Yes, I admit I've got a thinkin' problem
She's always on my mind
Her memory goes round and round
I've tried to quit a thousand times
Yes, I admit I've got a thinkin' problem
Fill the glass up to the top
I'll start with loving her
But I don't know when to stop
I wake up and right away
Her name is on my lips
Once the memories start to flow
I can't stop with just one sip
Yes, I admit I've got a thinkin' problem
She's always on my mind
Her memory goes round and round
I've tried to quit a thousand times
Yes, I admit I've got a thinkin' problem
Fill the glass up to the top
I'll start with loving her
But I don't know when to stop
I keep on remembering
How good it used to be
Gettin' stoned all alone
On my favorite memory
Yes, I admit I've got a thinkin' problem
She's always on my mind
Her memory goes round and round
I've tried to quit a thousand times
Yes, I admit I've got a thinkin' problem
Fill the glass up to the top
I'll start with loving her
But I don't know when to stop
I'll start with lovin' her
She blew into this old one horse town
Like something we ain't never seen
And old Bill hired her at the Sundown Grill
She tied that apron 'round her jeans
I started hanging out there every night
Just to hear her talk and laugh
I couldn't help but fall in love with her
I should've known it wouldn't last
She always talked about Mexico
I never thought that she would really go
I felt my love could make her settle down
I guess I know better now
She's probably living down there by the sea
I wonder if she ever thinks of me
One morning she was gone like the wind
She won't be back this way again
Old Bill could tell that I was missing her
As he poured me a drink
Said, "If you put a wild bird in a cage
You'll break its will to sing"
If that's true then she's better off
Still out there wild and free
So I bought straight tequila all around
Said,"Boy, here's to her memory"
She always talked about Mexico
I never thought that she would really go
I felt my love could make her settle down
I guess I know better now
She's probably living down there by the sea
I wonder if she ever thinks of me
One morning she was gone like the wind
She won't be back this way again
She won't be back this way again
She won't be back this way again
I walked through the door and in the air I could feel a change
I didn't have to look I knew that suitcase was full of my things
As I opened her letter up here's what I found
My baby bought me a ticket to lonely town
Well it's the kind of place you never want to spend the night
Yeah I've been there before I know what it's like
A lot of empty streets to walk they'll take you down
My baby bought me a ticket to lonely town
Lonely town at the end of the road lonely town where the broken hearts go
It's the kind of place old memories like to hang around
My baby bought me a ticket to lonely town
[ guitar - fiddle ]
Lonely town at the end of the road lonely town where the broken hearts go
Yeah I opened her letter up tears came down
Well, I made my plans
To leave you far behind
To put you in my past
And get you off my mind
So, I took your memory
On a midnight ride
Down a dark and lonely back road
And left you there to die
But look what followed me home
I thought I was alone
But your memory
It's coming back to me
I thought I'd left it behind
And had you off my mind
But I see I was wrong, wrong, wrong
Look what followed me home
Well, I walked down to the river
At the break of dawn
With a picture of you, darlin'
Up underneath my arm
I said, the heartache's over
Today is your last day
And I thanked that muddy river
As it carried you away
Look what followed me home
I thought I was alone
But your memory
It's coming back to me
I thought I'd left it behind
Had you off my mind
But I see I was wrong, wrong, wrong
Look what followed me home
Yeah, I see I was wrong, wrong, wrong
You caged the wild man that raged inside me
Took a hell bent cowboy, made his hands sure and steady
But today when you walked out, what was I gonna do?
