons with sawdust-covered floors
Too many one more showdowns and aces over queens
Winning's just a way of keeping score
- Chorus -
My ole pappy always told me your fate is in your hand
Stand pat or draw, it's yours to choose
Luck don't have a thing to do with how you play the game
Maverick didn't come here to lose
Maverick didn't come here to lose
No one recalls the first hand, they all know who won the last
And every man must find his place in time
If all a man can count on is one day pushing up the grass
When I do I lay you odds that grass is mine
(Repeat Chorus)
I 'm tired of leaving nothing, No one ever knows you're gone
Someone's always there to take your seat
I wonder how it feels to hear someone say "glad your home"
Or greet the same ole friends on familiar street
Ed Bruce
Miscellaneous
Nights (1986)
Nights are the loneliest time of day
That's when your memory comes around and gets me down
Nights, there's a star for every tear
That's fallen from my eye oh how I cried
Oh those nights alone thinking back to you and I
Yes those nights I know I never should have said goodbye
Nights are the loneliest time of day
That's when your memory comes around and gets me down
Oh those nights alone thinking about to you and I
It's those nights I know I never should have said goodbye
I said nights, there's a star for every tear
That's fallen from my eye oh how I cried
Nights are the loneliest part of day
Bet it ain't raining back home
Bet your sister's still on the phone
Bet Momma's in the kitchen, cooking fried chicken
Wishing that I hadn't done wrong
Yeah, Momma, don't you worry about it none though
Everything's gonna be all right, Momma
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here Momma
Things like
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang
Papa's reading yesterday's mail
Wishing that the hay was all baled
I bet he's a-wishing we could go fishing
And here I am a-laying in jail
Well, Papa, don't you worry about it none now
Everything's gonna be all right, Papa
They're teaching us a lesson a day we're learning pretty well too
We've already learned a whole lot of stuff already
Things like
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi
When my baby loves me, when my baby hugs me
When my baby holds me tight
Man, I'm in level and I'm in heaven
When my baby loves me right
Well, she's not short, brother, she's not tall
'Cause man, she's just about right
Oh, she's my rock boppin' baby
And I don't mean maybe
She'll do it up right tonight
Well, my rock boppin' baby
You oughta see her shakin'
Well, my rock boppin' baby's got tricks
Well, you oughta see her rock
She don't move in one spot
But she bops all over the place
When we go out for a night on the town
We don't ever fool around
When we start boppin', all the other cats stop
And they just start standin' around
When we get goin' it ain't no slowin'
And we just have a ball
I'm puttin' you wise, my baby ain't got eyes
For any other guys at all
Well, my rock boppin' baby
You oughta see her shakin'
Well, my rock boppin' baby's got tricks
Well, you oughta see her rock
She don't move in one spot
But she bops all over the place
Well, she's not short and brother, she's not tall
'Cause man, she's just about right
Oh, she's my rock boppin' baby
And I don't mean maybe
Oh there were others some were friends some were merrily lovers
But they all helped me discover it's so hard to find someone who'll be true
I said no way would I fall again oh no no way
There's just too many heartaches
And I don't like the way it feels to feel my heart break
Then there was you
You're the best break this old heart ever had
You're all the good luck that I'll never need to have
Never thought I'd ever love again like that
You're the best break this old heart ever had
All around me my world was crumbling down all around me
Oh but then you found me and with your love you mended my life
You're the best break...
You're the best break...
I stole her from Emmett Fry, and now what's done is done.
Like any man I'm afraid to die, but I'm hurt too bad to run.
I ran with her to Walker's Woods with him close on my heels;
I knew he'd kill to get her back, and I know just how he feels.
Oh, the sun never shines in Walker's Woods;
I doubt if it would want to come in even if it could,
'Cause the gators and the cottonmouths, the sand that pulls you down
Makes Walker's Woods a haven for the damned.
By the quicksand over there my dream came to an end:
She said it was a big mistake, that she'd return to him,
So I gave her to the hungry sands, now all I loved is dead--
And all that's left is the scarlet rag that she wore upon her head.
Oh, the sun never shines in Walker's Woods;
I doubt if it would want to come in even it could,
'Cause the gators and the cottonmouths,the sand that pulls you down
Makes Walker's Woods a haven for the damned.
I've no regrets; I loved her; five more minutes I'll be free--
I'd have made it if that cottonmouth hadn't made his strike at me.
But I have to laugh when I think how mad old Emmett's going to be
When he finds out he never got to take one shot at me.
