make me act like a fool
You treat me mean and cold and cruel
You make me do things that I hate to do
Why do you make me act like a fool
Now that you know just how much I care
you treat me mean and it ain't right nor fair
I keep holding on though I don't know what to
While you make me act like a fool
You know just how to hurt me and you often do
When we're out in public I start fightin' with you
You start trouble in private when nobody knows
Oh then you go away smellin' just like a rose
So you make me act like a fool...
[ sax ]
You know just how to hurt me and you so often do
You start flirtin' in public with somebody new
You start trouble in private when nobody knows
Oh then you go away smellin' just like a rose
Gimme some straight talk, straight talk -- and hold the sugar please
Straight talk, straight talk -- sounds plenty sweet to me
Don't talk to me in circles in some mumbo-jumbo jive
Gimme just straight talk, straight talk and we're gonna be alright
'Cause I like to know just where I stand, I don't like guessing games
And I hate a bunch of gibberish, so just spit it out real plain
Don't use big educated words from your BS Degree
Straight talk, straight talk -- don't try B.S.-ing me
Straight talk, straight talk -- turn loose and let it go
You can tell me anything -- just like on Oprah's show
Just tell me how you really feel, be on the up and up
With questions I can understand -- for answers you can trust
Pick up the 'phone, you're not alone -- we've all got something to say
So listen in and listen up -- we'll find a better way
With honesty and common sense, it's really hard to miss
Straight talk, straight talk -- just tellin' it like it is
Straight talk, straight talk -- there's nothing like the truth
Just tell me all your troubles -- pretend I'm Donahue
So don't be shy, 'cause we can talk -- you know you've got a friend
Call me, call me -- for simple straight talkin'
What's cookin', America?
Straight talk, Straight talk
Straight talk, Straight talk
So some on let's talk turkey, just straight and to the point
About passions, about problems, about noses out of joint
Now I want you all to know I care and I do understand
And hey, thanks for lending me and ear out there in radioland
Give me some straight talk, straight talk -- don't sugar coat it please
Straight talk, straight talk -- sounds sweet enough to me
But don't talk to me in circles, in your mumbo-jumbo jive
Straight talk, straight talk -- and we're gonna be alright
Straight talk, straight talk -- makes plenty sense to me
Don't talk to me in circles, in your mumbo-jumbo jive
Gimme just straight talk, straight talk -- and we're gonna be alright
Yes I see God where the mountains reach the sky
And I see God when the eagle starts to fly
I see God in a little baby's smile I see God and he makes my life worthwhile
Yes I see God when the bridegroom meets his bride
I see God in a father's loving eyes
I see God when a mother starts to cry I see God in a love that never dies
(I see God) where the people meet to pray (I see God) in the things they do and
(I see God) when the little children play
I see God and I know he's near all way
Wouldn't it be fine if you could say you love me just one time
With a sober mind
Wouldn't that be fine now wouldn't that be fine
Wouldn't it be great if you could love me first
And let the bottle wait
Now wouldn't that be great now wouldn't that be great
Wouldn't it be great hey hey wouldn't that be great
Throw the old glass crutch away and watch it break
Wouldn't it be great hey hey wouldn't that be great
Lord it's for our sake wouldn't that be great
In the name of love what's the man so great keep thinking of
What a man he was
In the name of love in the name of love
Love went away when the sexy lace wouldn’t turn his face
The bottle took my place love went to waste
Wouldn't it be great hey hey wouldn't that be great...
Wouldn't it be good and I know you could if you just would
Wouldn't that be good and you know you should
Without you
The days come and go they mean nothing to me
Nothing means nothing without you
My eyes overflow till all I can see
Is a future I can't face without you
Without you without you it's not like before
How can I face life without you
The days are as dark as the nights anymore
And I am so lonely without you without you
Too many things to remind me of you
How could I forget about you
Oh how can I make it now that I've lost you
For I am so lost without you
As gentle as soft breezes blowing as warm as the summer sunshine
As sweet as the dew on the roses was the love I used to call mine
Sweet memories keep on holding revealing the past in my mind
But my arms are no longer holding the love I used to call mine
Gone are the soft gentle breezes and gone is the warm summer sunshine
And gone like the dew on the roses is the love that I used to call mine
Sweet memories keep on holding revealing the past in my mind
Some other arms arms are now holding the love I used to call mine
Sittin' on the front porch on a summer afternoon
In a straightback chair on two legs leaned against the wall
Watch the kids a playin' with June bugs on a string
And chase the glowin' fireflies when evening shadows fall
In my Tennessee mountain home life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh
In my Tennessee mountain home crickets are singing in the fields near by
And honeysuckle vines clings to the fence along the lane
Their fragrance makes the summer wind so sweet
And on a distant hilltop an eagle spreads its wings
And a songbird on a fencepost sings a melody
In my Tennessee mountain home...
[ fiddle ]
Walking home from church on Sunday with the one you love
Just laughing talking making future plans
And when yiz see folks ain't lookin' you might steal a kiss or two
While sittin' in the porchswing holding hands
It's just a little bitty pissant country place Ain't nothin' much to see No drinking allowed, we get a nice quiet crowd, plain as it can be It's just a piddly squatin' old time country place Ain't nothing to hide at all Just lots of good will and maybe one small thrill But there's nothing dirty going on Nothing dirty going on We get simple farmers, local business men Congress folks from Austin, young boys looking for sin Now we used to get a lot of rough necks, when the oil boom was high But pay day would get a little rowdy, thank God the field ran dry It's just a little bitty pissant country place, nothing much to see No drinking allowed, we get a nice quiet crowd, plain as it can be It's just a piddly squatin no time country place, nothing to hide at all Just lots of good will, and maybe one small thrill, but there's nothing dirty going on I don't hire no married girl, they're not on the ball They got homes and husbands, they're not stable at all You know they don't understand a thing about a proper business day Now what's the point in opening up the store if you give the goods away It's just a little bitty pissant country place, nothing much to see No drinking allowed, we get a nice quiet crowd, plain as it can be It's just a piddly squatin no time country place, nothing to hide at all Just lots of good will, and maybe one small thrill, but there's nothing dirty going on Keep your language clean girls, keep your bedrooms neat And don't hang around the town cafe and say hi on the street Mind you P's and Q's and manners, and you don't need no other tools Cause every girl that lives here knows my special no-no rules Yea every girl that lives here knows Miss Mona's no-no rules Ruby, Ray start em! Beds are not to be wallowed in That's the kind of thing that big fat lazy hogs do And it don't make money! Betrix! I won't tolerate no tying my telephone with other peoples business Eloise honey! And please don't show us no tattoos No hearts and flowers on your thigh It's downright tacky Brands for the cattle and that ain't what we're selling at Miss Mona's Do you catch my drift? I pay the food and the rent and the utilities You keep your mind on your work responsibilities Don't let your mouth overload your capabilities And we can get along Dawn! Any bad habits you come in with, get rid off right now Tatty Joe! I can't stand no chewing gum it looks just like a cow Lindy Lue! Any one taking sick leave for to make real sure their sick And every time you hear that bell... You better get here double quick And as for pimps Pimps are something you don't need To get your daily business done Are you listening good? Keep them leaches and blood suckers of the bathrobes And I know how to use a gun And nobody messes with my girls And any questions you might have about the way I run this place Don't grip and whine behind my back Just tell me face to face, I'm open-minded, say it all Then go upstairs and pack, the door's that way She pays the food and the rent and the utilities We keep our mind on our work responsibilities Don't let your mouth overload your capabilities And we can get along It's just a little bitty pissant country place, nothing much to see No drinking allowed, we get a nice quiet crowd, plain as it can be It's just a piddly squatin no time country place, nothing to hide at all Just lots of good will, and maybe one small thrill, but there's nothing dirty going on It's just a little bitty pissant country place, nothing much to see No drinking allowed, we get a nice quiet crowd, plain as it can be It's just a piddly squatin no time country place, nothing to hide at all Just lots of good will and maybe one small thrill Just lots of good will and maybe one small thrill Just lots of good will and maybe one small thrill But there's nothing dirty going on Nothing dirty going on
In the airport lounge he sat with his cane and derby hat
The grandest man that I had ever seen
Outside the heavy rains had grounded all the planes
So I asked him if he'd like some company
In my rhinestone studded suit and my cowgirl high heel boots
I must have been a sight for him to see
But he said pull up a chair as I fumbled with my hair
A more unlikely pair you'll never see
I was Mogan David wine he was Cheblis fifty-nine
But there we sat the cowgirl and the dandy
He was ski resorts in Aspen and summers in Paris
I was Grand Ole Opry Nashville Tennessee
The cowgirl and the dandy as different as could be
But it seemed so right that rainy night in Tennessee
Then somewhere in between his Harvey's Bristol cream
And the beer that I kept sippin' at his table
We somehow came together for a night of stormy wheater
Now there's a little bit of class in this old cowgirl
And there's a little bit of country in the dandy
The cowgirl and the dandy...
