Miller, Roger Filmography

• Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began (2005)
• Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets (2004)
• The Last Attack of the Beast (2002)
• Country Legends (2001)
• Roger Miller Remembered (1998)
• Roger Miller: King of the Road (1994)
• The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (1992)
• Lucky Luke (1991)
• Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (1990)
• An All Star Salute to Country Music (1990)
• The 16th Annual American Music Awards (1989)
• Grammy Living Legends (1989)
• A Conversation with Dinah (1989)
• The 14th Annual American Music Awards (1987)
• Dolly (1987)
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1986)
• The 10th Annual American Music Awards (1983)
• The Trolls and the Christmas Express (1981)
• Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)
• Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)
• 10th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1974)
• Robin Hood (1973)
• Burt Reynolds' Late Show (1973)
• That Good Ole Nashville Music (1970)
• Waterhole #3 (1967)
• The Big T.N.T. Show (1966)
• Ice Capades of 1966 (1965)
• The Best on Record (1965)
• Cal's Corral (1959)

Miller, Roger Filmography

• Granito (2011)
• A.N.T. Bike Mike Makes an A.N.T. Bike (2010)
• The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court (2009)
• Of the Moon: The Silver Apples Story. (2008)
• Roger Miller: Hearing Protection Required (2008)
• American Music: Off the Record (2007)
• Not a Photograph: The Mission of Burma Story (2006)
• The Turtle Song (2002)
• Ennis' Gift (2000)
• A Woman in Half (1991)

Miller, Roger Filmography

• Iceland (1942)
• My Gal Sal (1942)

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• The Man Who Stayed In Monterey - Roger Miller
• One Dyin And A Buryin - Roger Miller
• MAMA USED TO LOVED ME BUT SHE DIED - Roger Miller
• My Ears Should Burn (when Fools Are Talked About) - Roger Miller
• Chugalug - Roger Miller
• World I Can't Live In - Roger Miller
• Our Love - Roger Miller
• Our Little Love - Roger Miller
• Oo-De-Lally - Roger Miller
• LOCK, STOCK, AND TEARDROPS - Roger Miller
• Big Harlan Taylor - Roger Miller
• Arkansas - Roger Miller
• As Long As There's A Shadow - Roger Miller
• You Can't Do Me This Way (and Get By) - Roger Miller
• World So Full Of Love - Roger Miller
• You're My Kingdom - Roger Miller
• What I'd Give (to Be The Wind) - Roger Miller
• Walking In The Sunshine - Roger Miller
• Trouble On The Turnpike - Roger Miller
• THE YESTER WALTZ - Roger Miller
• THE ANIMAL OF MAN - Roger Miller
• Swiss Cottage Place - Roger Miller
• Some Hearts Get All The Breaks - Roger Miller
• Sorry Willie - Roger Miller
• Raincarnation - Roger Miller
• Mystery Train - Roger Miller
• Million Years Or So - Roger Miller
• In The Summertime (you Don't Want My Love) - Roger Miller
• Lou's Got The Flu - Roger Miller
• Last Word In Lonesome Is Me - Roger Miller
• Invitation To The Blues - Roger Miller
• Indian Giver - Roger Miller
• IT'S A MIRACLE THAT YOU'RE MINE - Roger Miller
• I WISH I COULD FALL IN LOVE TODAY - Roger Miller
• I Ain't Comin' Home Tonight - Roger Miller
• I BELIEVE IN THE SUNSHINE - Roger Miller
• I Know Who It Is (and I'm Gonna Tell On Them) - Roger Miller
• Everybody's Talkin' - Roger Miller
• Feel Of Me - Roger Miller
• Don't We All Have The Right - Roger Miller
• England Swings - Roger Miller
• Engine Engine No.9 - Roger Miller
• Country Girl - Roger Miller
• But I Love You More - Roger Miller
• Boeing Boeing 707 - Roger Miller
• 12th Of Never - Roger Miller
• Train Of Life - Roger Miller
• The Riddle - Roger Miller
• One Dying And A Burying - Roger Miller
• I'd Come Back To Me - Roger Miller
• A Million Years Or So - Roger Miller
• Swing Low, Swinging Chariot - Roger Miller
• Good Old Days - Roger Miller
• Reincarnation - Roger Miller
• King Of The Road - Roger Miller
• You Can't Do Me This Way - Roger Miller
• Under Your Spell Again - Roger Miller
• Won'tcha Come Be My Friend - Roger Miller
• Cant Stop Loving You - Roger Miller
• I Aint Never - Roger Miller
• LADY AMERICA - Roger Miller
• HITCH-HIKER - Roger Miller
• I Ain't Coming Home Tonight - Roger Miller
• Dang Me - Roger Miller
• JODY AND THE KID - Roger Miller
• River In The Rain - Roger Miller
• I've Gotten Used To The Cryin' - Roger Miller
• I Ain't Gonna Work No More - Roger Miller
• Freedom - Roger Miller
• DISCO MAN - Roger Miller
• The Day I Jumped From Uncle Harvey's Plane - Roger Miller
• Shannon's Song - Roger Miller
• Open Up Your Heart - Roger Miller
• SOUTH - Roger Miller
• MY UNCLE USED TO LOVE ME BUT SHE DIED - Roger Miller
• I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME LEAVIN' (But I'll Be A Long - Roger Miller
• half a mind - Roger Miller
• A World So Full Of Love - Roger Miller
• My Elusive Dreams - Roger Miller
• YOU'RE FORGETTING ME - Roger Miller
• When Two Worlds Collide - Roger Miller
• The Numbers Song - Roger Miller
• THE MOON IS HIGH - Roger Miller
• The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me - Roger Miller
• That's The Way I Feel - Roger Miller
• Squares Make The World Go Round - Roger Miller
• Sunny Side Of My Life - Roger Miller
• Somewhere There's A Lady - Roger Miller
• PRECIOUS BABY - Roger Miller
• Riddle - Roger Miller
• Rainbow Valley - Roger Miller
• Old Toy Trains - Roger Miller
• Please Release Me - Roger Miller
• Our Hearts Will Play The Music - Roger Miller
• Less Of Me - Roger Miller
• Not In Nottingham - Roger Miller
• Love Is Not For Me - Roger Miller
• Little Toy Trains - Roger Miller
• Less And Less - Roger Miller
• If You Want Me To - Roger Miller
• If I Ever Fall In Love - Roger Miller
• I'll Be Somewhere - Roger Miller
• I Catch Myself Crying - Roger Miller
• Hey Little Star - Roger Miller
• Guv'ment - Roger Miller
• Engine, Engine Number Nine - Roger Miller
• Engine Engine - Roger Miller
• DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - Roger Miller
• Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit - Roger Miller
• Burning Bridges - Roger Miller
• Billy Bayou - Roger Miller
• All Fall Down - Roger Miller
• A World I Can't Live In - Roger Miller
• That's Why I Love You Like I Do - Roger Miller
• Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Roger Miller
• ROLL AWAY - Roger Miller
• RINGING UP ROSIE - Roger Miller
• The 4th OF JULY - Roger Miller
• Shame Bird - Roger Miller
• Old Friends - Roger Miller
• THE HAT - Roger Miller
• The Fool - Roger Miller
• You're a Part of Me - Roger Miller
• You Oughta Be Here With Me - Roger Miller
• When A House Is Not A Home - Roger Miller
• Tolivar - Roger Miller
• TIPS OF MY FINGERS - Roger Miller
• You're Part Of Me - Roger Miller
• You Don't Want My Love - Roger Miller
• You Didn't Have To Be So Nice - Roger Miller
• You Cant Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller
• Working Girl - Roger Miller
• With Pen In Hand - Roger Miller
• Where Have All The Average People Gone - Roger Miller
• WHAT WOULD MY MAMA SAY - Roger Miller
• Water Dog - Roger Miller
• WANDA IGUANA - Roger Miller
• Walkin' In The Sunshine - Roger Miller
• Vance - Roger Miller
• TOMORROW NIGHT IN BALTIMORE - Roger Miller
• This Town - Roger Miller
• There's Nobody Like You - Roger Miller
• There I Go Dreamin' - Roger Miller
• The Tom Green County Fair - Roger Miller
• The Tom Green Country Fair - Roger Miller
• THE OPERA AIN'T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS - Roger Miller
• That's The Way It's Always Been - Roger Miller
• Tall Tall Trees - Roger Miller
• T.J's LAST RIDE - Roger Miller
• Swiss Maid - Roger Miller
• Swing Low Swingin' Chariot - Roger Miller
• STEPHEN FOSTER - Roger Miller
• SOME PEOPLE MAKE IT - Roger Miller
• QUA LA LINTA - Roger Miller
• Private John Q - Roger Miller
• POOR LITTLE JOHN - Roger Miller
• PLEASING THE CROWD - Roger Miller
• Playboy - Roger Miller
• Pillow - Roger Miller
• Pardon This Coffin - Roger Miller
• OKLAHOMA WOMAN - Roger Miller
• Nothing Can Stop My Love - Roger Miller
• NA-NOMINEE - Roger Miller
• My Uncle Used To Love But She Died - Roger Miller
• My Ears Should Burn - Roger Miller
• Muddy Water - Roger Miller
• Moon Is High - Roger Miller
• Meanwhile Back In Abilene - Roger Miller
• Me And Bobby Mcgee - Roger Miller
• LOVING YOU IS ALWAYS ON MY MIND - Roger Miller
• Loving Her Was Easier - Roger Miller
• Little Green Apples - Roger Miller
• Leavin's Not The Only Way To Go - Roger Miller
• Kansas City Star - Roger Miller
• Jimmy Brown The Newsboy - Roger Miller
• Jason Fleming - Roger Miller
• It Takes All Kinds To Make A World - Roger Miller
• It Happened Just That Way - Roger Miller
• In The Summertime - Roger Miller
• I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME LEAVIN' (But I'll Be A Long Time Gone) - Roger Miller
• I'm Gonna Teach My Heart To Bend - Roger Miller
• I'll Pick Up My Heart And Go Home - Roger Miller
• I LOVE A RODEO - Roger Miller
• I KNOW WHO IT IS - Roger Miller
• I Get Up Early In The Morning - Roger Miller
• Husbands And Wives - Roger Miller
• Honey - Roger Miller
• Home - Roger Miller
• HEY WOULD YOU HOLD IT DOWN - Roger Miller
• Hey Good Lookin' - Roger Miller
• Heartbreak Hotel - Roger Miller
• Heartaches By The Number - Roger Miller
• Hard Headed Me - Roger Miller
• Hand For The Hog - Roger Miller
• Green Green Grass Of Home - Roger Miller
• Got Two Again - Roger Miller
• GOT 2 AGAIN - Roger Miller
• BABY ME BABY - Roger Miller
• Gentle On My Mind - Roger Miller
• FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW - Roger Miller
• Fair Swiss Maiden - Roger Miller
• Everything's Coming Up Roses - Roger Miller
• EVERY WHICH-A-WAY - Roger Miller
• England Swing - Roger Miller
• Do Wacka Do - Roger Miller
• Do You Wanna Go To Heaven - Roger Miller
• Dear Heart - Roger Miller
• Days Of Our Wives - Roger Miller
• Darby's Castle - Roger Miller
• CRYSTAL DAY - Roger Miller
• Colonel Maggie - Roger Miller
• Chug-A-Lug - Roger Miller
• Cant Roller Scatein A Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller
• By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Roger Miller
• Burma Shave - Roger Miller
• Best of All Possible Worlds - Roger Miller
• Atta Boy Girl - Roger Miller
• ALL I LOVE IS YOU - Roger Miller
• Ain't That Fine - Roger Miller
• Absence - Roger Miller
• A Heartache For A Keepsake - Roger Miller
• (and You Had A) Do-Wacka-Do - Roger Miller
• Roger Miller - Roger Miller
• My Pillow - Roger Miller

Dusty streets stare at me
Looking like a daytime nightmare
I should shave, try to save
Something of the man that's still there
Not much left to say, of the man who stayed in Monterey
The stucco stores' open doors
Gape across the square and wonder
As this mans trembling hands
Tilt the bag his bottles under
Things are looking grey, for the man who stayed in Monterey
Honey, darling, sweetheart, precious angel, little dove
The man who left you is looking pretty grim
Hypnotising, paralysing wine is my new love
'Cos it makes your memory soft and dim
Now I walk from the park
Bleary eyed and droopy shouldered
Scruffy shoes, flopping loose
I know I'm looking tired and older
One more empty day, for the man who stayed in Monterey
Photographs in my lap
Sparkling colours rush up to me
From the page, brown with age
All these things I keep are truly
Flowers on the grave, of the man who stayed in Monterey

Well, I think I finally found me a sure-fire way to forget
It?s so simple, I?m surprised I hadn?t done thought of it before yet
It?s foolproof, well, it?s foolhardy, maybe, but who knows
Anyway, here I am, walkin? down toward where the cold dark water flows
All it takes is
One dyin? and a buryin?, one dyin? and a buryin?
Some cryin?, six carryin? me, I wanna be free
Oh ho, I wanna be free
Free from all this heartache and regret
And free from pinin? for the love I can?t forget
The love that once was warm and then just somehow turned to hate
Made my life a prison from which there?s only one escape
That?s
One dyin? and a buryin?, one dyin? and a buryin?
Some cryin?, six carryin? me, I wanna be free
One dyin? and a buryin?, one dyin? and a buryin?

chorus:
my uncle used to love me but she died
a chicken ain't chicken 'less it's lickin' good fried
keep on the sunny side
my uncle used to love me but she died
who'll give me quarter, 30 cents for a ring of keys
365 for a dollar bill of groceries
gonna have me a car of my own someday but till then i need me a ride
my unlce used to love me but she died
hamburger, cup of coffee, lettuce and tomato
two times a dime to see a man kiss an alligator
on more time around three on the ferris wheel ride
my uncle used to love me but she died
apples are fer eatin' and snakes are fer hissin'
i heard about hugging and kissing
i read about it free in a pics and an illustrated guide
my uncle used to love me but she died

Sometimes my mem'ries let me hold and kiss you
But that's just lending me the things I live without
And if it's my fault that I can't really hold you
Yes my ears should burn when fools are talked about
What made me think I craved another's kisses another's so unworthy I found out
My arms should have no right to hold another
And my ears should burn when fools are talked about
[ fiddle ]
At night in dreams I do her callin' to me she loves me she loves me there's no doubt
But my lips have no right to ask forgiveness
And my ears should burn when fools are talked about
Yes my ears should burn when fools are talked about

Chug-A-Lug
Roger Miller
Words and Music by Roger Miller
Peak chart position # 9 in 1964
CHORUS
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Make you want to holler hi-de-ho
Burns your tummy, don'tcha know
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Grape wine in a Mason jar
Homemade and brought to school
By a friend of mine 'n' after class
Me and him and this other fool decide that we'll drink up what's left
Chug-a-lug, so we helped ourself
First time for everything
Mm, my ears still ring
CHORUS
4-H and FFA on a field trip to the farm
Me 'n' a friend sneak off behind
This big old barn where we uncovered a covered-up moonshine still
And we thought we'd drink our fill
And I swallered it with a smile
*Bllll-bbbb*, I run ten mile
CHORUS
Jukebox 'n' sawdust floor
Sumpin' like I ain't never seen
And I'm just going on fifteen
But with the help of my finaglin' uncle I get snuck in
For my first taste of sin.
I said "Lemme have a big old sip"
*Bllll-bbbb*, I done a double back flip
CHORUS
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: *Bllll-bbbb* is impossible to spell. It's a ululation of the lips and
tongue similar to a "raspberry."

Once more I've said that I leave you but once more I'm changing my mind
Yours is a world I can't live in but without you I can't live in mine
You'd rather go places without me I don't understand you at times
Yours is a world I can't live in but without you I can't live in mine
[ steel ]
Could be it's your way of loving and you don't mean to treat me unkind
Yours is a world I can't live in but without you I can't live in mine

It might have been up sometime
Might have been down sometime
But all in all our love
We could be proud of
Sometimes it was so damn good
Sometimes it was no damn good
But all in all our love
We could be proud of
Look at the children, bright sunny faces
Did you ever see two more beautiful lives in your life
It might have been right sometime
Might have been wrong sometime
But all in all our love
We could be proud of
Look at the children, bright sunny faces
Did you ever see two more beautiful lives in your life
It might have been right sometime
Might have been wrong sometime
But all in all our love

Our little love no longer is our little love is gone
Our little love no longer lives I'm so blue so poor and so haunt
And so I guess my little heart is watchin' my call one of the breaks of the game
Broken in two feeling blue since our little love ain't the same
I gave to you a part of my heart but you threw your part away
Leavin' me forgotten just wonderin' what in the world makes my baby do me this way
Our little love no longer is...

247 you keep stressing me
to do the things I don't want to do
or be something I don't want to be
well let me tell you something
I'm not a bird in your cage
you can run that game on someone else
'cause it is never gonna work on me
don't you know
you can't change me
or rearrange me
don't waste your time
baby, can't you see
that you can't change me
when we first got together
I told you how it would be
you said it's all good
and you understood
now I see you feel differently
you say I love my music
more than you
and that's not cool
well you might aswell just tell me now
are you gonna break out or be down
'cause now you know the deal
let's keep it real
it may not be what you want to hear
but baby you know
you can't change me
or rearrange me
don't waste your time
baby can't you see

Someday, I won't come runnin'
When you call
The way you hurt me
It's a wonder, I'm still here at all
Someday, you'll wake up
And you'll find yourself alone
Lock, stock and teardrops
I'll be gone, I can't go on
The way you make me feel
You make me cry
And every time
Expect me to forgive
Someday, you'll wake up
To a cold and lonely dawn
Lock, stock and teardrops
I'll be gone
Oh someday, I'll wake up
Find my strength to carry on
And lock, stock and teardrops
I'll be gone
Lock, stock and teardrops
Lock, stock and teardrops
Lock, stock and teardrops

l once had a sweetheart, the fairest of maidens
She out shined all others that I'd known by far
I had a friend, big fella, name of Big Harlan Taylor
Harlan had a rubber-tired new shiny car
Oh, the ways of the world and the wants of a woman
If l figured them all out it would take many years
By the wants of a woman she fell for Big Harlan
I tried but in vain for to take my own life
Suddenly l had lost all my will to keep livin'
She'd lost her desire to become my young wife
Oh, the ways of the world and the wants of a woman
If l figured them all out it would take many years
Well, l wanted revenge and waylaid for Big Harlan
Then l started wondering what good would it do?
If a rubber-tired new shiny car's her ambition
Then I'll just let her have it and Big Harlan too
Oh, the ways of the world and the wants of a woman
If l figured them all out it would take many years

I ain't never traveled much but someday when the money's such
I'd like to see the world and all and maybe go through Arkansas
Arkansas Arkansas I just love ole Arkansas
Love my ma love my pa but I just love ole Arkansas
[ instrumental ]
I'd like to get my picture took put it inside my memory book
And someday hang it on my wall to say that I'd seen Arkansas
Arkansas Arkansas...
[ piano ]
My Grandpa was always good I'd play horsey on his foot
He'd tell me when I'd get tall we'd both go see Arkansas
Arkansas Arkansas...
Arkansas Arkansas...

As long as there's a hill there's a valley
Long as there's a valley then the river can flow free
As long as there's a sun there's a shadow
As long as there's a shadow there's a place for you and me
Secret place to run and hide a secret love can't be denied
A secret place that no one knows but you and me and the lonely breeze that blows
As long as there's a hill there's a valley...
[ ac.guitar ]

Well you don't care how I've hurt you don't care how I've cried
You gotta learn you can't do me this way and get by
Well I don't know I don't know why but everything you tell me is a lie
You gotta learn you can't do me this way and get by
Well it seem at first my thirst for love was satisfied by your sweet charms
But now and then you'd lean yourself in someone else's arms
If you can't treat me right well at least won't you give me the try
You gotta learn you can't do me this way and get by
[ guitar ]
Well it seem at first my thirst...

