The news is out all over town
That you've been seen a running round
I know that I should leave but then
I just can't go you win again
This heart of mine could never see
What everybody knew but me
Just trusting you was my great sin
What can I do you win again
I'm sorry for your victim now
'Cause soon his head like mine will bow
He'll give his heart but all in vain
And someday say you win again
You have no heart you have no shame
You take true love and give the blame
I guess that I should not complain
Before there ever came the time that I could realize
That you've meant all the world to me
You turned and I was gone to find the good life I've been missin'
But you were all the good there was in me
I went from bad to worse and back to find the good time
But it took the time like this to make me see
I searched high and low to just to find my reason
But you were all the good there ever was in me
[ steel ]
It's sad to think that much too late I've come to understand
That all the world was laying at my feet
I kicked aside the love that means much more than life just now
And you were all the good there was in me
I went from bad to worse...
Touch my heart feel the hurt the pain and misery
Then tell me again what love can do for me
If you lived in my world awhile you'd soon forget how to smile
In my world there's a million ways to cry
If you had my eyes you could see how woman changed my destiny
I'm a man who can't live and yet can't die
See these hands of mine and how they shake all because I can't break
The habit of remembering yesterday
Another love couldn't help this ache I know I'd make the same mistakes
Her mem'ry's always standing in my way
Touch my heart feel the hurt it's destroying me
I've tried but can't seem to shake her memory
Touch my heart feel the hurt the pain and misery
How's the view from the top of the world I wonder are you still my girl
From so far above me can you hear my plea wait for me at the top of the world
I just thought you might like to know that someone down here below
Is hopefully climbing the ladder of fortune
Don't step on my fingers don't make me let go
From your view at the top of the world do you remember you're still my girl
I was on the rebound from a broken love affair
When I first thought of glimps of her in you
And though you never measured up to what she meant to me
I couldn't find the words to tell you so
Cause I'm not strong enough to leave you and too weak to let you go
You give me precious love to hold on to
But somehow deep inside I've got a feeling that you know
I'm not strong enough to leave you and too weak to let you go
[ steel ]
Never once did you hold back the love you had for me
I guess you thought my love for you would grow
But women have a funny way of seeing through a man
But if you knew you never told me so
Cause I'm not strong enough...
Yes I keep singin' a song about love hummin' a tune about happiness
Winkin' my eye at the sun up above and just singin' a song about love
I don't have no acts to drive no bridges to be burned
There's better ways to go through life and the best way I have learned
Whenever troubles cross my mind I think about your love
And then a smile upon my face just shows what I'm thinking of
And I start singin' a song..
[ guitar ]
When other people talk to me they just don't understand
Just what it is that's happen now that made me a happy man
It's not a fortune I have found it's something you can't see
It isn't gold it's just a love between my woman and me
So I keep singin' a song...
Everybody thinks that I walked out on her they're calling me a no good so and so
Why can I make them see that though I walked away
I didn't want to leave she made me go
What makes them think I'll give up everything I love
There's a lot of things that they don't know
I've been accused of everything she's guilty of I didn't want to leave she made me go
She told everyone I didn't want to stay but I'll tell you her story isn't so
I'd give anything if it were that way I didn't want to leave she made me go
[ fiddle ]
With her act I guess that she has fooled the town
With her phoney tips she's quite a show
My heart tells me that I'm the biggest fool around
Cause I love her though she made me go
She told everyone...
Well hello there come on in I'm expecting you my friend
Yes you came to see the house that is for sale
All the neighbors are so fine they're the friendly helpfull kind
There's so many extras here that you'll enjoy
See the fireplace in the den have the bar she had filled in
And the paintings aren't they pretty on the wall
All the curtains and the shades all she had them custom made
You can have them don't want nothing left at all
A home where love once lived and died where a million mem'ries hide
It revolves to talk a story they could tell
Now a stranger came to town and my world came tumbling down
Now our home is just a pretty house for sale
[ steel ]
A home where love once lived...