But reach for the closest thing, I could hold on to
Yeah, I'm taking this heartache with a grain of salt
A little lime and tequila, as the teardrops fall
And I'm gonna sit here until I chase every memory off
I'm taking this heartache with a grain of salt
Sittin' in the shadows, as the sun goes down
A little loose change will buy another round
Oh, come tomorrow morning, there'll be a high price to pay
Oh, but that's all right because tonight, I ain't feeling no pain
Yeah, I'm taking this heartache with a grain of salt
A little lime and tequila, as the teardrops fall
And I'm gonna sit here until I chase every memory off
I'm taking this heartache with a grain of salt
Yeah I'm gonna sit here until I chase every memory off
I am a vision
I am justice
Never thought that I could love
Living in shadows
Fading existance
It was never good enough
Within the darkness
You are the light that shines the way
But you're trapped in violence
I can be the man who saves the day
I'm there for you
No matter what
I'm there for you
Never giving up
I'm there for you
For You
Someone's changed me
Something's saved me
And this is who I am
Although I was blinded
My heart let me find out
That truth makes a better man
I didn't notice
That you were right in front of me
Our masks of silence
We'll put away so we can see
I'm there for you
No matter what
I'm there for you
Never giving up
I'm there for you
For You
Within the darkness
You are the light that shines a way
In this blind justice
I can be that man who saves the day
I'm there for you
No matter what
I'm there for you
Never giving upcause you know it's true
You were there for me
And I'm there For you
For you
Hello yes I'm calling to arrange a little trip
Somewhere far away from here by train or plane or ship
I'd like to leave today it don't have to be first class
No it's not for pleasure but I'll tell you since you asked
I'm going someplace to forget someplace her memory won't show up
So far everywhere I've been hasn't been quite far enough
Is there a rocket to the moon I haven't been there yet
I just need to leave real soon I'm going someplace to forget
[ guitar ]
No there's not much luggage just this old suitcase of mine
Things that make me think of her I've got to leave behind
Yes I'll be returning when I don't know
It all depends on how long it takes my heart to let her go
I'm going someplace to forget...
12-12-84
Ten o'clock at night
Funny how you can remember
Certain moments in your life
I wish, I could go back
To take back the words I said
Though it's been years since that night
They still echo in my head
Time is a teacher
Oh, and time has taught me well
What brings a man to his knees
Is often brought on by himself
If a second chance were offered
She could love me like before
I'd go back to the end and start over again
On 12-12-84
A cold wind was blowing
It whistled through the pines
I told her, I don't need her
And she told me goodbye
I remember embers dying
In the ashes and the coals
And like smoke up the chimney
I watched a true love go
Time is a teacher
Oh, and time has taught me well
What brings a man to his knees
Is often brought on by himself
If a second chance were offered
She could love me like before
I'd go back to the end and start over again
On 12-12-84
I'd go back to the end and start over again
Dire civilization getting high of misery
lives wasted away flipping though the channels on TV
we're taking our time
and throwing it away
tomorr'ws killed by yesterday
intimidation replacing unity
blank generation, community
more factories are going up
more people are falling down
it's up to us to turn it around
TURN IT AROUND (a lot of times)
we're rolling down hill and gaining speed
snowballing all the way killing everything we see
we're taught when we're young,
don't bite the hand that feeds
but it covers our ears and shades all we see
TURN IT AROUND (a lot of times)
living in a world made for one
lock the door
pull the shades
kill the sun
failures all that i can get right
an empty hand and a bloody knife
TURN IT AROUND (a lot of times)
If there's someone out there and their heart filled with doubt
And they're standing in the shadow and the candles blows out
And the devil is there with you, he's got you in his hold
You think you're no match for him, but don't surrender your soul
When the devil wants to wrestle put Jesus in the ring
When you're down for the count just call out his name
If he's got you in his grip oh remember this one thing
When the devil wants to wrestle put Jesus in the ring
There I was all alone fearing for my life
There was darkness all around me on that lonely night
When the devil made a move he got a hold of me
