Where wounded hearts lie dying victim's all a broken back
I take my walk down lonely Skid Row street
It's not in the best part of the town but it caused to those like me
Who tried to lose their bad memories on blue lonely Skid Row street
Blue lonely Skid Row street
I wander blindly through the town I just follow my feet
But I wind up where hard liquor flows so free
For there I know I'll find someone who feels the same as me
For broken dreams and mem'ries meet on blue lonely Skid Row street
Blue lonely Skid Row street
They say I'll look back on it all at last someday
For letting my foolish heart control my mind
They say in time true love I'll find in someone that I meet
Who'll give me hope a cause to leave blue lonely Skid Row street
She know how to make me laugh when I'm unhappy
She can make my biggest worries seem so small
And when I get to feeling moody and discouraged
She just holds me close and I feel ten feet tall
I come home most every night to TV dinners
For she's really not the cook I know she'd like to be
Oh but a smile across the table says I love you
And I thank the Lord that she belongs to me
She likes to go around the house wearing blue jeans
Harry Roder's sneakers on her feet
And I catch her doing things she really shouldn't
Like playing baseball with the kids out in the street
When I call her on the phone just say I'm working late
She understands and waits up so patiently
And she welcomes me home to my private heaven
Oh and I thank the Lord that she belongs to me
Demanding were her eyes begging me to take her for my own
As we laid there on the burning bed of sand
While holding her so close feeling mixed emotions of our love
We were swallowed by the hunger for each other as love took command
Revealing was her kiss promising the things we've never done
We were reaching for the new world close at hand
Then got it by desire blinded by the passion in the sun
We knew nothing but the wanting for each other as love took command
The words I love you come to us se freely
While holding her beside me in the sand
Loving for the first time was so easy
As we lost control and love took command
[ guitar ]
The words I love you...
As we lost control and love took command
As we lost control and love took command
For every woman there is a man for every man there is a girl
And there's enough for everyone to get a little taste of love
We're all born with troubles that's the sins of menkind
From the first breath life has been just one more mountain to climb
So get up get movin' everybody there's one more mountain to climb
When we get movin' there'll be one more valley behind
When we reach the top of the mountain the sun is gonna shine
So get up get movin' get goin' everybody there's one more mountain to climb
[ piano ]
Remember life's the precious thing and we walk on sacred ground
No matter what your problems are there'll be bigger ones around
Remember how the man complained his shoes were much too small
Until he saw the man who didn't have no feet at all
So get up get movin'...
So get up get movin' get goin' everybody there's one more mountain to climb
(Sweet angel baby) love you so much you blow my mind each time we touch
And when we're lovin' uh nothing's better than that
You are my lover you're my best friend my pot of gold my rainbow's end
Oh what a feeling nothing's better than that
We go so good together heaven's just a kiss away
Everytime we hold each other passion has a holyday
I found a brand new world filled with the pleasures of love
Now we've got everything nothing's better than that
All life you win I lose she's yours the choise she made was you
But please before you take your price this I ask of you
Fill her life with happiness make her dreams come true
Love her enough for the both of us for I'll be loving her through you
Will you do this much for me be her kind of man
Love her like I wanted to or let me try again
My only hope is I'll forget and find somebody new
Till then I'll just pretend she's mine loving her through you
After Loving You
Now after loving you what else is there to do
Cause darling all the rest will just be second best
I know I'll go tonight comparing into you
But I'll be no good to anyone after loving you
Your love can't be replaced with just another pretty face
These heartaches will remain cause they can't be replaced
Many loves may come along but they can't live up to you
I'm no good to anyone after loving you
First thing I remember knowing was a lonesome whistle blowing
And the youngest dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town not knowing where I'm bound
And no one could change my mind but mama tried
One and only rebel child for my family meek and mild
My mama seemed to know what laid in store
Inspite of all my Sunday learning toward the bad I kept on turning
Till mama couldn't hold me anymore
I turned twenty one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right but mama tried mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame cause mama tried
[ dobro ]
Dear old daddy rest his soul left my mama heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused
I turned twenty one in prison...