She grew up in the backwood country found her dreams in movie magazines
Now she's gone looking for her castle what chance is there for a poor boy like me
City lights oh you took my darling and the love that she promised me
After wine and big city parties what chance is there for a poor boy like me
Sold my house to Raverend Smith last Sunday left my farm with Abraham McGee
Had to go and rescue my darling from the life like your city folks lead
I found her dressed in fancy silks and satin spending money like it grew on trees
Living high in a big white mansion what chance is there for a poor boy like me
Darling no one could ever take me from you I'll be with you as long as you want me to
You wanted to be mine long before I hadn't a dime
And darling no one could ever take me from you
Oh when I'm talking you always know just what I mean
You're the one to understand my every dream
Through all the hungry years you're the one who dried the tears
And darling no one could ever take me from you
I know that you must worry and wonder when I'm gone
But each day I love you more and more I could never do you wrong
Whatever life may bring you'll be a part of everything
And darling no one could ever take me from you
You'd stop at hundred and forty tears I forget the lonely years
I know I've been lost for words to say
I know my lonely heart would go wild you can bet I'd have to smile
If you should come back today
If you should come back I wonder what I'd act like
I wonder what I'd do I wonder what I'd say
I know that I do more than stand and smile while my crazy arms went wild
If you should come back today
[ steel ]
I've done a lotta lonely midnight walkin' and some crazy senseless talkin'
I've missed you every kind of way
I know I surely lose control like a love that's in my soul if you should come back today
If you should come back...
It may not make me tremble the soft touch of her hand
But she won't break my heart the way you do
So I'm gonna try to give her the best love that I can
If she just helps me get over you
If she just picks me up when I get down
If she's there when the mem'ries walk around
Maybe someday I'll love her as much as I love you
If she just helps me get over you mhm mhm
[ steel ]
I don't suppose that loving will ever be the same
But she wants me the way I wanted you
So I'm gonna try to give her the best love that I can
If she just helps me get over you
Somehow you know just what it takes to please me
Sometimes I think that you can read my mind
And when the weigh of the world is on my shoulders
You're there to share my burdens everytime
If I could count the reasons why I love you
I'm sure there would be a million or two
And it'll curse to me that I can't live without you
And I've just found another reason for loving you
[ piano ]
I always start my days with lots of sunshine
It's in your smile and in your morning kiss
And more than once I've asked myself the question
How could any man ask for more than this
If I could count the reasons...
She don't hold and kiss me like she did one time
I think my sweet baby's got leavin' on her mind
The longer I know her the more I can tell my darling's not happy with me
The longer I know that I know her too well the less love in her eyes I see
She don't hold and kiss me...
[ guitar ]
The stronger I hold her the farther apart my darling is growing from me
The danger of my darling breaking my heart it's fast moving in on me
Cause she don't hold and kiss me...
[ guitar ]
The deeper I love her the farther away my darling slips out of my hands
The longer the future the longer I'll stay out of my darling's plans
Cause she don't hold and kiss me...
I was a rover on land and on sea till a good woman's love made a new man of me
Life had no meaning it was so incomplete
Till a good woman's love put me back on my feet
Stead of roamin' I go home in the evening she's waiting there
And no matter what happens I know she'll always care
And when the night falls and the moon shines above
I go home to a dream and a good woman's love
[ mandolin ]
Stead of roamin'...
Fools never learn you play with fire and you gonna get burn
You and I are fools we play with love so we gonna get burn
Fools that's what we are fools we've gone too far I know
But then love you come to me your eyes on fire you tempted me
Love knows no bound beggar or king it'll bring you down
Fools find love somehow fools we can't stop now I know
But then love this I know fool I may be I can't let go
The strange lonely whistle of the distant movin' train
Breaks the silence of the gray winter skies
As I walk with my belongings down the road I'd never seen
While the bitter wind brings teardrops to my eyes
Oh where will I be when tomorrow weakens me am I looking for a dream I'll never find
Will I ever be the man I want to be or forgotten footprints in the sands of time
As I'm walking down the road my thoughts keep running back to you
And I hope it's in your heart to understand
Though you never made me sorry for the love I gave to you
I'm just sorry that I'm not your kind of man
Oh where will I be...