Then I called out for help and the Lord set me free
When the devil wants to wrestle put Jesus in the ring
When you're down for the count just call out his name
If he's got you in his grip oh remember this one thing
When the devil wants to wrestle put Jesus in the ring
When the devil wants to wrestle put Jesus in the ring
When you're down for the count just call out his name
If he's got you in his grip oh remember this one thing
When the devil wants to wrestle put Jesus in the ring
Please mister can't you help me try to find my baby's house
It's three in the morning in the pouring rain
I can't find the house and I forgot the number
But I gotta give her these roses to relieve her pain
Don't laugh . . . just tell me you've been there before
So we fight but we fight every evening
And I tell you every morning I just love her more
And life goes on . . . filled with disasters and friction
And life can be strange
But love can be stranger than fiction
Only love can be stranger than fiction
Excuse me operator . . . tell me what time it is
Me and my lover been in bed all day
I think I strained a muscle
I didn't know I had
And tell me what day it is anyway
Don't laugh . . . just tell me you hear what I say
I love her so much I don't even know what planet I'm on
Love her so much I wish she'd just go away
And life goes on . . . filled with bizarre contradictions
And life can be strange
But love can be stranger than fiction
Only love can be stranger than fiction
I know that sometimes love goes
But sometimes it comes back to getcha
And when love grows
It grows like a flower or grows like a tumor
Love shows that God has a sense of humor
Life goes on . . . ever immune to prediction
And life can be strange
But love can be stranger than fiction
Only love can be stranger than fiction
The time is coming soon to say goodbye
A time of sadness it will be
But honey listen to my parting sigh
And linger on awhile with me
The stars shine above you
Yet linger awhile
They whisper I love you
Oh, linger awhile
And when you have gone away
Every hour seems like a day
I've something to tell you
Oh, linger awhile
The stars shine above you
Yet linger awhile
They whisper I love you
Oh, linger awhile
And when you have gone away
Every hour seems like a day
I've something to tell you
Oh, linger awhile
I'm a-walking the dog and I'm never blue
I'm a-walking the dog and thinking about you
I don't need no one to tie me down
I'm a-walking the dog and painting the town
Such an easy life I never knew
Until the day that I left you
Well, I'm a carefree lad that's seen the light
I'm a-walking the dog all day and all night
Well, I'm full of pep, I just can't grow old
I got a one track mind so I've been told
But I'm fancy free, I don't worry no how
And I'm a-walking the dog all the law allow
Such an easy life I never knew
Until the day that I left you
Well, I'm a carefree lad that's seen the light
Love that runs away from me
Dreams that just won't let me be
Blues that keep on bothering me
Chains that just won't set me free
So far away from you and all your charms
Just out of reach of my two empty arms
Each night in dreams I see your face
Memories time cannot erase
Then I awake and find you gone
I'm so blue and all alone
So far away from lips so sweet and warm
Just out of reach of my two empty arms
That lonesome feeling all the time
Knowing you cannot be mine
Dreams that haunt me in my sleep
Vows that we could never keep
Too far away from lips so sweet and warm
I bumped my knee hit a chair
I felt no pain it's like nothings there
Completely numb from outside in
am I even here, have I ever been
Should I be lying somewhere as cold as I can be
With my named carved on a stone in loving memory
Like a ghost searching for the old me
Maybe I died when you left and nobody told me.
I still drive by our favorite place
But all I am is a nameless face
And when I leave all they say as
That he's been gone since you went away
Should I be lying somewhere as cold as I can be
With my named carved on a stone in loving memory
Like a ghost searching for the old me
Maybe I died when you left and nobody told me.
Am I waiting for an angel to come and take me on her wing
or have I been left to wander not feeling anything
Like a ghost searching for the old me
Maybe I died when you left and nobody told me
I did some honky tonk healin' to get me over you
It took some neon nurses around the clock to pull me through
I was in critical condition my heart was broken in two
Due to honky tonk healin', I'm feeling good as new
Well thank you for callin' is all I can say
'Cause your get well wishes dear, are just a little too late
Did you think I'd be laid up, heartbroken and blue?
