Rose Colored Glasses
A perfect kind of love is what you want from me
if I could I'd gladly give you more
But I know that I can never paint for you
the rosie pictures you are searching for
You're wearing rose colored glasses
everywhere you go
Cause you only want to see the brighter sight
You're wearing rose colored glasses
cause someone hurt you so
And rose colored glasses help you hide
[ steel ]
You're wearing rose colored glasses
everywhere you go
Cause you only want to see the brighter side
You're wearing rose colored glasses
cause someone hurt you so
Roly Poly eatin' corn and taters
Hungry every minute of the day
Roly Poly knowin' all the biscuits
As long as he can chew it, it's okay
He can eat an apple pie and never even bat an eye
He likes everything from a soup to hay
Oh Roly Poly, daddy's little fatty
Daddy's gonna be a man someday
Roly Poly scrambled eggs for breakfast
Bread and jelly twenty times a day
Roly Poly eats a hard day dinner
It takes a lot of strength to run and play
He bowls up weeds and does the chores
And run both ways to Holday's stores
He wears up that appetite that way
Hey Roly Poly, daddy's little fatty
Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way
Bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight
(Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way)
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh
(Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way)
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh
Now the ground is white go it while you're young
Take the girls tonight and sing this sleighing song
Just bet a bob tailed bay two forty as his speed
And hitch him to an open sleigh and crack you'll take the lead
(Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way)
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh
(Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way)
I heard the bells on Christmas Day their old familiar carols play
And wild and sweet the words repeat of peace on earth goodwill to men
I thought as now this day has come the belfries of all Christendom
Had rung along the unbroken song of peace on earth goodwill to men
[ string ]
And in despair I bowed my head there is no peace on earth I said
For hate is strong that mocks the song of peace on earth goodwill to men
(Then pealed the bells more loud and deep God is not dead nor doubt he sleeps)
The day you left me I left town that night
I thought I could forget that you're out of sight
But you're still a part of me and so I see
That miles can't change a thing for me
I ran away from friends that we once knew
I tried to run from thoughts of losing you
I ran away from everybody else
But I can't run away from myself
[ fiddle - steel ]
It makes no difference just how far I'd go
Your memory will always haunt me so
I realize the truth now since I left
That I can't run away from myself
Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
Somebody else stood by your side and he looked so satisfied
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
A picture from the past came slowly stealing
As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you
Then suddenly I got that old time feeling
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you
It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you
And hold you just the way I used to do
Oh heaven, only knows how much I miss you
Happy birthday to you our Lord
Happy birthday to you our Lord
You spread your love to the whole human race
We are all nestled in your sweet embrace
You live in our hearts so we sing to your grace
Happy birthday to you our Lord
(Happy birthday to you our Lord
Happy birthday to you our Lord)
You spread your love to the whole human race
We are all nestled in your sweet embrace
You live in our hearts so we sing to your grace
Happy birthday to you our Lord
Does your conscience ever bother you
When somebody calls my name
Tries to think of all that I've gone through
And hang your head in shame
Someone came along and took my place
Then you gave me all the blame
You should go somewhere and hide your face
And hang your head in shame
When you said I was the only one
Was it just your little game
Now look back at all the harm you've done
And hang your head in shame
I should hate you but I love you still
In my heart I kept the flame
You'll be sorry, darling, yes you will
And hang your head in shame
I should hate you but I love you still
In my heart I kept the flame
You'll be sorry, darling, yes you will
And hang your head in shame
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Don't let the moon break your heart
Love blooms at night, in daylight it dies
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
So keep your heart for me for someday
I'll return and you'll know, you're the only one I'll ever love
Too many nights, too many stars
Too many moons can change your mind
If I'm gone too long, don't forget where you belong
When the stars come out, remember you are mine
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Too many miles, too many days
Too many nights to be alone
So please keep your heart while we are apart
Don't stand in the moonlight while I'm gone
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The sun goes down
It leaves me sad and blue
The iron curtain falls on
This cold war with you
For you won't speak
And I won't speak, it's true
Two stubborn people
With a cold war to go through
Why, oh why should love ever
Come to couples like you and me?
Whose cold, cold wars are never done
And whose hearts just can't be free
So let's make up or
Let's just say we're through
I just can't stand another
Cold, cold war with you
The sun goes down it leaves me sad and blue
The iron curtain falls on this cold war with you
For you won't speak and I won't speak it's true
Two stubborn people with a cold war to go through
Why oh why should love ever come to couples like you and me
Whose cold cold wars are never done and whose hearts just can't be free
So let's make up or let's just say we're through
I just can't stand another cold cold war with you
Why oh why should love ever come...
(It's a thing called sadness)
It's been here since you've been gone
It's been hanging round too long
A thing called sadness not much of a friend
When you walked out, it walked in
In every chair where I sit down
It follows me all over town
A thing called sadness not much of a friend
When you walked out, it walked in
What in the world am I gonna do?