I know how it feels to be alive with no desire to live
I know how it feels to die inside to try hard to forgive
And my way of finding out is on the day you let me down
In this world so full of love and not enough to go around
I was once so proud to have your love that I could taste with pride
But that sunshine turned to storm now that's all I feel inside
It's enough to make me wish that I could had and not be found
From this world so full of love and not enough to go around
[ steel - fiddle ]
I could sit for days and wonder and not find the answer still
By the time I die I wonder if by then I even will
It's enough to make me wish that I could had and not be found
From this world so full of love and not enough to go around

You say that others tempt you and it's hard to turn them down
You say that you get lonesome when I'm not around
Please remember you're my kingdom and I want to always wear a crown
Though temptation's knocking please don't let him in
Tell him that it's my arms you long to be in
Please remember you're my kingdom and I want to always wear a crown
And tell your heart these times that we're apart
And you're so alone that my love for you goes on and on
Though temptation's knocking please don't let him in
Tell him that it's my arms you long to be in
Please remember you're my kingdom and I want to always wear a crown
Tell your heart these times that we're apart
And you're so alone that my love for you goes on and on
Though temptation's knocking please don't let him in
Tell him that it's my arms you long to be in

I watch the wind blow brown leaves to the ground
And blow along the sidewalks of this town
I can see the wind as it blew her hair
time and time again
Oh what I'd give Lord to be the wind
Oh what I'd give to be the wind
To be free to leave this awful place I'm in
It's hopeless "cos I haven't got a penny
or a friend
Oh what I'd give Lord to be the wind
This same wind tomorrow will be gone
To blow across the cottonfields of home
It will gently touch the lovely face I long to touch again
Oh what I'd give Lord to be the wind
Oh what I'd give to be the wind...

Walking In the Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong
Think about a good time had a long time ago
Think about forgetting about your worries and your woes
Walking In The Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
La la la la la dee oh,
Whether the weather be rain or snow
Pretending can make it real
A snowy pasture, a green and grassy field
Walking In the Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong
Think about a good time had a long time ago
Think about forgetting about your worries and your woes
Walking In The Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
La la la la la dee oh,
Whether the weather be rain or snow
Pretending can make it real
A snowy pasture, a green and grassy field
Walking In the Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong
Think about a good time had a long time ago
Think about forgetting about your worries and your woes
Walking In The Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
Walking In the Sunshine, singing a little sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong

Well it wasn't long ago that my true blue Sally
Said she's gettin' tired of livin' in the valley
Went to go back to Louisian' see Big Papa he's a gumbo man
Trouble on the turnpkine trouble on the road
Trouble on the turnpike too big a load
Yeah ha-hoopa-do-ee goodbye valley for my Sally and me
[ guitar ]
Well to keep Sally happy I'll do what I can
To keep her that way takes a whole lot of man
A Louisiana woman is tired of California ain't enough gumbo here for me

The yester waltz
Is just a waltz
Somebody played
Some yesterday
And when it played
It made someone cry
And that someone always
Remembers when it plays
The sadness of the yester waltz
The yester waltz
Is just a waltz
Somebody played
Some yesterday
And when it played
It made someone cry
And that someone always
Remembers when it plays
The sadness of the yester waltz
The yester waltz
Is just a waltz
Somebody played
Some yesterday
And when it played
It made someone cry
And that someone always
Remembers when it plays
The sadness of the yester waltz

His footprints can be found
On the graves of dead young soldiers
On the amber covered plains
Killed by radio-active rains
And his traces can be found
In the dying streams and meadows
And he'll kill you if he can
He's the animal of man
Yes his traces can be found
In the scars of red-skin children
That have never fully healed
Ask a black man how he feels
He's a nervous gifted child
He's an old man been forgotten
He's a military band

I turned down the covers on a bed where two lovers
Found reasons to face each new day
In a room full of memories, in a house built for love
On a street down in Swiss Cottage Place
And my mind just surrenders
To all I remember's come to steal every moment away
Yesterday's gone and where I stand here alone
It's a hollow ringin' place called today
Last night I watched baby as she was boardin'
A Greyhound bus back to St Louis
I couldn't let her know I knew why she was leavin'
Not after all we've been through
Slippin' my coat from my shoulders I said
"Honey, it may get cold in St Louis"
And the look in her eyes grew suddenly sad
She knew that I knew what she knew
And my mind just surrenders
To all I remember's come to steal every moment away
From this room full of memories, from this house built for love

Some hearts have all the fun they fall in love with one
And one says all it takes some hearts get out of breaks
Some people never cry life just goes flyin' by
They don't make no mistakes some hearts get all the breaks
And there are foolish hearts like mine time after time
The time began they play the game but they never seem to win
I guess I'll never learn some hearts got love to burn
I guess that's what it take some hearts get all the breaks
[ guitar ]
And there are foolish hearts like mine time after time
The time began they fall in love but they never seem to win

See her dancing see there Willie see how reckless she is
She's a wild one as everyone knows
Why what's wrong Willie you're cryin' what have I done
Sorry Willie I didn't know you didn't know
I wouldn't have said all those things that I'd known
She was your sweetheart your sweetheart your own
Don't ask how well I know her I might lie I don't know
Sorry Willie I didn't know you didn't know
[ guitar ]

If I was a bird and you was a fish
What would we do I guess we'd wish for reincarnation reincarnation
Would it be a sensation to come back two like reincarnation
If I was a tree and you was a flower
What would we do I guess we'd wait for a power or reincarnation reincarnation
Would it be a sensation to come back two like reincarnation
I love you don't you know I always will
You're a girl I'm a boy but suppose you was a rose and I was a whippoorwill
If I was a bird and you was a fish...
[ pa pa pa pa pa ]
I love you don't you know I always will...

Train I ride
sixteen coaches long
Train I ride
sixteen coaches long
Well that long black train's got my baby and gone
Train, train
Comin' round the bend
Train, train
Comin' round, round the bend
Well it took my baby, but it never will again
Train, train
Comin' down, down the line
Train, train
Comin' down, down the line
Well it's bringing my baby, 'cos she's mine all mine,
all mine, all mine
Train, train
Comin' round the bend
Train, train
Comin' round, round the bend

I'm not worried cause I know I'll forget you in a million years or so
I'll miss you but I know I won't miss you but a million years or so
How I loved you loved you so
How I lost you maybe time in time will let me know
But I'm not worried cause I know I'll forget you in a million years or so
How I loved you loved you so...

In the summertime when all the trees and leaves are green
And the red bird sings I'll be blue cause you don't want my love
Some other time that's what you say when I want you
Then you laugh at me and make me cry cause you don't want my love
You don't seem to care a thing about me you'd rather live without me
Than to have my arms around you when the nights're cold and you're so all alone
In the summertime when all the trees and leaves are green
And the red bird sings I'll be blue cause you don't want my love
[ steel ]
Once upon a time you used to smile and wave to me
And walked with me but now you don't you don't want my love
Some other guy is taking up all your time
Now you don't have time for me you don't want my love
You don't seem to care a thing about me...

Some people bad and some people good
Too bad the bad can't be like the good
But everything changes a little and it should
Good ain't forever and bad ain't for good
And Lou's got the flu and he's laid up, laid up, laid up
Lou's got the flu and he's laid up
Have to get well pretty soon though
l got sugar in my candy and sugar in my soup
I'm gettin' fat from the candy and sick from the soup
An' true love is sweet but if it's mishandled
A bitter wind blows and out goes your candle
Lou's got the flu and he's laid up, laid up, laid up
Lou's got the flu and he's laid up
Have to get well pretty soon though
Now not enough water puts thirst in a man
And just enough water puts joy in his land
But too much water will overflow
And tear the man's land up, so there you go
And Lou's got the flu and he's laid up, laid up, laid up
Lou's got the flu and he's laid up

The last word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me
My heart is as lonely as a heart can be lonely
The last word in lonesome is me
Too bad what's happened to our good love
Too bad what's happened to our good love
Sometimes our best isn't quite good enough
And the last word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me
My heart is as lonely as a heart can be lonely
The last word in lonesome is me
Life is a desert and love quenches thirst
Life is a desert and love quenches thirst
We all have to hurt sometimes this is my verse
And the last word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me
My heart is as lonely as a heart can be lonely

I couldn't sleep last night I just walked the floor
Don't know how I stand this anymore
Lonely are the times since I lost you recieved your invitation to the blues
I don't know why you caused me such pain
I just hope I'll never go through this much again
Lonely me I don't know what to do recieved your invitation to the blues
[ steel - fiddle ]
You took the laughter from this world of mine thanks to you the sun will never shine
Walk the floor so much wore out my shoes recieved your invitation to the blues

I'm giving up on you and I've been feelin' that way for a day or two
And somehow I think you know good well why I sit here so all alone crying
Indian giver you give your heart to me but then
You wanna take it back again Indian giver I give in
[ ac.guitar ]
I'll go away somewhere and whether or not you miss me I won't care
Somehow I think you know good well why I won't be crying when I say goodbye
Indian giver you give...
[ ac.guitar ]
I'll be satisfied when I know you know all the tears I've cried
Somehow I think you know good well we could have been together for eternity

It's a fig it's a pickle it's a fad
It's a four-door hoopee that my daddy once had
It's a chocolate clock with a chime
It's a miracle that you're mine
It's a groan it's a chuckle it's a grin
It's a little bitty box like a ring comes in
It's a mountain it's a valen-it's-a-tine
It's a miracle that you're mine
Fa la la la de dum fly away
La de da la de dum come and stay all day
It's a fe fi fiddlio fine
It's a miracle that you're mine
It's a gift from the heavens above
The miracle of having you to love
It's a fe fi fiddlio fine
It's a miracle that you're mine
It's a fig it's a pickle it's a fad
It's a four-door hoopee like my daddy once had
It's a chocolate clock with a chime

I wish that I could fall in love today
But memories of you stand in the way
I just can't make my heart find someone new
It's always much too busy with the blues
I wish that I could fall in love today
But if I did I know I wouldn't stay
You'd come between us like you always do
Somehow they never measure up to you
Each night I pray I'll wake up at dawn and find
Another in my heart and on my mind
Then I awake and hear my poor heart say

Well, I ain't comin' home tonight
I ain't comin' home tonight
I ain't comin' home tonight
My soul is restless and the moon is bright
Goodbye woman, that I don't love
Goodbye woman that I don't love
Goodbye woman, that I don't love
I found new one that I can love enough
So I ain't comin' home tonight
The water in the well at home is bad
The water in the well at home is bad
The water in the well at home is bad
And she gave me water like I ain't never had
So I ain't comin' home tonight
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
I ain't comin' home tonight
Now I found me new food and drink
I found me new food and drink
I found me new food and drink
And I found myself a new home I think
So I ain't comin' home tonight

Look-ee look-ee I can see a ray of sunshine shining
I can feel a rainbow coming, deep inside my mind
I can feel my cares and troubles falling all around me
I'm glad the sunshine found me I know I've been hard to find
Hey, hey, hey I feel it
Hey, hey, hey I believe it
I believe in the sunshine
Even when it rains
Even when the times are hardest
Even when the nights are darkest
I believe in the sunshine
Even when it rains
Look-ee look-ee yonder, I believe I see a morning
Coming up for me, the night has been so dark and long
I can feel a feeling like a hand upon my shoulder
I feel a little older, but at last I'm coming home
Hey, hey, hey I feel it
Hey, hey, hey I believe it
I believe in the sunshine
Even when it rains
Even when the times are hardest
Even when the nights are darkest
I believe in the sunshine

Somebody made every rock and tree (I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)
Somebody gave his all for me (I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)
Way up in the sky his love can lift you high
Somebody made every rock and tree (I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)
Who told Noah to look up to the sky (I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)
Who showed the dove which way to fly (I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)
Way up in the sky...
Who said there'll be fields on fire (I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)
Who was the power stronger and higher (I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)
Way up in the sky...
Who saved Jonah from the big old whale (I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)
Who said follow me and you can't fail (I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)
Way up in the sky...
Who freed Daniel from the lion's den (I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)
And who gave Moses the rules of men (I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)
(I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on 'em)

Everybody's talkin' at me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'
Only the echoes of my mind
People stopping, staring
I can't see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes
I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Thru' the pourin' rain
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes
Backin' off the north east wind
Sailing on a summer breeze
And skippin' over the ocean like a stone
Everybody's talkin' at me
I don't hear a word they're sayin'

Look at you you're cryin' lonesome plain to see
But don't feel bad If you think you feel lonesome feel of me
I got lots of heartaches and all that misery
So don't feel bad If you think you feel lonesome feel of me
Touch and feel the tremble in my hand
Look at my eyes look how they cry then I think you'll understand
Look at you you're cryin' lonesome plain to see

l laughed it off when she left
l said she'd come back again
Don't we all have the right
To be wrong now and then
She won't come home
Guess l wasn't
So smart after all
l forgot that with love
There are two ways to fall
She won't come home
She says her love will never be mine again
Don't we all have the right
To be wrong now and then
She says her love will never be mine again
Don't we all have the right
To be wrong now and then
Guess l wasn't
So smart after all
l forgot that with love
There are two ways to fall
She won't come home
She says her love will never be mine again
Don't we all have the right

England Swings
Roger Miller
England swings like a pendulum do,
Bobbies on bicycles, two by two,
Westminster Abbey the tower of Big Ben,
The rosy red cheeks of the little children.
Now, if you huff and puff and you fina'lly save enough
Money up to take your family on a trip across the sea,
Take a tip before you take your trip; let me tell you where to go,
Go to Engeland, Oh;
Mama's old pajamas and your papa's mustache,
Falling out the window sill, frolic in the grass,
Tryin' to mock the way they talk fun but all in vain,
Gaping at the dapper men with derby hats and canes.

Engine engine No 9 coming down the railroad line
How much farther back did she get off
Old brown suitcase that she carried I've looked for it everywhere it
Just ain't here among the rest and I'm a little upset
Yes tell me engine engine No 9 coming down the railroad line
I know she got on in Baltimore
A hundred and ten miles ain't much distance but it sure do make a difference
I don't think she loves me anymore
I warned her of the dangers don't speak to strangers
If by chance she find new romance warmer lips to kiss her
Arms to hold her tighter stiring new firest inside her
Oh I wish that it was me instead of he that stands beside her
Engine engine No 9...
No I don't think she loves me anymore
I don't think she loves me I don't think she loves me anymore

COUNTRY GIRL
WRITER ROY DRUSKY
I met you my country girl you didn't have a thing
I fell in love I dressed you up, then I bought the ring
I was teaching you to love, you were leaning fine
Then one day you learned too much and it poisoned your sweet mind
Now you've gone and left me you're with somebody new
But I wonder if you told him I bought the clothes on you
When you two are dancin' and you whisper soft and sweet
I wonder if you'll tell him I bought the shoes on your feet
Now you've gone and left me you're with somebody new
But I wonder if you told him I bought the clothes on you
When you two are dancin' and you whisper soft and sweet

I love the smell of clover when
The winter's over yes I do yes I do but I love you more
I love the kind of love someone
Can hum the day long yes I do yes I do but I love you more
Things like birds that sing flowers that bloom and falling rain
Things to love and cherish what without a love I'd catch
I love the smell...
(I love you I love you I love you)

Overcharge for excess baggage know your concourse know your gate
Up this way sir not that way sir airplane departs gate six eight
Please sir may I see your ticket fasten your seat belt you can't smoke
Beverage anything you'd care for sorry but we're out of coke
Boeing Boeing 707 going going skywardly heavenly
Higher than bluebirds fly why then oh why can't I
[ piano ]
Destination de-plane slowly do this do that l comply
God bless Orville God bless Wilbur it's the only way to fly
Boeing Boeing 707...
Boeing Boeing 707...

You ask how much I love you must I explain
I need you oh my darling like roses need rain
You ask how long I'll love you I'll tell you true
Until the 12th of Never I'll still be loving you
Hold me close never let me go hold me close melt my heart like April snow
I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom
I'll love you till the clover has lost its perfume
I'll love you till the poets run out of rhymes
Until the 12th of Never and that's a long long time

I sit alone at my table
And watch all the others have fun
I'm tired of sittin' on the side of track
Watchin' the mainline run
I'm tired of havin' no future
Livin' on things that I've done
I'm tired of sittin' on the side of track
Watchin' the mainline run
Train train
Oh let me ride
Don't leave me, train of life
Train train
I got no one to call me their darling
To hug me and call me their hon
I'm tired of sittin' on the side of track
Just to watchin' the mainline run
I'm tired of havin' no future
Livin' on things that I've done
I'm tired of sittin' on the side of track
Just watchin' the mainline run
Train train
Oh let me ride
Don't leave me, train of life
Train train

Here¡¯s a riddle, what has two eyes that cry constantly
For your love, you guessed it, it¡¯s me
Here¡¯s a riddle, what has two arms that long desperately
For your love, you guessed it, it¡¯s me
And your love was once all the treasure I¡¯d known
Now that¡¯s gone
Gone on the wings of a wild dream
Now I¡¯m all alone
One more riddle, what has one heart that beats faithfully
For your love, you guessed it, it¡¯s me
And your love was once all the treasure I¡¯d known
Now that¡¯s gone
Gone on the wings of a wild dream
Now I¡¯m all alone
One more riddle, what has one heart that beats faithfully
For your love, you guessed it, it¡¯s me

Well, I think I finally found me a sure-fire way to forget
It's so simple, I'm surprised I hadn't done thought of it before yet
It's foolproof - well, it's foolhardy, maybe, but who knows
Anyway, here I am walking toward where the cold dark water flows
Cos all it takes is:
One dying and a buryin'
One dying and a buryin'
Some crying
Six carrying me
I wanna be free
Oh...I wanna be free
Free from all this heartache and regret
And free from pining for the love I can't forget
The love that once was warm and then just somehow turned to hate
Made my life a prison from which there's only one escape
And that's:
One dying and a buryin'
One dying and a buryin'
Some cryin'
Six carryin' me
I wanna be free
One dying and a buryin'
One dying and a buryin'
Some cryin'
Six carryin' me
I wanna be free

Well if birds flew under water if a dollar bill was a dime
Boy I wouldn't things be crazy but maybe then you come around sometime
If steamships flew the skyways and honey wouldn't made by the bee
If black was blue if I was you I'd come back to me
There's no way for you to know how much did I miss you so
The world would have turn upside in if you'd have to be mine again
Well now if airplanes all flew backwards and the moon was in bottom of the sea
If one was two if I was you I'd come back to me
[ pam pam pam ]
What if everything got reversed po' boys eat caviar
And rich folks took the ride on Santa Fe boxcars
My hopes for your returning look hopeless as can be
If one was two if I was you I'd come back to me

I'm not worried, 'cause I know
I'll forget you in a million years or so
I'll miss you, but I know
I won't miss you but a million years or so
How I loved you, loved you so
How I lost you, maybe time and tide will let me know
But I'm not worried, 'cause I know
I'll forget you in a million years or so
How I loved you, loved you so
How I lost you, maybe time and tide will let me know
But I'm not worried, 'cause I know
I'll forget you in a million years or so

Swing low, swinging chariot, boy, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
Swing low, swinging chariot, hmm, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
Swing low, swinging chariot, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
Swing low, swinging chariot, hmm, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
Swing low, swinging chariot, yeah, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
Swing low, swinging chariot, hmm, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
I know someday beyond the moon
Someday beyond the sun
I know the Lord got a place swept up for me
To lay down when my work is done
Swing low, swinging chariot, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
Swing low, swinging chariot, yeah, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
Swing low, swinging chariot, hmm, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
Swing low, swinging chariot, yeah, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
Swing low, swinging chariot, yeah, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
Swing low, swinging chariot, well, comin¡¯ for to take me for a ride
This heart of mine is satisfied
When the time has come and I¡¯ve laid and died
I won¡¯t have to lay alone
I¡¯ll have me some golden streets to walk on
Well-a swing low, swinging chariot¡­.(to fade)

Rah, rah, rumble seats and running boards
Them was the good old days
Knee pants and dime a dance girls, oh, lord
Them was the good old days
Them was the good old days with Model A's
And radios, boh, dee, odee, oh, doh
Rah, rah, rumble seats and running boards
Them was the good old days
Rudy Vallee, oh, you kid
Them was the good old days
Everybody eatin' up everything he did
Them was the good old days
Them was the good old days
They had the FoxTrot, the Charleston to the Nickleodeon
Well, rah, rah, rumble seats and running boards
Them was the good old days
Pa, pa, pa, pa, them was the good old days
Them was the days when a cat was the cats
Meow if he had himself a racoon coat
A root toot tootie and a razzamataz sit down, you're rockin' the boat
Yeah, them was the good old days
Rah, rah, rumble seats and running boards
Them was the good old days
Knee pants and dime a dance girls, oh, Lord
Them was the good old days