(You've cried the last tear) you're gonna cry
(You've kissed your last lips) that cheat and lie
Forget him baby he's just not worth hurtin' for
(Your heartache's over) it's all gone (I'll make you happy) from now on
And no one's gonna hurt you anymore
(You've been mistreated neglected and cheated) out of the love you should have had
But give me a while and I'll make you smile for the times he's made you sad
(You've cried the last tear) you're gonna cry
(You've kissed your last lips) that cheat and lie
And no one's gonna hurt you anymore
Don't be afraid my darling come to me just cling to me
And I'll kiss away all of your tears
For here in my arms I'll keep from harm thruout all the coming years
(Your heartache's over) yes it's all gone (I'll make you happy) from now on
And no one's gonna hurt you anymore
Her sweet good morning kiss tastes so good
And her loving starts my day off just the way it should
Just knowing I can reach out and hold my whole world in my hands
Makes me glad that I'm my woman's man
And when my day is over ours will start
When I lay my head upon her breast and feel her beating heart
No matter then what I've been through I know she'll understand
Lord, I'm so glad that I'm my woman's man
She's the best I've ever had and she just keeps on gettin' better
Makes me wonder how I ever lived before I met her
And every time I reach out and hold my whole world in my hands
I'm so glad I'm my woman's man
Everybody's got one baby my hang up is you
Everybody's got one the hang up of some kind
Call it habit or call it weakness thank goodness, I've got mine
The wanting, the craving, the needing
Keeps my world from crawling through
Everybody's got one baby my hang-up is you
I've hung up all the thrills I feel when I hold you in my arms
I'm hung up because I need your love
To wrap around and keep me warm
You're my little piece of heaven
You're all I've got to hang on to
Everybody's got one baby my hang up is you
She was a girl I loved and married seems like only yesterday
We thought we really had it made when it didn't work out that way
She's gone I'm alone I'm half a man I'm just a used-to-be
All I've got to live for is paper sack full of memories
Old love letters and worn-out photograps things left on love's first gleam
Pictures of us on our wedding day what a treasured sight to see
These personal private things I've locked away for my eyes alone to see
For all I've got left there is paper sack full of memories
This paper sack full of memories is all I have to cling to
A little bag full of faded love
We broke apart she locked my heart and she still holds the key
My future my past my whole wide world is paper sack full of memories
Love makes all the difference in the world
I was drowned in a world full of emptiness
I was bored to death with life because of loneliness
Happiness for me seemed all in vain
But love reached out her hand when I was going down the drain
I kissed her hungry lips and they turned me on
A flavor like no other lips I've ever known
Heaven opened up the door and there she was
And she was much much more than I've been dreaming of
Love makes the difference all the difference in the world
Love's the ray of sunshine the blessing from above
And I've thought the girl was just another girl
Blue blue blue so blue but what what can I do I'm lost without you
For a little while I owned all the world
For a little while you were my girl
Then you just went away and left me behind
Now the next thing leavin' me would prob'ly be my mind
Blue blue blue so blue but what what can I do I'm lost without you
For a little while blue was just a word
For a little while no cries would ever heard
But things are different now since you said goodbye
All the time is crying time so lonesome I could die
Bless your heart for loving me
Ad heaven knows I don't deserve you
Bless your heart for loving me
Sweet sweet baby I'll try to be worthy of loving you
You came into my life and took the world off of my shoulders
Honey you're an angel in the eyes of this beholder
Bless your heart for loving me
More words cannot express what you are worth
Bless your heart for loving me
I know I've been given a taste of heaven right here on earth
You sit there a crying cry in your beer
You say you got troubles my friend listen here
If you'd look around you I'm sure you would find
There's folks who got troubles worst that yours and mine
I'm fresh out of prison six years in the pen
Lost my wife and famly no one to call friend
Don't tell me your troubles cause you're not alone
Be thankful you're living drink up and go home
[ autoharph + piano ]
Now there stands a blind man a man who can't see
Yet he's not complaining why should you or me
Don't tell me your troubles got enough of my own
Be thankful you're living drink up and go home
Oh you should've seen the girl I was with last night
And you should've seen me tremble when I held her tight
Passion got me locked and it was like grip
I burned all over when I kissed her sweet lips
Find the rainbows end in that pot of gold
Oh her love is more than a mind can hold
I filled my life for the very first time
Know I might goin' out of my mind
I'm in love (I'm in love baby I'm in love)
I'm in love (I'm in love baby I'm in love)
I know now what dreams are made of
I found a heaven when I found that girl I'm in love
[ steel ]
Well I never felt the feeling like this before
Heaven up above must've opened the door
This part of life is a taste of love
I just discovered me a brand new world
I met her at the outskirts of a small country town
But when I asked her for a date to show me around
She said the folks say I'm no good our romance wouldn't last
I said if it's all right with you we won't bring up the past
I know I'm no angel I won't pretend to be
If I'm good enough for her she's good enough for me
Let them stare and criticize I love her I don't care
By her side I'm satisfied and so happy there
[ guitar ]
Sunday when they realize mistakes they make themselves
They won't be too quick to judge the wrongs of someone else
When they undestrand the truth we love each other so
Then perhaps they won't be careless with the stones they throw
Trip To Heaven
I just took a trip to heaven I didn't even have to die
How does it grab you baby can't you believe what's goin' on
Did you get that so good feeling it's coming on so strong
Ain't this loving really something I think my heart just touched the sky
I just took a trip to heaven I didn't even have to die
If I'm dreaming please don't wake me love may never come again
Hang on we'll ride together to a sweet or bitter end
Loving you performed a miracle I don't need no wings to fly
I just took a trip to heaven I din't even have to die
If I'm dreaming...