This old friend can't take the place of you
It only brings back memories of you
And all the things that we used to do
In every chair where I sit down
It follows me all over town
A thing called sadness not much of a friend
I hear footsteps slowly walking
As they gently walk across a lonely floor
And a voice is softly saying
"Darling this will be goodbye forever more"
There goes my reason for living
There goes the one of my dreams
There goes my only possession
There goes my everything
As my memory turns back the pages
I can see the happy years we had before
And the love that kept this old heart beating
Has been shattered by the closing of a door
Wondering, wondering who's kissing you
Wondering, wondering if you're wondering too
Every hour of the day since you've been away
I keep wondering, yes, wondering if you're wondering too
Every night I pray to the good Lord above
To send back to me the one I really love
Wondering, wondering who's kissing you
Wondering, wondering if you're wondering too
Every night I pray to the good Lord above
Deep within my heart lies a melody
A song of old San Antone
Where in dreams I lived with a memory
Beneath the stars all alone
It was there I found beside the Alamo
Enchantment strange as the blue up above
A moonlit pass that only she would know
Still hears my broken song of love
Moon and all your splendor knows only my heart
Call back my Rose Rose of San Antone
Lips so sweet and tender like petals fallin' apart
Speak once again of my love my own
Oh broken song empty words I know
Still live in my heart all alone
For that moonlit pass beside the Alamo
And calls my Rose of San Antone
[ fiddle - steel ]
Please don't leave me, dear, I love you
I have place no one above you
And I'm always [unverified] of you
Please don't leave, I love you
Please don't leave me, dear I need you
Can't you see how much I need you
On my knees I beg and plead you
Please don't leave, I love you
I need you more than my world needs the sunlight
Because it's you that makes my world bright
Don't you love me just a little?
Don't you need me just a little?
Don't you want me just a little?
Please don't leave, I love you
I need you more than my world needs the sunlight
Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind stand still
Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill
Dry up the raindrops then hold back the sun
The world has ended, my baby's gone
I'll wake up sometime in the night and realize you're gone
I toss and turn and stare at darkness waiting for the dawn
I try to tell my lonely heart, we'll make it all alone
But still the world has ended, my baby's gone
Hold back the rushing minutes make the wind stand still
Don't let the moonlight shine across the lonely hill
Dry up the raindrops push back the dawn
The world has ended my baby's gone
(Just as I am just as I am)
Just as I am without one plea but that Thy blood was shed for me
And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee oh lamb of God I come I come (I come)
Just as I am and waiting not to rid my soul of one dark blot
To Thee who's blood can cleanse each spot oh lamb of God I come I come (I come)
[ strings ]
If all our love is through, if you found someone new
I want to hear it from you
If there is no mistake and if my heart must break
I want to hear it from you
Just the thought of losing you is more that I can stand
But this heart would be much worse if I heard it second hand
If there's no hope at all, if all my world must fall
I want to hear it from you
So tell me now if things are not the way they used to be
I want to hear it from your lips, you owe this much to me
If all our love is through, if you found someone new
I saw my castles fall today and crumble into dust around my feet
In shambles there my future lay each stone a broken dream so sweet
I built the heaven in the sky where my true love and I could stay
Then came the words that meant goodbye I saw my castles fall today
[ fiddle ]
Amid the ruins of all my schemes there's nothing else to do or say
Born to lose I've lived my life in vain every dream has only brought me pain
All my life I've always been so blue born to lose and now I'm losing you
Born to lose it seems so hard to bear how I long to always have you near
You've grown tired and now you say we're through born to lose and now I'm losing you
[ steel ]
Born to lose my every hope is gone it's so hard to face an empty dawn
You were all the happiness I knew born to lose and now I'm losing you
There's no use to dream of happiness all I see is only loneliness
Blues, stay away from me
Blues, why don't you let me be?
I don't know why you keep on haunting me
Love was never meant for me
True love was never meant for me
Seems somehow we never can agree
Life is full of misery
Dreams are like a memory
Bringing back your love that used to be
Tears so many I can't see
Years don't mean a thing to me
Time goes by and still I can't be free
Blues, stay away from me
Blues, why don't you let me be?
My heart is sad and lonely for you
I sigh for you dear only
Why haven't you seen it?
I'm all for you body and soul
I spend my days in longing and wondering
Why it's me you're wronging?
I tell you, I mean it
I'm all for you body and soul
I can't believe it, it's hard to conceive it
That you turn away romance
Are you pretending it looks like the ending
Unless I could have one more chance?
