Well lately you've been driving me mad
Cause you're the best thing that I've ever had
And I want you
I want you bad
So come on
Let's give it a whirl
And we can shake up
The whole wide world
And I want you
Oh I want you girl
Well I'm running out of things to do
I've got no other place but you
Never no you'll never be sad
I'm gonna make you feel so glad
And I want you
Oh I want you bad
Well I'm running out of things to do
I've got no other place but you
I'm thinking
I'm gonna lose my head
Ya know the phone line
Is taking to much breath
And I want you
Oh I want you bad
Oh and I want you
Tears, money, honey on my bread
Sugar on my pillow, songs in my head
Head to the church, I love to repent
Say what I mean when it's not what I meant
Oh I wanna lay in bed on Monday
Wearing a diamond studded hat
Live a good life, a full life, do it all again
Love a man forever, who's a thousand man
I want what I want, I want it now
I feel what I feel, don't bring me down
I know what I know, I don't know how
But I want what I want, I want it now
I want to lead, follow, wallow in the mud
Do it for my Daddy, do it for God
God knows, am I getting it wrong
But who the hell cares when you're gettin' it on
Oh, I want something to believe in
When it all comes crashing down
Remake the world, no pain or violence
Turn up the volume, 'til there's total silence
I want what I want, I want it now
I feel what I feel, don't bring me down
I know what I know, I don't know how
I want what I want, I want it now
So take me to an angel
Who has seen it all before
'Cause tonight I need an angel
To come walking through my door
Do it for my Daddy, do it for God
God knows, am I getting it wrong
But who the hell cares
I want what I want, I want it now
I feel what I feel, don't bring me down
I know what I know, I don't know how
I want what I want, I want it now
I want what I want, I want it now
I feel what I feel, don't bring me down
I know what I know, I don't know how
I want what I want, I want it now
I drove all day to North Mississippi
I drove all night to the place I call home
I hope that Johnnys still waitin there for me
To take me beside him and call me his own
Chorus:
But its too late now
Its too late now
The smell of magnolias
Still sweet in my mouth
And I know its too late now
Johnny got mean when he started drinkin
And it wasnt nobodys fault when he cried
So I left one mornin from North Mississippi
Cause I couldnt stand to tell mama I lied
Chorus
Johnny took no time to ask me to marry
And I said I would though I knew it was wrong
They played Hank Williams in North Mississippi
And I played the same girl I had all along
Chorus
Early one mornin in North Mississippi
I swore that I could hear somebody cry
But it wasnt my Johnny from North Mississippi
All dressed up in orange on the day that I died
Chorus:
But its too late now
Its too late now
The smell of magnolias
Now gone from my mouth
Well, you are still here and I am still here
Whether I ever loved you's not perfectly clear
You went a semester to West Texas State
But the freshmen fifteen you gained killed all your dates
Well I guess I still love you if I ever did
And I can see myself having a couple of kids
And we will get by for the rest of our lives
So play the Cotton-Eyed Joe for the folks, don't you know?
Keep your dogs in the truck 'til you leave
We got some Wieners and buns when the brisket's all gone
For our wedding in suburban Seguin
Well, I am still here, you are still here
Whether I ever loved you's not perfectly clear
Though weight's not an issue you have gained more
And when I said I do well I slammed all the doors
To a future where I could see Paris in spring
And I wasn't prepared for the weight of this ring
But we will get by for the rest of our lives
So play the Cotton-Eyed Joe for the folks, don't you know?
Keep your dogs in the truck 'til you leave
We got some Wieners and buns when the brisket's all gone
For our wedding in suburban Seguin
So play some old BTO for our friends, don't you know?