If l was a bird and you was a fish, what would we do?
l guess we'd wish for
Reincarnation, reincarnation
Wouldn't it be a sensation to come back too like reincarnation?
If l was a tree and you was a flower, what would we do?
l guess we'd wait for the power of
Reincarnation, reincarnation
Wouldn't it be a sensation to come back too like reincarnation?
I love you and don't you know l always will
You're a girl, I'm a boy
But suppose you were a rose
And l was a whip-poor-will
If l was a bird and you was a fish, what would we do?
l guess we'd wish for
Reincarnation, reincarnation
Wouldn't it be a sensation to come back too like reincarnation?
I love you and don't you know l always will
You're a girl, I'm a boy
But suppose you was a rose
And l was a Whippoorwill
If l was a bird and you was a fish, what would we do?
l guess we'd wish for
Reincarnation, reincarnation

A trailer for sale or rent
Rooms to let fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets
I got no cigarettes
About two hours of pushin' broom
Buys a three by twelve four bed room
I'm a man of means, by no means
King of the road
A third boxcar, a midnight train
Destination Bangor, Maine
Old worn out suite and shoes
I don't pay no union dues
I smoke old stogies that I have found
Short, but not too big around
I'm a man of means, by no means
King of the road
I know every engineer on every train
All of the children and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked when no one's around
They sing, trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
About two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four bed room
I'm a man of means, by no means
King of the road
Trailer for sale or rent
Rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
About two hours of pushin' broom
Buys a three bed room, four bed room
I'm a man of means, by no means

Well you don't care how I hurt
you don't care how I've cried
You gotta learn you can't do me this way and get by with it
Well I don't know, I don't know why
but everything you tell me is a lie
You gotta learn you can't do me this way and get by with it
Well it seemed at first my thirst for love
was satisfied by your sweet charms
But now and then you'd lend yourself to someone else's arms
If you can't treat me right well at least won't you give me a try
You gotta learn you can't do me this way and get by with it
Well it seemed at first my thirst for love
was satisfied by your sweet charms
But now and then you'd lend yourself to someone else's arms
If you can't treat me right well at least won't you give me a try

You've got me, under your spell again
Saying those things again
I gotta take you back just one more time
I swore the last time that you let me down
that I wouldn't see you if you came around
But I can't tell my heart what is right or wrong
And I've been so lonely dear since you've been gone
You've got me, under your spell again
Saying those things again
You've got me dreaming those dreams again
Thinking those things again
I gotta take you back just one more time
You've got me, under your spell again
Saying those things again
You've got me dreaming those dreams again
Thinking those things again

I live in the midst of a strawberry field
I pick the strawberries and hand some to you
And if the fruit doesn¡¯t suit you I¡¯ll hand you some flowers
A strawberry field is a rose garden too
And I love it, every day of my life
I love my children and I¡¯m true to my wife
And I love you, won¡¯tcha come be my friend
You may never get another chance to be insane again
Na-na-na¡­¡­¡­.
I¡¯m rich so I¡¯m able to do as I choose
So I cut paper dolls out of yesterday¡¯s news
I shop at the market, I dine at the grand
My uncle plays drums in a twenty piece band
And I love it, every day of my life
I love my children and I¡¯m true to my wife
And I love you, won¡¯tcha come be my friend
You may never get another chance to be insane again
Na-na-na¡­¡­¡­.

Well I tried my best but that ain't enough
I'm tryin' to forget you and it's gettin' mighty tough
The blues just follow me around the whole day through
No matter where i go honey I still find
You're right there bearin' on my mind
I've tried so hard but I can't stop loving you
I can't forget about the many good times, we used to have
You and I
I think about how you found somebody new, and ever since I just
Sit and cry
Somebody tell me what am i gonna do
Feelin' like this I can't live my life through
I've tried so hard but I can't stop loving you
I can't forget about the many good times, we used to have
You and I
I think about how you found somebody new, and ever since I just

Well, I ain't never, I ain't never
Seen nobody like you, no, no, no
Never have I seen nobody like you
You call me up and say to meet me at nine
I have to hurry, hurry, but I'm there on time
I walk a'right up and knock on your door
The landlord says, "she ain't a'here no more"
I ain't never, oh, darling
Seen nobody like you, boo hoo,
But I love you
Yeah, I love you, I love you just the same
You tell me sweet things that you don't mean
You've got me a'livin' in a haunted dream
You make me do things that I don't want to do
My friends all say what's wrong with you
I ain't never, oh darling
Seen nobody like you, boo hoo,
But I love you
Yeah, I love you
I love you just the same
I love you just the same

I love your Mississippi, I love the way she flows
I love your Rocky Mountains for your gentle winds and snows
I love you California for your beauty girls and wine
Lady America, I love you 'cos you're mine
I love old New York city, she's been good to me at times
Like the time I couldn't call my mama 'cos I didn't have a dime
Lord I love I love I love you and I want to tell you one more time
Lady America, I love you 'cos you're mine
My mind keeps going back to Oklahoma
It's my home and where I come from
Life is living and I've done some
Love I love you and I want to tell you one more time
Lady America, I love you 'cos you're mine
My mind keeps going back to Oklahoma
It's my home and where I come from
Life is living and I've done some
Love I love you and I want to tell you one more time

Hitch-hiker, hitch-hiker
Like a restless tiger you can't stand still
And you never will
Here I stand and the cars go by
Some of them honk and some just wave hi
It seems like life and the cars both just pass me by
Hitch-hiker
No special place to be going
I just go whichever way the winds blowin'
You know it's hot today
I'd kinda like to go where it's snowin'
Ah I dunno maybe I'll just stay here
where the green grass is growin'
Here comes another car I wonder
Is he slowing down, hitch-hiker
Hitch-hiker, hitch-hiker
like a restless tiger you can't stand still
And you never will
I guess boys all dream and so did I
My hands once reached to touch the sky
Is this the sky that I reached for
Just the dust of the road and nothin' more
Here comes another car
Hitch-hiker
Hitch-hiker, hitch-hiker
Like a restless tiger you can't stand still

Well I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
My soul is restless and the moon is bright
Goodbye woman that I don¡¯t love
Goodbye woman that I don¡¯t love
Goodbye woman that I don¡¯t love
I found a new one that I can¡¯t love enough
So I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
My soul is restless and the moon is bright
Water in the well at home is bad
The water in the well at home is bad
The water in the well at home is bad
And she gives me water like I ain¡¯t never had So I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
My soul is restless and the moon is bright
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
My soul is restless and the moon is bright
Now I found me new food to drink
I found me new food to drink
I found me new food to drink
And I found myself a new home I think
So I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
My soul is restless and the moon is bright
I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
Well I ain¡¯t comin¡¯ home tonight
My soul is restless and the moon is bright

Well, here I sit high, gettin' ideas
Ain't nothin' but a fool would live like this
Out all night and runnin' wild
Woman's sittin' home with a month old child
Dang me, dang me
They oughta take a rope and hang me
High from the highest tree
Woman would you weep for me?
Just sittin' 'round drinkin' with the rest of the guys
Six rounds bought and I bought five
I spent the groceries and a half the rent
I like fourteen dollars havin' twenty seven cents
Dang me, dang me
They oughta take a rope and hang me
High from the highest tree
Woman would you weep for me?
They say roses are red and violets are purple
And sugar's sweet and so is maple syrup
Well I'm seventh out of seven sons
My pappy was a pistol, I'm a son of a gun
I said dang me, dang me
They oughta take a rope and hang me
High from the highest tree

She would meet me in the morning
On my way down to the river
Waiting patient by the chinaberry tree
With her feet already dusty
From the pathway to the levee
And her little blue jeans rolled up to her knees
I'd pay her no attention
As she tagged along beside me
Trying hard to copy everything i did
But i couldn't keep from smiling
When i'd hear somebody saying
Looky yonder there goes jody and the kid
Even after we grew older
We could still be seen together
As we walked along the levee holding hands
For as surely as the season she was changin' to a woman
And i'd lived enough to call myself a man
As she often lay beside me
In the coolness of the evening
Til' the morning sun as shining on my bed
And at times when she was sleeping i'd smile when i'd remember
How they used to call us jody and the kid
Now the world's a little older
And the years have changed the river
'Cause there's houses where they didn't used to be
And on sundays i go walking
Down the pathway to the levee
With another little girl who follows me
And it makes the old folks smile
To see her tag along beside me
Doing little things the way her mama did
But it gets a little lonesome
When i hear somebody sayin'

River in the rain sometimes at night you look like a long white train
Winding your way away somewhere river I love you don't you care
If you're on the run winding some place just tryin' to find the sun
Whether the sunshine whether the rain river I love you just the same
But sometimes in a time of trouble
When you're out of hand and your muddy bubbles roll across my floor
Carryin' away the things I treasure hell there ain't ain't no way to measure
Why I love you more than I did the day before
River in the rain sometimes at night you look like a long white train
Winding your way away from me river I've never seen the sea
[ guitar ]

I've gotten used to the cryin'
And at least we're alone when I have to crawl
But darling when you say I'll find love again
I think I hate that most of all
I've gotten used to the teardrops
And at least we're alone when they start to fall
But darling when you say I'll find love again
I think l hate that most of all
I've gotten used to the cryin'
And at least we're alone when I have to crawl
But darling when you say I'll find love again
I think I hate that most of all

Well I quit my job and I told my boss
I ain't gonna work no more
Every day's gonna be my day off
I ain't gonna work no more
Oh I'm tired of bein' just one of the bunch
Getting up early, packing up for lunch
I'm gonna sleep for the next six months
I ain't gonna work no more
You can take my house and take my car
I ain't gonna work no more
I'm gonna find out who my real friends are
I ain't gonna work no more
I say l'm tired of bein' just one of the bunch
Getting up early, packing up for lunch
I’ve been poor before, more'n once
I ain't gonna work no more
Yeah there ain't no kinda job I'm gonna find
I ain't gonna work no more
I ain't gonna work a big car line
I ain't gonna work no more
Yeah I'm gonna put the world on hold
Throw out the paddle, roll with the boat
I'm gonna leave 'em with a two word note

What if someone said you couldn't say I love you
What if someone said you couldn't say your say
And wouldn't it be foolish if somewhere there was a rule
That said you couldn't wish a friend a happy day
What if someone said you couldn't say l'm sorry
Do you want to hear a thought to drive you wild
What if someone said you couldn't tell your baby
You're so proud to be the father of so beautiful a child
Freedom freedom freedom to say what you feel
Freedom freedom freedom to say what you feel
What if someone said you couldn't pledge allegiance
What if someone said you couldn't say your prayers
What if someone said you couldn't say your feelings
Unless your feelings coincide with theirs
Freedom freedom freedom to say what you feel

Disco man dressed in white
Ladies on the left and ladies on the right
Drives a T-bar top car all around the town
Disco man sure gets around
Disco man you'll go far
Take all the pretty girls and ride 'em in your car
Take 'em uptown downtown all around the square
Disco man goes everywhere
Disco man he's so bad
What he ain't got he has had
With a T-bar top car never far away
Disco man goes all the way
Disco man dressed to the nines
Talking to the pretty girls a line at a time
Stepping up to the rhythm of the music of the band
Ishco moogalo disco man
Disco man he's so free
He's my hero yesiree
Drives a T-bar top car all around the town
Disco man sure gets around
Disco man he's so bad
What he ain't got he has had
With a T-bar top car never far away
Disco man goes all the way
Disco man he's so free
He's my hero yesiree
Drives a T-bar top car all around the town
Disco man sure gets around
Disco man he's so bad
What he ain't got he has had
With a T-bar top car never far away

Me ¡®n¡¯ Oliver ¡®n¡¯ Virgil was in the drugstore killing time
When my eyes fell upon this magazine
And I got to reading this article on sky-diving and parachuting
And it said jumping out of air-planes was the thing
Now being raised down on a farm and always ready for adventure
I knew that I could figure out a way
I said ¡°Well Delmer Gill¡¯s got a parachute and Uncle Harvey¡¯s got an air-plane¡±
So I said ¡°Call the boys together, today¡¯s the day¡±
Well I found out too late what Uncle Harvey called an air-plane
Was nothing but an engine and a wing
And I could feel my fear a-rising as Delmer packed the parachute
¡®Cos he kept telling me I was doing the right thing
Ron McLoughlin shook my hand as JD strapped me in the harness
And Tildon brought a jug and passed it around
I took one look at that parachute and that whisky and that air-plane
And I turned that bottle up and drank it down
Well I was drunker¡¯n Cooter Jones when they poured me in the plane
The engine coughed and headed for the clouds
But I was sober as a judge by the time they opened up the door
And I¡¯ve never known my heart to beat so loud
I said, ¡°Harvey, I can¡¯t do it¡± as he kicked me out the door
And I wrapped my hands around the landing gear
And I was holding on real good ¡®til Harvey stepped down on my fingers
And Virgil said he heard me scream from way down there
Well I thanked God and Delmer Gill when my parachute finally opened
I said ¡°Well, hell there ain¡¯t no use in being afraid¡±
And I went crashing through the hen house, scattering chickens and breaking eggs
And I kissed the ground and fainted dead away
Now friends I¡¯ve done some fighting, and I¡¯ve been shot at once or twice
And I¡¯ve durn near been run over by a train
But I don¡¯t think I remember being any more afraid
Than the day I jumped from Uncle Harvey¡¯s plane

She¡¯s my baby lady
She¡¯s my baby child
Runnin¡¯ round in sun-suits
Drivin¡¯ daddy wild
Lovely to look at
Beautiful to see
Looking like her mummy
Looking up at me
Can it be the sun
Makes me feel so warm
Can it be the sunshine
In my arms
She¡¯s the shining light
Makes my day so bright
And sweetens all the dreams
I dream at night She¡¯s my baby lady
She¡¯s my baby child
Looking like a princess
Such a pretty smile
Can it be the sun
Makes me feel so warm
Can it be the sunshine
In my arms
She¡¯s the shining light
Makes my day so bright
And sweetens all the dreams
I dream at night
She¡¯s my baby lady
She¡¯s my baby child
Looking like a princess
Such a pretty smile

Open up your heart
Jiggle it a little, it?ll open
Tickle it a little, it?ll fly
Right on up to the sky
Don?t live your life
Sittin' somewhere in a corner
Don?t be a little Jack Horner
With nothing in life but a pie
Don?t be afraid
To dig a little giggling and laughter
After all what are we after
Don?t let it all pass you by
Open up your heart
Jiggle it a little, it?ll open
Tickle it a little, it?ll fly
Right on up to the sky
Open up your heart
Jiggle it a little, it?ll open
Tickle it a little, it?ll fly
Right on up to the sky
Open up your heart
Jiggle it a little, it?ll open
Tickle it a little, it?ll fly

Hot afternoon, sometime in june
Sittin' on the front porch waitin' on the moon
Talkin' to my neighbor next door ain't never ever very much fun
Go get my car, and my guitar, ride through town with the top down
Maybe I could buy me some beer, run out and look at the farms
And they call it the South, it's the land of the free
It lost the only war it ever fought in history
But I love the South, it's the land of the free
It's the land of hush your mouth, 'n Joe South
And that's home to me
She was born in '52, she finished in a Mississippi school
And something about her that turns you on
She's different, like another world
And you can tell she's not a New York girl
And something about her kiss that takes you home
But she was born in the South, Memphis, Tennessee
She was rich in looks from a poor Memphis family
But she will stay in the South, it's the land of the free
It's the land of hush your mouth, 'n Joe South
And that's home to me
California, I love you, your hills are high and your oceans blue
In LA there's always something to do, and you're never alone
But I like Fall,and I like Spring, I love snow and I love rain
And there's something about LA I can't call home
I guess I'll stay in the South, it's the land of the free
It lost the only war it ever fought in history
But I love the South, it's the land of the free
It's the land of hush your mouth, 'n Joe South

My uncle used to love but she died
A chicken ain't chicken 'til he's licken good and fried
Keep on the sunny side
My uncle used to love me but she died
who'll bid me quarter, thirty cents for a ring of keys
three sixty-five for a dollar bill of groceries
I'll have me a car of my own someday but 'til then I need a ride (thanks Steve)
my uncle used to love me but she died
My uncle used to love but she died
A chicken ain't chicken 'til he's licken good and fried
Keep on the sunny side
My uncle used to live me but she died
Hamburger cup of coffee lettuce and tomato
two times a dime to see a man kiss the alligater
one more time around free on the ferris wheel ride
my uncle used to love me but she died
My uncle used to love but she died
A chicken ain't chicken 'til he's licken good and fried
Keep on the sunny side
My uncle used to live me but she died
Apples are for eatin and snakes are for hissin
I've heard about a'huggin and I've heard about kissin
I read about it free in a fifty cent illustrated guide
My uncle used to love me but she died
My uncle used to love but she died
A chicken ain't chicken 'til he's licken good and fried
Keep on the sunny side
My uncle used to live me but she died
Well my uncle used to love but she died
A chicken ain't chicken 'til he's licken good and fried
Keep on the sunny side
My uncle used to live me but she died

I've been a fool, I've been a foo-ooo-ooool
Forgivin' you each time you done me wrong
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but I'll be a long time gone
Loved you so much, loved you so mu-u-huuuch
I stayed around when I should've moved along
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but I'll be a long time gone
I say hi there high line, hello highway
Here come a big old semi my way
I stick up my thumb, hear the truck come
But the truck goes by and he looks like he's flyin'
And he whoops the big legs on my Levi's
They go woop woop woop woop woop
I've been a fool, I've been a foo-oo-ooool
Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but I'll be a long time gone
I say hi there high line, hello highway
Here come a big old semi my way
I stick up my thumb, hear the truck come
But the truck goes by and he looks like he's flyin'
And he's whoopin' the big legs on my Levi's
Woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop
I've been a fool, I've been a foo-oo-ooool
Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but I'll be a long time gone
gone gone gone
gone gone gone

l don't love you like l used to do
But I'm afraid to tell you so
I've got half a mind to leave you
But only half the heart to go
Words to tell you just don't come to me
l guess my courage is too slow
I've got half a mind to leave you
But only half the heart to go
Maybe time will prove that you're not to blame
But now's the time l need to know
I've got half a mind to leave you

I know how it feels to be alive with no desire to live
I know how it feels to die inside and try hard to forgive
And my way of finding out is 'cos a love just let me down
In a world so full of love, yet not enough to go around
I was once so proud to have her love that I could burst with pride
But that sunshine turned to storm and now that's all I feel inside
It's enough to make me wish that I could hide and not be found
In a world so full of love yet not enough to go around
I could sit for days and wonder and not find the answer still
By the time I die I wonder if by then I even will
I must live to be a hundred if I hope to live it down

You followed me to Texas, you followed me to Utah
We didn't find it there, so we moved on
Then you went with me to Alabama, things look good in Birmingham
We didn't find it there, so we moved on
I know you're tired of following
My elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things
My elusive dreams
You had my child in Memphis, then I heard of work in Nashville
But we didn't find it there, so we moved on
To a small farm in Nebraska, to a gold mine in Alaska
We didn't find it there, so we moved on
Now we've left Alaska because there was no gold mine
But this time only two of us moved on
Now all we have is each other and a little memory to cling to
And still you won't let me go on alone
I know you're tired of following
My elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things
My elusive dreams
For they're only fleeting things

Your kisses ain't the same as they used to be
They used to be so hot they sent a chill through me
You used to treat me good
But now you're not so kind
I keep hopin' baby you will make up your mind
I guess you're forgetting me
Still each day I'm anxiously
Waitin' hopin' you may change your mind
Guess you're forgetting me
I've been waitin' for you baby, long long time
I'm ready for you now to be makin' up your mind
You used to say you love me, but you don't any more
Sure wish you would love me like you did before
I guess you're forgetting me
Still each day I'm anxiously
Waitin' hopin' you may change your mind
Guess you're forgetting me
When we used to walk you put your hand in mine
But now you act as though you'd rather walk along behind
Tell me what's the reason for the way that you feel
Could it be you found yourself a better deal
I guess you're forgetting me
Still each day I'm anxiously
Waitin' hopin' you may change your mind