A light shines from my window
I just can't sleep no more
Lord, it hurts so much to be alone
But the real men never do admit
That it's them that might be wrong
At least that's what he told me in his song
Chorus:
He rode all the way to Texas
On an old freight train
Didn't miss the girl he left behind
He rode all the way to Texas
Didn't shed a tear
He's lettin' you know that he's the movin' kind
The freedom that he sings about
I guess I'll never know
I just can't shake the guilt or kill the pain
But he lets me ride when the lights turns low
Get on board the radio and take a ride to Texas on his train
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
You're the one that makes it all worth while
You're the one that taught me how to smile
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
You're a part of every dream I dream
You're my love, my life, my everything
I'll never love another how could I
When darlin' you are the highlight of my life
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
You're the one that makes it all worth while
You're the one that taught me how to smile
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
You're the one I always think about
And you're the one I couldn't live without
And you've always been my guiding light
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
You're the one that makes it all worth while
You're the one that taught me how to smile
Darlin' you're the highlight of my life
Mhm to you I may never be more than a friend but you'll always be special to me
To you I may never be closer than I am but you'll always be special to me
Maybe I set my sights too high to be real
I may be wrong but love is strong and I can't hide how I feel
To you I may never be more closer than I am but you'll always be special to me
[ steel ]
Maybe I set my sights too high to be real
But love is strong I may be wrong and I can't hide how I feel
You can't reach me anymore
You say I'm not the girl that you remember
You say that I hve changed so much and you can't seem to rach me
Well you destroyed everything I used to be before and you can't reach me anymore
I was looked up to you while you were looking down
It used to turn me off inside when you would turn me down
Now you want the love from me that you destroyed before
But you can't reach me anymore
Now you say you love me more than anything
I used to love you that way now I don't feel a thing
The love that once lived in my heart don't live there anymore
And you can't reach me anymore
I was looked up to you while you were looking down
It used to turn me off when you would turn me down
Love that once lived in my heart it don't live there anymore
Hello you said the day we met handing me a yellow rose
You asked me out and to your surprise and to mine I said I'd go
I thought it so romantic and I found you sweet and bold
Though we'd only met I still said yes to a single yellow rose
And for years to come you were the one to sleep with me at night
To laugh and talk and share my thoughts and hold me when I'd cry
And on every rare occasion and for no good reason to
A big bouquet or a single yellow rose was sent from you
Yellow roses the color of sunshine
You loved me at one time why did you have to go
Yellow roses are you sending your new love
My bright yellow rose buds I still love you so
I never see a yellow rose that I don't think of you
It's still my favorite flower though the yellow's turned to blue
The day you left my teardrops fell upon your farewell note
You said goodbye like you said hello with a single yellow rose
Yellow roses the color of sunshine...
Coal miners, old and young, dirty and dusty coveralls
Silver lunch can in hand
Going down the rake, father and son
Carrying on that age old tradition
You see they are working men
CHORUS
It's a working man I am and I've been down underground
And I swear by God if I ever see the sun
Over any length of time, I can hold it in my mind
Then I will never again go down underground
At the age of sixteen years, he quarreled with his
peers
And he swears there will never be another on
In the dark recess of the mine, where you age before
your time
And the coal dust lies heavy on your lungs
REPEAT CHORUS
At the age of sixty-four, if he lives that long, he'll
greet you at the door
And he'll gently lead you by the arm
In the dark recess of the mine, he can take you back in
time
Tell you of the hardships that were there
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
I can still see that lonesome road stretched out before me
The road that led me out of his life
I can still feel the tears he cried on my shoulder
The day that I told him good-bye
I never should'a left him
Never should'a gone
Oh what a crazy fool I've been
Chorus:
Will he be waiting for me
He will be, won't he
And will he take me back again
2nd Chorus:
He will be waiting for me
He will be, won't he
Or could it be his love for me has faded and has died
He will be waiting for me
He will be, won't he
Or will I find that this time
I'll be the one to cry
Shadows from the trees
Shade the path that I am walkin'
As I make my way back up that windy road again
The smell of mountain laurel fills the air with sweet perfume
My heart beats faster as I near my journey's end
I wonder if he missed me
Wonder if he wants me
I wonder does he love me still
Will he be waiting for me
He will be, won't he
Oh how I hope he will
Repeat 2nd Chorus Twice
Tag:
Cry, mmmm
Why why why did you say goodbye why did you walk out on me
Cry cry cry I feel like I could die why did you go and leave me lonely
[ steel ]
What did I do what did I say to make you just walk out and leave me this way
Please come back and tell me what I did wrong
And I'll make it up to you if you'll just come back home
I'll try try try as each day goes by to make you glad that you came back to me
No more goodbyes and no more tears to cry every day I'll try to make you happy
[ steel ]
She stands before the mirror
Smiles at her reflection
Striking sexy poses in the glass
She paints her lips a brilliant red
Piles her hair high on her head
Struggles to replace a false eyelash
She powders up her face
Paints her cheeks to match her lips
She wears a dress cut low in the front
Fittin' tight around her hips
And there inside her room
She stands and gazes at herself
Where beauty lives in memory
She lives in fairy tales
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest of them all
She sings as she goes waltzing' cross the floor
She keeps a candle burning
And she waits for his returning
When beauty lives in memory
It lives forevermore
She was a fairy princess once
And was by all adored
They say she was the fairest of them all
They called her Cinderella
And they say that every fella
Would gladly answer to her beck and call
So the story went
They tell of how this handsome prince
Stole her heart and wandered far away
He took her heart and took her mind
Now she has lost all track of time
Forty years has passed and still she waits singing
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest of them all
She sings as she goes waltzing' cross the floor
She keeps a candle burning
And she waits for his returning
When beauty lives in memory
It lives forevermore
Meanwhile back inside her room
The shads are pulled it's half past noon
But in her mind why it's forty years ago
She recalls the beauty of their love
She remembers he was beautiful
And of course she always knew she was
And so the past unfolds
And all at once inside her mind
She sees him at the door
And as he's leading her away
She feels the room begin to sway
Where beauty lives in memory
She falls dead upon the floor
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the fairest of them all
She sings as she goes waltzing' cross the floor
She keeps a candle burning
And she waits for his returning
When beauty lives in memory
Thumbing for a ride by the edge of the road
With a brown paper bag to hold my clothes
But tonight I'm going home where I belong
If the good lord's willing and the creek don't rise
And if my luck holds out, and I catch me a ride
When the sun goes down tomorrow, I should be home
This big city ain't no kind of place
For a country girl with a friendly face
If you smile people look at your funny, they take it wrong
They laugh at my talkin' and clothes I wear
They put me down and they call me square
But tonight I'm going home where I belong
Chorus:
I'm goin' back to the people I love
Back to the place that I dream of
It's true that there's no place like home sweet home
The one I want to see the most
Is the boy who begged me not to go
When the sun goes down tomorrow
Tag:
When I sing for him oh praise God's holy name I can feel his presence in my soul
When I sing for him oh blessed be his name how I rejoice within when I sing for him
As I sing a melody that he gave when I speak God's name in song or kneel to pray
Oh I have a special feeling deep within when I sing for him
When I sing for him in person hallelujah when I look to my new home hallelujah
Oh look at you boy, look at them jeans
Cutest little buttfull I've ever seen
I'd like to find you under my tree
Whatcha tryin' to do to me, huh?