[ rh.guitar ]
Troubles and a worried mind it seems that's all I've ever known
But now I'll leave it all behind if you'll just leave me alone
And if I go on loving you if to leave is a mistake
If I'm wrong in what I do that's the chance I'll have to take
[ dobro - fiddle ]
Don't bother now to waste the time saying things you've said before
I've heard it all a hundred times but I won't listen anymore
Completely helpless I'm standing alone facing the whole world now that you're gone
Completely helpless oh what can I do completely helpless oh without you
With hands that are trembling I walk out the door
I can't take these four walls alone anymore
Cause now it's all over you say we're through
But how can I tell this heart that still loves you
Completely helpless...
I'm looking for a brand new bed of roses
A love just like mine that stands the test of time
I'm looking for a brand new bed of roses a love with everlasting clinging vine
Roses and true love fade a little now and then
But with the kiss and sunshine they'll blossom once again
I'm looking for a brand new bed of roses a love with everlasting clinging vine
[ steel ]
Roses and true love...
You think only of yourself I think only of you too
What chance for me is left since both of us love you
We only think we agree on it's not to make you blue
We have a lot in common seems both of us love you seems both of us love you
[ steel ]
How lonely I will be with all the love between us two
None of it belongs to me cause both of us love you
The only part I play is that other fool
Unwanted I keep staying just helping you love you
Beside the cottonfield I was born underneath the tree was my home
A flock of geese flew overhead
Wind from the wings fall down to me come go with us that's my way
It grieves me much to see you cry I'll break a heart with my goodbye
I warned you ahead of time
I could never say I'm sorry but it has to be that's my way
That's my way to try to find a place I've never been
Before directions master me and distance is my friend
I try to put a lifetime into each and every day that's my way
I yearn to love but it can't be for fear of what's inside of me
With the each day setting of the sun
A passin' train stirs my soul like winds of long ago that's my way
Tonight it's been six lonely days since you called me to tell me we're through
To think just last week you loved me so but that was forever ago
I've cried all my tears sure there's none anymore my heart is empty and cold
The future is black cause I can't go back cause that was forever ago
[ dobro ]
Our yesterdays were filled with sweet dreams what happened I'll never know
But yesterday's gone and I must go on cause that was forever ago
I've cried all my tears...
Love unending love undying love that never grows cold
Love that never leaves you crying love that never grows old
That's what I'd give to you if you say that you love me too
That's what I'd give to you all the days of my life
Love for loving love for living love that has no pride
Love that's tender and forgiving soft and warm inside
That's what I'd give to you...
I'd give you everything that's mine to give
I'd give you more than this a reason to live
Love unending love undying...
Here is one that we took one Sunday afternoon I remember it was in the summer time
On the back it says eight eleven sixty five the same day you promised to be mine
But old pictures have a way of fading like a love that wasn't meant to be
Still each night I dig out the family album but old photographs sure get to me
[ piano ]
Here it is it's the last one that we took together
Though it's faded a little more than the rest
I suppose it's because of all the tearstains on it
Bit it's the one that to me you look the best
Yes old pictures have a way...
I'm sure you've seen me along the highway sleeping bag and guitar on my back
Searching for the things in life that matter thinking that the world was out of act
I'm going back to the girl that I still dream of going back to find the place for me
I found out what life was really made of I'm going back to the man I used to be
[ steel ]
I've lived much too long without direction really don't know what I thought I'd find
But the mountains I've climbed out in the country
I find that they were only in my mind
I'm going back to the girl that I still dream of going back to plant my family tree
You snap your fingers and just like that I'm back in your hands
I cried a river washin' your mem'ry away
And I finally made it at least till you phoned me today
And I nearly hung up but teardrops destroyed my plan
You snap your fingers and just like that I'm back in your hands
You snap your fingers and just like that I'm back in your hands
Startin' all over right back where I've always been
And I'm just beginnin' to learn some things never end
You snap your fingers and just like that I'm back in your hands
[ steel ]
And I'm just beginnin'...