To prove dear, my life a wreck you're making
You know, I'm yours for just the taking
I'd gladly surrender myself to you
Body and soul
My life a wreck you're making
You know, I'm yours for just the taking
I'd gladly surrender myself to you
I love you so much it hurts me darling that's why I'm so blue
I'm so afraid to go to sleep at night afraid of losing you
I love you so much it hurts me and there's nothing I can do
I wanna hold you my dear forever and ever I love you so much it hurts me so
[ fiddle ]
My true love stands across the river far across the rolling river
On the banks I hear her calling
Away we're bound away across the wide Missouri
Oh Shennandoah I long to see you far across the rolling river
Shennandoah I'll not deceive you
Away we're bound away across the wide Missouri
[ strings ]
For seven years I've been a rover far across the rolling river
I'll return and be your lover
Don't accuse me of being without feelings
If you do you know that you're wrong
For it was you who was careless
And you drove me into another's arms
The other woman isn't prettier than you
But the other woman soothes my wounded pride
And more important I feel wanted again
I can't give up the other woman in my life
Now I'm a float in the middle of a river
And I can't climb out on either side
And if I go over the deep end
It's because sweetheart you haven't tried
I was the one that you fooled yesterday
Whose heart are you breaking now?
You took a romance and threw it away
Whose heart are you breaking now?
What has become of the love I once knew?
What have you done with each vow?
Somebody else now is game for a day
Whose heart are you breaking now?
I was the one that you left all alone
Whose heart are you breaking now?
You were the one with a heart made of stone
Whose heart are you breaking now?
I used to think you would always be me
Every thing's different somehow
You're smiling now but some day you will pay
I can hear my Saviour calling I can hear my Saviour calling
I can hear my Saviour calling take Thy cross and follow follow me
Where he leads me I will follow where he leads me I will follow
Where he leads me I will follow I'll go with him with him all the way
[ strings ]
I'll go with him through the judgement I'll go with him through the judgement
I'll go with him through the judgement I'll go with him with him all the way
I know not where on earth to find you
I don't know how or where to start
I only know I'm here without you
And there's pins and needles in my heart
The days and nights are growin' longer
Since first you said that we must part
But now I know I can't forget you
I've got pins and needles in my heart
I always see your face before me
Your smile is heaven's work of art
But now you're smiling at another
And there's pins and needles in my heart
Someday somewhere I'll find you
And love will make the teardrops start
And then you'll know how long I've waited
When the roll is called up yonder
When the roll is called up yonder
When the roll is called up yonder
When the roll is called up yonder I'll be there
When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound
And time shall be no more
And the morning breaks eternal bright and fair
When the saved word shall gather over on the other shore
And the roll is called up yonder I'll be there
When the roll is called up yonder
When the roll is called up yonder
When the roll is called up yonder
When the roll is called up yonder I'll be there
Let us lay before the Master from the dawn till setting sun
Let us talk of all his wondrous love and care
And when all of life is over and our work on earth is done
And the roll is called up yonder I'll be there
When the roll is called up yonder
When the roll is called up yonder
When the roll is called up yonder
There's a place for us
Somewhere a place for us
He sent quiet and open air
Waits for us somewhere
There's a time for us
Someday a time for us
Time together with time to spare
Time to bear time to care
Someday, somewhere we'll find the new way of living
We'll find the way of forgiving
Somewhere there's a place for us
Somewhere a place for us
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
i no a girl thet you dont no
lil liza jane
comes down from south baltimore
lil liza jane
Chorus
Oh eliza, lil liza jane , Oh eliza,lil liza jane
Liza jane looks good to me
lil loza jane
sweetest thing i ever see
With someone else perhaps in time I'll find a little peace of mind
And maybe someday I'll get over you
And if in time I hear your name it may be hard to bear the pain
But I'll go to a stranger before I'll come to you
For a stranger might show a little sympathy
And that's so much more than you have ever done for me
And to turn away from you won't be an easy thing to do
But I'll go to a stranger before I'll come to you
For a stranger might show...
If you hurt me you won't be the first or the last in the lifetime of many mistakes
But I won't spend tomorrow regreting the past for the chances that I didn't take
Cause I'll never know till it's over if I'm right or I'm wrong loving you
But I'd rather be sorry for something I've done than for something that I didn't do
[ strings ]
When you touch me it's easy to make me believe tomorrow won't take you away
But I'll gamble whatever tomorrow might bring of a life that I'm living today
Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go?