Hey look at them boots, look at that hat
You can get in big trouble lookin' like that
Flirtin' like mad, talkin' that trash
You could make a good girl go bad real fast
Chorus:
Whatcha tryin' to do
Whatcha tryin' to do
Whatcha tryin' to do anyhow
I ain't made of steel but if looks could kill
Well I'd 've been dead by now
Tell me whatcha tryin to do to me
Look at that smile, look at them eyes
All lit up like Christmas lights
When you land on my roof tonight
Well here's what you better be
Well you'd better be fit, you'd better be prime
Cause I'm gonna ring your Christmas chime
When you climb down my chimney
Do whatcha you know only you can do to me
Repeat Chorus
I said ooh, what a thrill but if looks could kill
Well I'd 've been dead by now
Tell me whatcha tryin' to do
Whatcha tryin' to do
With great anticipation he waited at the door
His only son was due from overseas
For months now he'd been waitin' since he'd gone off to war
And his eyes were filled with tears of great relief
Welcome home, son
His loving arms held open and his heart so full of love
Welcome home, son
I've been prayin' and been hopin' and I never did give up
I knew that you'd return to me
The place where you were meant to be
Rest now, for you've been gone too long.
I hear him say as they embrace
"I've waited so long for this day
My son, my very own... Welcome home."
But a dreary rain was falling while another soldier fell
And a mother wakes up crying in the night
She thought she'd heard him calling in that moment she could tell
Her only son had passed into the light
Welcome home, son
His loving arems held open and his heart so full of love
Welcome home, son
As Jesus stood there glowing, their hands reached out and touched
I knew that you'd return to me
The place that you were meant to be
Rest now, for you've been gone too long
As they embraced I heard him say
"I've waited so long for this day
My son, my very own... Welcome home."
Now I think of all the families that have lost a darling one
And I think how Jesus died for all our sins
And I think how much God loved us to send his only son
To live and die, and then to live again
Welcome home son
I hear God saying when they nailed Christ to the cross that day
Welcome home son
And when he sent his angels to roll that stone away
I knew that you'd return to me
The place where you were meant to be
Rest now, for you've been gone too long
I hear God say as they embrace
"I've waited so long for this day
Well done my faithful son... Welcome home."
Welcome home!
I hope to hear God saying when it's my time to go!
Welcome home!
While the angel band is playing and God comes to claim my soul!
The angels will be singing and joybells will be ringing!
Rejoicing! I'll shout and sing along!
When there are no more wars to fight
And we're all children of the light
When the father and the son say
"Welcome home!"
(Blaise Tosti)
Love's a war we all survive, a never ending compromise
We always seem to say we're through, just to say tomorrow
Babe, I'm still in love with you
Every now and then we fight
So very sure we're both right
Saying things we never mean
Just to take them back tomorrow
And admit how wrong we've been
We're through forever 'til tomorrow
That's all we really seem to say
We can't go on with all this sorrow
We've got to find a better way
Many times we would fight and I would leave you
Then I'd find, just how much I really need you, and love you
Oh, oh, candle light, a glass of wine
Can bring back vision to the blind
Making love is sweet revenge
And when the battle's over
We're back in love, and we both win
We're through forever 'til tomorrow
That's all we really seem to say
From here, where is our love to go
And from us, what is left to say
Hey, hey, we're through forever 'til tomorrow
We're through forever 'til tomorrow
We're through forever 'til tomorrow
We're through forever 'til tomorrow
We'll get ahead somedays we'll get ahead someday
If the sun comes up and my wife cuts down we'll get ahead
someday
Well I get up early work hard all day listen to the
troubles of my friends
But I don't realize till I get home whan an awful shape
we're in
The car's wore out kids need shoes got a bill from a
doctor today
The landlord said you'll get out tomorrow if you don't
get me some pay
We'll get ahead someday...
The paper says there's a sale downtown I gotta have some
money today
Well there's things at home that's never been used you
bought last bargain day
Well you go out one Saturday night just spend too much
money on wine
Well I work hard all week long and I gotta have a little
fun sometimes
We'll get ahead someday...
If the sun comes up and my wife cuts down we'll get ahead
We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain moor and mountain following yonder star
Born a king on Bethleem´s plain, gold I bring to crown Him again
King forever, ceasing never over us all to reign
Star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading still proceeding guide us to Thy perfect light
Frankincense and moor have I, my gift of love and sacrifice
Prayer and praysing all men raising worshiping God most high
Oh, star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading still proceeding guide us ti Thy perfect light
We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar,we three kings
I love you, I love you
My heart seems to whisper
But my lips cannot form those words
I know my heart
Is calling out to you
In a voice you've already heard
Does your heart feel as if
It could burst any second
Is it racing, will not slow up
Do you just want to be
With me endlessly
Well I'm thinking
We might be in love
We might be in love
The best I can tell
I thinkin' thoughts
That I've never pondered
And I'm feeling like I've never felt
It's like I drink
From some magic posion
Sipping from your loving cup
Intoxicated, infatuated
I'm thinking we might be in love
We might be in love
What else could it be
These feelings of wonder
Passion and romance
Excitement and pure ectasy
We might be in love
And it might be forever
I think there's a future for us
If you just want to be
In and all over me
It might be, we might be in love
I promise for keeps
If you're feeling like me
Then it might be
We might be in love
I dare say
I used to think maybe you loved me now baby I'm sure
And I just can't wait till the day when you knock on my door
Now every time I go to the mailbox I gotta hold myself down
'Cause I just can't wait till you write me you're coming around
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
And the time feels good the time feels good
I used to think maybe you loved me now I know that it's true
But I don't want to spend my whole life just a waitin' for you
Now I don't want you back for the weekend or just for a day, no, no
Baby I just want you back and I want you to stay
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
And it's time to feel good
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
And it's time to feel good
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
And it's time to feel good
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh
We can't always both be right
We sometimes disagree
But you've got the right to speak your mind
An' it's the same with me
When the anger's at an end
And you want inside my arms again
All you have to do to make it right is just
Chorus:
Touch your woman
Touch your woman
Everything's gonna be alright
Touch your woman
Touch your woman
Let me know, let me know everything's alright
There are times when I should be strong
When I'm awfully weak
When the sudden blows of life have brought me to my knees
Woman needs a helpin' hand
Needs someone to understand
Needs the man she loves to help her stand, so
Repeat Chorus
And when the busy day is done
You lay by my side
You know exactly what it takes to keep me satisfied
You know exactly what I need and I always go to sleep in peace
Take my hand and run with me out of the past called yesterday
And walk with me into the future of tomorrow
Yesterday must be forgotten no looking back no matter what
There's nothing there but mem'ries that bring sorrow
Yesterday is gone gone but tomorrow is forever
No more crying tears leave tracks and mem'ries find their way back
Tomorrow's waking let's journey there together
Yesterday is gone gone gone but tomorrow is forever
I care not for yesterday I love you as you are today
Yesterday just helped to pass the time while waiting
We must forget the passing time my love for you is the real kind
The kind that won't hurt you no never
Yesterday is gone gone gone but tomorrow is forever
Today you told me that you'd found another
And you took off your golden wedding band
The one you vowed you'd wear until death do us part
When I kissed it and placed it on your hand
A read will hang upon your door tomorrow
Of the little house that we once called our home
And friends will stop and hang their heads in sorrow
To pay the last respects to one gone on
Tonight I lay me down to sleep forever with this small empty bottle and broken heart
I keep the vow I made I won't forsake it I promised to death do us part
Will you bring your new love to the chapel
To look upon the one that you betrayed
Will you bring me pretty flowers like you used to
And replace them in my hands where I lay
Will you cry and think of happy mem'ries that we shared together at the start
Gonna tie our love in a double knot
Cause these days love gets strained a lot
To give our hearts a double shot
Let's tie our love in a double knot
Oh if we wanted to endure
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
While we're wrapped in those ties that bind
I wanna make sure we don't unwind
So we'll tie our love in a double knot...
Cause I've got my dreams and baby you got yours
Put it together we got a whole lot more
Cause I'm not lookino for just one night
I wanna make it the past of our lives
So let's tie our love in a double knot...
[ guitar ]
I'm comin' home, I've done my time
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine
If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free
Then you'll know just what to do
If you still want me
If you still want me
Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree
It's been three long years
Do ya still want me?
If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree
I'll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree
Bus driver, please look for me
'cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see
I'm really still in prison
And my love, she holds the key
A simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free
I wrote and told her please
Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree
It's been three long years
Do ya still want me?