Keep your dogs in the truck 'til you leave
Get out the Wieners and buns 'cause the brisket's all gone
At our wedding in suburban Seguin, I said, I love you in suburban Seguin
Well there's a woman in the corner sittin all alone
The barkeep's talkin on the bar payphone
There's a couple on the dance floor, trippin on the line
Well tell me why I can't find the door
But in the middle of the night, gonna be alright
The last call still aint near
But in the middle of the night, gonna see the light
Would wanna be any place but here
Blue ball betty and chainsaw bill
A june bug crawlin on the window sill
Playboy pictures on the bathroom wall
Can you tell me why I can't make sense of it all
In the middle of the night, gonna be alright
The last call still aint near
But in the middle of the night, gonna see the light
Would wanna be any place but here
I fell in love about fifteen times
Got a car full of dents, face full of lines
Number sixteen just walked in
Better sit up straight, my momma'd be proud
In the middle of the night, gonna be alright
The last call still aint near
But in the middle of the night, gonna see the light
Make or break don't cause a quake
You don't want no one to awake
And take their cue
Well promises are overrated
Vows have just become outdated
Ain't it true
Well find yourself an easy way
Nobody's gonna make you stay
And see it through
Chorus:
Maybe cause you're yella
Maybe that's the reason that I got the blues
Well, find a clown and watch him drown
The one that never had a frown
There ain't no glue
To make him smile to all your friends
And help him redefine your sins
And get a clue
Wrap yourself in cellophane
To keep your pretty from the rain
But I see right through
Repeat Chorus:
I guess you'll get another chance
To make the ones you need to dance
To different tunes
And you'll find a way to lose the day
That's gonna gonna come your way
They'll get you soon
Bad things they come to those who wait
So baby don't you hesitate
It's your balloon
Well take another look around me
Still waitin' for a light to shine
But if you've looked you haven't found me baby
And I don't wanna waste your time
Chorus:
But if I tried would you reconsider
Would you reconsider comin' home
And if I cried would you reconsider
Would you reconsider comin' home
Take a breath and try to hold it
Wish I could hold it long enough
I can't help but hate the way we folded baby
And was I ever good enough
Repeat Chorus:
You know I hate myself when I'm not with you
Cause I don't know what I'm supposed to do
But I tried to take a step today
But I keep getting in my way so
Take another look around you
Yeah but if I tried would you reconsider
Would you reconsider comin' home
And if I cried would you reconsider
Elevator operator
Look at me and smile a weary smile
You know my face could easily decieve
The wisest of them all
Are you going to the penthouse
Or the condo that lies just beyond the chapel doors
He just smiled and softly told me no
I'm going to the bottom
Chorus:
I'm going all the way down
To the bottom
So turn the music up real high
And let the sweetest benedictine liquor flow
No need to worry about tomorrow
Cause you're not here
I'm going all the way down
To the bottom
Rainy streets, Wet memory
Find a place inside to pass the time
The doug serves up my brandy and I drink
And pray your picture fades
You dressed in black
You turned your back
On the only heart that ever loved you so
The bells rang on the day you died
Well, I wish I had my picture on The Rolling Stone today
I wish that The Enquirer spread a rumor that I was gay
Well, I wish I had some buddies, some movie stars and such
'Cause I probably wouldn't worry about the two of us as much
And I'd spend all my money on caviar and cocaine
And I would not remember how you broke my heart today
You know I, I wish I had a super model so skinny and so wild
And a waitress in Nevada, she says she's carrying my child
Well I'd drive down Sunset Boulevard, my hair blowin' in the wind
And I'd stop at fancy restaurants and they'd finally let me in
And I'd spend all my money on caviar and cocaine
And I would not remember how you broke my heart today
Yeah, I wish I had my picture with the Rolling Stones today
And I wish The Enquirer would spread a rumor that I was gay
I wish I knew a movie star, someone like Charlie Sheen
'Cause if he'd hang out with Kato Kaelin well I guess he'd hang out with me
And I'd spend all my money on caviar and Rogaine
Well I woke up early today
And I thought of seven different ways
To like myself less than you do
For any reason false or true
Chorus:
Now you dig me
More than I dig myself
And I'm in love with you
Cause I've got nothin' better to do
Got nothin' better
I just fish for sympathy
For any reason pitifully
You smile miles more than I do
So I just bounce me off of you
Repeat Chorus:
Here you are again
And here I am too
Two parasite hearts
Coexisting
Repeat Chorus 2x
Got nothin' better to do
Tell the world that I'm in trouble
Tell them I can walk again
I guess they'll forget to call me
All my foul weathered friends
This time I was lucky
I was shoved against the wall
There was something there behind me