I don't know she wouldn't say
I said some things wrong
Now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Born in the heat of the desert
My mother died giving me life
Deprived of the love of a father
Blamed for the loss of his wife
You know Lord, I've been in a prison
For something that I've never done
It's been one hill after another
But I've climbed them all one by one
But this time Lord, You gave me a mountain
A mountain I may never climb
And it isn't a hill any longer
You gave me a mountain this time
My woman got tired of the hardships
Tired of the grief and the strife
So tired of working for nothing
Tired of being my wife
She took my one ray of sunshine
She took my pride and my joy
She took my reason for living
She took my small baby boy
So this time Lord, You gave me a mountain
A mountain I may never climb
And it isn't a hill any longer
Yesterday brought love as sweet as clover
Every kiss was fresh as morning rain
But today you told me it's over
And my heart is burdened down with pain
Though it hurts me when you are so cold dear
And you know our love's beyond repair
Our love cheapen what was pure as gold dear
You don't love me but I'll always care
Darling I am glad that I have known you
Every sorrow that we have to share
And in dreams I know I'll always own you
You don't love me but I'll always care
You wouldn't read the letter that I wrote you
You told me not to call you on the phone
But there's something that I just got to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life
The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be anybody's baby
And forget the truest love you'll ever know
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one who ever loved you
When I was with you, I was happy
But you took my happy away
You'll have to go, leave me lonely
And my lonely just won't go away
I told you, I told you I'm sorry
My sorry gets bigger each day
With you in my arms I'd be happy
But you took my happy away
You must know by now how I need you
But you treat my need you so wrong
You must know by now how I love you
So don't wait till my 'love you' is gone
I told you, I told you I'm sorry
My sorry gets bigger each day
With you in my arms I'd be happy
Walk me to the door
And hold me close just one more time
Kiss me just once more
The way you did when you were mine
The longest walk I'll ever take
Will be across the floor
That's why I'm asking one last favor
Walk me to the door
I love another, won't you let me be
These are the words that you said to me
How can I go through life
Without you like it was before
When I can even make it to the door
Walk me to the door
I promise I won't try to make commands
I know I don't deserve you back again
My trembling lips are begging now
They never did before
Just one more favor walk me to the door
(Vaya con dios my darling)
Now the hacienda's dark the town is sleeping
Now the time has come to part the time for weeping
Vaya con dios my darling may vaya con dios my love
Now the village mission bells are softly ringing
If you listen with your heart you'll hear them singing
Vaya con dios my darling may God be with you my love
Wherever you may be I'll be beside you although you're many million dreams away
Each night I'll say a prayer a prayer to guide you
To help you spend the lonely hour of every lonely day
Now the dawn is breaking through a gray tomorrow
But the memories we share are there to borrow
Vaya con dios my darling may God be with you my love
(Until the day God calls me home)
My heart can sing when I pause to remember
A heartache here is but a stepping stone
Along a path that's winding always upward
This troubled world is not my final home
But until then my heart will go on singing
Until then with joy I'll carry on
Until the day my eyes behold my Saviour
Until the day God calls me home
[ strings ]
The things of earth will dim and lose their value
If we recall they're borrowed for a while
And things of earth that cause this heart to tremble
Remember there will only bring a smile
I call you on the phone but to me you're not at home
Even though your name is still the same as mine
Your thoughts are not of me and everyone can see
That someone else is taking up your time
Oh, I will always love you though you break my heart each day
I'll go right on caring, dear in the same heart aching way
I know that you're not thinking of how you broke my heart
But I will always love you till death do us part
Oh, I will always love you though you break my heart each day
I'll go right on caring, dear in the same heart aching way
I know that you're not thinking of how you broke my heart
Unloved, unwanted, I've never been so blue
I know that I should leave but I don't want to
Unloved, unwanted, is the life I live with you
I know that I should leave but I don't want to
You have my name, you wear my ring
I remember when our love was real
You're in his arms, he has your heart
Are you happy with the kisses that you steal?
Unloved, unwanted, I've never been so blue
I know that I should leave but I don't want to
You have my name, you wear my ring
I remember when our love was real
You're in his arms, he has your heart
twinkle twinkle little star
how i wonder what you are
up above the world so high
like a diamond in the sky
twinkle twinkle little star
Touch my heart feel the hurt it's destroying me
I've tried but can't seem to shake her memory
Touch my heart feel the hurt the pain and misery
Then tell me again what love can do for me
If you lived in my world awhile you'd soon forget how to smile
In my world there's a million ways to cry
If you had my eyes you could see how someone changed my destiny
I'm a man who can't live and yet can't die
Touch my heart feel the hurt...
[ steel ]
I gave you everything that you asked for
I never criticized the things you do
Now I see what I'm letting myself in for
I'm afraid that too much love is spoiling you
When there's not enough love
That means a broken hearted game
What I was to know that too much love
Will always do the same
More and more you are taking me for granted
I do every single thing you want me to
It may be wrong but I know I'll never change it
It's my fault if too much love is spoiling you
When there's not enough love
That means a broken hearted game
What I was to know that too much love
You've got a way of makin' me blue and I've got a way of hurtin' you too
Oh what a terrible tangled web we're we
You've got a gentleman of the side and I've got a friend that I'm tryin' to hide
Oh what a terrible tangled web we're we
We both got our way of goin' our way knowin' the cost gets greater each day
And I know you know we both know we both deceive
We've got a way of livin' a lie and lie's got a way of makin' us cry
Oh what a terrible tangled web we're we
[ harmonica ]
Why'd've we have to settle for it how can we take too much more
It figures we both got the nerve to leave
We've got a way of livin' a lie...