If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree
I'll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree
Now the whole damned bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see
A hundred yellow ribbons round the old oak tree
The road of love is steep it's a hard climb all the way
To stay in love we must keep working at it every day
We have our ups and downs but we take it with a grin
Cause we've promised to stick together through thick and
thin
We don't always see eye to eye and we don't always agree
But every day we both try to make each other happy
And if we have a quarrel we'll just kiss and try again
Cause we've promised to stick together through thick and
thin
We've promised to stick together that's what we're gonna
We won't let our love grow old we're gonna keep it new
Hard times may hit us maybe just around the bend
But we've promised to stick together through thick and
These old bones will tell your story these old bones will never lie
These old bones will tell you surely what you can't see with your eye
These old bones I shake and rattle these old bones I toss and roll
And it's all in where they scatter tells you what the future holds
Oh she lived up on the mountain eleven miles or so from town
With a one-eyed cat named Wink a Billy goat and a blue tick hound
Her graying hair was braided and wrapped around her head
And her dress was long and faded and her home a rusty shed
In a little pouch of burlap tied with a piece of twine
There were bones all shapes and sizes gathered through the course of time
She'd throw them out before you she swore that she could see
The present past and future she could ready your destiny
Everybody knew about her came to get their fortune read
Concerning health and wealth and power who to love and when to wed
Well I just like helpin' people I'm just glad that I can help
Why I know everybody's secrets but I keep it to myself ha ha ha
These old bones will tell your story...
Some called her witchy woman some said she was insane
Some said she was a prophet still everybody came
Just because a body's different well that don't make 'em mad
Well they've crucified a many for the special gifts they've had
I had often heard about her dreamed about her now and then
For I too was clairvoyant came about when I was ten
I was fascinated with her and the things I'd heard about
And I knew some day I'd meet her and one day it came about
Well I know'd that you's a comin' I could feel it in my bones
These old bones have also told me that I won't be here for long
Did you know that you'd adopted did you know you once twas mine
But the county took you from me said I wasn't right in mind
But I just know'd I had to see you fore these bones was laid to rest
So I conjured up a message ha ha it must've worked I guess
This gift runs in the family I know you also know
And I passed this gift on to you these old bones they're just for show
These old bones will tell your story these old bones will never lie
These old bones will tell you surely how you'll live and when you'll die
These old bones I shake and rattle these old bones I toss and roll
And it's all in where they scatter tells you what the future holds
I held her hand while she was dyin' and with the funeral through
I headed on back up the mountain for Billy Wink and Blue
And that little pouch of burlap with those bones so worn and old
She gave me somethin' special now every time I throw
These old bones will tell your story...
Now I can't tell you what you want to hear I just tell you what I see
It's these old bones a talkin' blame it on them don't pack it on me
It's just like that time that there boy died up at the sawmill
Well I know'd who done it but I never said
And I know'd when somebody is a cheatin'
Or when somebody's baby was gonna be born dead
But unless somebody just plain out and asked me
Well I just figured there ain't no point goin' around actin' like you know
Everything just cause you might ha ha ha
Ah you know girl I want you to take these bones
Cause I don't want no young'un of mine a goin' around unprepared
Sweet, sweet were the lips that kissed me
Warm, warm were the arms that held me
Sweet, sweet were the lips, yeah
Warm, warm were the arms
But so, so filled with the love you gave me
Wet, wet were the tears on my face
Long, long were the hours I cried them
Wet, wet were the tears, yeah
Long, long were the hours
But so, so filled with the love you gave me
My friends tried to tell me
That mis'ry would a-happen to me
But back in school I didn't believe
That misery and pain a-would-a ever get to me, oh
Since, since you've been gone, gone away
I cry, cry lonely teardrops night and day
Since, since you've been gone, yeah
I cry, I cry lonely teardrops
All so, so filled with the love you gave me
Sweet, sweet were the lips that kissed me
Warm, warm were the arms that held me...
Dawn is slowly breaking
Our friends have all gone home
You and I are waiting
For Santa Clause to come
There's a present by the tree
Stockings on the wall
And knowing you're in love with me
Is the greatest gift of all
The fire is slowly fading
Chill is in the air
All the gifts are waiting
For children everywhere
Throught the window I can see
Snow begin to fall
Knowing you're in love with me
Is the greatest gift of all
Just before I go to sleep
I hear a church bell ring
Merry Christmas everyone
Is the song it sings
So I say a silent prayer
For creatures great and small
Peace on Earth, good will to men
Is the greatest gift of all
Peace on Earth, good will to men
I've had to think up a way to survive
Since you said it's over told me goodbye
I just can't make it one day without you
Unless I pretend that the opposite's true
Rivers flow backwards valleys are high
Mountains are level truth is a lie
I'm perfectly fine and I don't miss you
The sky is green and the grass is blue
[ fiddle - dobro ]
How much can a heart and a troubled mind take
Where is that fine line before it all breaks
Can one end their sorrow just cross over it
And into that realm of insanitive bliss
There's snow in the tropics there's ice on the sun
It's hot in the Arctic and crying is fun
And I'm happy now and I'm glad we're through
And the sky is green and the grass is blue
And the rivers flow backwards and my tears are dry
Swans hate the water and eagles can't fly
But I'm alright now now that I'm over you
And the sky is green and the grass is blue
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
Pretending that I'm doing well
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I've played the game but to my real shame
You've left me to dream all alone
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Oh yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearin' my heart like a crown
Pretending that you抮e still around
Too real is the feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Oh yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearin' this old heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
But I know what I am
James:
Just an ordinary day,
Started out the same old way.
Then I looked into your eyes and knew
Today would be,
A first for me
The day I fall in love
Dolly:
On the day I fall in love,
The sky will be a perfect blue.
And I'll give my heart forever more
To someone who,
Is just like you.
The day I fall in love
Both:
CHORUS
People all say,
Love is wondeful.
That the bells will ring,
Birds will sing
And skies will open.
I wonder where's that great big symphony.
Roll over Beethoven,
Won't you play with me?
And I'll never to be true
To anyone
(James):Unless its you
(Dolly): Unless its you
The day I fall inlove.
People all say love is wonderful
That bells will ring,
Birds will sing,
And skies will open.
I wonder wheres that great big symphony
(James): I'll be your Beethoven
(Dolly): Roll over, Beethoven
(James): Come and play with me
BOTH:
Just an ordinary day,
Started out the same old way.
Then I looked into your eyes and knew
Today would be
(Dolly): A first for me
(James):A first for me
The day I fall in love.
James: I know you'll be there
Dolly: Oh oh..
Both: The day I fall in love
We don't take away one happy moment
We won't take away any of the new
We'll do anything to make each other happy
Love is give and take but we don't take away
I never thought that love could make you feel so happy
I thought I'd found love once but I wasn't even close not even close
Well you make me wanna call you sweet names at the waking of each day
For each day I love you more and we won't ever take away
We don't take away one happy moment...
How many arms have held you and hated to let you go
How many how many I wonder but I really don't want to know
And how many lips have kissed you and set your soul aglow
How many how many I wonder but I really don't want to know
So always make me wonder always make me guess
Even if I ask you darling don't confess
Though you just let things remain your secret cause darling I do love you so
How many how many I wonder but I really don't want to know
I love you so much I can't let you go
And sometimes I believe you love me
But somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a door without any key
Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a window that I can't see through
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you
[ steel ]
Somewhere between your heart and mine
There's a love I can't understand
It's there for a while then it fades like a smile
And I'm left in the middle again
There are stars in the southern sky southward as you go
There is moonlight and moss in the trees down the seven bridges road
I have loved you like a baby like some lonesome child
I have loved you in a tame way and I have loved you wild
Sometimes there is a part of me has to turn from here and go
Running like a child from these warm stars down the seven bridges road
[ dobro - fiddle ]
There are stars in the southern sky and if ever you decide you should go
There is a taste of time sweet as honey down the seven bridges road
There are stars in the southern sky southward as you go
There is moonlight and moss in the trees down the seven bridges road
(Though I'm only second best you're still first with me)
I tried to make you love me I've done everything I could
I thought if I tried long enough maybe someday that you would
But there was someone else before me and it's her you're lovin' still
And I know no matter what I'd do I'm only second best
Only second best that's all I will ever be
Even though I'm second best you're still first with me
And I'll be loving you when they fall my hand I guess
I love you even though I know I'm only second best
I know you've tried to love me and I'd hope you would in time
I know that when you're holding me it's her that's on your mind
Now I know you can't get over her but I love you nonless
But it makes no difference what I'd do I'm only second best
Only second best...
Run that by me one more time to make sure that I heard you right
I hope you don't expect me to believe that line
I might be crazy but I ain't dumb and I know a lie when I hear one
Would you run that by me one more time
Well you're late again I see what's your excuse this time
Don't try to kiss and make up when you smell so strong from wine
Well I'm not late the clock is wrong you need to wind Big Ben
Honey that's not wine you smell that's aftershave for men
Would you run that by me one more time
Run that by me one more time...