I know I would have fall
Well hello again my angel
I'm glad your findly home
Thank God you got your senses
When I took leave off my own
I know that he was smarter
He had a lot more to lose
Thank god your judge of charcter
Is not your strongest suit
Believe me when I tell you
This old world is flat
I can always see you no matter where I'm at
Things are always changing no matter what you do
But you know I will always love you
Believe me when I tell you
This old world is flat
I can always see you no matter where I'm at
Things are always changing no matter what you do
I was a boy I was a good little boy
Wantin in the playground fun
They said ah na ney boy you can't play
Cause you were born a poor man's son
I met a girl she was a pretty little girl
Would you be my only one
She said meet me where nobody can see
Cause you were born a poor man's son
I spent all my lifetime
Thinking what I coulda done
While I worked my fingers to the bone
I met a man he was business man
I said I'm a hard working son of a gun
He said you know the rules
You should've stayed in school
Cause you were born a poor man's son
SOLO
I spent all my lifetime
Thinking what I coulda done
While I worked my fingers to the bone
I met a guy he was a crazy guy
He said I'm going to get me some
Let's go across the tracks where
They keep that jack
All we need is a little black gun
They got the hounds and the tracked us down
They said we know what you have done
You're gonna do the time it's gonna fit the crime
You shoulda shot a poor man's son
You shoulda shot a poor man's son
My name is John O'Reilly and my father worked the fields
In the hills of old Kilarny where I helped him turn the wheels
My arms grew hard as iron for a boy of 17
And I used my fists for gambling in those wet Kilarny streets
Well the ship left for America and I brought my pack aboard
Said goodbye to my dear Ireland said a prayer to my dear Lord
But I fought those sorry guineas in the kitchen they called hell
Well I fought them for their dollar and those guineas paid me well
Fair thee well fair dover
Fair thee well your seasons turn
For my pockets will be jingling on the day of my return
The day of my return
Well I fought in New York City and I fought the Jersey shore
My gut stayed full of whiskey and my bed stayed full of whores
Well they called my right a cannonball and my left they called the same
And I left em' all lyin' half in blood and half in shame
Well I met a man on '32 and he stuck out his hand
And he offered me a thousand if I'd fall before his man
Well I said it could be done but only for another two
And he smiled at me and nodded as I stuck it in my shoe
Fair thee well fair dover
Fair thee well your seasons turn
For my pockets will be jingling on the day of my return
The day of my return
Well they rang the bell two times before I let him have my nose
And I let him work my left until my eye was swollen closed
Then I let loose a right that they still talk about today
For that guinea didn't know that I had bet the other way
They covered every dock and every port there on the coast
Looking for that double crosser who had turned into a ghost
But I was on a train my friend that rode the other way
And I'll sail from California back to Dublin one fine day
Fair thee well fair dover
Fair thee well your seasons turn
For my pockets will be jingling on the day of my return
The day of my return
Fair thee well fair dover
Fair thee well your seasons turn
For my pockets will be jingling on the day of my return
Verse One:
I got a friend he ain't never had no wife
Don't understand why she's the joy of my whole life
He said explain, and I know it sounds uncouth
But it's a feelin' in my stomach if you want to know
the truth
It's a taste, well I like to call my own
It's a smell I only smell when I'm at home
I like to slide my face close to it and put it on my
tongue
And I don't lift my head back up until she says I'm
done
Chorus:
I said that love means never havin' to say
I said that love keeps tastin' better everyday
I said that love means never havin' to say you're
hungry
Verse Two:
Well you know I love her biscuits, and you know I love
her buns
You know I'll eat her brisket, I ain't never had more
I love her enchiladas, and I love her refried beans
Add a couple jalapenos and you'll know just what I mean
Repeat Chorus
verse Three:
It's chicken fried, and it's served with collard greens
You think you'd died when you're bustin' at the seams
She'll unbutton that top button, wipe her hands on that
ol' blouse
She's always lookin' finger-lickin' good around the
house
Repeat Chorus Twice
I said that love means never havin' to say you're
Feelin good my friend, I got 4 wheels upon the road
Feelin good again, I don't need to share the load
Well I got ties that show a backbone made of silver
Well I got willie playin on my radio
I had an angel and she promised she'd deliver
Gonna save my soul, but she left a hole
Hope this never ends, raise my face into the sun
Hope this never ends, I guess you never were the one
Well I got a t-shirt that I bought when I was 20
It says "long live rock-n-roll"
Well I got pockets, if there's money I got plenty