When your alone at night with the world locked outside
Have a talk to your heart about me
If your's told that it's right that we stay apart
Then let me come in and talk to your heart
Lovin' you changed my life in just one day
I'm waiting to hear what your heart will say
If your told that it's right that we stay apart
Then let me come in and talk to your heart
Believe you me there will be happiness when
You open your door and let me come in
If your told that it's right that we stay apart
Then let me come in and talk to your heart
So talk to your heart if it can't decide
Remember my own is waiting outside
Waiting alone outside in the dark
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
You've grown cold and no longer care for me
All my faith in you is gone but the heartaches linger on
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Take these tears from my eyes and let me see
Just a spark of the love that used to be
If you love somebody new let me find a new love too
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Give my heart just a word of sympathy be
As fair to my heart as you can be
Then if you no longer care for the love that's beating there
Take these chains from my heart and set me free
Why must you always try to make me over
Take me as I am or let me go
White lilies never grow on stalks of clover
You're trying to reshape me like your old love
In the image of the one you used to know
But I won't be a stand in for an old love
Take me as I am or let me go
Take me as I am or let me go
You're trying to reshape me like your old love
In the image of the one you used to know
But I won't be a stand in for an old love
This old smoke filled bar is something I'm not used to
But I gave up my home to see you satisfied
And I just called to let you know where I'm livin'
It's not much but I feel welcome here inside
I've got swinging doors, a jukebox and a barstool
And my new home has a flashing neon sign
Stop by and see me anytime you want to
'Cause I'm always here at home till closing time
I've got everything, I need to drive me crazy
And I've got everything, it takes to lose my mind
And in here, the atmosphere's just right for heartaches
And thanks to you, I'm always here till closing time
I've got swinging doors, a jukebox and a barstool
And my new home has a flashing neon sign
Stop by and see me anytime you want to
As usual I'll be working when she reads the morning paper
And oh, how I wish I could be home so I could see
My darling's face light up when she sees her picture in the paper
And this message underneath to her from me
Happy anniversary sweetheart to you from me
Thanks for loving me another year
I wanted our whole town to see the woman who consistently
Has been the sweetest sweetheart of the year
My world is like a river as dark as it is deep
Night after night the past slips in and gathers all my sleep
My days are just an endless stream of emptiness for me
Filled only by the fleeting moments of her memories
Sweet memories, sweet memories, I'm clinging to her memories
She slipped into the silence of my dreams last night
Wandering from room to room turning on each light
Her laughter spills like water from the river to the sea
I'm swept away from sadness clinging to her memories
Blue Spanish eyes teardrops are falling from your Spanis eyes
Please please don't cry this is just adios and not goodbye
Soon I'll return bringing you all the love your heart can hold
Please say si si say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me
[ string ]
Blue Spanish eyes prettiest eyes in all of Mexico
Two Spanish eyes please smile for me once more before I go
Soon I'll return...
Soft rain was falling when you said goodbye
Thunder and lightning filled my heart inside
A love born in heaven had suddenly died
And the soft rain was teardrops, for the angels all cried
If love can be perfect ours must have been
But perfection is always destroyed by man
The rain whispered softly a true love just died
And the soft rain was teardrops, for the angels all cried
The rain started falling when you said goodbye
And lightning came crashing from out of the sky
The sky that was bright blue turned slowly to gray
And the angels cried with me as you walked away
If love can be perfect ours must have been
But perfection is always destroyed by man
The rain whispered softly a true love just died
And the soft rain was teardrops, for the angels all cried
Sing me a song of sadness
And make it as blue as I feel
If a tear should appear it's because she's not here
Sing a sad song and sing it for me
She's unhappy with me, she told me so
I'm unhappy without her and I still love her so
Sing me a song of sadness
Pretend it's the end of the world
Sing it soft and sing it low and then I must go
Silent night holy night
All is calm all is bright
Round young Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
(Silent night holy night )
(Shepherds quake at the sight)
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts singing, "Alleluia"
Christ the Saviour is born
She wears my, my ring to show the world
That she belongs to me
She wears my ring to show the world
She's mine eternally
With loving care I place it on her finger
To show my love for all the world to see
This tiny ring is a thing of a tender remotion
An endless fool of love that's as deep as the ocean
She swears to wear it with eternal devotion
That's why I sing because she wears my ring
If you think you've had enough
If you think our life's been rough
Why not take your love line off of me
And set me free?
If you think our love's all wrong
And you feel the fire's all gone
If that's not what you'd like for me to be
Come, set me free
Set me free and let me fly
Like a bluebird up in the sky
Release the chain that's binding you and me
And set me free
Set me free and let me fly
Like a bluebird up in the sky
Release the chain that's binding you and me
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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
Oh, I have found a new love dear
And I'll always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold
Release me darling, let me go
Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
To waste our life would be a sin
Release me and let me love again
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
Let me love
Let me love
Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose
Why you ramble, no one knows
Wild and wind blown that's how you've grown
Who can cling to a ramblin' rose?