[ steel ]
What happened to the money I gave you to pay the rent
The rent is overdue and we ain't got one red cent
Well I put it in the cookie jar that day you brought it home
One day when I come back from town
I'll be dogged if that money wasn't gone
Ha ha would you run that by me one more time
Run that by me one more time...
You keep drinkin' that aftershave it's gonna kill you if I'm lucky
You spent that money didn't you
I didn't spend it I oughta box your jaws
Oh you'd hit your mom before you hit me
Would you run that by me one more time run that by me one more time
I don't want to run that by you one more time
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
Roll in my sweet baby's arms
Lay around the shack 'til the mail comes back
And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms
I ain't gonna work on the railroad
I ain't gonna work on the farm
Lay down the shack 'til the mail train comes back
And I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms
Now where were you last Friday night
While I was lying in jail
Walking the streets with another man
Wouldn't even go my bail
I know you parents don't like me
They drove me away from your door
If I had my life to live over
Randy in your eyes I see the promise of a future
The promise of love like I have never known
Randy cradled in your arms I feel like I'm in heaven
And heaven knows I needed someone like you for so long
So Randy take me with you for that's where I want to be
Teach me how to fly on these new wings you've given me
Randy let me show you what your love has meant to me
Randy let me be the only one you have and need
Randy you had given me reason to live again reason to love again and reason to
smile
Randy you had given me new inspiration new dreams to dream and the reason to try
(Annie McLoone)
I just came by to let you know
I'll never ever let you go, oh my
Ooo-eee my love
And if you ever, ever stray
I know that that will be the day
That I die, oh my
Ooo-eee my love
Ooo-eee, ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my love
I've been around the world a bit
But you're the best thing I've seen yet, oh my
Ooo-eee my love
And if you want to take me on
We might be at it until dawn, oh my
Ooo-eee my love
Ooo-eee, ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my love
Hey baby
You see where I've been and you know where I'm going
Oh come on boy
My heart's on my sleeve and my love is showing
And if you stay around
I'm never ever gonna let you down, oh my, oh my
Ooo-eee my love
Ooo-eee, ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my baby
Ooo-eee my love
Once upon a memory
I kissed lips as sweet as honey
And lived in Heaven with an angel
For a little while
I knew love sweet and tender
In a world of perfect splendor
Once upon a memory
Before he said goodbye
Once upon a memory
In Never-Neverland
I had a love I know I'll
Never ever have again
A love like those
You read in fairy tales
Filled with joy and laughter
Oh, but he ended it
And it broke my heart
And I've cried forever-after
Once upon a memory
I knew love beyond compare
Oh, then his sweet lips
Lost their sweetness
And all that Heaven in his eyes
Turned into a cold and distant stare
Gone is the love, sweet and tender
A world of heartache knows no splendor
Oh, but once, once upon a memory
I knew love beyond compare
Yes, once upon a memory
In Never-Neverland
I had a love I know I'll
Never ever have again
A love like those
You read in fairy tales
Filled with joy and laughter
But he ended it
And it broke my heart
And I've cried forever-after
Oh, but once, once upon a memory
I knew love beyond compare
Once more to be with you dear
Just for tonight to hold you tight
Once more I'd give a fortune
If I could see you once more
Forget the past this hurt can't last
So I don't want it to keep us apart
Your love I need say you'll love me
And say you'll give me all of your heart
Once more to be with you dear...
[ steel ]
"On the wings of a snow white dove
He sends his pure sweet love
A sign from abouve- a sign from above
On the wings of a dove.
When troubles surround us, When evils come
The body grows weak, The spirit grows numb
When these things beset us, He doesn't forget us
He sends down His love
On the wings of a dove
On the wings of a snow-white dove
He sends His pure sweet love
A sign from above
On the wings of a dove
When Noah had drifted On the flood many days
He searched for land In various ways
Troubles, he had some, But wasn't forgotten
He sent him His love
On the wings of a dove
On the wings of a snow-white dove
He sends His pure sweet love
A sign from above
On the wings of a dove
When Jesus went down To the river that day
He was baptized In the usual way
And when it was done, God blessed his son
He sent him his love
On the wings of dove
On the wings of a snow-white dove
He sends His pure sweet love
A sign from above
On the wings of a dove
Chorus:
I've got a never ending love for you
From now on, that's all I want to do
From the first time we met I knew
I'd have a never ending love for you
After all this time of being alone
We can love one another
Feel for each other
From now on
Feel so good I can hardly stand it
(Porter Wagoner)
He walks in my mind like a shadow
Someone speaks his name and he appears
I can see his face in total darkness
Oh, he's everywhere
He left a memory that lives with me
A memory of how it used to be
And I remember all the things we used to share
Oh, he's everywhere
He waits in the corners of my mind
And in the stillness of the night, he walks around
Sometimes his memory's so real I think he's really there
Oh, he's everywhere
He left a memory that lives with me
A memory of how it used to be
I remember all the things we used to share
Oh, he's everywhere
To be with you is what I want more than anything
But I must share my life with the one who wears my ring
And there are tiny places I look into each night
I love you but my hands are tied
I know how much they need you and dear I understand
I know you'll never leave them cause you're not that kind of man
But I can't control my feelings though heaven knows I tried
And I love you but my hands are tied
My hands are tied and I can't break the ties that bind
I love you more than life but you never will be mine
I know how much you want me I can see it in your eyes
And I love you but my hands are tied
[ steel ]
My hands are tied and I can't break the ties that bind...
(Dolly Parton)
When your eyes meet mine, my heart beats out of time
And I burn with desire through and through
I can't help myself, I can see no one else
'Cause my eyes can only see you
My eyes can only see you
My eyes can only see you
Your face is always in view
Oh, and my eyes can only see you
I want you so much and I long for your touch
And your eyes tell me you want me too
Oh, it may not be right, but I'm too weak to fight
And my eyes can only see you
My eyes can only see you
My eyes can only see you
Your face is always in view
And my eyes can only see you
And my eyes can only see you
R. SANDMAN
With Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt
Writer Pat Ballard
Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Make him the cutest that I've ever seen Give
him two lips like roses and clover Then tell him that his lonesome nights are
over Sandman, I'm so alone Don't have nobody to call my own Please turn on your
magic brean Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Mister Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen Give him the word that I'm not a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over Mister Sandman, bring me a
dream Give him a pair of eyes with a come hither gleam Give him a lonely heart
like Pagliacci And lots of wavy hair like Liberace Mister Sandman, someone to
hold Would be so peachy before we're too old Sp please turn on yor magic beam
Mister Sandman, bring us Please, please, please Mister Sandman, bring us a
dream Written by : Pat Ballard From the album : Evangeline Label : Warner Bros
Records 7599 56880-2 (1981)
Oh the monkey's had a better tale than you
Compare to yours all their tales sound so true
The way you're actin' seems to me at all the monkey should go free
You're the one that should be locked up in the Zoo
When I married you I thought you were a man
But you're the biggest ape that's living in this land
I'd like to run you up a tree for the way you lie to me
Your swingin' round is gettin' out of hand
Oh the monkey's had...
Every monkey has its day so go ahead and play
Make your plans and tell your lies and stick to them
But from now on I remind you can wag your tail behind you
Cause you finally got yourself out on a limb
[ banjo ]
Every monkey has its day...