Oh, the sun never shines in Walker's Woods;
I doubt if it would want to come in even if it could,
'Cause the gators and the cottonmouths, the sand that pulls you down
I walked into a tavern to have a drink and kill some time
A little boy approached me with tears in his eyes
He wasn't more that five or six but he stood like a man
With a tiny golden locket clutched in his little hand
He opened up the locket I saw a picture there
He said sir that's my mommie please have you seen her anywhere
She's all I have now in this world I must find her if I can
Then he kissed the tiny locket clutched in his little hand
I watched him leave and wondered where he go from here
Then the scream of brakes along the street turned me cold with fear
I ran and saw him lying there in the street so cold and dead
With the tiny golden locket still in his little hand
A woman staggered from the car to see what she had done
She looked upon his little face then recognized her only son
She cried oh Lord what have I done forgive me if you can
I met her sadly in the slowly falling rain
Crying softly in her loneliness and pain
Knowing no one needin' someone bad as me
And she told me as I held her trembling hand
Walking slowly how she'd never known a man
Living lonely in her cottage by the sea
When the morning came her tears had changed to laughter
And before the night her heart beat close to mine
And I thought as she lay sleeping of the secrets she was keeping
Hidden somewhere in the silence of the shadows of her mind
In the morning as I wakened with the dawn
Without warning I could feel that she was gone
Leaving nothing but her silence next to me
And lonely footprints that I followed in the sand
Walking slowly for I knew where they would end
Disappearing in the silence of the sea
And I sometimes hear the echoe of her laughter
As I search for what I know I'll never find
For the answer I was seeking was the secrets she's still keeping
Hidden somewhere in the silence of the shadows of her mind
Words & Music by
Ed Bruce and Baxter Black
- Chorus -
Ship my body back to Texas if I die out on the trail
I won't worry where they bury me, just put me in the mail
Lay me down in cowtown where I'll never be alone
Or pushin' up the rose of San Antone
Lookin' for some greener grass, I left my lone star home
Put my trust in wanderlust, struck out for parts unknown
I tried California where it's sunny all the time
But someone dug up all the gold in '49
(Repeat Chorus)
I headed for Alaska, where I thought I'd change my luck
But the nights are long and cold and lunch can cost a hundred bucks
They're shuttin' down the motor town, the lights at night aren't pretty
And you can't walk the streets of New York City
(Repeat Chorus)
I spent my last ten dollars drinkin' rum down in the Keyes
Shipped aboard a freighter and I've seen more than seven seas
'Cause one square mile of ocean looks just like the one next to it
If I could find my way back home, I'd do it
(Repeat Chorus)
Now, plant me in the parking lot outside the Astrodome
Words & Music by
Bobby Borchers, Ed Bruce & Patsy Bruce
Chorus:
When I die, I may not go to heaven
'Cause I don't know if they let cowboys in
If they don't, just let me go to Texas
Texas is as close as I've been
New York couldn't hold my attention
Detroit City could not sing my song
If tomorrow finds me busted flat in Dallas
Well, I won't care, at least I'll know I'm home
(Repeat Chorus)
I'd ride through all of Hell and half of Texas
Just to hear Merle Haggard sing a country song
Beer just ain't as cold in old Milwaukee
My body's here, but my soul's in San Antone
Words & Music by
Ed Bruce, Glenn Ray & Judith Bruce
I'd sure like to help you, but I've heard it all before
I'm sorry I can't tell you why she'd walk out that door
All these years behind this bar, I've saved not one yet
I haven't healed a broken heart, or helped one soul to forget
- Chorus -
But it's all on the jukebox in the corner
If love's gone wrong
George Strait or Jones have sung it in a song
If misery love's company, you'll never be alone
It's all on the jukebox, here's a quarter
No sir, she's a stranger, haven't seen her here before
But you might just arrange a two-step around the floor
There's an empty stool beside her, let's send a drink her way
The rest is up to you and her, and what that quarter plays
Words & Music by
Ed Bruce and Jim McBride
He could never pay her back
For all she's done for him
She never asked for more
Than what he could afford to spend back then
And when the business got him down
She wouldn't let him quit
She'd say, "I believe someday you'll make it big
All you need's a hit"
She often had to work two jobs
So he could play at night
He'd chase his dream while she'd come home
Too tired sometimes to eat a bite
If give up came up, she'd say
"Hon, I love you, don't forget
I believe someday you'll finally make it big
All you need's a hit"
Then one day it hit him
Like a bolt out of the blue
He said, "What am I searching for
so hard when I have you
So he wrote her down on paper
And he put a tune to it
The inspiration for the one that made him big
Words & Music by Ed Bruce
I wish I'd known the man a little better
That turned my mama on
He must have been a heck of a man
'Cause mama was a lady, don't you know
Mama was no prude, but she was proper
Never wore her dress too short
She didn't care if I did, but she'd have never taken a drink