And missin' your kissin', well honey, here's the news
I did some honky tonk healin' to get me over you
It took some neon nurses around the clock to pull me through
I was in critical condition my heart was broken in two
Due to honky tonk healin', I'm feeling good as new
Drop by some evening, if you can catch me home
We'll share a few memories, if that's what you want
Don't be expecting the same fool, you left crying in vain
It's been a smooth operation they removed all the pain
I did some honky tonk healin' to get me over you
It took some neon nurses around the clock to pull me through
I was in critical condition my heart was broken in two
But due to honky tonk healin', I'm feeling good as new
Where ever you go we go amigo
Been there through thick and thin
Down and out and back again
Where ever you go we go amigo
On the road that leads us to the setting sun
Some people think you're just an old guitar
That may be true but that's not all you are
No matter where I go or what I do
I can always find a friend in you
Where ever you go we go amigo
Been there through thick and thin
Down and out and back again
Where ever you go we go amigo
On the road that leads us to the setting sun
We got into a mess in Abilene
She was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen
The song you played made her forget that night
That she was the sheriff's lonely wife
Where ever you go we go amigo
Been there through thick and thin
Down and out and back again
Where ever you go we go amigo
On the road that leads us to the setting sun
Well I think it's time to hit the road again
Let's see what's waiting 'round the bend
Saddle up old friend we're leaving town
Drifting with the clouds, bumming around
Where ever you go we go amigo
Been there through thick and thin
Down and out and back again
Where ever you go we go amigo
On the road that leads us to the setting sun
If you love me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no on else around
You only build me up to let me down
If you missed me half as much as I've miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never feel this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you
If you missed me half as much as I've miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never feel this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you
As I read the letters that you wrote to me
It's you that I am dreaming of
And as I read the lines that to me were so sweet
I remember our faded love
I miss you, darling, more and more every day
As heaven would miss the stars above
And with every heartbeat, I still dream of you
And remember our faded love
As I think of the past and all the pleasure we had
As I watched the mating of the dove
It was in the springtime when we said goodbye
I remember our faded love
I miss you, darling, more and more everyday
As heaven would miss the stars above
And with every heartbeat, I still dream of you
And remember our faded love
It can happen any moment
Without reason or rhyme
It might be right around the corner
Or it'll come up from behind
A picture that I thought would fade
That I still clearly see
When the thought of you catches up with me
It can happen on a Sunday drive
The sky above a shade of blue
Headin' down some lonesome highway
Then you come into view
Mile after mile goes by
But you're all I see
When the thought of you catches up with me
When the thought of you comes to mind
It'll carry me away to a better place in time
It can happen in the dead of night
Or any day of the week
Sometimes you'll come find me
When I'm in bed asleep
And I'll have that dream about you
And I sure love what I see
When the thought of you catches up with me
When the thought of you catches up with me
Looking out across the field is the old highway
Here comes a Ford, there goes a Chevrolet
Well, I got my heart set on seeing her Cadillac
Yeah, I'm sittin' here watchin' my baby not coming back
I put a million miles on this rocking chair of mine
Going back and forth over everything in my mind
Well I said this when I should have been sayin' that
Now I'm sittin' here watchin' my baby not coming back
Well I've got every single thing, I should've said memorized
For the minute that car of hers pulls up the drive
But the longer she's gone the more I realize
All that's headin' my way is
A broken heart, a tractor trailer and a foreign car
I've got every single thing, I should've said memorized
For the minute that car of hers pulls up the drive
But the longer she's gone, the more I realize
All that's headin' my way is
A broken heart, a tractor trailer and a foreign car
I'm watching everything that comes around the curve
Sittin' here wishin' that I'd gone after her
But at that time I was much too proud for that
Now I'm sittin' here watchin' my baby not coming back
Yeah, I'm sittin' here watchin' my baby not coming back
There stands the glass
Fill it up to the brim
Till my troubles grow dim
It's my first one today
There stands the glass
That will ease all my tears
That will settle my brain
Brother, I'm on my way
I wonder where you are tonight
And I wonder if you are alright
I wonder if you think of me in my misery
There stands the glass
Fill it up to the brim
Till my troubles grow dim
It's my first one today
I wonder where you are tonight
And I wonder if you are alright
I wonder if you think of me in my misery
There stands the glass
Fill it up to the brim
Till my troubles grow dim
Under the open skies, deep in the heart of Texas
The sun shines down on the cotton field
As the clouds roll by across the sky
Carry my love to the Rio Grande
Please send my echo floating down through the canyon
Maybe she will hear my call
I'll be there soon, I'll bring the moon
On a string of stars just for you
I miss the one I call my own
Why did I leave her alone?
Two days more on this lonesome ride
Then she'll be riding by my side
Under the open skies, deep in the heart of Texas
I can almost hear her calling me
I miss the one I call my own
Why did I leave her alone?