Hope this summer folds, helps to save my soul
Feelin good my friend, I got 4 wheels upon the road
Feelin good again, I don't need to share the load
Well I got strings that sound as pretty as the ocean
Gonna sit up in the dunes
And wonder what became of undying devotion
I'll just play a tune, freedoms comin soon
Well here I go back down again
The vicious circle never ends
I'm up I'm down I'm up and down
Well here I go back down again
Seems like all I do is wrong
But you stood by me for so long
Nothing's changed except you're gone
Well seems like all I do is wrong
Chorus
Well some folks say I drink too much
I guess I could lay off the stuff
But when I'm low it picks me up
But could be I just think too much
Chorus
Well you show up in all my songs
I guess your memory's just that strong
Just when I think you're finally gone
Well you show up in all my songs
Chorus
I'm up I'm down I'm up and down
Well here I go back down again
Gonna go downtown
Get me off the farm
Find a pretty little girl
Take her by the arm
Get a whiskey and a beer
In the mood to play
If the rain don't stop today
Well I worked all summer
In the goddamn sun
When the boss ain't lookin'
Gonna have to run
Down to Josephine Street
In the mood to play
If the rain don't stop today
Chorus:
Keep on pissin' you can drown this place
Look at the sky wash this dirt off my face
Been workin' all summer, in the mood to play
If the rain don't stop today
Say hi say howdy
Say see you around
Well they ain't made a good time
I ain't found
Tell the weatherman
Send that stuff my way
So the rain won't stop today
Repeat Chorus:
Been workin' all summer, in the mood to play
I been hangin' round this place, I been lookin' through
your space
I been waitin' for you, I've been waitin' for you
All the places you would go, all the people that you
know
I've been lookin' for you, I've been lookin' for you
And all them pretty people up on El Cerrito Place
They all got somethin' in their pockets, all got
somethin' on their face
They roll down to La Brea where it meets the boulevard
Singin' hallelujah while they dance over the stars
They all think they're goin' far
Chorus:
Me I've been lookin' for you baby, I've been lookin'
for you baby
I've been lookin' for you baby, I've been lookin' for
you baby
All night long, all night long, all night long
Somebody said they might have seen you where the ocean
meets the land
So I've been out here all night lookin' for your
footprints in the sand
Did you hear the ocean singing, baby did you sing along
As you danced over the water to some ol' forgotten
song,
Were you even here at all?
Me I've been lookin' for you baby, I've been lookin'
for you baby
I've been lookin' for you baby, I've been lookin' for
you baby
All night long, all night long, all night long
Somehow I wound up in the desert just after daylight
There's a Joshua Tree grows that little place you
always liked
These pioneer town people they ain't got too much to
and if they might have seen you they ain't givin' you
away
Now it's been two days
Me I've been lookin' for you baby, I've been lookin'
for you baby
I've been lookin' for you baby, I've been lookin' for
you baby
All night long, all night long, all night long
I think I'll go back to the city, back to El Cerrito
Place
That's the last time that I saw that pretty smile upon
your face
Well, when I was young
My momma read me nursery rhymes beside my bed
And though they sounded mighty fine
They made no sense to me
And now that I am all grown up
It seems my nights have changed as such
So I went out and made me up
A nursery rhyme for me
It goes barlight, bar bright
First bar that I see tonight
Wish I may, wish I might
Find someone to hold me tight
Hey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle
And the girls sing along with the tunes
Just a one more dance 'til you turn off the lights
And you can shut down this saloon
You know, I never understood
How a big ole gal can raise no kids in a shoe
And any old Jack goes jumping a candle
Needs to find something better to do
And a rub a dub dub, three men in a tub
Sure sounds kinda funny to me
So I made up a honky tonk nursery rhyme
And it's the only one I'll sing
It goes barlight, bar bright
First bar that I see tonight
Wish I may, wish I might
Find someone to hold me tight
Hey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle
And the girls sing along with the tunes
Just a one more dance 'til you turn off the lights
And you can shut down this saloon
I said, "I never understood
How a big ole gal could raise no kids in a shoe
And any old Jack goes jumpin' a candle
Needs to find something better to do"
And a rub a dub dub, three men in a tub
Sure sounds kinda funny to me
So I made up a honky tonk nursery rhyme
And it's the only one I'll sing
It goes barlight, bar bright
First bar that I see tonight
Wish I may, wish I might
Find someone to hold me tight
Hey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle
And the girls sing along with the tunes
Just a one more dance 'til you turn off the lights
And you can shut down this saloon
I said, "Just a one more dance 'til you turn off the lights
I love the sweet little thing, she was just sixteen