As of lately we're not happy together
Everything is wrong that used to be so right
Pretty words like I love you we take for granted
We've even stopped kissing good morning and good night
We don't dress up anymore for each other
We don't hold hands beneath the table anymore
When romance dies the honeymoon's all over
When the new wears off that's when love walks out the door
Now I know why lovers turn to strangers
We've lost that so-good feeling that we had so much of
Yes I know why lovers turn to strangers
When they stop doing the things that make them fall in love
Now that we know what's the matter with each other
This love affair don't ever had to end
If we practice what we're preaching on each other
Then maybe strangers can be lovers once again
Easy lovin', so sexy lookin'
I know from the feelin' that it comes from the heart
Easy lovin', every day's Thanksgivin'
To count all my blessings, I wouldn't know where to start
Every time I look you over
So real-to-life it seems
For upon your pretty shoulders
There's a pair of angel wings
Easy lovin', seein's believin'
Life with you's like livin' in a beautiful dream
Every time I look you over
So real-to-life it seems
For upon your pretty shoulders
There's a pair of angel wings
Easy lovin', seein's believin'
Oh the twin of an angel must be you must be you
They say that everybody has a twin someplace
And I believe that what they say is true
For when I look at you I'm looking heaven in the face
Oh the twin of an angel must be you
I believe that any man would feel the way I do
If he'd love someone the way I worship you
But just a very lucky get up grims of heaven too
Oh the twin of an angel must be you
I think of precious moments that you're mine
I only hope he didn't sin you here just on the borrowed time
For you want such a perfect gleam and to think there's really two
Oh the twin of an angel must be you
Just around the corner used to live Ramona Lee
A skinny little freckle faced girl used to run after me (ugly ducking)
Used to hang around my neck like a string of pearls
Telling everybody that she was my girl
Fool I was I ran her off I'm sorry to say
You oughta see now what I chased away
Ugly Ducking (kwack kwack kwack)
Uhm give anything if she would take me back
When she's grown up what a drastic change such a pretty change
A living doll with an angel eyes every each of pose a big surprise
You never know it Ugly Ducking was her name
[ guitar ]
Saw Ramona last night dressed out in her skin-tight jeans
I said hello Ramona but it was cotton-mouth routine
I said why don't we get together again
She said (maybe honey but just say when)
She teased just enough to make me worth cup of Slat
Makin' me remember that she didn't forget
Ugly Ducking (kwack kwack kwack)...
Write it all in put it all in cause I want to know
I'm leaving town tomorrow don't know how long I'll be gone
I know you and the baby will have to work it out all alone
So won't you write me all this on your mind things you do places you go
Write it all in put it all in cause I want to know
If your side of the bed gets lonesome where you sleep every night
And if you miss my lips that kissed you and my arms that held you tight
And if you wake up every morning loving me missing me so
Write it all in put it all in cause I want to know
Write me all about the baby when he walks how much has he grown
Don't forget to say I love him not he's the man now daddy's gone
We'll make believe we're still together that I never had to go
Easy Loving
CMA Song Of the Year for both 1971 and 1972
Easy lovin', so sexy lookin'
I know from the feelin' that it comes from the heart
Easy lovin', every day's Thanksgivin'
To count all my blessings, I wouldn't know where to start
Every time I look you over
So real-to-life it seems
For upon your pretty shoulders
There's a pair of angel wings
Easy lovin', seein's believin'
Life with you's like livin' in a beautiful dream
Every time I look you over
So real-to-life it seems
For upon your pretty shoulders
There's a pair of angel wings
Easy lovin', seein's believin'
Life with you's like livin' in a beautiful dream
Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
(It's always you plus him minus me)
I'm not an educated man oh but I know just where I stand
It don't take a mess to mind to count to three
Oh he comes first in everything I'm just a fool who bought the ring
It's always you plus him minus me
And I should hate you oh but I love you and I just can't blame a man
For stealing a little piece of heaven if he can
My heart lives down on its knees and I keep dying by degrees
Because of you plus him minus me
If I could just may wash my heart try to make a brand new start
Make believe is just a dream of fantasy
But when I'm kissing holding you your love for me just don't come true
It's always you plus him minus me
And I should hate you oh but I love you and I just can't blame a man
For stealing a little piece of heaven if he can
My heart lives on bended knees and I keep dying by degrees
I'm in a bar listening to our favorite song
And there's a girl here with me where you belong
Cause every time I look at her your face I see
There's just too much of you left in me
Oh yes you've gone but you're here just the same
Tonight I called a total stranger by your name
But anyone with any eyes at all could see
There's just too much of you left in me
There's just too much of you left in me
You've left behing too many memories
And I would give my right arm if I knew
There was too much of me left in you
Yes I would give my right arm if I knew
[Introduction]
Two hearts are better than one
Four lips are sweeter than two
Come close to me
Lets kiss and see
What togetherness can do.