Through the years with you I have often fallen
I've been every kind of fool a man can be
For I never had control of a devil in my soul but somehow you never did give up on me
When I couldn't keep a word I struck at you in my hunger for things I didn't need
When I could need a break or bend you were there to be my friend
And somehow you never did give up on me
And I'm proud to know God gave me such a woman
Who had eyes to see the good somewhere in me
Without you my life would only be a ruin but somehow you never did give up on me
[ steel - guitar ]
She walked right up to me and took me by the hand
An angel who could please most any man
She said to me, I'm free and you're just my kind
And for a moment you almost slipped my mind
Almost, you almost slipped my mind
I could taste, taste her kisses in the wine
But your memory came and found me just in time
But for a moment you almost slipped my mind
Now I can see how sometimes a man can be so blind
Let himself be led astray become the cheating kind
I'd found myself falling for that same old line
Yes, for a moment you almost slipped my mind
Railroad steamboat river and cannal yonder comes a sucker and he's got my girl
And she's gone gone gone gone and she's gone gone gone
And I'll bid her my last farewell
I fell in love with a pretty little thing I thought that wedding bells would ring
She was as sweet as sweet could be till I found out what she did to me
Railroad steamboat...
I asked her mother to let her go she whispered mother please tell him no
Though he may think that I am true there's plenty more who think so too
Railroad steamboat...
I won't cry my life away some other sucker will have to pay
And when he finds that she is gone I guess I'll hear him sing this song
Railroad steamboat...
Whose arms are you in tonight darling is it someone I know
Whose arms are holding you tight so baby don't ever go
If arms were just harbors then you seen the world from one to another you sail
Yes you tried to hide it but have you feel low it's almost like reading your mail
Whose arms are you in tonight...
Which way do we go now you and I should I laugh now or should I cry
Think of what you're saying now to me cause it's still you babe and I'm still me
Did I let you down in some way I don't know of
But I just can't believe that we've run out of love
That part about leaving say it's so one more time love which way do we go
[ fiddle ]
You know if I lose you I'll still go on but all my reasons they'll be gone
So while you're making your mind up heaven knows
My heart's crying which way do we go
Did I let you down in some way...
When all your loves have ended
When all your friends have flown
Who'll be around to want you
When all your loves have gone
Only a fool would do it
After the way you've done
But how many fools would have you
I know one
This fool keeps wondering why
He fell in love at all
But you might need this fool
Around in case you fall
After the party's over
And you've had your fill of fun
If you need a fool to forgive you
I know one
You never know you might be lonely
When all your loves have missed
It wouldn't hurt to keep an extra
Fool on your list
After your heart's been broken
And it needs a place to run
If you'll take a fool who loves you
I know one hmm, yes
I know one hmm
Seems like only yesterday we fell in love
Just barely old enough to be sincere
Back then I thought I loved you all I could
But I've grown to love you more through the years
Through the years I've had you to keep me happy
Hand in hand we face tomorrow with no fear
Side by side we've walked the road of life together
And each step has grown us closer through the years
Now we've raised all our children and they're gone
Once again you and I are all alone
But I never will be lonely while you're here
'Cause we've got a love that's lasted through the years
Through the years I've had you to keep me happy
Hand in hand we face tomorrow with no fear
Side by side we've walked the road of life together
And each step has grown us closer through the years
Just two words were all that she would ask of me
And I could have the world and all it holds for me
Of love and tender care, not the pain and the sorrow
That will be mine tomorrow but I just can't seem to say it, I'm sorry
I know exactly what I should do, admit I'm wrong
It wouldn't take long and she'd forgive me
And I know exactly what I ought to say but I'm not built that way
Wish that I could say, I'm sorry
I'm a man at least that's what I'll like to think
A stubborn man who now is standing on the brink
Of hate and despair and I care and I'm sorry
And I ought to tell her but I just can't seem to say it, I'm sorry
I know exactly what I should do
But I'm a fool I guess, I'll do the things that fools do
I'll stand and watch my dreams go down the drain in my stubborn way
You took her off so many times always had your way
The hurt she hid behind a smile had turned her face away
You always thought of someone else tomorrow was her day
But today is that tomorrow you thought of yesterday
Today is that tomorrow you always pushed aside
So sure you couldn't lose her blinded with your pride
Yesterday she loved you but what a price it was to pay
Just to put off till tomorrow what you should have done today
[ fiddle ]
It's so easy to remember now but it's too late
Something you said to her you could have said about her way
You knew then the time would come when you would have to pay
But today is that tomorrow you thought of yesterday
Today is that tomorrow...