Pretty as the stars above
But her mom snuck up to my pick-up truck
I was snatched from the arms of love
I had a class full of sass disguised as math
The only reason I showed up
But the man with the chalk sent me for a walk
I was snatched from your arms of love
Snatched from the arms of love
Never gonna get me enough
Of the sweet little thing that your baby brings
When you're snatched from the arms of love
Well, I've been working real hard on a Valentine's card
Sent it with my bills and stuff
But the postman snapshot a hole in his shack
I was snatched from the arms of love
Snatched from the arms of love
Never gonna get me enough
Of the sweet little thing that your baby brings
When you're snatched from the arms of love
I knew a dancer named Star, and she love guitar
Her dresses fit her like a glove
But my best friend Phil got a record deal
I was snatched from the arms of love
Snatched from the arms of love
Never gonna get me enough
Of the sweet little thing that your baby brings
When you're snatched from the arms of love
Snatched from the arms of love
Never gonna get me enough
Of the sweet little thing that your baby brings
When you're snatched from the arms of love
Of the sweet little thing that your baby brings
Verse 1
Skinny dippin in the Pedernales River
Country girl sure could make me shiver
Right now thats just what I could use
To wash away these big city blues
Verse 2
Hollywood stars beneath my feet
Everywhere I look I see concrete
I could use a little Southern rain
Blanco County calls my name
Chorus
Goddamn these big city blues
I got them big city blues
Someone done went and stole my favorite pair of boots
Goddamn these big city blues
Verse 3
Daddy was a no count bull ridin son of a b***h
Thats what my momma said
She cursed the day they ever met
Shes the cutest small-town thing that hed seen in the
world
cept daddy loved big city girls
Chorus
Well, she's hangin down in venice, with her siamese cat
She's tellin' everybody she's a democrat
She sold her palomino and the tire went flat, on the 405
Well, it's southern california, so there aint no blues
Sun shine, sun shine, no bad news
Watch her, watch her, watch her cruise, on the 405
And it's a beautiful day, it's a beautiful day
Yeah it's a beautiful day, in la
Well, she's leavin colorado, leavin san antone
Leavin everybody, goin on her own
Sister says she might need a little more blow
Before she goes
And it's a beautiful day, it's a beautiful day
Yeah it's a beautiful day, in la
Well, she changed her name, what's wrong with that
I promise you she's never gonna get real fat
She'll get a little louder underneath her hat
But what's wrong with that
And it's a beautiful day, it's a beautiful day
Yeah it's a beautiful day, in la
And it's a beautiful day, it's a beautiful day
Well, I got a picture
It's glued in a book
Of most of my family
That somebody took
Well, grandpa died early
Before I could know
The man that they tell me
I take after so
Well, I don't remember
It still makes me laugh
When I see us together
In a photograph
Well, mama and daddy
Burned hot like a flame
But it all turned to ashes
With no one to blame
And I can still see them
But not in my mind
And it's been so long
All my memories lie
Well, I can't remember
It still makes me laugh
When I see us together
In a photograph
Well, it happened last winter
We had a son
They took a picture
Of family, round one
It's there to remind you
When you can't recall
What your daddy looked like
When you were so small
Though you won't remember
It'll still make you laugh
When you see us together
In a photograph
No, you won't remember
It'll still make you laugh
When you see us together
Once I had a little girl as pretty as I have known
Lord you know I loved her so and then she left me all
alone
And I swore here on this barstool
I'd never make that mistake again
Well you ain't so fine but you're all mine
And I'll love you till the end
So darling don't you worry cause they
Say that love is blind
Lust has eyes like an eagle
It's gonna drive me out of my mind
Though my eyes sometimes wander
It doesn't mean that I'm untrue
You're not the best but you're the best that I can do
You know a pretty girl she'll leave you
Leave you to drown in your own tears
You know an ugly girl she'll leave you too
But then again who really cares
And then my eyes of blue they cannot be true
They'll have to stay here in my dreams
I guess that's why old Hugh Hefner invented Playboy
magazine
So sit down here beside me girl
And I will tell you what we will do
We're gonna twist them lids and hope
Our kids look more like me than you
And when that bottle is finally empty
We're gonna tumble across the floor
And I'm gonna pray my imagination is
Gonna pull me through once more
So darling don't you worry cause they
Say that love is blind
Lust has eyes like an eagle
It's gonna drive me out of my mind
Though my eyes sometimes wander
It doesn't mean that I'm untrue
You're not the best but you're the best that I can do
I know I wasn’t always good to you,
And one time I had some trouble when it came to bein’
true
But if you’re gone for good,
Don’t you think you could do better than Walter?