Ramble on, ramble on
When you're ramblin' days are gone
Who will love you with a love true
When you're ramblin' days are gone?
Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose
Why I want you, heaven knows
Though I love you with a love true
But who can cling to a ramblin' rose?
Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose
Why I want you, heaven knows
Though I love you with a love true
Might as well admit it you don't really love me
You've been acting funny for so long
It hurts to think that you think you're above me
But it hurts more to admit that I've been wrong
Need a bottle and a table I can find those
Maybe they will help speed up time's crazy crawl
Might as well go around and join the vines
Ain't it funny how pride goes before a fall
Yes pride goes before a fall I've got a feeling
That I'm gonna seek much more than them all
When we first met I lived way above the city
Ain't it funny how pride goes before a fall
Pour the wine dim the lights and play the Juke box
Dance with every Sue and Betty that's around
Take her out and try your luck that's what's expected
What's the difference it can't bring your honor down
You are now a full fledged member of the rat race
Forget everything that's decent have a ball
What's the difference if you die in this old back place
You know that you're doing lots of things that ain't right
You're out with a different party almost every night
And you're making me look like a crazy fool
So why do I have these doubts about leaving you?
Because my heart tells me stay but my pride tells me go
But how can I leave you when I love you so
Which way should I turn I'd sure like to know
My heart tells me stay but my pride tells me go
I'd be so much better off to drive you from my mind
And make you a memory that I'd like to leave behind
I know that these heartaches are what you will put me through
So why do I have these doubts about leaving you
Because my heart tells me stay but my pride tells me go
So how can I leave you when I love you so
Which way should I turn I'd sure like to know
Please talk to my heart because I'm lonesome pretend even if it's not true
And don't be afraid that you'll hurt me I'm hurting that's why I need you
Please please I'm so lonesome any love you can give me will do
And don't be afraid I'll start crying, I'm crying that's why I need you
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If you say once more that it's over don't worry because I'll be blue
You've hurt me before but can't anymore I'm hurting that's why I need you
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross
An emblem of sufferin' and shame
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a word of lost sinners were slain
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown
To the old rugged cross, I will ever be true
It's shame and reproach gladly bear
Then he'll call me some day to my home far away
Where his glory forever I'll share
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross
Do I love you? Do I want you? Oh yes darling
Do I miss you? Long to kiss you? Oh yes darling
Do I need you like the flowers need the sunshine in the spring
And when you're near I'm happy dear and all the birds will sing
Do I always dream about you? Oh yes darling
Do I hold you in my arms now? Oh yes darling
Do I love you? Do I want you? Do I need you, miss you too?
Oh yes darling, yes I do
O little town of Bethlehem
How still we see thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark street
Shineth the everlasting light
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight
For Christ is born of merry
And gathered all above
While mortal sleepy angels
Keep their watch of wondering love
(All morning stars together)
(Proclaim the holy birth)
And praises sing to God, the King
O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him, Christ, the Lord
O come, all ye faithful joyful and triumphant
O come, ye , O come ye to Bethlehem
Come and behold Him, born, The King Of Angels
O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him
O come, let us adore Him, Christ, the Lord
Sing choirs of angels, sing in exultation
Sing all ye citizens of heaven above
Glory to God in the highest glory
O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him
Now the day is over night is drawing nigh
Shadows of the evening steal across the sky
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Jesus give the weary come in sweet repose
With Thy tender blessings may arise beclose
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When the morning awakens then the eye arise
Pure and fresh and sinless in the holy eyes
Oh, when the evening sun goes down
You will find me hanging 'round
Oh, the night life ain't no good life
But it's my life
Many people just like me
Dreaming of old used-to-be
Oh, the night life ain't no good life
But it's my life
Well, listen to the blues they're playin'
Yeah, listen to what the blues are sayin'
Mine is just another scene
From the world of broken dreams
Oh, the night life ain't no good life
But it's my life
Well, listen to the blues they're playin'
Yeah, listen to what the blues are sayin'
Mine is just another scene
From the world of broken dreams
Oh, the night life ain't no good life
Sweetheart, I'm all alone tonight
Thinking about my wasted past
I see that you were always right
And now I'm at your feet at last
Take my heart and let it live
This is all I have to give
So please believe me when I say
For all the wrongs I've done I'll pay
Sweetheart, you know I love you
So why did I ever let you go
In dreams you're all that I can see
So won't you reconsider me
My confession to you, dear
Makes me shed a silent tear
My heart would be so light, sweetheart
Tonight down here in the valley
I'm lonesome and oh how I feel
As I sit here alone in my cabin
I can see your mansion on the hill
Do you recall when we parted?