Oh the monkey's had a better tale than you
Mendy is sixteen and uncontrolable Mendy is only a child
Mendy is in with the in-crowd Mendy is ever so wild
Mendy's hair hangs straight and long Mendy feels this is a must
Mini skirts and many friends and many horrors for us
Mendy finds a plenty to do but Mendy never sleeps
Mendy slips out of the house in the evening when the sun is sinking
Mendy is out with the in-crowd Mendy is smoking and drinking
There's a different shine in Mendy's eyes
And the color is gone from her cheeks
Mendy is a swinger but Mendy never sleeps
Mendy never sleeps and Mendy is growing weak
Mendy lies lifeless and limped are her eyes
Well I met a boy from Grassy Branch fine as he can be
I met him at the big barn dance and he took a shine to me
Sky-blue eyes a big wide smile and tall as a sycamore tree
He's real smart with a real big heart and he's gonna marry me
He's gonna marry me and we're gonna go to town
We're gonna buy a real good car and we're gonna drive around
We'll hold hands and touch and hug he talks so sweet to me
Cause he knows a lot about love and stuff and he's gonna marry me
[ mandolin - fiddle ]
His mama don't like me one little bit but you know I don't care
Let her pitch her hissy-fit cause I ain't a marryin' her
He's always been a mama's boy it's just plain jealousy
She's as mad as an old wet hen cause he's gonna marry me
Oh he's gonna marry me and he's gonna buy me a ring
We're gonna be so free cut mama's aprin strings
He's gonna build me a pretty little house have a pretty little made-for-three
Cause he done kiss me on the mouth and he's gonna marry me
Yeah he's gonna marry me he's gonna buy me a ring
Of all the roads I've traveled and all the sights I've seen
The most amazing thing is the power of our dreams
And anything is possible for those who can believe
Just get your heart to rearrange its priorities
For us to make love work we got to try just a little bit harder
For love to work we gotta hold on
A human heart is just too precious to spend it feeling hurt
Let's start to take the chance to make love work
It takes faith in one another to see things eye to eye
And it's hard to trust but you know it's worth to try
There's a candle in my window and whenever you feel blue
You can bet your bottom dollar I'll be there for you
For us to make love work...
Oh I do believe in miracles but I know they won't come easy
So why don't we give destiny a helping hand
I can see it on your face
It's over it's all over it's all over me and you
Love came down like the rains from heaven
Love's all over us dripping like the morning dew
We can't hide it anymore you can't hide real love
When it's all over all over me and you
And it's wonderful to know it's all over
Love sweet love it's all over me and you
Once we worried what folks would think if they only knew
Just how much love there was between me and you
Oh but it's no secret anymore it's all out in plain view
And love's all over us love's all over me and you
I look at you and I see something special
I feel something special something that's rare
I you feel the same way if you're looking at me
I know that could be a love we could share
Won't you come and love with me shelter your love in my castle of dreams
We'll find in each other the things that we need won't you come and love with me
[ ac.guitar ]
We'll sing us a love song the songbirds would envy
A song that the angels would be proud to sing
We'll say with our hearts what no poet could capture
Say with our eyes what no artist could play
Won't you come and love with me shelter your love in my castle of dreams
We'll find in each other the love that we need won't you come and love with me
As night falls around us love's tender embrace replaces the sun's golden light
Then love show us beauty that only love can describe love you're so beautiful tonight
As you fill our hearts with tenderness and emotions inside
Lost in each other with the world closed outside
Oh this must be like heaven it's heaven to you and I love you're so beautiful tonight
Your nearness in the silence your rapid heartbeat
Your face touching mine then you whisper on my cheek
I'll love you till the stars in the heavens lose their lights
Oh love you're so beautiful tonight
As you fill our hearts...
As gentle as soft breezes blowing as warm as the summer sunshine
As sweet as the dew on the roses was the love I used to call mine
Sweet memories keep on holding revealing the past in my mind
But my arms are no longer holding the love I used to call mine
Gone are the soft gentle breezes and gone is the warm summer sunshine
And gone like the dew on the roses is the love that I used to call mine
Sweet memories keep on holding revealing the past in my mind
Some other arms arms are now holding the love I used to call mine
The love that I used to call mine
I wasn't looking for you when I found you I just turned and I saw you there
And I was so lonely and lost when I found you and I needed somebody to care
And it had been so long since I'd been happy or needed or wanted or loved
And now that I've found you let my arms around you oh love have mercy on us
Have mercy on us don't let it be wrong for there is nothing to live all alone
And now that you're mine may love treat us kind oh love have mercy on us
Oh what must we do with this love for each other is it wrong to love one so much
I want to be with you and oh how I miss you oh love have mercy on us
Welcome to Love City population two
It isn't a big place our little town
But it's filled with lovely sights all around
A park filled with flowers a beautiful lawn
The streets of the driveway that leads to our home
Just a small house on an acre of ground
We call it Love City our little town
Welcome to Love City polulation two
Founded on a little love that just grew and grew
Between me and you
We built our home on Love's Avenue
The taxes are low and it has a nice view
We've got home cooked meals that are fit for a king
And all kinds of love to fill every dream
A room just for friends if they happen to
Visit our Love City population two
Welcome to Love City population two
Founded on a little love that just grew and grew
Oh you took your sweet love from me oh you left me sweet sweet memories
And I cry I cry like a little baby cause there's still a lot of you left in me
Oh there's still a lot of you left in me and I cry cause your love'll set me free
Your love'll set me free
I'll keep holding on to love that used to be cause there's still a lot of you left in me
Oh I still go on to all our favorite places and I still see all our friends we used to see
Oh but I'm thinkin' now I'm just not the same without you
And that there's still a lot of you left in me
Oh there's still a lot of you...
Cause there's still a lot of you left in me
I woke up this morning in a strange place
I looked into the mirror at a strange face
Then I looked for you but you could not be found
And then I felt the lonely comin' down
I walked across the room to the empty bed
Saw the imprint on the pillow where you laid your head
The presence of you still lingered all around
And once again I felt the lonely comin' down
Then I felt the lonely dripping down my face
As I realized no one could take your place
I wondered where the love had gone that we had found
And then again I felt the lonely comin' down
I wondered where the love had gone that we had found
And again I felt the lonely comin' down
Loneliness found me one time too many and I cheated I cheated on you
But I'd give my soul now if only I hadn't but you see what loneliness can do
It seems that you're gone so much from me
And I try to find things to do while you're gone
But I get so lonesome from stayin' at home and it's hard to enjoy things alone
Loneliness found me just one time too many and I cheated yes I cheated on you
But I'd give my life now if only I hadn't but you see what loneliness can do
Come they told me our pa ra pa pum pum a newborn King to see pa ra pa pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring pa ra pa pum pum to lay before the King pa ra pa pum pum
Ra pa pum pum ra pa pum pum ra pa pum pum
So to honor him pa ra pa pum pum when we come
Little baby pa ra pa pum pum I am a poor boy too pa ra pa pum pum
I have no gift to bring pa ra pa pum pum that's fit to give a King pa ra pa pum pum
Ra pa pum pum ra pa pam pam ra pa pum pum
Oh shall I play for you pa ra pa pum pum on my drum
(Mary nodded yes pa ra pa pum pum the ox and lamb kept time pa ra pa pum pum
I played my drum for him pa ra pa pum pum
I played my best for him pa ra pa pum pum
Ra pa pum pum ra pa pum pum ra pa pum pum)
Then he smiled at me pa ra pa pum pum me and my drum
Me and my drum me and my drum I played for him on my drum on my drum
I'm a little bit slow to catch on when I do I'm caught on
A little bit slow to move on but your baby is movin' on on your baby is movin' on
Well I couldn't see the light for the brightness
Or the sweet little smile that you gave me
I couldn't see how you were cheatin' on me
But finally I'm a catchin' on on finally I'm a catchin' on
I'm a little bit slow...
[ el.banjo ]
I couldn't see the hurt for the happy and at first that's the way you made me
It took me a while to get your style
But finally I'm a catchin' on on finally I'm a catchin' on
I'm a little bit slow...
You say you can't see the light for the darkness that surrounds you since I'm gone
You can't even sleep cause you're lonely
Well finally you're a catchin' on on finally you're a catchin' on
I'm a little bit slow...
I'm a little bit slow...
Lord take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark
Too dark to see
I feel like I'm knocking on heaven's door
Chorus:
Knock knock knockin' on heaven's door
I feel like I'm knocking on heaven's door
Knock knock knockin' on heaven's door
Knockin' on heaven's door
Knock knock knockin' on heaven's door
Lord takes these guns away from me
Cause I can't shoot them anymore
A long black cloud is followin' me
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's
Repeat Chorus
Ooo ooo ooo Heaven Heaven
Ooo ooo ooo Heaven Heaven
Ooo ooo ooo Heaven Heaven
Ooo ooo ooo Heaven Heaven
Lord take this badge off of me
Cause I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark
Too dark to see
I feel like I'm knockin on heaven's door
Oooahhhhooo
So I feel so blue sometimes I want to die
And so I've got a broken heart so what
They say that time will heal all wounds in mice and men
And I know that someday I'll forget and love again
But just between you and me I've got my doubts about it
Just between you and me you're too much to fotget
So I've lost the only one I've ever loved
And so I've never felt so low so what
I'll just tell myself each time I want to cry
That someday time will dry the teardrops from my eyes
Just between you and me I'm not so sure about it
Just between you and me you're too much to fotget
You came into my life at a time when I was down
And I thought I'd never love again but I think different now
You took my hand and helped me up and I thank you for your precious love
And words cannot express the way I feel but is it real
Is it real this love that you have offered me so freely
You tell me that you love me but darling do you really
Don't make me love and lose again don't make me go through that again
I've known that hurt and I know how it feels oh is it real
Well you could mend my broken heart with love as sweet as yours
And I want to believe it's real but how can I be sure
And you could heal the hurt I've known with the love that you have shown
And all the needs you have I will fullfill but is it real
Is it real this love that you have...