Grandma Kate did the best she could to see mama grew up right
So she'd be fittin' one day for courtin'
And to wear some gentleman's ring
- Chorus -
I wish I'd known the man a little better
That turned my mama on
They say he was always laughing and sang a right nice song
I wish I'd known the man a little better
That turned my mama on
He must have been a heck of a man
'Cause mama was a lady, don't you know
I hear he came to town one day in a rusty old '49 Ford
Selling ladies shoes and assorted greeting cards
He was killin' good-lookin' and easy to like
And turnin' all the ladies heads
But he saw mama first and you've heard stories
'Bout how some of them travelin' men are
(Repeat Chorus)
Mama seemed to forget the things that Grandma Kate had always told her
She ran away one night with that travelin' man
hey bought gas at Reba's truck stop and drove to DeSoto County
But he brought her home next day, a lady, with a ring upon her hand
Mama told me how the fever took him when I was barely five
But I can remember him pitchin' me up and catchin' me
And I love to sit and listen to her tell me about my Daddy
She says he thought the sun must surely rise and set in me
Words & Music by
Ed Bruce, Jeff Elliott and Mike Morgan
How could I have known back at the start
The day might ever come when you would break my heart
Well, here it is but damned if you will ever know
Not a trace of what I feel inside will ever show
- Chorus -
I'm not the first and I won't be the last
I can only judge your future by your past
And I would rather die than ever let you see
Any trace of the tracks you left on me
I will not go away as time goes by
And I'll walk around your mind until the day you die
And you'll keep wonderin' why you couldn't see
Any trace of the tracks you left on me
(Repeat Chorus)
Words & Music by
Ed Bruce and Trey Bruce
This old hat's hung on the bedpost too long
Forgotten like some used to be
Remembered like a song
That all the words are so easy to recall
Imagine thatâ¦â¦this old hat
It's seen day fade to night in an open sky
Beneath the fury of the heavens
Kept the rain out of my eyes
Yet, somehow don't look as weathered as I
This old hat
This old hat's been down some dusty trails
May not look as good as it did new
The crown is stained, the brim is torn
It's even been stepped on a time or two
This old hat's just like an old friend
Misplaced from time to time
But it still fits
They don't make 'em like they used to
This old hat
There was a time
This old hat was in style
'Cause it was different then
It turned a few heads for awhile
But what the hell, I might try it on again
Oh there were others and some were friends
And some were merrily lovers
But they all helped me discover
It's so hard to find someone who'll be true
And I said no way, would I fall again oh no, no way
There's just too many heartaches
And I don't like the way it feels to feel my heart break
Then there was you
You're the best break this old heart ever had
You're all the good luck that I'll never need to have
Never thought I'd ever love again like that
You're the best break this old heart ever had
All around me
My world was crumbling down all around me
Oh but then you found me
And with your love you mended my life
You're the best break this old heart ever had
You're all the good luck that I'll never need to have
Never thought I'd ever love again like that
You're the best break this old heart ever had
You're the best break this old heart ever had
You're all the good luck that I'll never need to have
Never thought I'd ever love again like that
You're the best break this old heart ever had
Words & Music by
Ed Bruce, Donnie Blanz & Judith Bruce
You don't see him much on the big screen anymore
Kids don't ride along with Roy or Gene
That ain't really him with all those feathers in his hat
And some Frenchman's name embroidered on his jeans
- Chorus -
He's still out there riding fences
Still makes a living with his rope
As long as there's a sunset
He'll keep riding for the brand
You just can't see him from the road
He never learned to two-step, hell, he barely learned to walk
He's worn a lot of leather off the tree
He's had one or two good horses he counts among his friends
And he never drew a breath that wasn't free
(Repeat Chorus)
He's tall in the saddle, short on the cash
The last to quit, the first to buy the beer
He's a knight in leather armor still living by a code
That's made him what he's been a hundred years
Got love, if that s what you need
I got three or four babies sittin on my knee
I got love waitin for you
I come sneakin round the corner of the avenue
You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or I will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before I get you
There s one thing that s on my mind
And that s getting hold of you before I serve my time
I ll keep on, with my heavy load
Till I see you come a strollin down that open road
You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or I will get you
You know you gotta ma-ma-ma belle, before I get you
I love you ma-ma-ma belle
That s why I want to get it all well I m sure you can tell
I got, good soul, runnin so deep
Gonna get you in the corner so that I can keep
Cant you hear me once ma-ma-ma belle
You gotta ma-ma-ma belle, or I will get you
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