Your world was so different from mine don't you see
We just couldn't be close and though we tried
We both reached for Heavens but ours weren't the same
That's what happens when two worlds collide
Your world was made up of things sweet and good
My world could never fit in, wish it could
Two hearts lie in shambles and oh how they've cried
That's what happens when two worlds collide
Your world was made up of things sweet and good
And my world could never fit in, wish it could
Two hearts lie in shambles and oh how they've cried

Rodger Miller: Now the first thing I need is some random number lets say um...
between 20 and 22.
Somebody in crowd: 21!!!
Rodger Miller: ok lets try 21 good number.
well take 21 subtract 9
12 litle childeren standing in line
from the take 2 and that leaves you 10
take away 8 and you got 2 again
(Refrain)
You got 2 again
You got 2 again
you used to love me once but now you got 2 again
(repeat 1x)
Rodger Miller: see now that wasnt so hard, let try it again only this time lets
try a number between, say, 12 and ummm oh how about 14.
Simbody in crod: 13!!!!
Rodger Miller: ok 13, mmmmmmmmmmm, 13 (Miller pretends to be making up the
words for a verse just humming and stuff, playing around with the adiance)
13 you multiply by 1
you still got 13 but wasnt that fun
you take the same 13 you multiply by 2
26 hours the trains over due
(Refrain)
8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3,
2 happy people divided by 1
leaves nuthing, nuthing,
none

Well the moon is high and so am I the stars are out and
so will I be pretty soon
And I can tell you're mad at me there you stand tellin'
me goodbye
And I say no you can't go I love you so much I can't let
you get away
But come the dawn and it will dawn on me you're gone
Uhhuhhuh love don't leave me don't leave me laying here
This ground is cold and chilly really don't leave your
charming Billy
Way out here you hear well the moon is high and so am I
The stars are out and so will I be pretty soon
But come the dawn and it will dawn on me you're gone

The last word in lonesome is me the last word in lonesome
is me
My heart is as lonely as a heart can be lonely the last
word in lonesome is me
Too bad what's happened to our good love too bad what's
happened to our good love
Sometimes our best isn't quite good enough and the last
word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me...
Life is a desert and love quenches thirst life is a
desert and love quenches thirst
We all have to hurt sometimes this is my verse and the
last word in lonesome is me

Did you ever feel unwanted kicked around so much you're taunted
Heart cries out with so much pain well that's the way I feel
Love someone and loved her dearly spoke sweet words she didn't hear me
Left me here heartsick and lonely that's the way I feel
To cry would do no good I used to think it would
But the more I cried the more I believed here's what I'll do
Let this feeling have its day maybe it will go away
Maybe I will find another that's the way I feel
I can let heartbreak overcome me just because of the way she done me
I'll forget I ever loved her that's the way I feel
[ fiddle - guitar ]
To cry would do no good...

Take a little bitty town
Elect a Mayor of the little bitty town
A square little man to make it go around
Squares make the world go round
Pick out a state
Elect a Governor of the state
A square little man to make it go around
Squares make the world go round
(Hey)
Squares make the world go round
Sounds profane sounds profound
By government things can't be made do by hipsters
Wearin' rope-soled shoes
Take the whole world
What does it take to make a whole world whirl?
What does it take to make a whole world whirl round?
Squares make the world go round, pip, pip, pip
(Hey)
Squares make the world go round
Sounds profane sounds profound
By government things can't be made do by hipsters

SUNNY SIDE OF MY LIFE
WRITER BROWN
Each time I see your face
It puts me back in place
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
Things that you've said and done
Tell me you're the only one
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
You're the sunny side of my life and I need you
God knows I place no-one above you
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
You know how I feel inside
My love's too strong to hide
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
You always come around
Whenever I'm feeling down
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
You're the sunny side of my life and I need you
God knows I place no-one above you
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
You're the sunny side of my life and I need you
God knows I place no-one above you

Somewhere there's a lady with a special set of feelings
That would love to sit and listen to the things I have to
Somewhere past the darkness that I see outside my window
There's a room that's warm and cosy and a place for me to
stay
Somewhere there2s a lady who is all inside a woman
Who will love me for my goodness and just throw the rest
away
Somewhere there's a lady who will tolerate my madness
And who will look upon my sadness as a thing that goes
away
Somewhere past the darkness that I see outside my window
There's a room that's warm and cosy and a place for me to
stay
Somewhere there's a lady who is all inside a woman
Who will love me for my goodness and just throw the rest
away
Somewhere there's a lady who will tolerate my madness
And who will look upon my sadness as a thing that goes

I'd try for you, die for you
My number one desire is you
Your mama must be elegant
Your papa should be president
I never thought that I would say
The things that I told you today
But I meant every word, love I don't mean maybe
'Cos I like you and I need you and I want you
Precious baby
Me, I'm arrogant, I talk too much
And I know I don't deserve your touch
When God made you he made something
To tantalise the inside of me
Precious baby
Whoever said no love is lost must have been mistaken 'cos
Lord there's precious little love around
But if I had your love, love I'd take your lovely face
I'd show it off all over town
And then I'd live for you, and when day was through
That's when I'd hurry home to you
And meet you in the hall, now that's more than halfway
And I'd hold you every night and I'd call you every day
Precious baby
I'd hold you every night and I'd call you every day
'Cos I like you and I need you and I want you
And I love you
Precious baby
Precious baby

He's the riddle what has two eyes that cry constantly
For your love you guessed it's me
He's the riddle who has two arms that long deseprately
For your love you guessed it's me
And your love was once all the treasure I'd known now that's gone
Gone on wings of a wild dream now I'm all alone
One more riddle what has one heart that beats faithfully
For your love you guessed it's me
[ strings ]

RAINBOW VALLEY
WRITERS WELLS, GRUSIN
I'm going home, to Rainbow Valley
I've been away, away too long
Going to see those purple mountains
Smell the meadows green, and hear the Bluebirds song
When I started to roam
I was barely seventeen
Guess a man has to roam
'fore he learns what home can mean
Goin' home, to Rainbow Valley
Gonna settle down
Right there in my home town
Yes it's a one whistle town
Lots of others are the same
'cept that folks lend a hand
And they call you by your name
Goin' home, to Rainbow Valley
Gonna settle down

Old toy trains, little toy tracks
Little boy toys, comin' from a sack
Carried by a man dressed in white and red
Little boy don?t you think it?s time you where in bed?
Close your eyes, listen to the skies
All is calm, all is well
Soon you?ll hear Kris Kringle and the jingle bells
Bringin' old toy trains, little toy tracks
Little boy toys, comin' form a sack
Carried by a man dressed in white and red
Little boy don?t you think it?s time you where in bed?
Close your eyes, listen to the skies
All is calm, all is well
Soon you?ll hear Kris Kringle and the jingle bells
Bringin' old toy trains, little toy tracks
Little boy toys comin' form a sack
Carried by a man dressed in white and red

Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release me and let me love again
I have found a new love, dear
And I'll always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold
Release me, my darling, let me go
Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release me and let me love again

L don't like to do things, l don't like to do
L like to do just what l please
And if that pleases you, then we can make music
Yeah we can make music, to make the rafters ring
Our hearts will play the music for the songs our lips will sing
L don't care to go places, l don't care to go
L like to go just where l please
And if that pleases you, then we can make music
We can make music, to make the rafters ring
Our hearts will play the music for the songs our lips will sing
L don't like to think things, l don't like to think
L like to think just what l please
And if that pleases you, then we can make music
We can make music, to make the rafters ring
Our hearts will play the music for the songs our lips will sing
Our hearts will play the music for the songs our lips will sing

Let me be a little kinder let me be a little blinder
To the faults of those about me let me praise a little more
Let me be when I am weary just a little bit more cheery
Think a little more of others and a little less of me
[ Mhm mhm mhm ]
Let me be a little braver when temptation bits me waver
Let me try a little harder to be all that I should be
Let me be a little meeker with the brother that is weaker
Let me think more of my neighbor and a little less of me
[ Mhm mhm mhm ]
Let me be when I am weary just a little bit more cheery
Let me serve a little better those that I am striving for
Let me be a little meeker with the brother that is weaker

Every town
Has its ups and down
Sometime ups
Outnumber the downs
But not in Nottingham
I'm inclined to believe
If we were so down
We'd up and leave
We'd up and fly if we had wings for flyin'
Can't you see the tears we're cryin'?
Can't there be some happiness for me?

I like the women I like to hold them tight
Kiss 'em squeeze 'em tease 'em that's alright
But I'll never marry no siree I'm for love but love is not for me
Now I like to romp'n stomp'n cut up loud and pick out the pretty faces in the crowd
But I'll never marry no siree I'm for love but love is not for me
I'm havin' too much fun doing like I'm done living on the run playing the field
And tryin' to stay away from any permanent type of deal
Yeah I like the women...
[ pa pa pa pa ]

Little toy trains, little toy tracks
Little toy drums coming from a sack
Carried by a man dressed in white and red
Close your eyes
Listen to the skies
All is calm, all is well
Soon you'll hear Kris Kringle and the jingle bells
Bringin' little toy trains, little toy tracks
Little toy drums coming from a sack
Carried by a man dressed in white and red
Little boy, don't you think it's time you were in bed?
Little boy, don't you think it's time you were in bed?
Close your eyes
Listen to the skies
All is calm, all is well
Soon you'll hear Kris Kringle and the jingle bells
Bringin' little toy trains, little toy tracks
Little toy drums coming from a sack
Carried by a man dressed in white and red

I got up and made my mornin' cup of coffee
Fooled around the house an hour or more l'd guess
I did all this before l even had one thought of you
More and more l think about you, less and less
I'm surprised but after all it's been a while now
Since l lost your love and all my happiness
But looks as though l just might maybe learn to smile again
More and more l think about you, less and less
I wouldn't be surprised if any day now
All these teardrops I've been cryin'
All these heartaches you've caused me
Began to witherin' and dyin'
Just now someone asked me if I'm hearing from you
And l felt a lot like cryin', I'll confess
But l didn't cry, l think the worst is over now

Thunder rollin', lightnin' flashin'
But right through the middle of it I go dashin'
Goes to show how far I'll go for you
If you want me to
Well, hurricane winds blow grief and sorrow
But I'd run through one tomorrow
Goes to show how far I'll go for you
If you want me to
Well, there's no limit to
What I'll not go through for you
Anything you ask of me
I'll make it my destiny
Well, thunder rollin', lightnin' flashin'
But right through the middle of it I go dashin'
Goes to show how far I'll go for you
If you want me to
Thunder rollin', lightnin' flashin'
But right through the middle of it I go dashin'
Goes to show how far I'll go for you
If you want me to
Well, hurricane winds blow grief and sorrow
But I'd run through one tomorrow
Goes to show how far I'll go for you
If you want me to
Well, there's no limit to
What I'll not go through for you
Anything you ask of me
I'll make it my destiny
Well, thunder rollin', lightnin' flashin'
But right through the middle of it I go dashin'
Goes to show how far I'll go for you
If you want me to
Goes to show how far I'll go for you

You do little things to me
That nobody else can do
If I ever fall in love
I'm gonna fall in love with you
You take and turn my head around
You take my don'ts and make them do
If I ever fall in love
I'm gonna fall in love with you
Woman woman woman woman
Man oh man oh man oh man
Swore I'd never fall in love again
And I'm doing the best I can
You do little things to me
My ups and downs are up to you
If I ever fall in love
I'm gonna fall in love with you
Woman woman woman woman
Man oh man oh man oh man
Swore I'd never fall in love again
And I'm doing the best I can
You do little things to me
My ups and downs are up to you
If I ever fall in love
I'm gonna fall in love with you
If I ever fall in love

When he holds you I'll be somewhere and when he kisses you I'll be somewhere
When he takes you somewhere where the lights are dim
I'll be somewhere wishing I were him
I'll be somewhere wishing it could be my arms around you
Just the way it used to be between you and me
When he calls you I'll be somewhere and when he talks to you I'll be somewhere
And when he takes you somewhere where the lights are dim
I'll be somewhere wishing I were him

It doesn't matter
One way or another
I say but I'm lying
I catch myself crying
There are fools, I was one
But it's over and done
And I'm trying
But I catch myself crying
I catch myself wondering
If you'll find somebody new
I catch myself wondering
If you're wondering, if I'll find somebody too
It doesn't matter
One way or another
I say but I'm lying
I catch myself crying
I catch myself wondering
If you'll find somebody new
I catch myself wondering
If you're wondering, if I'll find somebody too
It doesn't matter
One way or another
I say but I'm lying

Hey hey little star I don't know how far away you are
But tell me how does it feel to stand that close to heaven
Hey little star see the tears that I've cried here count 'em
Said she'd be here at eight it's almost 'leven
See this broken heart of mine can this broken heart of mine
Teach me how to live without her how to forget all about her
Hey little star there you are close to heaven lucky you lonely me little star

Well, you dad gum government you sorry so 'n' so's
You got your damn hands in every pocket of my clothes
Well, you dad gum, dad gum, dad gum government
Oh, don't you know
Oh, don't you love 'em sometimes
Well, you dad gum government you better pay attention
You're sittin' up there like a fool's convention
Well, you dad gum, dad gum, dad gum government
Oh don't you know
Oh don't you love 'em sometimes
Well, you soul selling no good
Son-of-a-shoe-fittin' fire starters
I ought to tear your no good
Perambulatory bone frame
And nail it to your government walls
All of you, you bastards
You da gum government, you sorry rackafratchits
You got yourself an itch and you want me to scratch it
Well, you dad gum, dad gum, dad gum government
Of don't you know
Oh, don't you love 'em sometime
Well, you soul selling no good
Son-of-a-shoe-fittin' fire starters
I ought to tear your no good
Perambulatory bone frame
And nail it to your government walls
All of you, you bastards
Well, you dad gum government you sorry so 'n' so's
You got your damn hands in every pocket of my clothes
Well, you dad gum, dad gum, dad gum government
Oh, don't you know

Engine, Engine No. 9, coming down the railroad line
How much farther back did she get off?
Old brown suitcase that she carried, I've looked for it everywhere
It just ain't here among the rest and I'm a little upset
Yes, tell me Engine, Engine No. 9, coming down the railroad line
I know she got on in Baltimore
A hundred and ten miles ain't much distance
But it sure do make a difference, I don't think she loves me anymore
I warned her of the dangers, don't speak to strangers
If by chance she find new romance, warmer lips to kiss her
Arms to hold her tighter, stirring new fires inside her
How I wish that it was me instead of he that stands beside her
Engine, Engine No. 9, coming down the railroad line
I know she got on in Baltimore
A hundred and ten miles ain't much distance
But it sure do make a difference, I don't think she loves me anymore
No, I don't think she loves me anymore

Engine, engine number nine,
Comin’ down the railroad line,
How much farther back did she get off?
Old brown suitcase that she carried,
I've looked for it everywhere, it
Just ain't here among the rest, and
I'm a little upset, yes, tell me...
Engine, engine number nine,
Comin’ down the railroad line,
I know she got on in Baltimore.
A hundred and ten miles ain't much distance,
But it sure do make a difference --
I don't think she loves me anymore.
I warned her of the dangers --
Don't speak to strangers.
If by chance she finds new romance,
Warmer lips to kiss her,
Arms to hold her tighter,
Stirring new fires inside her --
How I wish that it was me, instead of he
That stands beside her.
Engine, engine number nine,
Comin’ down the railroad line,
I know she got on in Baltimore.
A hundred and ten miles ain't much distance,
But it sure do make a difference --
I don't think she loves me anymore.
No, I don’t think she loves me any more

I was the words and you were the music
We were a song, sung out of tune
There is a light that brightens the night-time
Ah but there's a dark side of the moon
I was a house and you were my window
I could see light, but only through you
Now I'm a house without any windows
Ah there's a dark side of the moon
Love is a lovely, lovely feeling
Love is the light that shines from the moon
There is a light that brightens the night-time
Ah but there's a dark side of the moon
Love is a lovely, lovely feeling
Love is the light that shines from the moon
There is a light that brightens the night-time

I'm a two pack a day man smoke like a fiend
Like a burned out bearing in a bad machine
I can't breath in the morning till I get myself a cigarette lit
I say dad blame anything a man can't quit
I'm a brand new newly-wed married again nine times previous and this makes ten
I ought to be kicked so hard till I can hardly walk around or sit
I say dad blame anything a man can't quit
Still I keep it up keep it up and do it all the time
Every now and then I make up my mind
To give it up give it up throw it away I usually change my mind later on up in the day
I'm a two pack a day man...
I keep it up keep it up and do it all the time...

Found some letters
You wrote me this mornin'
They told of a love
We once knew
Now they're gone
I burned them to ashes
Don't want nothin'
To remind me of you
Burnin' bridges behind me
It's too late
To tur-urn back now
Burnin' bridges behind me
All I want
Is to forget you somehow
Sold the house
We once planned together
Said goodbye
To the friends we once knew
And I moved
To a far away city
Tryin' hard
To forget about you
Burnin' bridges behind me
It's too late
To tur-urn back now
Burnin' bridges behind me
All I want
Is to forget you somehow
All I want

Back about eighteen hundred and some
A Louisiana couple had a red headed son
No name suited him, Jim, Jack or Joe
So they just called him Billy Bayou
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
You're walkin' on quicksand and walk slow
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
Billy was a boy kinda big for a size
Red hair and freckles and big blue eyes
Thirteen years from the day he was born
Billy fought the battle of the Little Big Horn
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
You're walkin' on quicksand and walk slow
Billy, Billy Bayou watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
One sad day Billy cried, "Ho, ho
I can whip the feathers of Geronimo"
He smarted off, the chief got mad
That like, ended our Louisiana lad
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
You're walkin' on quicksand and walk slow
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
One day in 1878
A pretty girl walked through Bill's front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there and run
He wound up married 'cause he did neither one
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
You're walkin' on quicksand and walk slow
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch what you say

When I was a little country boy I had a dream
Our family wasn't poor but rich instead
I took to the road instead of staying home to help
And that dream just withered up inside my head
All fall down, all fall down
When you build your dreams on wishes they fall down
All fall down, all fall down
When you build your dreams on wishes all fall down
When I was a strong young man I fell in love with Sue
I wanted her to be my wife someday
But I couldn't bring myself to say "Sue, I love you"
And that dream just fell to the ground and blew away
All fall down, all fall down
When you build your dreams on wishes they fall down
All fall down, all fall down
When you build your dreams on wishes all fall down
When I reached middle age I hungered for success
And things like fancy limousines and such
About as close as I came to that fancy limousine
Was a thirty thousand dollar greyhound bus
All fall down, all fall down
When you build your dreams on wishes they fall down
All fall down, all fall down
When you build your dreams on wishes all fall down
When I reached my golden years I often had a dream
That I'd be respected by society
But here I am on skid row with a bottle in my hand
And free advice to give to fools like me
All fall down, all fall down
When you build your dreams on wishes they fall down
All fall down, all fall down
When you build your dreams on wishes all fall down
All fall down, all fall down
When you build your dreams on wishes they fall down
All fall down, all fall down

Once more I've said that I leave you
But once more I'm changing my mind
Yours is a world I can't live in
But without you I can't live in mine
You'd rather go places without me
I don't understand you at times
Yours is a world I can't live in
But without you I can't live in mine
Could be it's your way of loving
And you don't mean to treat me unkind
Yours is a world I can't live in

This is a story bout a boy that loved a girl loved her very much
In fact he loved her so much he couldn't seem to find exact words
To tell her exactly how much he did love her
Oh he tried several times but so anytime he tried
The words always came out backwards came out some like this
Bright moon tray fiddley run by through around and up to
That's why I love you so much that why I love you like I do
Bluebird a wingin' pearley foe some say chully-lum say so
That's why I love you so much that's why I love you like I do
In other words there are no words to say how much I care
And every time I start to tell you words come to my throat but to stick there
Bright moon tray fiddley run by through around and up to
That's why I love you so much that's why I love you like I do
[ ac.guitar ]