Traditional
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
And you shiver when the cold wind blows
My love, my love, what have I done
To make you treat me so
You've caused me to weep, you've caused me to mourn
You've caused me to leave my home
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
And you shiver when the cold wind blows
The longest train I ever saw
Went down that Georgia Line
The engine passed at six o'clock
The caboose went by at nine
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
And you shiver when the cold wind blows
I asked my captain for the time of day
He said he throw’d his watch away
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
And you shiver when the cold wind blows
Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo
At the beginning there was love and we thought it was
enough
We saw no farther than each other's arms
And though the roof leaked o'er our heads just a blanket
for our bed
But then we had our love to keep us warm
But the winter winds blew cold our new love was growing
And our words were filled with anger and regret
Our bills were more than we could pay and we both longed
for the days
Of the freedom that we knew before we wed
But there was something greater still than all our fights
and monthly bills
It was the knowledge of a child well on its way
And though we both longed to be free we talked it over
and we agreed
That we'd wait till baby came to seperate
Then at last the day arrived and the tears filled both
our eyes
As we held our newborn baby in our arms
And the love we thought was gone lived there three times
as strong
It's not the end it's the beginning of our home
The word if just two tiny letters
Says so much for something so small
The biggest little word in existence
Never answers just questions us all
If regrets were gold I'd be rich as a queen
If teardrops were diamonds how my face would gleam
If I'd loved you better I wouldn't be lonely
If only if only if only
But looking back now I see clearly
With my twenty-twenty hindsight
Oh but I don't think I haven't paid dearly
Cause you could be in my arms tonight
If regrets were gold I'd be rich as a queen
If teardrops were diamonds how my face would gleam
How I let you go I swear is beyond me
But if only oh if only oh if only
I could start over if I could go back
Have the power to change things then I would do that
But I listened to others like a fool oh shame on me
But if only you would just come back
I've lived my life and I'm only eighteen
I left the country for the city thought I was smart but I was silly
I should have known I'd get in trouble being so green
I've lived my life and I'm only eighteen
I met a boy and learned to love him I would have done anything for him
I've loved him more than anything I've ever seen
I've lived my life and I'm only eighteen
Only eighteen but it's all over I ruined my life to please my lover
I made him happy he made me cry then said goodbye
I've lived my life and I'm only eighteen
Only eighteen but it's all over...
Last night you went out again with what you said was your best friend
You say you need some time away from me
The sun was high when you got in but not as high as you had been
And I wonder how you would act if I done just the way I pleased
I've been married just as long as you have
And I get tired of the same old things just the same as you have
Well let me tell you this big boy when you go out for a night of joy
You better start taking me along or you'll be singing a different song
For I've been married just as long as you have
While I'm working hard all day you run around and spend my pay
You entertain your friends at my expence
But you cry and carry on when I do something on my own
And you accuse with lack of evidence
I've been married just as long as you have
And I get tired of the same old things just the same as you have
So let me tell you this sweetheart I figure I've done my part
So don't get cute and get so smart I'll tell you this before you start
I'm a drifter, a driftin' drifter
Got no place to call my home no more
I'm a wanderer, a wandering wanderer
Got no one to call my own no more
Got no strings to tie me down
Got no cause to hang around
What difference does it make which way I go
Got an empty feelin' down inside
Still I need to stay alive
And who can tell what waits beyond this road
I'm a drifter, a driftin' drifter
Got no one to call my own no more
Got no strings to tie me down
Got no cause to hang around
What difference does it make which way I go
Got an empty feelin' deep inside
Still I need to stay alive
Who can tell what waits beyond this road
I'm a drifter, a driftin' drifter
Got no one to call my own no more
Tag:
I'll be home for Christmas you can count on me
Fileds have snow and mistletoe and presents under the tree
Christmas Eve will find me where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas if only in my dreams
[ sax - steel ]
Christmas Eve will find me...
If only in my dreams
You're late again tonight and I know the reason why
You're out with someone else while I sit home and cry
But I'll just wait right here for you for I know your new love won't last
I wound easy but I heal fast
This is at the first your heart has gone astray
You have no resistance when temptation comes your way
But I'll forgive you this time like I've always done in my past
I wound easy but I heal fast
You know that I love you more than anything
And you know that I'll forgive you for causin' me this pain
Oh tonight my heart is breaking but I know this hurt won't last
I wound easy but I heal fast
(Dolly Parton)
I once was blind
But now I see
I took him for granted
She took him from me
I once had a love
But now now I have none
And I'm, I'm as blue as can be
I treated him a-wrong
And now I'm, I'm all alone
I took him for granted
She took him from me
Well if I had known then
Just what I know now
I would've treated him so differently
And if I, if I had known
Well then I
I could've shown him more love
Than he'll ever see from her
I thought I had his love
In the palm of my hand
But I, I guess she showed me
And now I, I understand
Just how she, she got my man
I took him for granted
She took him from me
(Dolly Parton)
I can't be true no matter what I do
It's a weakness of mine, nothin' to do with you
So don't expect it of me though I expect it of you
I love you, I do, but I can't be true
Men are my weakness I've got a roving eye
And I've fallen victim to many a smile
I just love the excitement of love when it's new
I'm just a hopeless romantic so I can't be true, I can't be true
I can't be true no matter what I do
It's a weakness of mine, nothin' to do with you
So don't expect it of me though I expect it of you
I love you, I do, but I can't be true, I can't be true
Some play it safe while some like it hot
I guess you could say I never knew when to stop
But when I'm lovin' you, I'll give it all that I got
It might be different with you to know I can't be true
I can't be true no matter what I do
Oh I get around, and I break all of the rules
Now that you know it's true, I'll leave the rest up to you
I'll be good to you, but I can't be true, I can't be true
I can't be true no matter what I do
It's a weakness of mine, its not a weakness in you
So don't expect it of me though I expect it of you
I really love you, I do, but I can't be true, I can't be true
I can't be true no matter what I do
Oh I get around, and I break all of the rules
Now that you know it's true, I'll leave the rest up to you
I'll be good to you, but I can't be true, I can't be true
A squeaky gate a welcome lock a big shaggy dog that lives out back
And some might even call it a shack but this is the house where love lives
The paint is peelin' off of the cells the mailbox is full of bills
And it's no mansion on the hill but this is the house where love lives
There's a little boy who looks just you with freckles on his nose and eyes of blue
A little girl almost two and everybody says she looks just like you
So thank you dear for loving me though I know rich we'll never be
But that doesn't matter to you and me cause we live in the house where love lives
[ steel ]
So thank you dear for loving me though I know rich we'll never be
But that doesn't matter to you and me cause we live in the house where love lives
We live in the house where love lives
A heartsong melody plays like a symphony
The sweetest music I have ever known
A song of joy and pain the mountain angels sing
A bittersweet refreign of my Smokey Mountain home heartsong
In my mind I've made love to you often but only in my mind can it be so
Cause there's someone at home that's countin' on me
And if I did I'm sure that he would know
Yes he would know yes he could tell
For he has loved me long enough to know me very well
And if I lie he sees it in my eyes I know my guilt would show and he would know
But I must admit you're someone very special and it would be so easy to let go
Making love to you could be so easy but if I did I'm sure that he would know
Yes he would know...