Two dreams are better than one dream
Four arms can make them come true
Let's pool our love
Follow the school
Of togetherness right through
There's strength in numbers
Everybody knows
Between us we'll have
Twenty fingers, twenty toes
No one should ever be lonely
No one should ever be blue
Love's not for one
It's made for two
So togetherness, find togetherness for two.
Let's pool our love
Follow the rule
Of togetherness right through
There's strength in numbers
Everbody knows
Between us we'll have
Twenty fingers, twenty toes
No one should ever be lonely
No one should ever be blue
Love's not for one
It's made for two
Today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
Then today, I started loving you again
What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few millions tears I cry
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And that crying time for me had just begun
Cause today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
Then today I started loving you again
Well today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
Then today I started loving you again
I know how much I've hurt you it's happened oh so many times before
How I love to say that's over now and I won't ever hurt you anymore
But if you really love me and I know you do promise me your way
Till I get myself together until I get my head on straight
There's a demon in a bottle and it's found the way to occupy my brain
And I'll be always good to you as long as it keeps flowing through my veins
But if you really love me...
Until I get my head on straight you know I couldn't love you like I want to
Until I get my head on straight you know I only take advantage of you
But if you really love me...
I want you mhm I need you so badly you know
Oh baby this is no time to go
You know what you're doing you're teasing me so
Oh baby this is no time to go
In your eyes I can see that yearning that burning
Turning me on this is no time to go
You kiss me mhm so softly let me turn the lights down low
Oh baby this is no time to go
[ piano ]
(There goes my only possesion there goes my everything)
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 possesion) there goes my everything
As my mem'ry turns back the pages
I can see the happy years we had before
Now the love that kept this old heart beating
Has been shattered by the closing of a door
I remember the first time we met,
You smiled at me,
I asked your name and told you mine.
I kissed your sweet lips
And the thrill you left on mine
Baby you were exciting
And so inviting
I remember when I touched you the first time
And held your tender body
The sweet feeling, for the good times
We've been knowing
I'm begging you to come back home and that's not like me
Yes I'm admitting I was wrong that's not like me
To make you leave was so unwise I love you now I realize
So I come to a paradise and that's not like me
Never knew how much I loved you until you went away
I never thought the man could hurt the way I hurt today
I'm begging you please come back home that's not like me
Yes I'm admitting I was wrong that's not like me
To make you leave was so unwise I love you now I realize
And these are teardrops in my eyes and that's not like me
She walks across the room and lets her long hair down
Hesitates before the mirror and then she turns around
And there stand the only real live angel ever found
And I love her I really do love her
Then I see she's got that look in her eyes
Lord she know I love that look in her eyes
And I might as well drop everything
Cause I'm no darn good for nothing otherwise
I can feel the warmth already begin
Long before she ever touches my skin
And I'm on my way back to heaven again
Cause she's got that look in her eyes
She makes the morning coffee and brings it to the bed
And lying there beside me she says wake up sleepy head
Lord knows it's hard to leave her I'd rather stay with her instead
Cause I love her I really do love her
Then I see she's got...