You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere
The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town
It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores
And yes it's true I'm not the man that I used to be
Oh but Ruby I still need your company
It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize
But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town
She's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door
The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before
And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground

Roll away, roll away
A great weight, like a great stone
has rolled away
Roll away, roll away
A great weight, like a great stone
has rolled away
What a day, what a day
A great weight, like a great stone
has rolled away
Roll away, roll away
A great weight, like a great stone
has rolled away
Peace of mind, peace of mind
A great weight, like a great stone
has rolled away
Roll away, roll away
A great weight, like a great stone
has rolled away
Roll away, roll away
A great weight, like a great stone

Me and old Rosie we go back a whole lot of years
We've had some laughter and we've had each other in tears
Rosie and me are somewhere between lovers and friends
I need me some cozy and I'm ringing up Rosie again
Well I just got in town and it's twenty five minutes till three
But I bet a pretty that pretty girl's waiting for me
Cause she know's it's Monday and Monday's I always book in
I need me some cozy and I'm ringing up Rosie again
Rosetta whoa oh my Rosetta whoa oh oh oh
You're the one girl who's in my dreams
Me and old Rosie we go back a whole lot of years
We've had some laughter and we've had each other in tears
Rosie and me are somewhere between lovers and friends
I need me some cozy and l'm ringing up Rosie again
I need me some cozy and l'm ringing up Rosie again
Rosetta whoa oh my Rosetta whoa oh oh oh

Bells ring-a-lingin', firecrackers poppin'
Lightin' up the sky
Hail to the flag, It's the 4th of July
It's a day to stand
Hat in hand
Watchin' parades
Singin' along with each song the band plays
Singin', bells ring-a-lingin', firecrackers poppin'
Lightin' up the sky
Hail to the flag, It's the 4th of July
Bells ring-a-lingin', firecrackers poppin'
Lightin' up the sky
Hail to the flag, It's the 4th of July
It's a day to stand
Hat in hand
Watchin' parades
Singin' along with each song the band plays
Singin', bells ring-a-lingin', firecrackers poppin'
Lightin' up the sky

Shame bird is flying shame shame on someone
Shame bird is flying shame shame on somebody
That someone is me don't crook your finger at me if you see me walking by
I'm not the same guy when I'm high ha
Well it may be outta sight and I can't see it it may be outta sight and I can't see it
It may be outta sight and I can't see it I guess the reason being maybe I can't be it
I say shame bird is flying...
[ guitar ]

Old friends, pitching pennies in the park
Playing croquet till it's dark, old friends
Old friends, swapping lies of lives and loves
Pitching popcorn to the doves, old friends
Old friends, looking up to watch a bird
Holding arms to climb a kerb, old friends, old friends
Old friends, Lord when all my work is done
Bless my life and grant me one, old friend
At least one, old friend
Old friends, looking up to watch a bird
Holding arms to climb a kerb, old friends
Old friends, Lord when all my work is done
Bless my life and grant me one, old friend

Hey kid where'd you get the lid
Where'd you get a lid like that
If I told you why would you tell me where
I could find a hat like that
Hey old chap where'd you get the cap
Where'd you get a cap like that
If I told you why would you tell me where
I could find a hat like that
Oh a hat is a hat
A topper is a topper and you can't top that
So if you got the bread I say
Why not spend it on something for your head
Hey Herby where'd you get the derby
Where'd you get a hat like that
If I told you why would you tell me where
I could find a hat like that
Oh a hat is a hat
A topper is a topper and you can't top that
So if you got the bread I say
Why not spend it on something for your head
Hey Miss let me ask you this
Where'd you get a hat like that
If I told you why would you tell me where

Gather 'round me buddies
Hold your glasses high
And drink to a fool
A crazy fool
Who told his baby goodbye
Too late, he's found he loves her
So much, he wants to die
So drink to a fool
A crazy fool
Who told his baby goodbye
He needs her
He needs her so
And he wonders
Why he let her go
She found a new love, buddy
He's a lucky guy
So drink to a fool
A crazy fool
Who told his baby goodbye

(This is a song called A Part Of Me)
You'll always be part of me just like the wind that blows his part
Of every storm that fills my heart
You'll always be the light that shines and guides me through the lonely nights
That you have left me here, the tears won't start
You're part of me like kisses are a part of love
You'll never leave my memory long enough to see me cry
You'll always be green pastures between the rocky roads I travel on
Our love won't die
You'll always be part of me as surely as the waves will touch the shore
You'll brush my heart
You'll always be the one I love no matter if it be a lonely day or night
My tears won't start
You're part of me like robins are a part of spring
You'll always be a part of me at least in memory
You'll always be today for me because they say tomorrow never comes

If you think it's lonesome where you are tonight then you oughta be here with me
If you think there's heartaches where you are tonight
Then you oughta be here with me
Because with you I'm whole without you I'm cold
But if you think about me where you are tonight then you oughta be here with me
[ sax ]
If teardrops are falling where you are tonight then you oughta be here with me
Loneliness calling where you are tonight then you oughta be here with me
Because with you I'm whole without you I'm cold

I walk up to my door and hate to turn the key
Emptiness is all that waits inside for me
That's how it is when the one you love is gone
That's how it is when your house is not a home
I look around and see things marked with his and hers
Things like these just make things that much worse
That's how it is since I live my life alone
That's how it is since my house is not a home
[ steel ]
Is there a way up for soul so torn as mine
Each day I live I'm like a prisoner passin' time
That's how it is ask anyone who lives alone

Love has wings and flies through windows opening an open doors
Sending light to darken corners left by loneliness before
But love is just a word for feelin' there's where we're movin' from
And because our love was special we called our love Tolivar
Tolivar Tolivar we would shocked to every wind
Really knowing it was going places we'd not seen nor been
Love is just a word for feelin' there's where we're movin' from
And because our love was special we called our love Tolivar
Tolivar Tolivar we would shocked to every wind

I reached out my arms and i touched you
With soft words I whispered your name
I held you right on the tip of my fingers
But that was as close as I came
My eyes had a vision of sweet lips
Yielding beneath my command
I had your love on the tips of my fingers
But I let it slip right through my hands
I let it slip right through my hands
Somebody took you when I wasn't looking
And I should have known from the start
It's a long long way from the tips of my fingers

(This is a song called Part Of Me)
You'll always be part of me just like the wind that blows his part
In every storm that fills my heart
You'll always be the light that shines and guides me through the lonely nights
When you have left me here my tears won't start
You're part of me like kisses are a part of love
You'll never leave my mem'ry long enough to see me cry
You'll always be green pasture between the rocky roads I travel on our love won't die
[ ac.guitar ]
You'll always be part of me as surely as the waves will touch the shore
You'll brush my heart
You'll always be the one I love no matter if it be a lonely day or night
My tears won't start
You're part of me like robbins all apart of spring
You'll always be a part of me at least in memory
You'll always be the day for me because they say tomorrow never comes

In the summertime
When all the trees and leaves are green
And the redbird sings, I'll be blue
'Cause you don't want my love
"Some other time"
That's whatcha say when I want you
Then you laugh at me and make me cry
'Cause you don't want my love
You don't seem to care a thing about me
You'd rather live without me
Than to have my arms around you
When the nights are cold and you're so all alone
In the summertime
When all the trees and leaves are green
And the redbird sings, I'll be blue
'Cause you don't want my love
Once upon a time
You used to smile and wave to me
And walk with me but now you don't
You don't want my love
Some other guy
Is takin' up all your time
Now ya don't have any time for me
You don't want my love
You don't seem to care a thing about me
You'd rather live without me
Than to have my arms around you
When the nights are cold and you're so all alone
In the summertime
When all the trees and leaves are green
And the redbird sings, I'll be blue
'Cause you don't want my love
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knew my sin or my sorrow

You didn't have to be so nice you didn't have to be so kind
Love there are plenty of hearts beggin' to be broken
Why'd you have to go and break mine
I've never been a one just anyone enough to lay by my heart and soul
And say hey there I take 'em
I didn't understand anyone of woman or man
Who can take somebody's heart and just break 'em anyway
Oh you didn't have to be so nice...
[ whistle ]

Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
But ya can be happy if you've a mind to
Ya can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
Ya can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
Ya can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
But ya can be happy if you've a mind to
All ya gotta do is put your mind to it
Knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it
Well, ya can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool
Ya can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool
Ya can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool
But you can be happy if you've a mind to
Ya can't change film with a kid on your back
Ya can't change film with a kid on your back
Ya can't change film with a kid on your back
But ya can be happy if you've a mind to
Ya can't drive around with a tiger in your car
Ya can't drive around with a tiger in your car
Ya can't drive around with a tiger in your car
But ya can be happy if you've a mind to
All ya gotta do is put your mind to it
Knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it
Well, ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
But ya can be happy if you've a mind to
Ya can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch
Ya can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch
Ya can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch
But ya can be happy if you've a mind to
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd

My baby is a working girl yes she's a working girl
And there is none sweeter in the whole wide world
Than my sweet little working girl
She's a early rising tantalising I have to have her in by ten
If it's later the to date her would be hard for me again
How I love her but I can't seem to see enough of her
How I love my my my my my baby is a working girl yes she is a working girl
And there is none sweeter in the whole wide world
Than my sweet little working girl yeah
She's a secretary to a very influential guy in town
A nine to five-er man alive I really love to take her round
Yes how I love her but I can't seem to see enough of her
How I love my my my my my baby is a working girl yes she is a working girl
And there is none sweeter in the whole wide world
Than my sweet little working girl
I'm here to tell you that I love her I place no sun or no moon above her

With pen in hand you signed your name today at five I'll be on that train
And you'll be free and I will be alone so alone
If you think we can't find the love we once knew
If you think I can make everything up to you
Then I'll be gone and you'll be on your own on your own
Can you take good care of Johnny can you take him to school everyday
Can you teach him how to catch a fish and keep all those bullys away
Can you teach him how to whistle a tune can you tell him about the Man in the Moon
If you can do these things then maybe he won't miss me maybe he won't miss me
And tonight as you lay in that big lonely bed
Can you look at the pillow where I laid my head
With your heart on fire will you have no desire to kiss me and to hold me
And if you can forget all the good times we had
If you can think that the good times don't outweigh the bad

The people in this city call me country
Because of how I walk and talk and smile
Well, I don't mind them laughing in the city
But the country folks all say I'm citified
The fighting men they say that I'm a coward
Because I never push no one around
Gentle people call me trouble maker
'Cause I'll always fight and stand my ground
Funny I don't fit
Where have all the average people gone?
Some pious people point and call me sinner
Because to them I've never seen the lights
Other folks think of me as a preacher
I'm just doing what I think is right
The wealthy people think that I am a hobo
Lean and hungry, writing mournful songs
And the poor, poor people think I am a rich man
But really, I'm just trying to get along
It's funny I don't fit
Tell me where have all the average people gone?
And the government has given me a number
To simplify my birth and life and death
And still my woman thinks I'm awful important
Like the moon and the sun and the sea and the sky and breath
Yes, it's funny I don't fit
Where have all the average people gone?
Funny I don't fit

You don't know what it's about, but you go out and try
You're young and your wings have just feathered
And you're dying to fly
Dreaming is easy, but living is hard I'm afraid
I come from South Georgia
And I feel like I walked all the way
How much does it cost to Valdosta
How much for just a part of the way
Lord I'm tired and I'm hungry
And I ain't got much money
What would my mama say
Sometimes the notion comes,
One wants to just run away
From all that he's bothered by
Little things, day after day
Sometimes the rain is cold
Sometimes the sun shines down
Life's just a ball game that can't be played all in one town
How much does it cost to Valdosta
How much for just a part of the way
Lord I'm tired and I'm hungry
And I ain't got much money
What would my mama say
How much does it cost to Valdosta
How much for just a part of the way
Lord I'm tired and I'm hungry
And I ain't got much money
What would my mama say

Oh I see you sittin' high upon the bank
You look at the little bit out of place don't you think
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
I see you clingin' to the cottonwood trunk
You lose your good fellow he got to get drunk
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
Oh now I see you sittin' in a big little bed
Think about the good times that we could've had
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
[ ac.guitar ]
I see fe fe fa fa fo fo fam I smell the breath of a guitar man
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
I say one two three six seven nineteen you beat any dadgum I ever seen
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
Well now I'm gonna look at you one more time and if it is the last time that'll be fine

Wanda Iguana and Tommy the Toad
They got together and went on the road
And they sang the songs of the heart and the land
And they had a pretty good band
And they played tootle it……………….
Larry the Lizard and Lou Ladybug
Cute as a button and cutting a rug
And forming a circle and dancing around
They laughed so hard they both fell down
But they went…….
Bonny the Bluejay and his dad and mom
Flew two hundred miles to see Wanda and Tom
And they couldn't get close enough to even see the band
They turned around and didn't even land

Walkin' in the sunshine sing a little sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong
Think about a good time had a long time ago
Think about forgetting about your worries and your woes
Walkin' in the sunshine sing a little sunshine song
La la la la la de ho
Whether the weather be rain or snow
Pretending can make it real
A snowy pasture, a green and grassy field
Walkin' in the sunshine sing a little sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong
Think about a good time had a long time ago
Think about forgetting about your worries and your woes
Walkin' in the sunshine sing a little sunshine song
La la la la la de ho
Whether the weather be rain or snow
Pretending can make it real
A snowy pasture, a green and grassy field
Walkin' in the sunshine sing a little sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong
Think about a good time had a long time ago
Think about forgetting about your worries and your woes
Walkin' in the sunshine sing a little sunshine song
Walkin' in the sunshine singing a sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong

He was born one mornin' it was cold and it was snowin'
And from the start he never had a chance
And though the doctors said he couldn't live his mama had some faith to give
And they brought him to her and his mama named him Vance
He was sick a long time then I used to sit by him
I'd rub his head he would squeeze my hand
But he never cried he'd grit his teeth and smile at me cause he couldn't speak
And that's when I began to respect the little man
And I think Vance was three right about then
He started school and one day he came home and at the doorway
I could tell the little man didn't want to come inside
He'd met a girl but her boyfriend Smitty
Had caught him walkin' home with her and nearly killed Vance
But then Vance never cried and the only thing that Smitty hurt was pride
And he said papa do you become a man when you're twenty one
And I said age doesn't make a man a man my son
He looked at me so puzzled with eyes so young and kind
And I think Vance was seven about that time
[ strings ]
I guess they say that first love is the very best
At least it was with Vance cause he'd scratched Becky on his desk
But Becky went with Smitty and Vance was very small
And he used to dream what it'd be like to be tall
And then a few years later Vance came in one day
And told me and his mama that he had to go away
To be fitted for a uniform and though his mama shed a tear
He kissed her and said he'd see us in two years
And he looked at me and said papa I'm gonna be a man
Well two years to the day Vance came walkin' in the driveway
And I didn't recognize him from his size till he got near
He came in and he hugged his mama
And said hey papa little man wanna go with me somewhere and grab a beer
So we're sittin' at this table when this fella at the bar started buggin' Vance
Callin' him soldier but Vance kept his cool
And he said papa that guy is Smitty and he's to be pitied now
Cause that's the same guy that used to bully me in school
Then Smitty said the wrong thing when he brought up Becky's name
And Vance finally stood and said boy what did you say
And it did my heart so much good when Vance hit ole Smitty
And it took two of Smitty's friends to carry him away
Well Vance left the very next mornin' and it was cold and it was snowin'
And from the first life hadn't been much fun
But he had finally made a stand and he'd become a self made man

Her head rolls back and forth
Against the billows of her long black shiny hair
As she contemplates the ecstasy
Of some other love that now she wished was there
If she could only realize
That the love I have could beckon her command
Instead of laughing endlessly
And pushing back advances with her hands
Every night I see her leaves
A nightmare of illusions when she's gone
And it leaves a longing feeling in a man
With a pain that lingers on
The gaudy goodbye can't replace
The girlish giggle of her sweet hello
But tonight I've made my crumbled mind up
That I'll never ever let her go
Too many nights I've watched her tease
By shifting all her weight from hip to hip
And with her hands brush back the falling strands
That cover up her satin lips
She struts upon the stage
And her fallen victims are callin' out for more
But she leaves them stranded helplessly
And exits to her dressing room door
Tonight I'm gonna take her
I've infiltrated past the guarded door
But she just hurries by me carryin'
All those scanty costumes that she wore
And she asks a sawed off cigar smokin' cat
If he would open up the door
Then she told him to load the baggage
Because they open tomorrow night in Baltimore
God, if I have to crawl

Well if you ever want to get depressed just come to this town
Nothing to do from dinner to breakfast in this town
Four street lights and one old grocery I ain't long to stay here no siree
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
I've seen towns but no town's as bad as this town
It don't take long to feel lowdown in this town
Soon cotton's gone opened up and I'm gonna pick it
Just long enough to make enough to buy myself a ticket
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
Here I stand on the dusty road leavin' this town
A hoping that dog ain't got a full load leavin' this town
The state built new routes just for travel they got the pavement and we got the gravel
That's the reason everythin's dying around here in this town
Well there's lots of sunshine very little hay in this town
The mail don't run but every other day in this town
Four street lights and one old grocery I ain't long to stay here no siree
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
Well we don't reap we don't sow in this town
Things are so bad that the weeds won't grow in this town
One two three four five six seven this town can go to one place I'm goin' to heaven
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town

The way you make love to me matches up perfectly
With pictures that I've always carried around in my mind
Honey you got it all
There's nobody like you, I just don't love you, that's
And I try to make love to you to match it all perfectly
With pictures that you'd always carried around in your
mind
But I couldn't make the fall
There's nobody like you, I just don't love you, that's
And I'd rather hurt myself
Than to ever cause you pain
I feel like I'm stealing away with the sunshine
Leaving you stuck in the rain
The way you make love to me matches up perfectly
With pictures that I've always carried around in my mind
Honey you got it all
There's nobody like you, I just don't love you, that's

Well I guess I better go and sit down by the phone
She's about call me say she's alone
I wish she could come back again ah there I go dreamin' again
Here I sit waitin' for the mail to run to bring me a letter from a sweet sweet one
But deep inside I know it pretend there I go dreamin' again
Yeah there I go makin' up things in my mind things like our love didn't end
But sure me alone that says my lonely heart can't pretend now and then
Sittin' here waitin' for the mail to run to bring me a letter from a sweet sweet one
But deep inside I know it pretend there I go dreamin' again
[ ac.guitar ]
Yeah there I go makin' up things...
Yeah there I go dreamin' again I'm just a silly fool there I go dreamin' again

You know, it's funny how certain things stick with you through the years, like how it feels to be 10 years old at the county fair
Hot dog stand, when you're hungry, hot dogs smell so doggone grand
Hopping through the sawdust, running with my brothers, head to toe we're smiling at the Tom Green County Fair
Rodeo, Tom Green County Fair's got one fine rodeo
The cowboys are the greatest, the clown he is so funny
You bust your britches laughing at the Tom Green County Fair
Well, a Sunday at the fair can make a memory more valuable than gold
Especially when you're 10 years old
Ferris Wheel, just like an airplane in the sky that's how you feel
Look down and see the people, wave your arms and holler
Everybody's grinning at the Tom Green County Fair
Nighttime comes, up there on the bandstand we see Billy Swan
Everybody's clapping, Mom and Pop are dancing
Sawdust is flying at the Tom Green County Fair
Well, a Sunday at the fair can make a memory more valuable than gold
Especially when you're 10 years old
Time to go
The pickup truck, it rattles down the gravel road

by D.Linde
(As covered by Roger Miller)
Released on 4 RM albums
(spoken)
You know it's funny how certain things stick with you thru the years,
Like how it fells to be ten years old at the County fair
Hotdog stand,
When you're hungry hotdogs smell so doggone grand
Hoppin' thru the sawdust, runnin' with my brothers
Head to toe we're smilin', at the Tom Greene county fair
Rodeo,
Tom Greene county fairs got one fine rodeo
The cowboys are the greatest, the clown he is so funny
You bust your britches laughing, at the Tom Greene county fair
Well a Sunday at the fair can make a memory more valuable than gold
Especially when you're ten years old
Ferris Wheel,
Just like an airplane in the sky, that's how you feel
Look down and see the people, wave your arms and holler
Everybody's laughing at the Tom Greene county fair
Night time comes,
Up there on the bandstand we see Billy Swan
Everybody's clappin', Mum and Pop are dancin'
Sawdust is a flyin', at the Tom Greene county fair
Well a Sunday at the fair can make a memory more valuable than gold
Especially when you're ten years old
Time to go,
The pickup truck it rattles down the gravel road
And all of us kids sit backwards, lookin' thru the dustcloud
At the lights and the laughter at the Tom Greene county fair
(spoken fadeout)
well step right up and see the three eyed malarkey brothers
smoking one big round cigar fresh from Havana,