My conscience just won't let me make love to you
I know it would be sweet but I just can't
When I go home to him I must be able to look him in the eyes and say I ain't
Don't tell me you're sorry for thing you caused me
And from from now on you'll be true
And don't don't you ask me to forgive you again I'm fresh out of forgiveness
for you
Now I, I gave you everything I knew how to give
Now I've done done everything you've ever asked me to do
But even even a fool gets so tired being fool I'm fresh out of forgiveness for
No I I can't I just can't I can't forgive you this time if I did oh I know you
Well you're just too just too wrong and you hurt me hurt me again
I can see the sunshine again
And I can see the blue sky where there once was fog and rain
We know each other now clear through and through
The fog has lifted between me and you
I loved you the first time I saw you
For it seemed like I had known you all my life
Well I loved you too but it takes a long time
To know what hurts you what helps you and know how you feel deep inside
I'm so happy you found out before it was too late
Our beautiful love could have turned into hate
Forgiving and understanding gives us a clear view
The fog has lifted between me and you
You and me cannot agree cause our love's the fightin' kind
Oh yes you did you started it like you start all our fights
No I didn't do no such thing and that a dirty lie
Nothin's ever your fault and nothin's ever mine
You and me cannot agree cause our love's the fightin' kind
Well you've burned the supper up again that's nothin' new
I just figured you'd pack that all on me
Well you're the one that caused it oh it's always me
When you're always lookin' faults ain't hard to find
We delight in pickin' fights cause our love's the fightin' kind
Two lovers both too stubborn to take the blame for anything
So we blame it on the other
Some love is understanding and there's careless love in line
It takes all sorts and mine and yours is known as the fightin' kind
Okay Miss Priss what is it now now I know you done this
What how am I supposed to shave that ain't never been my problem
Now I don't care about you using my razor
But did you have to use my brand new blade
New blade boy it's good that is really good
That's real good to think I went to all that trouble tryin' to fix that nice for you
That's fixed up nice I'll probably keep it for washin' the soap off the wall
Oh there ain't no soap or I ain't got no television in the bathroom
And that new blade that you vedrudged me had already been used
Two lovers both too stubborn to take the blame for anything
So we blame it on the other
What's mine is yours what's yours is yours and so on down the line
You and me cannot agree cause our love's the fightin' kind
You and me cannot agree cause our love's the fightin' kind
FIGHT AND SCRATCH
Duet by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Copyright 1970
Fight and scratch fight and scratch that's all we ever do
There surely must be more to love than to fight and scratch with you
You you to fight and scratch with you
Well you just bought a foal last month now you want a wig
It looks like you couldn't understand my paycheck ain't that big
Well what about the dough you lose in them poker games downtown
I figured you'd mention that smart aleck
Yeah and that brand new boat and that fishin' gear
But no uhhuh I don't reckon that'd count really
Fight and scratch fight and scratch...
Sometimes I swear I think that you're the devil in disguise
Cause when you're mad you oughta see the fire fly from your eyes
Well you don't look so cute yourself when you're mad at me
And if you don't like the way I look then you know how to leave Bossy Catfish
Fight and scratch fight and scratch...
Well I love you and you love me but we're always findin' fault
But the way we fight you wouldn't know that we had any love at all
We just fight like cats and dogs we'll leave then come right back
For what excitement would we have if we didn't fight and scratch
Fight and scratch fight and scratch...
Why don't you drop dead oh you'd like me to and I'll live forever just for spite
Why don't you keep your big mouth shot
Well why don't you just make me if you think you're big enough
Yeah and I could whip you with both hands tied behind
Yeah you just try it with me and I'll knock your brains out
With a stick of soap that's good Catfish
What's a catfish why'd you call me that
They're all mouth and no brains boy that's really good
It's all I can do to keep from laughin' hah
That's funny you sure are a fynny little fellow
I get kind of moody when I see such beauty
And everything's beautiful in its own way
When I see a fountain flow from a mountain
Or see April showers bring flowers to May
I can't help but ponder; life is such a wonder
And everything's beautiful in its own way
Words can't describe what I feel inside
When I see the beauty in each coming day
What my eyes behold can't be bought or sold
And everything's beautiful in its own way
When I see the clouds form a black summer windstorm
That uproots the harvest and hurls it away
In the midst of such anger, destruction and danger
The storm's even beautiful in its own way
When I see leaves drop off from the treetop
Or see the snow fall on a cold winter's day
My thoughts seem to wander into the blue yonder
God made all things beautiful in their own way
Words can't describe what I feel inside
When I see the beauty in each coming day
What my eyes behold can't be bought or sold
And everything's beautiful in its own way, in its own
You left you didn't say goodbye
You never gave me a reason why
My tears are dried now it's been a while
Now there you szand you're back again
Do you think that time stands still do you think that time stands still
Things have changed I've rearranged so many things
Do you think that time stands still do you think that time stands still
It never has it never will do you think that time stands still
You won't to start where we left off
Somebody found the love you lost
Love has its price we've paid the cost
We lose and learn now it's your turn
Do you think that time stands still...
Do you think that time stands still...
(Dolly Parton)
Daddy was an old time preacher man
He preacher the word of God throughout the land
He preached so plain a child could understand
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
He told the people of he need to pray
He talked about God's wrath and judgement day
He preached about the great eternity
He preached hell so hot that you could feel the heat
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
Aunt Leanona would get up to testify
And we'd sing 'In The Sweet By And By'
The we'd sing 'I'm On My Way To Canaan Land'
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
Revivals and camp meetings went for weeks
Folks came from all around to hear him preach
Daddy said if one is saved it's worth it all
But the aisles were always filled at altar calls
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
Daddy worked for God but asked for no pay
For he believed that God provides a way
We never had a lot but we got by
Guess it's 'cause the Lord was on Daddy's side
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
Their thoughts're all mingled their dreams all confused
Their minds and their bodies how they abuse
Searching for answers that doesn't grow there
Bound by the curse of the wild weed flower
Their plans their desires and all of their hopes
Wither and die as they go up in smoke
Sharp as a needle and filled with despair
Such is the curse of the wild weed flower
From a moment of joy to a lifetime of sorrow
For one day of pleasure they trade their tomorrows
Lost in a garden where bulbs all grow
With blossoms of heartaches and petals of woe
Eyes full of emptiness just stand and stare
Bound by the curse of the wild weed flower
Bound by the curse of the wild weed flower
You're the sweetest one I know and I just can't let you go
I just dream of holding you inside my arms
I go home each night to stay but I just can't stay away
And we get closer closer by the hour
We get closer by the hour though we've tried with all our power
To stay away from each other's arms
We get closer by the hour like the bee goes to the flower
Closer closer by the hour
We come closer with each kiss and I feel your lips insist
But I do your will and love you more and more
Although we know it's wrong we can't stay where we belong
And we get closer closer by the hour
You lied to me
I can't believe
That I've been such a fool
I thought this time
I might find
Someone who would play by the rules
My mind said no
But my heart said go
And again I've made the wrong turn
Now here I stand
My heart in your hands...
And I've gone from burning to burned
Ah, you'd think by now
I'd know how
To keep this heart of mine safe
It goes to show
You just never know
Who can you trust these days
How could I make
The same mistake
But as far as I'm concerned
Got myself to blame
Got to close to the flame
Now I've gone from burning to burned
Everyone knows
The old saying goes
That a fool in love
Never learns
But I guess I forgot
'Cause the fire was too hot...
Now I've gone from burning to burned
Oh I guess I forgot
'Cause the fire was too hot...
The bridge so high the bridge so tall here is where it's
started on bridge
The moon is big and yellow and the stars're all aglow
From the bridge I see reflection in the waters far below
You kissed me for the first time here held me awfully
tight
And the bridge became our favorite place we came here
often in the night
One night while standing on the bridge desire swept
through a spoke
Passion took us by the hand and showed us where to go
From the bridge we saw a meadow so we ran together there
Where we found love together hurry motions filled the air
The bridge so wide the bridge so long
Where once we stood together tonight I stand alone
Tonight while standing on the bridge my heart is beating
wild
To think that you could leave me here with our unborn
child
My feet are moving slowly closer to the edge
Is my name written there on those pages bright and fair
Is my name written in the book of life
If you want to be up there then down here you must prepare
And your name must be in the book of life
Get down on your knees and pray you from sin must turn away
Or your name won't be in the book of life
If you'll turn to Jesus now at his feet just humbly bow
Then your name will be in the book of life
Don't you know that Christ was sent that from sin you could repent
So your name could be in the book of life
You will have a great surprise if you fell to recognize
That your name must be in the book of life
Get down on your knees and pray you from sin must turn away
Or your name won't be in the book of life
Don't delay and don't forget that from sin you could repent
Then your name will be in the book of life
Is my name written in the book of life
I thought I had seen pretty girls in my time that was before I met you
I never saw one that I wanted for mine that was before I met you
I thought I was swinging the world by the tail I thought I could never be blue
I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved but that was before I
met you
I thought I'd stay single and always be free but that was before I met you
And I said that no sweet thing could ever hold me but that was before I met you
I thought I was swinging...
I thought I was swinging...