(I feel that hurtin' feeling settin' in)
For a while I thought I was really over you
Even though that I might find somebody new
Then today when I saw you again
Well I felt that hurtin' feeling settin' in
It's hard to my heart and right to my eyes it goes
And before too long my tears began to show
My knees grow weak my head begins to spin
When I feel that hurtin' feeling settin' in
[ steel ]
Well I thought that I forgotten you today
Like a crazy fool I threw your letters away
And I look like a fool digging in this garbage can
Cause I felt that hurtin' feeling settin' in
Well it's hard to my heart...
We're two of a kind you and me because we have hearts as fickle as can be
We pretend to love each other while we searched for someone new
We're two of a kind me and you
We belong together we shouldn't drift apart
For each new love we meet we leave just one more broken heart
As long as we find pleasure we don't care what we do
We're two of a kind me and you
[ steel - guitar ]
I understand you baby you understand me too
I'm no good for no one else but the same thing goes for you
Now we think that time can change us we'll find a life as true
The honey from this woman's lips drives me to the breaking point falling for her
A woman who can love a starving man and yet come falling back for more
She satisfies my many wants and needs it's happened more than once or twice
And the honey from her lips has got me craving for the better things in life
Sugar sweet sweet sugar woman it's like a taste of sweet sweet red wine
She can make this love within my heart much warmer
My sugar sweet sweet sugar woman
The darken shadows of the night catch us holding our embrance till morning light
At break of dawn she'll find me on my way but I'll be back again tonight
She's been this we command to where she's in my dreams almost every night
This tempting kind of woman's got me craving for the sweeter things in life
There's a lot of strange men in cell Block 10 but the strangest of them all
Was a friend of mine who spent his time
Just staring at the wall staring at wall
In his hand was a note that his gal had wrote and it proves that crime don't pay
Was the very same gal he robbed and stole
For name in her wedding day for name in her wedding day
As he looked at the wall so strong and tall I could hear him softly curse
Nobody at all ever climbed that wall
But I'm gonna be the first I'm gonna be the first
The warden walked by and said son don't try I would hate to see you fall
There ain't no doubt they will carry you out
If you ever touch that wall if you ever touch that wall
The years gone by since he made his try but I can still recall
How hard he tried and the way he died
But he never made that wall he never made that wall
There's never been a man ever shook this can but I know a man who tried
The newspapers called it a jailbreak plan
If I stood up I could reach up and touch heaven
That's how I feel cause you belong to me
Yes I'm bragging for I've got something to brag about
Just look at you you precious loving thing
I know it's true but I just can't believe it
I thought girls like you were only found in dreams
If you'd thrill me more my heart just couldn't stand it
I know now just how blessed a man can be
If I stood up...
When I hold you girl I hold my world here in my arms
And you're all there is as far as I can see
If I stood up...
Please listen I'm your conscience talking and I won't lie to you
We're good friends your heart and I and we know what's best for you
You love her but if you hurt her with the ones you'll hurt the most
So take warnin' now don't you leave her or we'll haunt you just like ghosts
So there were others before you because of pride she lied to you
Oh but a love for you is true and I don't see no wings on you
And you love her but if you hurt her with the ones you'll hurt the most
So take warnin' now don't you leave her or we'll haunt you just like ghosts
She called me up all excited said she had a date
With him Saturday night and she just can't wait
I thought about his reputation & the things that he's done
I woudn't wish him on anyone
I said to her when you're with him better watch your step
Because I know this boy he's got a pretty bad rep
I only hope he doesn t end up bringing you down
He's been breaking hearts all over town
Slowly you can pick yourself back up
When that situation's got you down again
Slowly you can pick your self back up
Girl you've got to save it for another day
Because you don't need him anyway
It's just a game they play
I know this won't come easy girl
I know that it's hard
And deep down inside it leaves an awful scar
And to say I told you so
Won't help to ease the pain inside you so
Just remember that there's plenty of boys out there
Who could treat you much better
And remember I care
it just won't do to see you hurting so bad
I don't have to say I love you you know I worship you
Oh I would give just anything to share my life with you
But I can't leave her I just can't hurt her my mind would climb right up the wall
I can't tell her I don't love her bacause I'm so afraid
Through hard times she stood by me and with all the heart she gave
And my little man wouldn't understand God knows I love him and he's so small
Conscience can make us fall and weak can give a bravest man a yellow streak
I know my arms my lips will beg for you when your mem'ry I recall
Conscience makes cowards of us all of us all
Oh there's a great big jealous man looking for me
And he's got blood in his eyes it's plain to see
Every time he mention my name is but a curse
Yeah he's really out to get me but I know he's got to catch me first
Well I guess I had a little too much for the last night
I met a pretty woman and we were headed off just right
I didn't know she was married must've worn her ring in her purse
Yeah he's really out to get me but I know he's got to catch me first
Oh but when you're at a party and everybody's partin' with you
You do a lotta somethin' but who remembers doin' what would who
Now his plans may be no no good maybe worse
Yeah he's really out to get me but I know he's got to catch me first
[ guitar ]
Cravin'
Cravin' you've got me cravin'
Hungry for the taste of love in my world so young and new
Cravin' you've got me cravin' cravin' lovin' living a life with you
Love was just another word until you came along
Somehow you found that feeling that was hidden for so long
Your love is deep inside of me and my heart and soul you found
Now I'm just like a lonesome guy that's stands on shaky ground
Cravin' you've got me cravin'...