The story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill
I've waited all through the years
Love to give you a heart true and real
'Cause I know you're living in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill
The light shines bright from your window
The trees stand so lonesome and still
I know you're alone with your pride dear
Every night I bow my head
And say a prayer for daily bread
Tonight I ask a greater cry
Make me wonderful in her eyes
Expose my heart and lay it there
Let her see the love that's there
Usual hours so great and white
Make me wonderful in her eyes
Let her look at me through the eyes of love
And treasure me the skies above
Let her vision and behold
Come near up of my very soul
Reflect our love the twice it's side
Make me wonderful in her eyes
When the evening falls twilight shadows find
There beneath the stars an Indian maiden divine
The moon is on high and seems to see her there
In her eyes there's a light shining ever so bright
As she whispers a silent prayer
Every word reveals an empty broken heart
Broken by fate that's keepin' them so far apart
Lonely there, she kneels and tells the stars above
In her arms he belongs and her prayer is a song
Her undying song of love
Every word reveals an empty broken heart
Broken by fate that's keepin' them so far apart
Lonely there, she kneels and tells the stars above
In her arms he belongs and her prayer is a song
Our father which art in heaven hallowed be Thy name
Thy kingdom come Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
Lonely world without you around me loneliness is all I can see
Empty hours stretch all till tomorrow lonely world is there no one for me
Lonely world there must be someone for me someone with arms to hold me tenderly
City streets I walk down alone now broken dreams I have for company
Quiet rooms that I spend my time in lonely world is there no one for me
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I just got your letter dear, sweetheart and darling
I miss you, oh so much
Your letter has cheered me, but I'm lonesome
Lonesome just to feel your loving touch
Letters have no arms dear
To hold me kisses on paper are so cold
These sweet things you write in your letter
I wanna be with you dear when told
Letters never bring me the touch of your hand
Or none of your sweet loving charms
I get so lonesome for you darling
And you know that letters have no arms
Letters have no arms dear
To hold me kisses on paper are so cold
These sweet things you write in your letter
Just one more dance, just one more chance
So I can talk to you
Don't live too fast, forget the past
And I will try to prove
I would do anything you ask me to
Don't run around, don't turn me down
Let me talk to you
Don't go too far with that crowd at the bar
That's not the way to win
Please fall in love again
Give me your heart
So I can start to build our life anew
I know you've paid
So if you're afraid, let me talk to you
Don't go too far with that crowd at the bar
That's not the way to win
Please fall in love again
Give me your heart
So I can start to build our life anew
I know you've paid
Why do you treat me as if I was only a friend?
What have I done that has made you so different and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old
I cannot offer you diamonds or mansions so fine
I cannot buy you the clothes that your young body crave
But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine
Think of the heartaches the sorrow the teardrops you'll save
When you grow weary and tired of another's caress
When you are lonely remember this letter my own
But don't try to answer for there's one thing I'll have to confess
I never had no regrets, boys, not for nothing I've done
I owed the devil some debts, boys and paid 'em all up but one
I don't even regret the living that I'll be leaving behind
I've gotten weary of searchin' for something I couldn't find
I'm going down to the shades by the river one more time
And feel the breeze on my face before I die
I'm gonna leave whatever's left of my luck to the losers
And then bend down and kiss the world goodbye
I'm kinda lucky in lovin', I never had no complaints
They never said, I was evil, but then I wasn't no saint
I'm just a river that rolled forever and never get to the sea
The kind of love I can't forget dear
Was the love you gave to me
I had my chance and now I suffer
My heart is filled with misery
Your heart was kind and ohh, so faithful
It should have never known distress
And then my sorrow, I am weeping
Though you don't care I must confess
So why not take me back again dear
We could live so happily
The kind of love I can't forget dear
I know our love is over you've made it plain to see
But just for the record did you ever love me
I hope that you'll be happy I'm gonna try to be
But just for the record did you ever love me
Or was I just fillin' in while you waited for love to come by
Or did you once love me if you did why oh why did it die
This is the last time I'll call you from this moment on you're free
But just for the record did you ever love me
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Now that I've made up my mind you're gone it should be easier now
Perhaps now my heart will stop hanging on it should be easier now
The lesson I've learned from you gold can't buy
A heart can be broken and still survive
Thanks to you now a much wiser man am I and it should be easier now
The worst now is over I've stood the test it should be easier now
They say, everything happens for the best it should be easier now
The wounds in my heart you've carved deep and wide
Hollowed and washed with the tears I've cried
When the winter winds blow cold and I start to know I'm old
I remember things we did in the summer of my life
Things we thought and things we dreamed how one likely they've all seemed
Yet they warm the days I live in the summer of my life
Laughing crying each to each tender hands can easy reach
Private things we used to say I still recall today
Now those golden days're gone still my love goes on and on
Love I shared with you when love was there so new what happened to we two
I come to the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear the son of God discloses
And he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me I am his own
And the joy we share as we tarry there none other has ever known
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He speaks and the sound of his voice is so sweet the birds hush their singing
And the melody that he gave to me within my heart is ringing
If you're ever lonely darling think of all that I've been through
Long and lonesome nights sweetheart, I've waited on you
Say in your mind you have it coming and you know you have to pay
Maybe, baby you will learn and change someday
Why oh why did you try to deceive me?