You look good to me every morning over coffee even with the curlers in your hair
I just kinda smile and consider myself lucky
And I'm happy just to know that I've got you to care
Everything I am I am because you love me whatever I become depends on what you do
And yet I'm so afraid that you'll be gone some morning
And the one thing I can't stand is the thought of losing you
[ steel ]
Through these eyes of mine I see you in protection
Darling no one else could love you more
And so you're mine alone and far off of temptation
But the thought of losing you scares me through and through
You're a lady, you're an angel,
Bringin' sunshine to my life.
You're closest thing Heaven that I've ever had.
Oh, but sometimes, you're a devil,
When you reach out and dim the lights,
An' I say, mmm mmm, you're so good when you're bad.
You would never hurt anybody,
You're too gentle sweet and kind,
Still I keep on doin' things that make you sad.
But you don't hold out on your feelin's,
When there's lovin' on your mind.
An' I say, mmm mmm, you're so good when you're bad.
I could say that you're the perfect woman,
And if it's not, it's just because of me.
'Cause I'm hung up on the perfect woman,
An' I don't know how I deserve to be.
I see other pretty women,
An' Lord, they still, they look good to me.
An' there are some ladies that can drive some men mad.
But when an angel let's her hair down,
Oh, that's something else to see.
An' I say, mmm mmm, you're so good when you're bad.
I have done everything I can to please you
And the price I paid for loving you was high
And for you I would been over backwards just to keep you satified
Now you say that you would like to ask a favor and I just can't believe that it's true
But I'm afraid that this is one time I can't help you
Cause you're wanting me to stop loving you
[ fiddle ]
I have tried all I know to make you happy
And you know your every wish is my command
Now today you say that it's all over and I just don't understand
You're a lady, you're an angel
Bringin' sunshine to my life
You're closest thing, heaven that I've ever had
Oh, but sometimes, you're a devil
When you reach out and dim the lights
An' I say, mmm, mmm, you're so good when you're bad
You would never hurt anybody
You're too gentle sweet and kind
Still I keep on doin' things that make you sad
But you don't hold out on your feelin's
When there's lovin' on your mind
An' I say, mmm, mmm, you're so good when you're bad
I could say that you're the perfect woman
And if it's not, it's just because of me
'Cause I'm hung up on the perfect woman
An' I don't know how I deserve to be
I see other pretty women
An' Lord, they still, they look good to me
An' there are some ladies that can drive some men mad
But when an angel let's her hair down
Oh, that's something else to see
An' I say, mmm, mmm, you're so good when you're bad
Every day I read ads in the paper
Saying come to the islands
Bikinied ladies sweet rum drinks, yeah
They'll keep you smiling
But I've got calypso music on the record at home
And when it comes to the warmth and sunshine
Well, I got my own
You're my Jamaica
You're where I want to be
You're my island when I am being
Tossed on a stormy sea
My heavenly haven
Where I can spend eternity
You're my Jamaica
Your paradise to me
White sunny sand palm trees and tans
It's sounds so inviting
(Sounds so inviting)
Limbo dancing and star light romancing
It's all so exciting
But I got my flowery shirt
And rum punch in my hand
And my own exotic lover in my native land
You're my Jamaica
You're where I want to be
You're my island when I am being
Tossed on a stormy sea
My heavenly haven
Where I can spend eternity
You're my Jamaica
You touched my life and made my heart awaken
You brought the joy that I've been dreaming of
You changed my world into a thing of beauty
When you touched my life with your sweet love
Verse 2
You touched my life and suddenly I'm living
You touched my chains and certainly I'm free
Free from the years that went by without a meaning
When you touched my life so tenderly
Chorus
You and you alone had the eyes to see the song in me
That lay unheard just words that long to be set free
You and you alone had the gift to give to make them live
And set them free for your love was the melody
Verse 3
You touched my days and gave me back the sunshine
You touched my nights and I touched the stars above
You taught my heart that miracles can happen
When you touched my life
When you touched my life
A word or two to Mary please write a letter for me
That's what my buddy said to me today
I couldn't keep from crying sad eyes're looking at me
He said I'll tell you what I wanted to say
Oh I don't mind dyin' I just hate to leave you alone
And I wish that I could watch the children grow
But there's no use denyin' I won't be coming back home
Just a word or two to you before I go
Down on my knees beside him I begged my buddy to live
I told the Lord to please take me instead
But a word or two to Mary was all my buddy could give
And just these words were all your husband said
Oh I don't mind dyin'...