To the opera I don't go
'Cos I know that Faust is slow
I can't hum Riggoletto
But since you took off I think you ought to know
That I'll keep crawlin' long as birds have wings
And I'll keep callin' long as your phone rings
I'll keep stallin' till the pendulum swings
'Cos the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings
Mister William I can't tell
If your overture was swell
???????? wasn't well
But since we broke up I haven't gone to hell
So I'll keep pluckin' at your old heart strings
I'll keep truckin' long as Basie swings
I'm not duckin' what tomorrow brings
'Cos the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings
Carmen left her Spanish town
Pagliacchi hid his frown
Yes I guess I'm like that clown
Tho you stood me up you'll never get me down
So while your cheatin' havin' all your flings
I ain't grievin', none of these things
Ain't retreatin' I'm a guy with wings
'Cos the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings

Leave the door open and the fly comes in
Leave the door open and the fly comes in
Leave the door open and the fly comes in
That's the way it is and how it's always been that's the way it's always been
Fall yourself in love and get your teeth kicked in
Fall yourself in love and get your teeth kicked in
Fall yourself in love and get your teeth kicked in
That's the way it is and how it's always been that's the way it's always been
A little lesson or two in the art of livin' may I be forgiven if I'm guidin' you wrong
Sing for your supper remember on the other end
Of the spoon the guy's working for song
You'll get your heart broken throwing caution to the wind
You'll get your heart broken throwing caution to the wind
You'll get your heart broken throwing caution to the wind
That's the way it is and how it's always been that's the way it's always been
[ pa pa pa pa pa ]

Well, if you wanna drive a big limousine
I'll buy the longest one you've ever seen
I'll buy you tall tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool fool fool for you
Well, if you wanna own a great big mansion
Well, I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool fool fool for you
Well, I'm a fool over you
It may take a while but I'll prove it's true
Well, if it's lovin' you want I've got it
If it's money you want I'll get it
I'll buy you tall tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool fool fool for you
Well, if you wanna take a trip across the ocean
We'll travel anywhere you take a notion
I'll buy you tall tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool fool fool for you
Well, if you wanna own a great big mansion
Well, I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool fool fool for you
Well, I'm a fool over you
It may take a while but I'll prove it's true
Well, if it's lovin' you want I've got it
If it's money you want I'll get it
I'll buy you tall tall trees and all the waters in the seas

Saturday in the town, as we buried T.J Brown
Good man, spent his life on the K Roll ferry line
He was just a man, nothing grand, just a man
But I never heard him treat no-one unkind
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, while I dry my eyes
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, it's old T.J's last ride
He feried model A's to the Cape Cherado shore
Way before my poppa ever had a son
When I was eight or nine I would sit by his back porch
And he would tell me stories from back in World War one
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, while I dry my eyes
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, it's old T.J's last ride
T,J's wife passed on, it was back in '61
Seems like yesterday, my my how time does fly
Still I would drop by and we'd sit and reminisce
And I'd stare across the river so as not to wath him cry
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, while I dry my eyes
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, it's old T.J's last ride
Well now here we standwith our memories and prayers
Mourning and crying down to the youngest child
And all that's gathered here will remember T.J Brown
He will miss his river and we'll miss his old smile
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, while I dry my eyes
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, it's old T.J's last ride

One time a long time ago on a mountain in Switzerland yo lo lo lo lo
There lived a fair young maiden lovely but lonely oh oh
Day after day she'd find her heart away yo lo lo lo lo hey cause no love came her way
One day her papa'd say some day you'll go down to the willage in the valley
There you'll meet a nice young man ask for your hand then you'll be happy
[ ac.guitar ]
But every day she grew unhappy on the mountain in Switzerland yo lo lo lo lo
Every day a little bit lonelier which way to turn which way to go
Day after day she'd find her heart away yo lo lo lo lo hey cause no love come her way
Some say the maidens dreams never came true she'd never got to go to the valley
If she didn't he really don't know oh oh oh did she die unhappy
Well now I'd rather think she found her love I would be rather if she'd find love

Swing low swingin' chariot comin' for to take me for a ride
Swing low swingin' chariot..
I know someday beyond the moon someday beyond the sun
I know the Lord got place to slept for me late down when my work is done
Son I'm singin' swing low swingin' chariot...
This heart of mine is satisfied when time is comin' I'd lay and die
I'll have me some golden streets to walk all the way

Well I was riding to the city
and my horse broke down, do-dah, do-dah
Blacksmith lived on the other side of town
Oh do-dah day
Well I'm gwan to run all night
Yes I'm gwan to run all day
I think Stephen Foster was ahead of his time
That's all I've got to say
Well a nickel is a nickel
and a dime is a dime, do-dah, do-dah
You can't make a dollar sittin' down all the time
Oh do-dah day
Well I'm gwan to run all night
Yes I'm gwan to run all day
I think Stephen Foster was ahead of his time
That's all I've got to say
Well I got to the city
and I went downtown, do-dah, do-dah
Cotton went up and it all came down
Oh do-dah day
Well I'm gwan to run all night
Yes I'm gwan to run all day
I think Stephen Foster was ahead of his time
That's all I've got to say
I got a room full of people
and a handful of friends, do-dah, do-dah
That's how it goes and that's how it ends
Oh do-dah day
Well I'm gwan to run all night
Yes I'm gwan to run all day
I think Stephen Foster was ahead of his time

The working man works while the boss man sits in the shade
The working man works while the boss man sits in the shade
Some people make it, some people got it made
I sing la la de-la what'll I do 'til I get paid
I sing la la de-la what'll I do 'til I get paid
Some people make it, some people got it made
Some people make it, some people got it made
Made in the shade
Some suck lemon, some sip lemonade
Yes I wanna walk tall when all of my dues are paid
Yes I wanna walk tall when all of my dues are paid
Some people make it, some people got it made
Some people make it, some people got it made
Made in the shade

Old men and young boys make the finest of friends
The old one speaks wisdom and the young comprehends
The ladies come later and life takes a turn
And the boy starts forgetting everything that he's learned
Singing qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Hey ho lo lo lo hey ho lo lo lo
Tra la lista lay
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Good wine and women get better with age
It's a story book life and I'm a-turning the page
The good times are waiting and I'm on my way
Singing qua la la la la la linta qua la linta la da day
Hey qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Hey ho lo lo lo hey ho lo lo lo
Tra la lista lay
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Old man I miss you, I remember you well
You taught me that life was both heaven and hell
And life's what you make it, you can go either way
Singing qua la la la la la linta qua la linta la da day
Hey qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Hey ho lo lo lo hey ho lo lo lo
Tra la lista lay
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Qua la la la la la linta

Well, I read in the papers and I see it on the televison
Everybody's scared about the World War III
Here I am a single boy, unemployment and everything
Somebody better stop and worry about me
Well, can't you just see me now, chin up chest out
A hup two, three, four, all day through
Everybody seems to be worried about a somethin' other
Who's gonna worry about Private John Q, rumbumbaduba
Sometimes I get disheartened and try hard not to think about it
Heaven knows it's hard to keep from lettin' it get me down
But I'll stand proud when everybody else will be
Runnin' helter shelter for a shelter underground
Well, can't you just see me now, chin up chest out
A hup two, three, four, all day through
Everybody seems to be worried about a somethin' other
Who's gonna worry about Private John Q, rumbumbaduba
When I was a little boy I used to sit and dream of travelin'
To lotsa foreign countries on a sight seein' tours
The way it's lookin' now I can stop savin' money maybe
Go free sponsored by a Third World War
Well, can't you just see me now, chin up chest out
A hup two, three, four, all day through
Everybody seems to be worried about a somethin' other
Who's gonna worry about Private John Q, rumbumbaduba
Well, can't you just see me now, chin up chest out
A hup two, three, four, all day through
Everybody seems to be worried about a somethin' other

Little John lived on a mountainside,
Never thought much about taking on a bride,
Finally he upped and he married one day,
She didn't like the country so she done run away
Poor little John, poor little John,
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone
What you gonna do, livin' all alone,
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone
Little John say what a fool I be,
Hot tone woman make a monkey outa me,
Life gets lonesome on the mountainside,
Guess that's the reason little John sit and cried
Poor little John, poor little John,
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone
What you gonna do, livin' all alone,
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone
Little John don't know what he gonna do,
Lose one woman, don't wanna try for two,
Guess he'll get along without no help,
Live all his life on the mountain by hisself

Maybe you didn't do the song right child
Maybe the band played too loud
The name of the game is pleasing the crowd
And now you're crying on my shoulder
But child for crying out loud
The name of the game is pleasing the crowd
You can never make 'em all happy
You just try to keep tryin'
Your shackles and freedoms are all in your mind
So maybe you didn't do the song right child
Maybe the band played too loud
The name of the game is pleasing the crowd

WELL THEY CALL ME A PLAYBOY--WHILE I'M MAKIN' MY ROUNDS
CHASING THE BRIGHT LIGHTS--OF EVERY NIGHT SPOT IN TOWN
THO' I NEVER SHOW IT--MY HEARTS BREAKING IN TWO
YES THEY CALL ME A PLAYBOY--BUT I'M JUST LONESOME FOR YOU
I ONCE HAD A REAL LOVE--THAT WAS WHEN I HAD YOU
BUT I'LL NEVER FEEL LOVE--WITH SOMEBODY NEW
THIS FALSE PRIDE I'M WEARING--IS TO COVER MY BLUES

Pillow you're catching my tears again,
Why can't these lonely nights come to an end,
I once loved someone, but now she is gone,
Oh why must I cry on and on.
Pillow you're catching all of my blues,
I lay here crying every night through,
She won't even write me, or call on the phone,
Oh why must I cry on and on
Darling, oh darling, wherever you are,
Come back, oh come back,
Don't wander too far.
Pillow I guess we'll go through it tonight,
I can't help my feelings, I can't hold them back,
I know it's foolish, and I know she's gone,

Pardon this coffin, please step aside
Pardon this coffin, my brother just died
Now don't you give me no ornary look or I'll knock you down
I'm taking this coffin, putting it six foot down
I'm telling you, six foot down
He was a champion, he was a chief
'til he lost that good job and went on relief
Then came the downfall of spirit and mind
The devil took to him, and he took to wine
So I'm telling you
Pardon this coffin, please step aside
Pardon this coffin, my brother just died
Now don't you give me no ornary look or l'll knock you down
I'm taking this coffin, putting it six foot down
I'm telling you, six foot down
Yeah, not many mourners, but I'm not suprised
Not many mourners, just me and two guys
Where's all them others that claimed they's his friend
Not many mourners, it's a sad way to end
So Pardon this coffin, please step aside
Pardon this coffin, my brother just died
Now don't you give me no ornary look or I'll knock you down
I'm taking this coffin, putting it six foot down

Ribbon of concrete stretching out far before me
Ribbon of concrete stretching back far behind
I'm rattling down round the southern parts of Texas
With that Oklahoma woman on my mind
Oklahoma woman, whoa whoa woman
Oh Lord what a day the day was the day that I found her
Oklahoma woman, whoa whoa woman
Oh Lord I can't wait to get home and put my two arms around her
Well it's starting to rain and I sure am glad I ain't walking
Yeah the telephone poles go flying by like they're flying
And I'm thinking about a lot of things but mainly
It's that Oklahoma woman on my mind
Oklahoma woman, whoa whoa woman
Oh Lord what a day the day was the day that I found her
Oklahoma woman, whoa whoa woman
Oh Lord I can't wait to get home and put my two arms around her
So I say come on wheels and roll me on back to my baby
Yeah keep turning round and head me on down the line
And radio keep on playing songs to remind me
It's that Oklahoma woman on my mind
Oklahoma woman, whoa whoa woman
Oh Lord what a day the day was the day that I found her
Oklahoma woman, whoa whoa woman
Oh Lord I can't wait to get home and put my two arms around her
Oklahoma woman, whoa whoa woman
Oh Lord what a day the day was the day that I found her
Oklahoma woman, whoa whoa woman

I gotta get up I gotta get goin' rain or shine sleetin' or snowin'
Nothing can stop me stop me stop my loving you
Wander through woods climb a high mountain
Love's in my heart like waters in a fountain
Nothing can stop me stop me stop my loving you
Cross the fire walk through river you'll be the taker and I'll be the giver
I'll give you lovin' lovin' honey that's what I'll do
Climb a big wall I'd tear into pieces I gotta get to your love and kisses
Nothing can stop me stop me stop my loving you
[ steel - fiddle ]
I can't stop praisin' the day I found you
I'd walk a hundred miles just to be around you
Nothing can stop me stop me stop my loving you
Nothing at all nothing in the world can make me stop fallin' for you my girl friend
Nothing can stop me stop me stop my loving you

Well we're tailor-made, for each other babe
We're so much in love with each other
We're so much inclined to spend all our time
With nobody else but each other
Na-nominee, na-nomino, na-nomina na na na na
Na-nominee, na-nomino, na-nomina na na na na
Come walk down my road, and lighten my load
Just walkin' along here beside me
And don't be afraid to lay in the shade
As long as you're laying beside me
Na-nominee, na-nomino, na-nomina na na na na
Na-nominee, na-nomino, na-nomina na na na na
Well la-lady-hey, la-lady-oh, la-lady-ah-la-la love you
And everwhere I go, everybody know
How much I la-la-la love you
Na-nominee, na-nomino, na-nomina na na na na
Na-nominee, na-nomino, na-nomina na na na na

My uncle used to love me but she died
A chicken ain't chicken till it's licken good fries
Keep on the sunny side my uncle used to love me but she died
Who'll give me quarter thirty cents for a ring of keys
Three sixty five for a dollar bill of groceries
I'll have me a car of my own someday but till then I need me a ride
My uncle used to love me but she died
My uncle used to love me but she died...
Hamburger cup of coffee lettuce and tomato
Two times a dime to see a man kiss the alligator
One more time around free on the ferries wheel ride
My uncle used to love me but she died
My uncle used to love me but she died...
Apples are for eatin' and sneaks are for hissin'
I heard about a huggin' and I heard about a kissin'
I read about it free in a thirty cents illustrated guide
My uncle used to love me but she died
My uncle used to love me but she died...

Sometimes my mem'ries let me hold and kiss you
But that's just lending me the things I live without
And if it's my fault that I can't really hold you
Yes, my ears should burn when fools are talked about
What made me think I craved another's kisses
Another's so unworthy, I found out
My arms should have no right to hold another
And my ears should burn when fools are talked about
At night in dreams, I do her callin' to me
She loves me, she loves me there's no doubt
But my lips have no right to ask forgiveness
And my ears should burn when fools are talked about

Look out for me oh muddy water your mysteries are deep and wide
And I got a need for going some place
And I got a need to climb upon your back and ride
Look for me when you see me comin' I may be runnin' I don't know
I may be tired and runnin' fever but I'll be headed south to the mouth of the Ohio
So look out for me oh muddy water...
[ sax ]
Well I been down to the pain and sorrow I thought no tomorrow's comin' in
So I put my pole to the river bottom
And I've got to hide some place and find myself again
Look out for me oh muddy water...

Well the moon is high and so am I
The stars are out and so will I be pretty soon
And I can tell you're mad at me
There you stand, telling me goodbye
And I say no, you can't go
I love you so much, I can't let you get away
But come the dawn and it will dawn on me you're gone
Love don't leave me, don't leave me laying here
This ground is cold and chilly really
Don't leave your charming Billy
Way out here, you hear?
Well the moon is high and so am I
The stars are out and so will I be pretty soon
But come the dawn and it will dawn on me you're gone
Well the moon is high and so am I
The stars are out and so will I be pretty soon
And I can tell you're mad at me
'Cause there you stand, telling me goodbye
And I say no, you can't go
I love you so much, I can't let you get away
But come the dawn and it will dawn on me you're gone
Love don't leave me, don't leave me laying here
This ground is cold and chilly really
Don't leave your charming Billy
Way out here, you hear?
Well the moon is high and so am I
The stars are out and so will I be pretty soon

Movin' all around movin' all around won't you settle down in this old town
On the move honey that's my groove travel everywhere breathing in the air
I don't have a care in this old world and I feel fine everything is mine
Meanwhile back in Abilene the sun is coming up
And the milkman's making all the rounds he made when I was just a pup
Barbershop will open up and Jacksons drugstore too
And they'll talk about this poor young wandering fool
Taking in the sights see the city lights smiling at the girls and being cool
Having fun my life has just begun fishing in the stream with a piece of string
All I catch is turles and old boots and I don't mind cos I'm feeling fine

Meanwhile back in Abilene the sun is going down
And the drive-in restaurants the only place to go to hear a sound
Drive-in crowd know each and every one by their first name
And they'll talk about me wonder if I've changed
Movin' all around movin' all around won't you settle down in this old town
On the move honey that's my groove travel everywhere breathing in the air
I don't have a care in this old world and I feel fine everything is mine

Busted flat in Baton Rouge headin' for the trains
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
Took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin' sad while Bobby sang the blues
With them windshield whispers slappin' time
And Bobby clappin' hands we finally
Sang up every song that driver knew
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free
Feeling good was easy Lord, when Bobby sang the blues
Feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standin' right beside me, Lord, through everything I done
And everynight she kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away
Lookin' for the home I hope she'll find
I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Holdin' Bobby's body next to mine
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin' left to show she left for me
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues
Buddy that was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee
Bobby McGee
Me and Bobby McGee
Me and Bobby McGee
Me and Bobby McGee

Travelling around and missing you gets hold (old)
Think about you almost all the time
Wishing I had your sweet hand to hold
Loving you is always on my mind
Loving you is all I'm living for
Ain't nobody 'bout to change my mind
For you have won my soul and my heart
Loving you is always on my mind
You're my friend when what I need is a friend
You're my loving when it's loving time
It's true so I'll just say it again
Loving you is always on my mind
You're my friend when what I need is a friend
You're my loving when it's loving time
It's true so I'll just say it again
Honey , loving you is always on my mind

I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies
Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies
Turning on the world the way she smiled upon my soul as I lay dying
Healing as the colors in the sunshine and the shadows of her eyes
Waking in the morning to the feeling of her fingers on my skin
Wiping out the traces of the people and places that I've been
Teaching me that yesterday was something that I never thought of trying
Talking of tomorrow and the money, love and time we had to spend
Loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again
Coming close together with a feeling that I've never known before in my time
She ain't ashamed to be a woman or afraid to be a friend
And I don't know the answer
To the easy way she opened every door in my mind
But dreaming was as easy as believing it was never gonna end

And I wake up in the mornin'
With my hair down in my eyes and she says hi
And I stumble to the breakfast table
While the kids are goin' off to school, goodbye
And she reaches out and takes my hand
And squeezes it and says, how you feelin' hon
And I look across at smilin' lips that warm my heart
And see my mornin' sun
And if that's not lovin' me then all I've got to say
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
And there's no such thing as Doctor Suess
And Disneyland and Mother Goose is no nursery rhyme
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
And when myself is feelin' low
I think about her face aglow and ease my mind
Sometimes I call her up at home knowin' she's busy
And ask her if she'd get away and meet me
And maybe we could grab a bite to eat
And she drops what she's doin'
And she hurries down to meet me and I'm always late
But she sits waitin' patiently
And smiles when she first sees me 'cause she's made that way
And if that ain't lovin' me then all I've got to say
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't snow in Minneapolis when the winter comes
And there's no such think as make believe
Puppy dogs, autumn leaves and BB guns
God didn't make little green apples

Do the mornin's still come early are the nights not long enough
Does a tear of hesitation fall on everything you touch
Well it might just be a lesson for the hasty heart to know
Maybe leavin's not the only way to go
Maybe lay and let your feelings grow accustomed to the dark
And by morning's light you might solve the problems of the heart
And it all might be a lesson for the hasty heart to know
Maybe leavin's not the only way to go
People reach new understandings all the time
They take a second look maybe change their minds
People reach new understandings everyday tell me not to reach and I'll go away
Do the mornin's still come early...
People reach new understandings...