I’m sure that Walter is a stand-up guy,
He may never make you laugh,
But he’ll never make you cry.
But can you really see yourself turnin’ out just like
Walter?
What is Walter gonna say when he finds out about the
You used to run, wild and free, when you were still in
love with me?
When he stumbles on photographs, the ones of us that
you still have.
He sees you’re not the kind of girl that fits into his
perfect world.
So, before you meet him at the alter,
Remember you’re gonna hafta say “I do” to Walter
I bet he never had his nose broke in a barroom fight
Or got cussed by a country judge because of one crazy
night.
But can you really see yourself turnin’ out the lights
And turnin’ to Walter?
What is Walter gonna say when he finds out about the
You used to run, wild and free, when you were still in
love with me?
When he stumbles on photographs, the ones of us that
you still have.
He sees you’re not the kind of girl that fits into his
perfect world.
So, before you meet him at the alter,
Remember you’re gonna hafta say “I do” to Walter
What is Walter gonna say when he finds out about the
You used to run, wild and free, when you were still in
love with me?
When he stumbles on photographs, the ones of us that
you still have.
He sees you’re not the kind of girl that fits into his
perfect world.
So, before you meet him at the alter,
Well I threw myself a party
Well it was just the other day
Well my wife wasn’t there but my old buddies were
‘Cause somebody was goin’ away
Well I’ve lived in this town for a lifetime
And I’ve sinned from beginning to z
And the preacher at our congregation
He knew just how to get into me
Well he’d stand there so high on his pulpit
And I knew when he talked of my soul
But that preacher he died there
With all of my lies
Chorus:
And my sins went with him when they put him in the hole
My sins went with him when they put him in the hole
Well bless my heart let the good time roll
My sins went with him when they put him in the hole
Well he drove a Ford Fiesta
What the hell kinda car is that?
Well he’d drive around here tryin’ to flush out a queer
Or the man that ran over his cat
But his heart couldn’t take all the pressure
Tryin’ to find what I already know
And my face has gone pious to Cheshire
Chorus
Well the new preacher he is a young man
And he don’t speak as much from the book
And my wife doesn’t like that about him
But he makes up for that with his looks
So she stares up at him every Sunday
And in her eyes I can see all the lust
But I guess that I can’t be complaining
‘Cause it was me that has broken our trust
So I hope she lives long or gets lucky
And he passes before she gets old
Then she won’t have to worry ‘bout nothin’
Chorus 2:
‘Cause her sins will go with him when they put him in
the hole
Her sins will go with him when they put him in the hole
Well bless her heart/ let the good times roll
‘Cause her sins will go with him when they put him in
the hole
Well bless our hearts; let the good times roll
‘Cause our sins will go with him when they put him in
the hole
John Henry moved a mountain outta nothing but a hammer
and sweat
Well he beat that damn machinery down he said, “you
ain’t seen nothing yet”
Cause he had himself a woman, well she must have been
something like you
When you’re a man with a plan, got a hammer in your
hand ain’t nothing you can’t do
Chorus:
When you’re the right man
You’re the right man
You’re the right man
You’re the right man for the job
Well there used to be a dude named Samson and he had
himself some hair
Every skinny cowboy at the Pyramid Bar said the gene
pool just ain’t fair
But he went down to the barber cause he had to wear a
tux that night
And even though he didn’t ook like Hanson y’all, he
made Delilah giggle with delight
Chorus 2:
He was the right man
He was the right man
He was the right man
Hew was the right man for the job
Bridge:
Well you loved yourself a carpenter, he never ever went
to school
He was thick as ol’ brown gravy and he had the wrong
kind of tool
Solo
Well I ain’t got no big muscles and I ain’t got lots of
hair
And I ain’t no sheik from Arabia, just a fellow with
some love to spare
So if you come back here to Texas, girl, from wherever
you’re at tonight
I’m gonna kiss you like you’ve never been kissed before
for the rest of your doggone life
Chorus 3:
Cause I’m the right man
I’m the right man
I’m the right man
Yeah I’m the right man
The right man for the job
Chorus 4:
I’m the right man
I’m the right man
I’m the right man
I’m the right man
I got a '69 chevy with a 396
Dually heads and a hurst on the floor
She's waitin tonight, down in the parkin lotljqioo