Two days more on this lonesome ride
Then she'll be riding by my side
Under the open skies, deep in the heart of Texas
The sun shines down on the cotton field
As the clouds roll by across the sky
Once you were together, now you're far apart
One who swore to love you has gone and broke your heart
But don't cry on your pillow, don't let it get you down
Put on that party dress go out and paint the town
Baby swing, baby swing
It's easy as the lullaby your momma used to sing
Once you feel that rhythm you won't worry about a thing
Just swing, swing, baby swing
There's a juke joint down the highway past the city limit sign
Check your troubles at the door, go on and have a good time
The band can play the boogie beat so wear your dancing shoes
Let that old piano man pound away your blues
Baby swing, baby swing
It's easy as the lullaby your momma used to sing
Once you feel that rhythm you won't worry about a thing
Just swing, swing, baby swing
Oh baby swing, baby swing
It's easy as the lullaby your momma used to sing
Once you feel that rhythm you won't worry about a thing
Sweet dreams of you, every night I go through
Why can't I forget you and start my life anew?
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
You don't love me, it's plain
I should know I'll never wear my ring
I should hate you the whole night through
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
Sweet dreams of you, things I know can't come true
Why can't I forget the past, start loving someone new?
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
I was just out of the service, Thumbing throught the classifieds, When an ad
that read old Chevy,
Somehow Caught my eye, The lady didn't know the year, Or even if it ran,
But I had that thousand dollars in my hand
It was way back in the corner of this old ran-shackled barn
Thirty years of dust and dirt on that green Army tarp,
When I pulled the cover off, It took away my breath, What she called a Chevy,
Was a sixty - Six Corvette,
I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills, But what a thrill I got when
I sat behind the wheel,
I opened up the glove box and thats when I found the note, The date was 1966 and
this is what he wrote
Chorus:
It said my name is private Andrew Malone, If your reading this, I never made it
home, But for every dream thats shattered, Another one comes true, This car was
once a dream of mine now it belongs to you, Though you may take her and make her
your own, You'll always be riding, With private Malone
Well it didn't take me long at all I had her running good,
I loved to hear those
horses thunder underneath her hood, I had her shining like a diamond when I put
the rag top down, All the pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove her
through town,The buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right, But it
picked up that oldies show, Especially late at night, I'd get the
feeling sometimes if I turned real quick I'd see, a soilder riding shotgun in the seat
right next to me
2nd Chorus:
It was a young man named private Andrew Malone, Who fought for his country and
never made it home, But for every dream thats shattered, Another one comes true,
This car was once a dream of his, Back when it was new,
He told me to take her
and make her my own, I was proud to be riding, With private Malone
One night it was raining hard, I took the curve to fast, I still don't remember
much about that firey crash, Someone said they thought they saw a soilder pull
me out, They didn't get his name, But I know without a doubt
Repeat 2nd Chorus
and i knew i wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along
The door into the tavern
Opens easy in my hand
I get an understanding smile
From my bartender friend
And he pours me a double
Nothing 'bout it seems too hard
He opens up a tab for me
With my credit card, it's so
Loser friendly, loser friendly
Everything is easy as can be
Loser friendly, loser friendly
Friendly to a loser such as me
The girl who waits on tables
Comes up behind my chair
Helps me with a hand or two
Of video solitaire
She leans in close and whispers
"Are you all alone?