You've made me blue sweetheart, both night and day
Say in your mind you have it coming and you know you have to pay
Maybe, baby you will learn and change someday
Why oh why did you try to deceive me?
You've made me blue sweetheart both night and day
Say in your mind you have it coming and you know you have to pay
I saw the one I loved and lost last night again
I smiled and said hello, like we were still old friends
Don't pity me, it never matter anyhow
But oh, if she could see me now
If she could see me now, now, the night life's gone
How sad I really look without my party face on
The way I just give up, sit down and cry out loud
But oh, if she could see me now
I'm first at every party and the last to leave
And no one sees the hurt that's deep inside of me
I drink too much and say who wants her anyhow
But oh, if she could see me now
If she could see me now, when the night life's gone
How sad I really look without my party face on
The way I just give up, sit down and cry out loud
If the world keeps on turning as I'm sure it's bound to do
Then I'll keep on loving you
If the dawn comes tomorrow and we know that it is true
Then I'll keep on loving you
What if things change and the sky should fall, dawn wouldn't come
And the world would stall
I wouldn't care as long as you're near it wouldn't matter to me at all
If the stars stay in heaven and the moon stays in the blue
Then I'll keep on loving you
If I ever should lose you then I know just what I'll do
I'll just keep on loving you
You are heaven to me, dear, you are every dream come true
And I'll keep on loving you
Life is so sweet when you are near, I couldn't do without you, my dear
I love you, so I want you to know, I think of you wherever I go
I will always be faithful and I'm sure that you will too
Now I don't care what anybody thinks of me
My pride is gone and here I am on bended knees
I want you and I need you that's all I know
And I'll fight the world before I'll ever let go, go
I'll gladly beg I'll steal, I will borrow
I'll turn my back on everyone I know
I'll do these things with no fear of tomorrow
I'll fight the world before I'll ever let go, go
I'll gladly beg I'll steal, I will borrow
I'll turn my back on everyone I know
I'll do these things with no fear of tomorrow
I'll fight the world before I'll ever let go, go
If heartaches brought fame in love's crazy game
I'd be a legend in my time
If they gave gold statuettes for tears and regrets
I'd be a legend in my time
But they don't give awards
And there's no praise or fame
For a heart that's been broken
Over love that's in vain
If loneliness meant world acclaim
Everyone would know my name
I'd be a legend in my time
But they don't give awards
And there's no praise or fame
For a heart that's been broken
Over love that's in vain
If loneliness meant world acclaim
Everyone would know my name
I know you're tired of being all I ever wanted
You'll no longer feel the love I have for you
What happens now what will I do with all the mem'ries
And the dreams of all the things we'll never do
But I won't mention it again I won't think about tomorrow
Just let it happen live each hour day by day
But let me tell you before you go how much I love you
Then I won't mention it again I won't mention it again
I feel my life has reached an early sign of autumn
In my heart the leaves are falling love is cold
And everything that once was warm and new is gone now
Leaving nothing but this hunger in my soul
I'm goin' away without you babe I'm goin' away all by myself
I'm gonna find the one who lives inside of me
And when I do I send for you to live with me
I don't know where I'm gonna go I just need time to be alone
I know that I'm gonna miss your company
But I need time to clear my mind then be with me
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I'm goin' away without you babe...
God rest ye merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's power when we were gone astray
Oh tidings of comfort and joy comfort and joy
(Oh tidings of comfort and joy)
?Fear not?, then said the angel, ?Let nothing you afright
This day is born a Saviour of a pure Virgin bright
To free all those who trust in him from Satan's power and might?
Oh tidings of comfort and joy comfort and joy
(Oh tidings of comfort and joy)
Now to the Lord sing praises all you within this place
And with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace
This holy tide of Christmas all others doth deface
Oh tidings of comfort and joy comfort and joy
Well hello there
My it's been a long long time
How am I doin'?
Oh I guess that I'm doin' fine
It's been so long now
But it seems that it was yesterday
Oh ain't it funny how time slips away?
Say how's your new love
I hope he's doin' fine
I heard you told him
That you'd love him till the end of time
Now that's the same thing
That you told me it seems like yesterday
Oh ain't it funny how time slips away?
I gotta go now
I hope I'll see you around
But I don't know when though
Never know when I'll be back in town
But remember
What I tell you, in time you're gonna pay
What strange power do you have that ruins this life of mine
That controls the hearts that's beating for you all the time
And if I could drive you from my heart a day or two
Then I'd find the way to free myself from you
I would find the way to free myself I know will
Then the very thought of you no more will cause a chill
And when I wake up to all the things you put me through
Then I'd find the way to free myself from you
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