[ steel ]
A word or two to Mary I must have some of my own
He was the truest friend I ever had
I'll keep writing letters to her help the children along
Tell them in a way that it's from their dad
He didn't mind dyin' he just hated to leave you alone
And he wished that he could see his children grow
I'll be standing by 'em as I know he'd want me to
And write a word or two to Mary as they grow
Well I finally got the one I thought I wanted I no longer have to slip around on you
Cause today the postman brought my freedom
But I wonder now was it all worth losing you
Yes I wonder how my leaving will affect you
After all the heartaches we've been through
But something tells me that someday I may be sorry
And I wonder now was it all worth losing you
Will the one that I wanted soon grow tired of me
And with this new found love wait into the distant blue
And will your mem'ry always slip around and haunt me
And make me wonder now was it all worth losing you
[ steel ]
Will the one that I wanted...
Have you ever been awakend by the crowing of a rooster?
While the night's dew is still heavy on the ground
And the voice of Uncle Ben sseems to break the morning silence
Bringing lights to windows all around
Well it's time to rise and shine and start another hard work day
And get the cows in and start the milking chores
It's nice to think about it baybe even visit
But I wonder could I live there anymore
Something bout the smell of cornbread, cooking on a wood stove
Seems to bring a picture to my mind
Of a little three room house with mama in the kitchen
But she can't stop to talk ain't got the time
She's a fixing dad his supper, he's a working over time
Tryin' to pay our bill at the grocery store
It's nice to think about it maybe even visit
But I wonder could I live there anymore
As I think about my childhood and of my old hometown
I don't really miss them like before
It's nice to think about it maybe even visit
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 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...
When Noah has 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...
On the wings of a snow white dove...
Well why don't you love me like you used to do
How come you treat me like a worn out shoe
My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
Why don't you love me like you used to do
Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin' in a long long while
We don't get nearer or further or closer than a country mile
Why don't you spark like you used to do
And say sweet nothings like you used to coo
I'm the same old trouble that you've always been through
So why don't you love me like you used to do
[ guitar - steel ]
Well why don't you be just like you used to be
How come you find so many faults with me
Somebody's changed so let me give you a clue
Why don't you love me like you used to do
Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin' in a long long while
We don't get nearer or further or closer than a country mile
Why don't you say the things you used to say
What makes you treat me like a piece of clay
My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue
Why don't you love me like you used to do
I hear your new love sends you pretty something different each day
And he never forget to call you whenever he's away
He sends you flowers and candy tied in ribbons of blue
Why didn't I think of that before I lost you
He takes you dancing out with the crowd
And when you walk beside him he looks so proud
He does thoughtful little things that I didn't do
Why didn't I think of that before I lost you
But I was so concerned with other things I couldn't see
How lonely you were for the love you never got from me
I should have told you every day I was thankful for you
Why didn't I think of that before I lost you
Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby, why
You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, cry
Well, I got a crow I wanna pick with you
Just like last time when the feathers flew
You're runnin' wild a kickin' up your heels
A leavin' me home with a hand full of bills
I can't live without you and you know it's true
But there's no livin' with you so what'll I do
I'm goin' honky tonkin', gettin' tight as I can
And maybe by then you'll 'preciate a good man
Well, tell me why baby, why baby, why baby, why
You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, cry