'Cause I get off in a little while
If you'd like to take me home," she's so
Loser friendly, loser friendly
Everything is easy as can be
Loser friendly, loser friendly
Friendly to a loser such as me
We all have our ups and downs
The rain must fall some days
But when it does it's good to know
You can find this kind of place, it's so
Loser friendly, loser friendly
Everything is easy as can be
Loser friendly, loser friendly
Friendly to a loser such as me
Heartache number one was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
And heartache number two was when you come back again
You came back but never meant to stay
Now I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score
Every day you love me less, each day I love you more
Yeah, 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 was coming back 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
Every day you love me less, each day I love you more
Yeah, 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
I know it's getting late I hear the mission bells
Parting is bittersweet but this is not farewell
As I give you one last kiss
Just remember this
We'll meet again senorita I won't forget lying here in your arms
You make it so hard to leave ya Hasta Luego my love
We knew the time would come
We'd have to say goodbye
I'll hold you in my dreams each and every night
I know as I walk away my heart will say
We'll meet again senorita
I will miss you mi amor yo te quiero
We'll meet again senorita
La la la la la la Hasta Luego my love
La la la la la la Hasta Luego my love
La la la la la la Hasta Luego my love
If you ever think of coming back, don't think twice
Catch the next bus leaving, take my advice
'Cause the door is always open, just walk on through
There'll always be somebody, waiting here for you
Darling, ever since you left for San Antone
This old house is anything, but home sweet home
I wonder, if you're happy now or sad like me
Living in the shadows of what used to be
If you ever think of coming back, don't think twice
Catch the next bus leaving, take my advice
'Cause the door is always open, just walk on through
There'll always be somebody, waiting here for you
You don't have to worry, if I still love you
Just give me a second chance, I'll prove I do
Didn't take my heart too long to realize
I was such a fool to let you say goodbye
If you ever think of coming back, don't think twice
Catch the next bus leaving, take my advice
'Cause the door is always open, just walk on through
There'll always be somebody, waiting here for you
Yeah, the door is always open, just walk on through
Beneath this neon haze here in this honky tonk
I tell everyone who'll listen I don't miss her being gone
I've got a big smile painted on my face that's all I see
Guess there ain't no limit to what some people will believe
I say I've burned her memory but I'm just blowin' smoke
There's embers in the ashes that haven't yet grown cold
In the darkness here I hide a tear hoping it don't show
Well I say I burned her memory but I know, I'm just blowin' smoke
I don't want to face the truth that I'm still in love with her
So I tell 'em she's just history as far as I'm concerned
Got over her the minute that she walked out the door
I just look 'em in the eye and lie that's what honky-tonks are for
I say I've burned her memory but I'm just blowin' smoke
There's embers in the ashes that haven't yet grown cold
In the darkness here I hide a tear hoping it don't show
Well I say I burned her memory but I know, I'm just blowin' smoke
I can fool 'em one I can fool 'em all I play the part so well
I'd give all I ever owned if I could only fool myself
I say I've burned her memory but I'm just blowin' smoke
There's embers in the ashes that haven't yet grown cold
In the darkness here I hide a tear hoping it don't show
Well I say I burned her memory but I know, I'm just blowin' smoke
Hey, stop the world and let me off
I'm tired of going round and round
I played the game of love and lost
Hey, stop the world and let me off
My heart is shattered don't you see
Cause you no longer care for me
Oh, but I hope someday you'll see
What loving you has meant to me
Hey, stop the world and let me off
I'm tired of going round and round
I played the game of love and lost
Hey, stop the world and let me off
My dream world tumbled to the ground
Yeah, the one I love has let me down
How could she leave me here like this
I lost the wonder of her kiss
Hey, stop the world and let me off
I'm tired of going round and round
I played the game of love and lost
Hey, stop the world and let me off
I played the game of love and lost
Heartache number one was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
And heartache number two was when you come back again
You came back but never meant to stay
Now I've got heartaches by the number
Troubles by the score
Every day you love me less
Each day I love you more
Yeah, 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 was coming back 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
Every day you love me less
Each day I love you more
Yeah, 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
Yeah, the day that I stop counting
You were mine for just awhile
Now you're putting on the style
And you never once looked back
At your home across the track
You're the gossip of the town
But my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground
Pick me up on your way down
Pick me up on your way down
When you're blue and all alone
When the glamor starts to boar you
Come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy
But they'll find another toy
When they take away your crown
Pick me up on your way down
Well, they've changed your attitude
Made you haughty and so rude
But underneath, you're still the same
Hey, I know they're to blame
If you find these thing are true