Outside the 7-11 store
Well me and my partner sunny built her straight out of scratch
And he rides with me from town to town
We only run for the money, got no strings attached
We shut em up and the we shut em down
Tonight tonight the strips just right
I wanna blow em off in my first heat
Cause summers here and the time is right
For racin in the street
Well we take all the action we can meet
And we cut up the northwest state
When the strip shuts down we run em in the street
From the barrios to the interstate
Well some guys they just give up livin
And start dyin little by little, piece by piece
And some guys come home from work and wash up
And go racin in the streets
Tonight tonight the strips just right
I wanna blow em all outta their seats
We're callin out around
We're goin racin in the street
Well I met her on the strip three years ago
In a camaro with this dude from l.a.
Well I blew that camaro off my back
And I drove that little girl away
But now there's wrinkles around my baby's eyes
And she cries herself to sleep at night
When I come home the house is dark
She sighs "baby did you make it alright?"
Cause she sits on the porch of her daddy's house
But all her pretty dreams are torn
Well she stays off alone into the night
With the eyes of one who hates for just bein born
We're all shutdown strangers and hot rod angels
Runnin through this promise land
Like my baby and me, we're gonna ride to the sea
And wash these sins off of our hands
Well tonight tonight, the highways bright
Out of our way mister you best keep
Cause summers here and the time is right
Well, I had a buddy back in '81 and we made ourselves a pact
We were heading for the new pipeline we were never coming back
Well we worked 80 hours making time and a half
But La Grange was too damn hot
We drove back home at the end of that week and we spent it all on pot
So I'll see you in Houston If I ever get out that way
I'll see you in Dallas but I won't have long to stay
If you're ever out west son and your feeling like slowing down
I'll see you around, around my hometown
Well, I played ball every single fall I could run just like the wind
Went to college like they asked me too but they didn't ask my friends
Don't think I seen a single classroom but I drank a lot of beer
My buddies still love to listen to me when I talk about that year
So I'll see you in Houston If I ever get out that way
I'll see you in Dallas but I won't have long to stay
If you're ever out west son and your feeling like slowing down
I'll see you around, around my hometown
Now I got myself a little band and we're pretty good I guess
But I never learned how to wear my hair and I never learned how to dress
So I'm leaving for the last time honey I'm never more to roam
Gonna pack my bags a little heavy
This time gonna head my ass back home
So I'll see you in Nashville if I ever get out that way
I'll see you in Austin but I won't have long to stay
If you're ever out west son and your feeling like slowing down
I'll see you around, around my hometown
Well, I loved a girl
She lived out in Pecos, and pretty as she could be
And I worked the rigs on out in Odessa
To give her whatever she needs
But that girl, she run with an oil company bum
'Cause the diamond was not on her hand
And he left her soon 'neath the big loving moon
To go out and X-ray the land
Now I sit in my car at the New Rainbow Bar downtown
And the frost on the windshield shines toward the sky
Like a thousand tiny diamonds in the lights of loving county
Well, l walked in that bar and I drank myself crazy
Thinking about her and that man
When in walked a woman, looking richer than sin
And ten years worth of work on her hand
Well, I followed her home and when she was alone
Well, I put my gun to her head
And I don't recall what happened next at all
But now that rich woman, she is dead
Now I drive down the highway
Ten miles from my sweet baby's arms
And the moon is so bright it don't look like night
And the diamond how it sparkles in the lights of loving county
But she opened that door and I knelt on the floor
And I put that ring in her hand
Then she said, "I do" and she'd leave with me soon
To the rigs out in South Alabama
Well, I told her to hide that ring there inside
And wait 'til the timing was good
And I drove back home and I was alone
'Cause I thought that she understood
The next night an old friend just called me to wish us both well
He said, he'd seen her downtown, sashaying around
And her diamond how it sparkled in the lights of loving county
Well that sheriff, he found me out wandering
All around El Paso the very next day