I can't live without you 'til the day that I die
So tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby, why
I don't know, but I've heard say
That every little dog is gonna have his day
You'd better pay attention, don't you dare forget
'Cause I'm just a little bitty puppy yet
I caught you honky tonkin' with my best friend
The thing to do was leave you, but I should'a left then
Now I'm too old to leave you, but I still get sore
When you come home a-feelin' for the knob on the door
Well, tell me why baby, why baby, why baby, why
You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby, cry
I can't live without you 'til the day that I die
So tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby, why
I've taken down all of her pictures
I've cleaned out all of her drawers
I've painted over the scratches
From all of our little wars
I've put away every gift
That she ever gave to me
Now everything is in its place
Except for her memory
And where do I put her memory
When it haunts me night and day
I can't hide it in the closet
And Lord, I can't throw it away
And where do I put her memory
When it's always in my mind
I can't chase it, erase it, I just have to face it
It's gonna be there a long, long time
I got rid of the pillow
Where she used to lay her head
I've picked up her hairpins and curlers
That she dropped on her side of the bed
I've locked away each souvenir
And thrown away the key
Now everything is in it's place
Except for her memory
And where do I put her memory
When it's always in my mind
I can't chase it, erase it, I just have to face it
It's gonna be there a long, long time
Another lonely day is almost gone
The sun's going down again and you're still not home
The last of the trains have all come in
But I'll come back tomorrow and wait again
I know the conductor he thinks I'm losing my mind
'Cause I come here and wait so many times
But me and the ticket man are the best of friends
So, I'll come back tomorrow when the trains come in
It's been so long ago since she went away
She said, she'd return again in a couple of days
But I'll wait here forever if it takes till then
So, I'll come back tomorrow when the trains come in
I know the conductor
How do some folks stay in love
Like a honeymoon couples that can't get enough?
How can love be tender
Yet so tough, as it grows?
I've left you and I've come back
So many times, I can't keep track
What is it one of us lacks
What do you know?
When I stop leaving and I'll be gone
When I stop leaving you, I'll be gone
Love's not gettin' any clearer
Sometimes I think, it's all done with mirrors
When I stop leaving I'll be gone
I'll be gone
I'll be gone
I'll be gone
I need you and you need me
Still we pay for love, love that's free
Should we hang together
Or independently and let it go
I come back, each time I leave
We make love then we shout and scream
Bottom line time what does it mean
Oh, do you know?
When I stop leaving and I'll be gone
When I stop leaving you, I'll be gone
Love's not gettin' any clearer
Sometimes I think, it's all done with mirrors
When I stop leaving I'll be gone
When I stop leaving and I'll be gone
To watch the rain fall the fields and the valleys hear the thunder roar across the sky
See the sun's great shine through a wall without windows
We hold hands and smile at what money can't buy
We haven't a mansion seen only by me and you our days without sunshine are few
Yet we always love even though it'd make us cry
Cause we hold hands and smile at what money can't buy
[ piano ]
Our children are playing no shoes on their feet and patch after patch upon their knees
Yet we hear only laughter and people ask why
Cause we hold hands and smile at what money can't buy
We haven't a mansion...
It wasn't very long ago we had a love few people know
And everything was going oh so fine
I've trusted you you've trusted me the way that it's supposed to be
But the love slipped from us somewhere down the line
We had all of the good things going baby you know we did they were so kind
Enjoying the taste of the good life we all look for but few can't find
[ ac.guitar ]
It's gone but we can't understand how love could slip right through our hands
On down the line things seem so very right
Our love went on for all these years we both knew that we were sincere
Then suddenly it was gone just over night
We had all of the good things...