Everytime He Touches You
Everytime he touches you I feel it all over me
I should mind my own business oh it's not of my affair
Who you're with and what you do I've got no right to care
But when he kisses you I taste it just the way it used to be
Everytime he touches you I feel it all over me
When we broke up we both said our goodbye
We decided would be better just to hang it out to dry
But after time your heart and mind had a craving to be free
Everytime he touches you I feel it all over me
When we broke up...
Heavenly hurt that's what I feel each time you touch me
Heavenly hurt it's worth it all to be with you
It's heaven just to have your tender body
Soft and warm and cuddle close to mine
The hurt it comes just knowing I can't keep you
Love you too much to live one day at the time
Heavenly hurt I feel it every time I'm with you
My intentions are good, my hearts in the right place now
You see I wanna be good to you baby
But sometimes I just don't know how
And the hand of fate, reaches out once more
And pulls me though that gate
Like one hundred times before
Ooh, there are the nights, when things just work out right
No one could be as close as you and me
Then it all breaks down, and we can't find that common ground
That's not the way, the way it oughta be baby
Why do we laugh, why do we cry
Why do we feel this pain inside
Only heaven knows, only heaven knows
In this game of hit and miss
How long can we go on like this
Only heaven knows, only heaven knows
But if we threw it all away
It's something we'd regret someday
Heaven knows
Why do we do these foolish things
Only heaven knows
My intentions are good, my actions are hard to explain
I get misunderstood sometimes
There's nobody but me to blame
I've gotta speak my mind, and deal with the situation
Open the lines
The lines of communication
Ooh there are the nights, we really get it right
Makin' love, endlessly
And then there are the days, we go our separate ways
As though there's nothin left of you and me
Why do we laugh, why do we cry
Why do we feel this pain inside
Only heaven knows, only heaven knows
In this game of hit and miss
How long can we go on like this
Only heaven knows, only heaven knows
But if we threw it all away
It's something we'd regret someday
Heaven knows
Why do we laugh, why do we cry
Why do we feel this pain inside
Only heaven knows, only heaven knows
In this game of hit and miss
How long can we go on like this
Only heaven knows, only heaven knows
But if we threw it all away
It's something we'd regret someday
Why do we do these foolish things
Only heaven knows, only heaven knows
I wanna be good to you baby
Heart we just got to get together
For my own peace of mind I've got to know
You'll be only one who really knows the answers
You know you love her but should we keep her or let her go
Eyes are you sure you saw her cheating
Ears love words you've heard could be a lie
We've got everything to gain if we can keep her
But so much too much to lose to say goodbye
Can you even imagine life without her
At her worst she's still the best we've ever known
Heart don't lose your head and go to pieces
Here she comes now heart ain't it good to have her home
I walked into country music's Hall of Fame
An old guitar hung on the wall that wore Hank Williams' name
As I stood and wondered what a sight to see
I'll swear I heard Hank's old guitar start to talk to me
My friend you're looking at old lonely soul
While these mem'ries locked inside of me that's worth much more than gold
Oh we were closer than friends could ever be
Everything we did we did together in perfect harmony
I would remember one night up in a hotel room
To look upon his face you'd thing that his whole world was doom
But as I stood there in the corner I could see
That a song would soon be born tonight oh he reached his hand for me
And he held me like a man would hold his girl
I was a closest thing to him in his lonely world
I could fill a story begging of release
That night we wrote Your Cheatin' Heart another masterpiece
Yeah we wrote so many songs just like this
And we're proud to know that we gave to world just a little more happiness
Hank told me just before he went away
Oh buddy I'd like to take you with me but this time you will have to stay
I walked out of country music's Hall of Fame
Still I can hear Hank's old guitar crying all in vain
Like a child has lost I heard its mournful cry