I'll be waiting here for you
As you tumble to the ground
Pick me up on your way down
Yeah, pick me up on your way down
When you're blue and all alone
When the glamor starts to boar you
Come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy
But they'll find another toy
When they take away your crown
Tryin' not to love you, failing in every way
With you around, I keep losin' around day by day
Tryin' to be fair, both to me and to you
Tryin' not to love you is hard to do
I guess there's no use hiding
What everybody knows
'Cause to other eyes there's no disguise
The love that shows
If I'm not bein' clear, I'll explain these words to you
Tryin' not to love you is hard to do
I guess there's no use hiding
What everybody knows
'Cause to other eyes there's no disguise
The love that shows
If I'm not bein' clear, I'll explain these words to you
Tryin' not to love you is hard to do
Well I guess I've been traveling light my whole life through
Thought if you never own nothing much, nothing ever owns you
Until I looked at you I swear I never gave one thought to forever
Girl, I never wanted to
Find a little spread with a creek running through
Build a little dream and make it come true
But now I want to with you
Girl, I want to with you
Put a little ring, third finger, left hand
Stay with somebody
Who will love and understand
Girl, I want to with you
When a man ain't looking no telling what he may find
Until I saw the light of your love I was walking round blind
I kept running with my restless heart
Thinking that's just the way things are
Girl it never crossed my mind
I think it's time
Just find a little spread with a creek running through
Build a little dream and make it come true
But now I want to with you
Girl, I want to with you
Put a little ring, third finger, left hand
Stay with somebody
Who will love and understand
Girl, I want to with you
I'm gonna find a little spread with a creek running through
Build a little dream and make it come true
But now I want to with you
Girl, I want to with you
Put a little ring, third finger, left hand
Stay with somebody
Who will love and understand
I was sittin' on top of the world deep in love with a blue eyed girl
But the blue eyed girl told me goodbye and I fell like raindrops out of the sky
Down at the bottom of a broken heart you will find her name
Written there on a block of stone that once was a burning flame
Now it's cold lonely and dark way down at the bottom of a broken heart
Well I took my love for my Sally Ann and I buried it deeper than a Chinaman
Where no one goes and no one can see well there ain't nobody here but me
Down at the bottom...
[ guitar - fiddle ]
One day true love's gonna set me free but till then I'll be here deep in misery
Down at the bottom...
What's going on in your world?
I hope you're doing fine
I just called to say, "There's not a day
You don't cross my mind"
I just wanted to see if you felt like me
Sorry, we said, "Goodbye"
Oh, what's going on in your world?
It sure is lonesome in mine
Just tell me that you're happy
And I'll hang up the phone
Just tell me you don't need me anymore
And I'll leave you alone
I just wondered if you had somebody new
After all of this time
So what's going on in your world?
It sure is lonesome in mine
Just tell me that you're happy
And I'll hang up the phone
Just tell me you don't need me anymore
And I'll leave you alone
I just wondered if you had somebody new
After all of this time
So what's going on in your world?
It sure is lonesome in mine
What's going on in your world?
It sure is lonesome in mine
What's going on in your world?
(David Ball/Luke Reed)
I got the missing her all day
Heading for a heartache blues
I tell myself it's over
But I know it's just no use
'Cause I wake up every morning
With the same old broken hearted
Feeling that I just can't lose
It's those missing her all day,every day in more ways
Heading for a heartache blues
I know what's coming it won't be long
I'm heading for the bottom like a sinking stone
Good bye note that's all she left
And poor me all by myself
I got the missing her all day
Heading for a heartache blues
I tell myself it's over
But I know it's just no use
'Cause I wake up every morning
With the same old broken hearted
Feeling that I just can't lose
It's those missing her all day,every day in more ways
Heading for a heartache blues
With these missing her all day...
Sun comes up same old thing
Ain't no doubt what the day will bring
Walking around calling her
Sun goes down,I start all over again
I got the missing her all day
Heading for a heartache blues
I tell myself it's over
But I know it's just no use
'Cause I wake up every morning
With the same old broken hearted
Feeling that I just can't lose
It's those missing her all day,every day in more ways
You're like the warm sunshine I think of you all the time
I've fallen for you and that's a fact what do you say to that
You're always in my dreams I think you know what they mean
My heart knows this is real at last what do you say to that
Life could never be the same without you and love was never really love without you
Here beside you is really where it's at what do you say to that
[ ac.guitar - dobro ]
I promise I'll never leave I'll always want you with me
Loving you won't ever be old hat what do you say to that
Life could never be the same...
Don't tell me it's all over
Don't break my heart in two
Happiness is mine when I'm with you
Is it true you've found another?
Are you leaving me behind?
What do you want with his love?
You've already got mine
So what do you want with somebody new?
You've already got a love that's true
You're gonna look back and long for the day
You'll want the love you threw away
You will remember this heart you've broken
If you leave me far behind
What do you want with his love?