You see, I'd lost my mind on that broken white line
Before I even reached Balmorhea
Well, now she's in Fort Worth and she's just giving birth
To the son of that oil company man
And they buried that poor old sheriff's dead wife
With the ring that I stole on her hand
And sometimes they let me look up at that East Texas sky
And the rain on the pines, oh Lord, how it shines
Well they call me the life of the party
They call her the belle of the ball
Well we start before anybody
And I promise we'll outlast them all
Well it started when I was in high school
My mom and my dad taught me well
A bottle of wine at Thanksgivin'
And a Valium when grandma raised hell
So I had some champagne at a wedding
I believe that they called it 'Cold Duck'
And they girl I'd been eying all evenin'
She took me round back and we sucked down the rest of that bottle
And things really started to click
Well we kissed on the boxes of liquor
And she reached down and grabbed her some dickle
And added some cola
Far be it for me should I pass
For I thought that if I drank another
I'd certainly need me some Aspirin
On the next mornin'
I'd tried not to make me a sound
'Cause the girl who was sleepin' beside me
Had gained herself two hundred
Pounding on my bedroom window
My dad yelled to jump out of bed
But she woke up from all the commotion
Insisting she give me some headlines
She'd read in the paper
She said it had been yesterday
They said if you use moderation
Our mornings could all be this way
Well they call me the life of the party
They call her the belle of the ball
Well we start before anybody
My little brother was just ten years old
When we hit bad weather and hid in the hole
We could see Texas was only a mile
And oh, little brother, I remember your smile
At Indianola
My dad built a sawmill of cypreses and stone
It was here on Madena that we made our home
The year 1850 and I sent for my girl
Oh Frauline, come meet me in this brand new world
At Indianola
The war they call civil had barely begun
Me and my cousins decided we'd run
Up through Louisianan to meet up with Grant
But one hundred damn rebels shot us there in the sand
At Indianola
They said up in New York, the stock market fell
And the life they was livin' was shot all to hell
But we ain't seen nothin' no different than dust
Sept the wheels on the wagon all covered with rust
At Indianola
And that scrape with old Hitler was over and done
And I wondered if I could kill kin with my gun
But we sat there in Paris in a little café
And as they toasted Truman, I drifted away
To Indianola
But it's fifty years later and nobody cares
About some old city that ain't even there
Well, my sons moved to Houston
And they work in the Gulf
With seven days on and seven days off
Well I work for the doctor that bought our old ranch
From first quality federal the foreclosures branch
And he calls me hillbilly and he laughs at my hair
But the cancer will get him if anything's fair
And I'll take his ashes and throw from my boat
As they crossed that ocean I'm going to float
To find me another Indianola
Indianola
Jackie went to high school
In a little Texas town
He finished up and spent the most of next year bummin' around
He couldn't find a job to hold
So on a Friday night
He figured he could see the world and buy a 4-wheel drive
If he'd join the army
Cause these are desperate times
Well he came back four years later
A little higher off the ground
Things there hadn't changed
And that just really got him down
So he went off to San Antone
An hour to the east
And got a job workin' for the San Antone police
Well he had a pistol now
Cause these are desperate times
Well ol Jackie he got married
But his ends they wouldn't meet
His wife worked at the Texas Commerce Bank just up the street
Jackie got an idea
To get him outta debt
And they could live the good life
And drive a new Corvette
If he'd rob the bank he said
Cause these are desperate times
Well he had planned the whole thing
And while his baby worked
He came in after hours
In a black ski mask and shirt
She told him where the money was
And that's just where he went
The minute that he saw it he already had it spent
Well it wasn't easy
But these are desperate times
Well he drove off to Bandera
Cause that was his hometown
He had it in his mind just where he'd lay that money down
He went out to his mom's house
And Jack went up the hill
To bury that old suitcase full of hundred dollar bills
Well he'd let it sit a while
Cause these are desperate times
Well the bank they called the g-men
Cause they were insured by the Fed
And Jill she rolled on Jack
Cause she was in above her head
The g-men gave Jack wind of this