Got a letter just this mornin', it was postmarked, Omaha
It was typed and neatly written, offerin' me this better job
Better job at higher wages, expenses paid and a car
But I'm on TV here locally and I can't quit, I'm a star
Come on TV, a grinnin,' wearin' pistols and a hat
It's a kiddie show and I'm a hero of the younger set
I'm the number one attraction ever, super market parking lot
I'm the king of Kansas City, no thanks, Omaha, thanks a lot
Kansas City star, that's what I are, yodel de la de, you oughta see my car
Drive a big old Cadillac with wired wheels, got rhinestones on the spokes
I got credit down at the grocery store and my barber tells me jokes
And I'm the number one attraction ever, super market parking lot
I'm the king of Kansas City no thanks, Omaha, thanks a lot
Kansas City star that's what I are, yodel de la de, you oughta see my car
Drive a big old Cadillac with wired wheels, got rhinestones on the spokes
I got credit down at the grocery store and my barber tells me jokes
And I'm the number one attraction, ever, super market parking lot
I'm the king of Kansas City no thanks, Omaha, thanks a lot

I sell the morning papers sir,
My name is jimmy brown
Everybody knows that I|'m a newsboy of the town
You will hear me yelling "morning star"
As I run along the street
I have no hat upon my head,
No shoes upon my feet
Never mind sir how I look
Don't look at me and frown
I sell the morning papers sir
My name is jimmy brown
I'm awful cold and hungry sir
My clothes are torn and thin
I wander 'bout from place to place
My daily bread to win
My father died a drunkard sir
I've heard my mother say
I'm helping mother sir
As i journey on my way
My mother always tells me sir
There's nothing in the world to lose
I'll get a place in heaven sir

Bottles flying, women crying
Ceiling sagging, 'bout to fall
Jason Fleming, chasing women
Pickin' fights with one and all
Now Jason Fleming's quite a man
He raises cain with who he can
He goes out nightly and has a ball
And whoops it up from wall to wall
Tells the band to play it slow
'Hey, are you playing slow?
You, out you go"
Jason Fleming, chasing women
He's a swinging daddy-o
Bottles flying, women crying
Ceiling sagging, 'bout to fall
Jason Fleming, chasing women
Pickin' fights with one and all
Now you know me, not you
Now he was raised in a Cajun swamp
Before he walked he learned to stomp
He stomped so loud that they run him off
Right in the middle of the whooping cough
Deal the cards and let 'em fall
This old boy he beats 'em all
Jason Fleming, chasing women
He's a swinging daddy-o
Bottles flying, women crying
Ceiling sagging, 'bout to fall
Jason Fleming, chasing women
Pickin' fights with one and all
Now you know me Jason, you cut that out

Well, it takes all kinds to make a world
Big and little, men and women, boys and girls
And I'm the kinda guy hard luck sure gives a whirl
But I guess it takes all kinds to make a world
My friend and me went to a picture show in town
They called his name and said his house had just burned down
I took his hand and offered him my sympathy
Then suddenly I remembered that he lived with me
Well, it takes all kinds to make a world
Big and little, men and women, boys and girls
And I'm the kinda guy hard luck sure gives a whirl
But I guess it takes all kinds to make a world
Well, I wrecked the heck out of my pretty car today
'Cause it's a total loss and I had to walk on home all the way
Then a phone call said you're holdin' ticket seventeen
You lucky boy you've won a tank of gasoline
Well, it takes all kinds to make a world
Big and little, men and women, boys and girls
And I'm the kinda guy hard luck sure gives a whirl
But I guess it takes all kinds to make a world
Well, last night I had the pleasure of her company
She said, she'd like to see a whole lot more of me
And I spent money like I had my pockets full
Now ask me how it feels to try to see through wool
Well, it takes all kinds to make a world
Big and little, men and women, boys and girls
And I'm the kinda guy hard luck sure gives a whirl
But I guess it takes all kinds to make a world

Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
A-well-a yeah yeah yeah yeah, it happened just that way
Well-a
I was born in a boomer's shack
'Bout that far from the railroad track
Choo-choo rattled my window pane
Sheet-iron roof tells me every time it rained
Well-a yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
A-well-a yeah yeah yeah yeah, it happened just that way
Well-a
I went to a one-room school
Walked to and from the school
I carried lunch in a paper sack
It was one mile over and two miles back
Well-a yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
A-well-a yeah yeah yeah yeah, it happened just that way
And now my brother worked hard in the grain
Poppa drove a choo-choo train
One sister was a righteous girl
But the other 'un' was a woman of the world
Well-a yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
A-well-a yeah yeah yeah yeah, it happened just that way

In the summertime
When all the trees and leaves are green
And the redbird sings, I'll be blue
'Cause you don't want my love
Some other time
That's what you say, when I want you
Then you laugh at me and make me cry
'Cause you don't want my love
You don't seem to care a thing about me
You'd rather live without me
Than to have my arms around you
When the nights are cold and you're so all alone
In the summertime
When all the trees and leaves are green
And the redbird sings, I'll be blue
'Cause you don't want my love
Once upon a time
You used to smile and wave to me
And walk with me but now you don't
'Cause you don't want my love
Some other guy
Is takin' up all your time
Now you don't have time for me
You don't want my love
You don't seem to care a thing about me
You'd rather live without me
Than to have my arms around you
When the nights are cold and you're so all alone
In the summertime
When all the trees and leaves are green
And the redbird sings, [Incomprehensible]

I've been a fool, I've been a fool
Forgivin' you each time you done me wrong
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but I'll be a long time gone
Loved you so much, loved you so much
I stayed around when I should've moved along
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but I'll be a long time gone
I say, "Hi there high line, hello highway"
Here come a big old semi my way
I stick up my thumb, hear the truck come
But the truck goes by and he looks like he's flyin'
And he whoops the big legs on my Levi's
They go woop woop woop woop woop
I've been a fool, I've been a fool
Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but I'll be a long time gone
I say, "Hi, there high line, hello highway"
Here come a big old semi my way
I stick up my thumb, hear the truck come
But the truck goes by and he looks like he's flyin'
And he's whoopin' the big legs on my Levi's
They go woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop
And I've been a fool, I've been a fool
Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but I'll be a long time gone
Gone gone gone

You conjure up your courage and you finally make the
telephone call
You get a busy signal else it rings and no-one answers at
And then your mind begins imagining things that could or
couldn't be so
I know the feelin' that you're feelin' it's a feelin'
that I'm feelin'
And I want you to know
I'm gonna teach my heart to bend instead of breakin'
Teach myself to lean and not to fall
Teach my heart to bend instead of breakin'
I've taken all I can take and that's all
I'm gonna teach my heart to bend instead of breakin'
Teach myself to lean and not to fall
Teach my heart to bend instead of breakin'

Once again you've got me cryin'
I'm a fool if I let this go on
You can hurt me without even tryin'
Think I'll pick up my heart and go home
I can see the first signs of autumn all at once all the flowers have gone
Certainly I feel so forgotten think I'll pick up my heart and go home
Someplace where you'll never find me
A place where I can leave your mem'ries behind me
Once again you've got me cryin'
I'm a fool if I let this go on
You can hurt me without even tryin'

Jacob Brown was a rodeo clown,
He used to jump up and his pants'd fall down
He used to pull a trailer around,
Behind a 55 chevy with the top backed down
Rinkle de rinkle re roh roh
Rinkle de rinkle de roh
I like the cowboys, I like the clowns
I love a rodeo
The Mahan man is a mighty fine man
He can do it better than the best of them can
I know the feller personally,
That and two dimes'll catch a streetcar free
Rinkle de rinkle re roh roh
Rinkle de rinkle de roh
I like the cowboys, I like the clowns
I love a rodeo
Yeah, If you go to see a rodeo show
Go to have a good time or don't even go
Ain't no use in hangin' around,
Cause the matinee goes until the sun goes down
Rinkle de rinkle re roh roh
Rinkle de rinkle de roh
Well I like the cowboys, I like the clowns
I love a rodeo
Yeah I like the cowboys, I like the clowns
I love a rodeo

Somebody made every rock and tree
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Somebody gave His all for me
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Way up in the sky
His love can lift you high
Somebody made every rock and tree
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Who told Noah look up to the sky
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Who showed the dove which way to fly
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Way up in the sky
His love can lift you high
Somebody made every rock and tree
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Who said there'd be fields of fire
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Who was the power stronger and higher
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Way up in the sky
His love can lift you high
Somebody made every rock and tree
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Now who saved Jonah from the big old whale
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Who said to follow me and you can't fail
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Way up in the sky
His love can lift you high
Somebody made every rock and tree
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Now who freed Daniel from the lion's den
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Who gave Moses the rules of men
I know who it is and I'm gonna tell on Him
Way up in the sky
His love can lift you high
Somebody made every rock and tree

When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain
The wise men asked him would you please explain
How'd you know the world was round he said I used my brain
And I get up early in the morning

Well get up and get up when the sun comes up
Don't lay there dozin' like a lazy pup
Health and wealth will overflow your cup
If you get up early in the morning
Andrew Jackson fought the British down in New Orleans
And he sent them runnin' through the turnip greens
When they wondered how he did it he said were just mean
And I get up early in the morning
They asked Casanova uh man what you got
That makes all the women think that you're so hot
He said well my little secret boys believe it or not

Two broken hearts, lonely, looking like
Houses where nobody lives
Two people, each having so much pride inside
Neither side forgives
The angry words, spoken in haste
Such a waste of two lives
It's my belief, pride is the chief cause and the decline
In the number of husbands and wives
A woman and a man, a man and a woman
Some can and some can't and some can
Two broken hearts, lonely, looking like
Houses where nobody lives
Two people, each having so much pride inside
Neither side forgives
The angry words, spoken in haste
Such a waste of two lives
It's my belief, pride is the chief cause and the decline
In the number of husbands and wives

See the tree, how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long, it wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad
The first day that she planted, it was just a twig
Then first snow came and she ran out
To brush the snow away so it wouldn't die
Came running in all excited, slipped
And almost hurt herself and I laughed till I cried
She was always young at heart
Kinda dumb and kinda smart, I loved her so
And I surprised her with a puppy
Kept me up all Christmas night two years ago
And it would sure embarrass her
When I came in from working late 'cause I would know
That she'd been sittin' there
And cryin' over some sad and silly late, late show
And, honey, I miss you and I'm being good
And I'd love to be with you if only I could
She wrecked the car and she was sad
And so afraid that I'd be mad
But what the heck, though I pretended hard to be
Guess you could say, she saw through me
And hugged my neck, I came home unexpectedly
And caught her crying needlessly in the middle of the day
And it was in the early spring when flowers bloom
And robins sing, she went away
And, honey, I miss you and I'm being good
And I'd love to be with you if only I could
One day when I wasn't home when she was there
And all alone the angels came
Now all I have is memories of honey and I wake up
Nights and call her name
Yes, now my life's an empty stage where honey lived
And honey played and love grew up
And a small cloud passes overhead and cries down
On the flower bed that honey loved
And see the tree, how big it's grown
But friend it hasn't been too long, it wasn't big
I laughed at her and she got mad

I've been a traveler the most of my life
I never took a home I never took a wife
Ran away young and decided to roam
But now I'd like a see my Mama and my Papa back home
Well a home where the river runs cold
The water tastes good the winters ain't cold
A home where trees grow tall
The home fires burn the whippoorwills call
Well I remember stories that my Pappy used to tell
Yeah my eyes would get big his chest would swell
I could sit for hours and listen with glee
As he'd tell of how he lived when he's a boy like me
Well a home where the river runs cold
The water tastes good the winters ain't cold
A home where trees grow tall
The home fires burn the whippoorwills call
Now Mama dear Mama do you still love your boy?
After all my roamin', can I still bring you joy?
Mom you sent a letter got it not long ago
And you said to come home 'cause you're missin' me so
A home where trees grow tall
The home fires burn the whippoorwills call
A home where the river runs cold
The water tastes good the winters ain't cold
A home where trees grow tall

Well my brother-in-law and my sister Sue
Live in a house and I live there too
I lock my doors and get down at night
They get drunk and fight
I sing hey would you hold it down
Some of us are trying to be happy
Some of us are trying to be happy
So hey would you hold it down
Neighbour couple two doors down the street
He's all right and she's real sweet
I lock my doors and get down at night
They get drunk and fight
I sing hey would you hold it down
Some of us are trying to be happy
Some of us are trying to be happy
So hey would you hold it down
Presidents and ambassadors
Have the power to start and stop the wars
I lock my doos and get down at night
They get drunk and we all have to fight
I sing hey would you hold it down
Some of us are trying to be happy
Some of us are trying to be happy
So hey would you hold it down
Hey won't you hold it down
Hey won't you hold it down

Hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin' how's about cookin' somethin' up with me
Hey sweet baby don't you think maybe we could find us a brand new recepie
I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill and I know a spot right over the hill
Well there's soda pop and the dancin's free
So if you wanna have fun come along with me
Hey good lookin' whatcha got a cookin' how's about a cookin' somethin' up with me
[ pa pa pa pa ]
I'm free and ready so we can go steady so how's about savin' all your time for me
No more lookin' I know I've been tooken so how's about keepin' steady company

Yeah, since my baby left me
I've found a new place to dwell
It's down at the end of Lonely Street
At Heartbreak Hotel
Well I get so lonely, baby
I get so lonely
I get so lonely I could die
And though it's always crowded
You still can find some room
For broken hearted lovers
To cry away there in the gloom
Well I get so lonely
I get so lonely, baby
I get so lonely I could die
Yeah the bellhop's tears keep flowing
The desk clerk's dressed in black
They've been so long on Lonely Street
They ain't never gonna come back
Well I get so lonely, baby
I get so lonely
I get so lonely I could die
Since my baby left me
Found a new place to dwell
Down at the end of Lonely Street
At Heartbreak Hotel
Well I get so lonely, baby
I get so lonely

Heartache number one
Was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
And heartache number two
Was when you came back again
You came back and never meant to stay
Now I've got heartaches by the number
Troubles by the score
Everyday you love me less
Each day I love you more
Yes I've got heartaches by the number
A love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting
That's the day my world will end
Heartache number three
Was when you called me
And said that you were coming ba-ack to stay
With hopeful heart I waited
For your knock on the door
I waited but you must have lost your way
Now I've got heartaches by the number
Troubles by the score
Everyday you love me less
Each day I love you more
Yes I've got heartaches by the number
A love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting
That's the day my world will end
Yes, the day that I stop counting

Well, he gave me fair warnin', he said let him alone
But I'd had one too many and refuse to go home
Then I said somethin' awful and then so did he
And he hit me and it hurt and my eyes couldn't see
Hard, hard headed me
I spoke out of turn once too often
I'd be better off in my coffin
Hard headed me
Well, she gave me fair warnin', many times my wife said
She said, if you aim to keep me, quit your fool hearty ways
I said, now listen woman, you better leave me alone
How long is forever that's how long she'll be gone
Hard, hard headed me
I spoke out of turn once too often
I'd be better off in my coffin
Hard headed me
Then they gave me fair warnin', all the folks in my town
They said, if you ain't gonna straighten up, we're gonna expel one clown
I said, now just a minute here, you can't do me this way
How far is it to the next town, I'm walking that way
Hard, hard headed me
Well, I spoke out of turn once too often
I'd be better off in my coffin

Well they tell me but I can't be sure that a man's best friend is a mangy cur
I kinda favor the hog myself how about a hand for the hog
Ya say a hog ain't nothin' but a porky thing little forked feet with a nosey ring
Pickle them feet folks how about a hand for the hog
If you took a notion I'll bet a good hog would make a hell of a pet
You could teach him to ride and hunt you could clean him up and let him sit up front
A feller and a hog had a comedy act the feller was terrible as a matter of fact
But that hog was a funny sucker how about a hand for the hog
[ fiddle ]
Well I've looked at it and it and it looks like this either you ain't or either you is
A true blue fan of the swine folks how about a hand for the hog
Well I've seen dogs that will howl and bark for no more reason than a moonless dark
And a hog won't rattle your sleep folks how about a hand for the hog
Well if you took a notion I'll bet you could teach a hog to smoke a cigarette
Well it might take a little bit a time but hell what't time to a hog ha ha ha
Well I once saw a hog with a small tattoo it read I reckon I do I do

The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my mama and papa, down the road I look
And there comes Mary, hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they've all come to meet me, arms areaching, smiling sweetly
It's so good to touch the green, green grass of home
The old house is still standing though the paint is cracked and dry
And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on and down the lane
I'd walk with my sweet Mary, hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they've all come to meet me, arms areaching, smiling sweetly
Lord, it's so good to touch the green, green grass of home
Then I awake and look around me at four grey walls that surround me
And I realized that I was only dreaming, for there's a guard
And there's a sad old padre arm in arm, we'll walk at daybreak
Once again I'll touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they'll all come to see me in the shade of that old oak tree

And in this song, we employ the use of numbers
And what I?ll do is have a volunteer give me a number
And I?ll take that number
And make a verse for a song out it
Now, if someone will give me
A number between 20 and 22
I?ll show you, what I mean, 21
That?s very good, first time, 21
Well, 21 take away 9
12 little children standing in a line
From that take 2 that leaves you 10
Take away 8 and you got 2 again
Yeah, you got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
Now see how easy that was
For the second verse
I need someone to give me a number
Between 12 and 14, I'll make a verse, 13
13, ah, 13, well, 13 multiplied by 1
You still got 13 but wasn?t that fun
Now, take that same 13 multiply by 2
26 hours the train's overdue
Yeah, you got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
Happy people divided by 1
Leave nothing, nothing, none
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again

And in this song, we employ the use of numbers
And what I?ll do is have a volunteer give me a number
And I?ll take that number
And make a verse for a song out it
Now, if someone will give me
A number between 20 and 22
I?ll show you, what I mean, 21
That?s very good, first time, 21
Well, 21 take away 9
12 little children standing in a line
From that take 2 that leaves you 10
Take away 8 and you got 2 again
Yeah, you got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
Now see how easy that was
For the second verse
I need someone to give me a number
Between 12 and 14, I'll make a verse, 13
13, ah, 13, well, 13 multiplied by 1
You still got 13 but wasn?t that fun
Now, take that same 13 multiply by 2
26 hours the train's overdue
Yeah, you got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
Happy people divided by 1
Leave nothing, nothing, none
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again

BABY ME BABY
Writer Roger Miller
Well I'm stacking up shirts and things
Packin' up and fixin' to go
For some little reason that I can't remember
And this leavin' is grievin' me so
But just one little kiss
Could put all this leavin' behind
Yeah,baby me,baby
And maybe I might change my mind
Baby me baby
Everyday
Baby me baby
And make all my blues go away
Baby me baby
Everyday
Baby me baby
And I'll baby you the same way
Sometimes the times are good times
And sometimes the times
Are not quite good as the good times should be
And that's when leavin' starts to enter my mind
But just one word from you
And I'd put all my suitcases down
Yeah, baby me, baby
And maybe I might stick around
Baby me baby
Everyday
Baby me baby
And make all my blues go away
Baby me baby
Everyday
Baby me baby

It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shacked by forgotten words and bons
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
It's not clinging to the rocks and I'd be planted on their columns now that binds me
Or somethin' that somebody said because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowin' that the world will not be cursin' or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Though the wheet fields and the clothes lines
And the junk yards and the highways come between us
And some other woman cryin' to her mother cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face
And a summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walking on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind
I dipped my cup of soap back from a gurglin' cracklin' caltron in some train yard
My beard a roughen coal pile and a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands round a tin can I pretend I hold you to my breast and find
That you're waving from the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry

Some folks like the summertime when they can walk about
Strolling through the meadow green it's fun there's no doubt
But give me the wintertime when snow falls all around
For I found her when the snow was on the ground
Well I traced them footprints in the snow I traced the footprints in the snow
I can't forget the day my darling lost her way
And I found her when the snow was on the ground
[ steel ]
Well I dropped in to see her there was a big round moon
Her mother said she just stepped out be returnin' soon
I found her little footprints and I traced them thru the snow
I found her when the snow was on the ground
Well I traced them footprints..
[ steel ]
Now she's up in heaven she's with an angel band
I know I gonna meet her in that promised land
But everytime the snow falls it brings back memories

One time a long time ago on a mountain in Switzerland yolololo
There lived a fair young maiden lovely but lonely yohohoho
Day by the day she'd pine her heart away yololololadylay cause no love came her way
One day her papa say someday we'll go down to the village in the valley
There'll you meet a nice young man he'll ask for your hand then you'll be happy
[ umpa umpa umpa ]
But every day she grew unhappier on the mountain in Switzerland yolololo
Every day a little bit lonelier which a way to turn which a way to go
And day after day she'd pine her heart away yololololadylay but no love came her way
Some say the maiden's dreams never came true
She never got to go to the valley
If she did I really don't know ohohoh did she die unhappy
I had rather think she found her love wouldn't you rather think she did find love

Here we are in court today
Rose just took the stand
She's divorcin' me for reasons
I still don't understand
That dress is showin' more of her
Than I've seen in years
And the story that she's tellin's
Even got the judge in tears
She's accusin' me of hangin' out
With girls of ill repute
Adultery, abandonment
Even alcohol abuse
I just heard my mother shout
Your Honour throw the book
And even my attorney
Just gave me a dirty look
Everything's comin up Roses
The house, the car, the kids and all the cash
Everything's comin up Roses
And I'll be lucky if I keep the shirt that's on my back
My head is buried in my hands
The courtroom is adjourned
She got all I ever made
And all I'll ever earn
If I had a handkerchief
I'd break right down and cry-y
Why, even Johnny Carson
Got a better deal than mine
Everything's comin up Roses
The house, the car, the kids and all the cash
Everything's comin up Roses
And I'll be lucky if I keep the shirt that's on my back
Everything's comin up Roses

Every which-a-way I go
And every which-a-way I turn, I seem to be
Lookin' for a love I never, never find
Fightin' back pain and misery
One day my love run away
Now everything I touch just seems to turn
To more heartache and misery
Makin' my poor heart burn, burn
I found the thrill of love then felt the chill of love
Funny I'm still in love
Even though she let me down
And then gave me the run-around
Every which-a-way I go
And every which-a-way I turn, I seem to be
Lookin' for a love I never, never find
Fightin' back pain and misery
I found the thrill of love then felt the chill of love
Funny I'm still in love
Even though she let me down
And then gave me the run-around
Oh, every which-a-way I go
And every which-a-way I turn I seem to be
Lookin' for a love I never, never find

England swings like a pendulum do
Bobbies on bicycles, two by two
Westminster Abbey the tower of Big Ben
The rosy red cheeks of the little children
Now, if you huff and puff and you finally save enough money
Up to take your family on a trip across the sea
Take a tip before you take your trip
Let me tell you where to go, go to England, oh
England swings like a pendulum do
Bobbies on bicycles, two by two
Westminster Abbey the tower of Big Ben
The rosy red cheeks of the little children
Mama's old pajamas and your papa's mustache
Falling out the window sill, frolic in the grass
Tryin' to mock the way they talk fun but all in vain
Gaping at the dapper men with derby hats and canes
England swings like a pendulum do
Bobbies on bicycles, two by two
Westminster Abbey the tower of Big Ben
The rosy red cheeks of the little children
England swings like a pendulum do
Bobbies on bicycles, two by two
Westminster Abbey the tower of Big Ben

I hear, tell you're doin' well
Good things have come to you
I wish I had your happiness
And you had a do-wacka-do-wacka-do
Wacka-do-wacka-do-wacka-do
They tell me you're runnin' free
Your days are never blue
I wish I had your good luck charm
And you had a do-wacka-do-wacka-do
Wacka-do-wacka-do-wacka-do
Yeah, I see you goin' down the street in your big Cadillac
You got girls in the front and got girls in the back
Yeah, and way in the back, you got money in a sack
Both hands on the wheel and your shoulders right back
I hear, tell you're doin' well
Good things have come to you
I wish I had your happiness
And you had a do-wacka-do-wacka-do
Wacka-do-wacka-do-wacka-do
Yeah, you're goin' down the street in your big Cadillac
You got girls in the front and got girls in the back
Yeah, and way in the back, you got money in a sack
Both hands on the wheel and your shoulders right back
I hear, tell you're doin' well
Good things have come to you
I wish I had your good luck charm
And you had a do-wacka-do-wacka-do

DO YOU WANNA GO TO HEAVEN
FROM BROADWAY MUSICAL “BIG RIVER”
Writer Roger Miller
Looka Huck, do you wanna go to heaven
Do you wanna go to Heaven
Well I'll tell you right now
You better learn to read and you better learn your writin'
Or you'll never get to heaven 'cause you wont know how
You may think that the whole thing is silly
But it ain't silly really and I'll tell you right now
If you don't learn to read then you can't read your Bible
And you won't get to heaven 'cause you wont know how
Looka here Huck, now you better think it over
Do you wanna be a loafer like your pappy is now
You better learn to read and you better learn your writin'
Or you'll never get to heaven 'cause you wont know how
Hey, hey do you wanna go to heaven
Do you wanna go to heaven
If you don't go to hell
Looka here Huck, do you wanna go to heaven
Do you wanna go to heaven
Well I'll tell you right now
You better learn to read and you better learn your writin'
Or you'll never get to Heaven 'cause you wont know how
You may think that the whole thing is silly
But it ain't silly really and I'll tell you right now
If you don't learn to read then you can't read your Bible
And you won't get to heaven 'cause you wont know how
Looka here Huck, now you better think it over
Do you wanna be a loafer like your pappy is now
You better learn to read and you better learn your writin'
Or you'll never get to heaven 'cause you wont know how
Hey, hey here's the situation concernin' education aggravatin' and how
Do you wanna go to heaven
Well you better get your lessons or you won't know how
Looka here Huck, do you wanna be a feller
Like a feller really ought to be
I'll tell you right now
You better learn to read and you better learn your writin'

Dear heart, wish you were here to warm this night
Dear heart, it seems like a year since you went out of my sight
A single room, a table for one, it's a lonesome town, alright
But soon I'll kiss you hello at our front door
And dear heart, I want you to know

She watches the soaps and pins all her hopes and her dreams
She lets her mind drift with the scripts that unfold on the screen
She can't live like they live but each day she sits there and tries
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our wives
One life to live, one heart to give to her man
She's raising her babies and doing the best that she can
So she watches the soaps and sometimes just sits there and cries
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our wives
So fly away heart on the wings of make believe things
It's nice to pretend and maybe cry at the end
So she watches the soaps and sometimes just sits there and cries
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our wives

See the ruin on the hill where the smoke is hanging still
Like an echo of an age long forgotten
There's a story of a home crushed beneath those blackened stones
And the roof that fell before the beams were rotten
Seems old Darby loved his wife and he labored all his life
To provide her with material possessions
And he built for her a home of the finest wood and stone
And the building soon became his sole obsession
Oh it took three hundred days for the timbers to be raised
And the silhouette was seen for miles around
And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky
But it only took one night to bring it down when Darby's castle tumbled to the ground
[ ac.guitar ]
Though they shared the common bed there was precious little said
In the moments that were set aside for sleeping
For his busy dreams were filled with the rooms he'd yet to build
And he never heard young Helen Darby weeping
Then one night he heard the sound as he laid his pencil down
And he traced it to her door and turned the handle
And the pale light of the moon through the window of the room
Split the shadows where two bodies lay in tangle

Riding the sky, easy to fly
Oh, on a lovely crystal day
Kicking the sun, watching it run
Gee what a lovely crystal day
Rainbows up here. blows through your hais
In such a friendly kind of way
Do you suppose Larks really grow
Or is this just a crystal day
Watching the town awaken
His concrete arms are shakin'
Big city stores are yawning
Blinking her eyelash awnings
Good morning wind, kiss me again
And let me taste your moonlight spray
I can't believe I'm really me
Part of this lovely crystal day
Now country scenes roll past me
Got just enough time to last me
Cows and sheep are talking
The telephone poles are walking
That setting sun, having his fun
Giving somebody else his day
Wish it was me, for can't you see
I'm gonna miss this crystal day

Colonel Maggie is my friend she got my self respect right back for me
Colonel Maggie is my friend with good old motherly sweet sympathy

Flat down on the street with a bottle at my feet
Gutter life and wine was all I craved
Then she came up to me from the Salvation Army
She thought that I was good enough to save

Colonel Maggie is my friend she tried to put some pride back into me
Colonel Maggie is my friend with good old motherly sweet sympathy

She helped me to my feet and she got me off the street
I was far too sick to look ashamed
Some soup and hot tea and a blanket over me
And when we talked she called me by my name

Well that was years ago now I don't drink no more
And rest her soul old Maggies dead and gone
And when my will-powers weak I walk back to that street

Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Make you want to holler hi-de-ho
Burns your tummy, don'tcha know?
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Grape wine in a Mason jar
Homemade and brought to school
By a friend of mine 'n' after class
Me and him and this other fool decide
That we'll drink up what's left
Chug-a-lug, so we helped ourself
First time for everything
Hmm, my ears still ring
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Make you want to holler hi-de-ho
Burns your tummy, don'tcha know?
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
4-H and FFA
On a field trip to the farm
Me 'n' a friend sneak off behind
This big old barn where we uncovered
A covered-up moonshine still
And we thought we'd drink our fill
And I swallered it with a smile
?Bll-bbb?, I run ten mile
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Make you want to holler hi-de-ho
Burns your tummy, don'tcha know?
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Jukebox 'n' sawdust floor
Sumpin' like I ain't never seen
And I'm just goin' on fifteen
But with the help of my finaglin'
Uncle I get snuck in
For my first taste of sin
I said, "Lemme have a big old sip"
?Bll-bbb?, I done a double back flip
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Make you want to holler hi-de-ho
Burns your tummy, don'tcha know?

you cant roller scate in a buffalo herd, you cant roller scate in a buffalo herd, you cant roller scate in a buffalo herd but you can be happy if you've the mind too.
you cant take a shower in a parakeet cage, you cant take a shower in a parakeet cage, you cant take a shower in a parakeet cage but you can be happy if you've the mind too. all you have to do is put your mind to it knuckle down buckle down doit doit doit.
(Roger Miller makeng noise)
you cant go swimming in a baseball pool, you cant go swimming in a baseball pool, you cant go swimming in a baseball pool but you can be happpy if you've the mind too
you cant change film with a kid on your back, you cant change film with a kid on your back, you cant change film with a kid on your back but you can be happy if you've the mind too
You cant drive around with a tiger in your car, you cant drive around with a tiger in your car you cant drive around with a tiger in your car but you can be happy if you've the mind too all you got to do is put your mind to it knuckle down buckle down doit doit doit
you cant roller scate in a buffalo herd, you cant roller scate in a buffalo herd, you cant roller scate in a buffalo herd but you can be happy if you've the mind too
you cant go fishing in a watermelon patch, you cant go fishing in a watermelon patch,you cant go fishing in a watermelon patch, but you can be happy if you've the mind too

By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be risin'
She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door
She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left that girl so many times before
By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be workin'
She'll probably stop at lunch and give me a call
But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringin'
Off the wall, that's all
By the time I make Oklahoma, she'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name out low
And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
Though time and time I've tried to tell her so

Way down yonder by the forks of the branch
The old sow whistled and the little pigs danced
Burma Shave, Burma, Burma, Burma Shave
I bet I?ve seen a million rows
Of them little red poles and it?s signs up and down the line
Come on come on one more time
Yonder goes Willie, he?s passin? on a hill
He don?t dress nice but he drives fit to kill
Burma Shave, Burma, Burma, Burma Shave
I bet I?ve seen a million rows
Of them little red poles and it?s signs up and down the line
Giddyup giddyup tally ho
Well my pappy ain?t smart he ain?t good at quizzin?
But one thing he knows is how to keep mama his?n
Burma Shave, Burma, Burma, Burma Shave
I bet I?ve seen a million rows
Of them little red poles and it?s signs up and down the line
Come on, come on one more time
Roses are red and violets are blue you chase me and so am I
Burma Shave, Burma, Burma, Burma Shave
I bet I?ve seen a million rows
Of them little red poles and it?s signs up and down the line

I was runnin' through the summer rain tryin' to catch that evenin' train
And kill that old familiar pain weevin' through my tangled brain
But when I tipped my bottle back I smacked into a cop I didn't see
That policeman said Mr Cool if you're ain't drunk then you're a fool
I said well if that's against the law then tell me why I never saw
A man locked in that jail of yours who wadn't just as lowdown poor as me
Well that was when someone turned out the lights
And I wound up in jail to spend the nights
And dream of all the wine and lonely girls in this best of all possible worlds
Well I woke up next morning feelin' like my head was gone
And like my thick old tongue was lickin' somethin' sick and wrong
And I told that man I'd sell my soul if somethin' wet and cold is that old cell
That kindly jailer just grinned at me all eaten up with sympathy
Then he bought himself another beer and came and whispered in my ear
That booze was just a dime a bottle boy you couldn't even buy the smell
I said I knew there was somethin' I liked about this town
But it takes more than that to bring me down down down down
But there's still a lot of wine and lonely girls in this best of all possible worlds
Well they finally came and they told me they was a gonna set me free
And I'd be leavin' town if I knew what was good for me
I said it's nice to learn that everybody's so concerned about my health
I said I won't be leavin' no more quicker than I fastly can
Cause I've enjoyed about this much of this as I can stand
And I don't need this town of yours more than I never needed nothin' else
Ha ha cause there's still a lotta drinks that I ain't drunk
Lots of pretty thoughts that I ain't never thought oh yeah

Atta boy girl, that a-way to break my heart
Atta boy girl, atta way to tear me apart
Yeah, you know how to do just what
To make me mad enough to blow my top
Well, atta boy girl, atta way to break my heart
Well, atta boy girl, atta way to make me cry
Atta boy boy, you make we wish I could die
Well, you took my young head and filled it full
Of pure D B U double L bull
Well, atta boy girl, atta way to make me cry
Yes, and I'm just a sad and lonely guy
And it's all because, all you do
Is make me sit around feelin' blue
Atta boy girl, atta way to hurt my pride
Atta boy girl, you really tore me up inside
Yeah, you took me for all I had
Well, I treated you too good, too bad
Well, atta boy girl, atta way to hurt my pride
Mmm, I'm just a sad and lonely guy
And it's all because, all you do
Make me sit around feelin' blue
Well, atta boy girl, atta way to hurt my pride
Atta boy girl, you really tore me up inside
Yeah, you took me for all I had
I treated you too good, too bad
Well, atta boy girl, atta way to hurt my pride
Break my heart, make me cry
Atta boy girl

I like to stay up late and sleep late in the morning
I like to do things and I like the things I do
I like the feeling knowing you know how I feel about you
I like a lot but all I love is you
I got a puppy that I like a lot and think about
I like the summer morning wet with morning dew
I like to spend my Sundays and my nights right here beside you
I like a lot but all I love is you
I like to tell a joke and make somebody happy
I like to get my head messed up, and sometimes do
Yes I like it when it's quiet in the night and I hear crickets
I like a lot but all I love is you

Well I fell in love in Texas when a little girl said to me
Come on back down here you all and let's grow a little honey tree
Well I bought myself a ticket and the train leaves by quarter to four
I can see her now with the great big eyes waitin' at the station door
Ain't that fine ain't that fine ain't that fine fine fine she's all mine
Well she took me home to mama and that didn't impress me much
Till she wrote down a great big welcome mat and that picked me with a magic touch
When she walks down the sidewalk all the cowboys step aside
Cause they all know she's a one man woman and she'll soon be roped and tied
Let me tell you ain't that fine ain't that fine ain't that fine fine fine she's all mine
Well now her daddy owns a oilwell in the Lone Star Texas State
And it shoot much gold to the clear blue sky and brother ain't that great
Well now I just can see me highball with a big long fine cigar
A big success watchin' things progress a schauffer with a long black car
Come on ain't that fine ain't that fine ain't that fine fine fine she's all mine

Silence is simply the absence of sound
Darkness the absence of light
My life is made up of silence and darkness
Since the absence of you from my side
We became birds of a different feather
Encountering storms we could neither one weather
I define anyone to define me your way
My heart can't go on this a-way
Nearness is simply the absence of absence
Wrong is the absence of right
My life is made up of the absence of nearness
Since the absence of you from my side
We became birds of a different feather
Encountering storms we could neither one weather
I define anyone to define me your way

A HEARTACHE FOR A KEEPSAKE
Writer Roger Miller
A heartache for a keepsake
what a tragic souvenir
Now I know how it feels
when peoples dreams all disappear
I'm looking out my window
Watching her just walk away
A heartache for a keepsake
It became mine just today
A picture fades with time
But will a heartache do the same
Years from now will I still
Wake up nights and call her name
Oh it hurts to love somebody
And to see her walk away
A heartache for a keepsake
It became mine just today
A picture fades with time
But will a heartache do the same
Years from now will I still
Wake up nights and call her name
Oh it hurts to love somebody
And to see her walk away
A heartache for a keepsake

I hear tell you're doin' well
Good thing have come to you
I wish I had your happiness
And you had a do-wacka-do
Wacka do, wacka-do, wacka-do, wacka-do
They tell me you're runnin' free
Your days are never blue
I wish I had your good-luck charm
And you had a do-wacka-do
Wacka do, wacka-do, wacka-do, wacka-do
Yeah, I see you're goin' down the street in your big Cadillac
You got girls in the front, you got girls in the back
Yeah, way in back, you got money in a sack
Both hands on the wheel and your shoulders rared back
Root-doot-doot-doot-doot, do-wah
I hear tell you're doin' well
Good things have come to you
I wish I had your happiness
And you had a do-wacka-do
Wacka do, wacka-do, wacka-do, wacka-do
Yeah, I see you're goin' down the street in your big Cadillac
You got girls in the front, you got girls in the back
Yeah, way in back, you got money in a sack
Both hands on the wheel and your shoulders rared back
Root-doot-doot-doot-doot, do-wah
I hear tell you're doin' well
Good things have come to you
I wish I had your good-luck charm
And you had a do-wacka-do

Old friends, pitching pennies in the park
Playing croquet 'til it's dark, old friends
Mmm old friends, swapping lies of lives and loves
Pitching popcorn to the doves, old friends
Old friends, looking up to watch a bird
Holding arms to climb a kerb, old friends
Old friends, lord when all my work is done
Bless my life and grant me one, old friend
At least one, old friend
Old friends, looking up to watch a bird
Holding arms to climb a kerb, old friends
Old friends, lord when all my work is done
Bless my life and grant me one, old friend

Pillow you're catching my tears again,
Why can't these lonely nights come to an end,
I once loved someone, but now she is gone,
Oh why must I cry on and on.
Pillow you're catching all of my blues,
I lay here crying every night through,
She won't even write me, or call on the phone,
Oh why must I cry on and on
Darling, oh darling, wherever you are,
Come back, oh come back,
Don't wander too far.
Pillow I guess we'll go through it tonight,
I can't help my feelings, I can't hold them back,
I know it's foolish, and I know she's gone,

Famous quotes by Roger Miller:

"I had not had the opportunity to really come out and tour through, but it certainly is first class in appearance."

"We think what she has decided to do is very heart-warming. It's nice that she wants to help others who don't have very much."

"If everyone gave just 50 cents, it would be more than enough,"

"What will happen is they'll go without, or they'll panhandle, or they will steal,"

"We haven't had as many workers over there. We have a shortage of workers,"

"Everything that we do needs funding from sources, not just a source. And when we get into September we will be going into our after school programs,"

"I write like I talk."

"Leaving's not the only way to go."

"It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it."

"Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet."

"I want my music to leave an indelible mark."

"I always took a great deal of pride in being original."