You've already got mine
So what do you want with somebody new?
You've already got a love that's true
You're gonna hurt me much more than you know
If you really mean to let me go
You will remember this heart you've broken
If you leave me far behind
What do you want with his love?
You've already got mine
What do you want with his love?
Please help me, I'm falling in love with you
Close the door to temptation, don't let me walk through
Turn away from me, darling, I'm begging you to
Please help me, I'm falling in love with you
I belong to another, whose arms have grown cold
I promised forever to have and to hold
I can never be free, dear, but when I'm with you
I know that I'm losing the will to be true
Please help me, I'm falling in love with you
Close the door to temptation, don't let me walk through
Turn away from me, darling, I'm begging you to
Please help me I'm falling in love with you
Your Daddy called you down to the farm
Said "He needed the crop in the barn yesterday"
Two days gone six days there
All I do is sit and stare at a TV
Well I ain't done nothin' yet
But baby don't forget how I get when I get lonely
Well I ain't strayed a little bit
'Cause baby you're still it, but I'm gettin' lonely
Your sister kept you busy all last week
Movin' her back to Albuquerque New Mexico
Your girlfriend called the week before that
Said, "She was sad and didn't want to be all alone"
Well I ain't done nothin' yet
But baby don't forget how I get when I get lonely
Well I ain't strayed a little bit
'Cause baby you're still it, but I'm gettin' lonely
I painted the house and I painted the town
Just keepin' busy till you get back around to lovin' me
It's Friday night the phone just rang
It's that girl ole' what's her name to say she's free
Well I ain't done nothin' yet
But baby don't forget how I get when I get lonely
Well I ain't strayed a little bit
'Cause baby you're still it, but I'm gettin' lonely
I'm gettin' lonely
Got to go out of town but I'll be back soon
Don't burn down this old barroom
Everyone in here's like family
Till I get back do this for me
Please feed the jukebox while I'm gone
Take good care of these old songs
The only place I know of
That's got that music that I love
Keep the beer cooler stocked
Put the cold ones up on top
Until I get myself back home
Please feed the jukebox while I'm gone
I'm sure gonna miss the Longhorn Lounge
Five o'clock rolls around
Tip the waitress good, my friends
Give old Ernest Tubb a spin
Please feed the jukebox while I'm gone
Take good care of these old songs
It's the only place I know of
That's got that music that I love
Keep the beer cooler stocked
Put me a cold one up on top
Until I find my way back home
Please feed the jukebox while I'm gone
Until I find my way back home
You disappear a day or so
I have no idea where you go
Then out of the blue you cross my mind
It's me and you just like old times
Walkin' in the autumn breeze
And kickin' up the fallin' leaves
I close my eyes and you're right here
Sayin', "This is my favorite time of year"
Whenever you come back to me
I run to meet your memory
And let it take me back to yesterday
Down a country road that winds
Through golden leaves and better times
To a place where my heart longs to be
Whenever you come back to me
Even though I know you're gone
I read your name written on the stone
In my dreams there's a river wide
Where we walk side by side
We leave footprints in the sand
You let go of my hand
At the waters edge you turn and smile
And say, "I'll see you in a little while"
Whenever you come back to me
I run to meet your memory
And let it take me back to yesterday
Down a country road that winds
Through golden leaves and better times
To a place where my heart longs to be
Whenever you come back to me
You're not gone, really gone
You'll be back, I know you will
You're just taking a walk
On the wild side of life
In my house are many heartaches
Loneliness is all around
Since you left for the life
Of nights out on the town
I've got memories by the dozen
But I can't throw one away
Everything's just like you left it
And that's how it's gonna stay
Your're not gone, really gone
You'll be back, I know you will
Your're just taking a walk
On the wild side of life
Till the bright lights lose their glamor
And the music of it's charm
Until you tire of all the honky tonks
That took you from my arms
This old house of many heartaches
Hold a love enough for two
And everything's just like you left it
Waiting here for you
Your're not gone, really gone
You'll be back, I know you will
Your're just taking a walk
On the wild side of life
Your're not gone, really gone
You'll be back, I know you will
Your're just taking a walk