[ ac.guitar ]
Now that we've gone our seperate ways I still recall those brighter days
The days that didn't seem so very long
Neither of us are to blame we overly know that it's a shame
That all that we had going now is gone
If anyone could find the joy that true love brings a girl and boy
We could, we could you and I
If anyone could ever say that their true love was here to stay
We could, we could you and I
When you're in my arms I know you're happy to be there
And just as long as I'm with you I'm happy anywhere
If anyone could pray each night to thank the Lord that all is right
We could, we could you and I
When you're in my arms I know you're happy to be there
And just as long as I'm with you I'm happy anywhere
If anyone could pray each night to thank the Lord that all is right
If he's the one that's always on your mind the only one who's love can satisfy
If he's the one that keeps your heart alive then who am I who am I
Am I no more than just a rock you needed for a stepping stone
Until the right one came along
If he's the one that live with you inside then who am I who am I
[ guitar ]
Am I no more than just a fool that held you up when you were down
Until your true love could be found
If he's the one that live with you inside then who am I who am I
You wanted to know that you could break my heart but I could have told you you could
You just had to see if I'd go to pieces but I could have told you I would
Just think of the time not to mention the trouble
That you threw away on a heart like mine
If you just have to prove that you could destroy me I could have saved you the time
[ steel ]
And so now you know that I can be foolish but I could have told you it's true
And so now you see that I have a glass heart but I could have told you I do
There may come a time you may run into trouble
You might find the need for a love like mine
I no longer notice if you're wearing perfume I quit smoking girl you never even knew
And the road is full of young and restless people and they pull off the energy to move
It's the habit for us to stay together we said and watched the nightly shadows grow
Every day last year I left for California this is my year for Mexico
We used to whisper low across the night time now we never whisper nor we call
Our love was left upon the shelf from winter where the sunlight never touches it at all
It's the habit for us...
[ fiddle ]
Your back is turned to me while you are reading
I close my eyes while I pretend to toe
From the road I hear the sound of passing traffic some of them are bound for Mexico
It's the habit for us...
I just pull the tread and unravel my life with you
And I'm rebuilding at home a little at a time
Now and then your mem'ry slows my tragic down
But things are looking up I haven't lost my mind
Things are looking up I haven't called you now in day
The hurt still drops by every night but it no longer stay
When I can touch or taste or hear or see you in my mind
Yes things are looking up and all I need is time
I went to church with the kids and it didn't fall
I let them think they taught me into going
Their mom look proud and even held my hand
All things are looking up when hurt's not showing
Well Hank I never met you but I sure heard you sing
At a little bitty port down in Mississippi you filled my heart with dreams
I got an old guitar and I learned how to sing as you did the Lovesick Blues
So Hank if you're listenin' there's one just for you
There's a little bit of Hank in me
Cause I caught it in my voice of the radio '53
And I've done your songs in the cotton fields and on coast to coast TV
And every time I sing Kaw-Liga there's a little bit of Hank in me
[ guitar ]
Well I'll bet I've done Your Cheatin' Heart at least a million times
And Hank you're still the jukebox king from LA to Caroline
No music has no boundary it comes from the heart
And where my music comes from Hank you play the leading part
There's a little bit of Hank in me...
Love didn?t have much to work with
When it got a hold of me
Still recovering from my last time out
Doing my best to learn to live without it
Just when I thought all my feelings had died
Something came over me that can?t be denied
Don?t under estimate the power of love
You?re never down so low that it can?t lift you up
Don?t under estimate what it can do
I?m living proof of the power of love
It didn?t hit me like lightening
From a dark and stormy sky
It came on more like a peaceful wind
It made me feel like trying again
I didn?t realize how good it could be
Until love worked its magic on me
Don?t under estimate the power of love
You?re never down so low that it can?t lift you up
Don?t under estimate what it can do
I?m living proof of the power of love
Don?t under estimate the power of love
You?re never down so low that it can?t lift you up
Don?t under estimate what it can do
She didn't have to marry down so far
Fool with raising babies, or drive an older car
She didn't have to give so much, and be so underpaid
Lord I don't know how she's living, with the choices she made
She didn't have to wear those bargain threads
Or roughen up those dainty hands, mopping floors and changing beds
She had it sweet on easy street, with a hand she could have played
But she threw out all her aces for the choices she made
She'll stand there in defiance, of a logic she ignored
With a strangely peaceful peaceful smile, upon her face
Using up her youth on some old cowboy
Who's try'n' to pay the bills on hope and faith
Time goes by, it doesn't change a thing
But she still thinks, it's worth it all, to wear that little ring
And I still lay beside her wishing, I was worth the price she paid
All teary eyed and thankful for the choices she made
You stood by me whenever times were bad and never once did I hear you complain
You always made the best of what little bit we had
And held your head up proud to wear my name
And that's just one of the reasons why I love you so much
You are the reason that I live
I know I've got a woman that no other man can touch
Who gives me all the love she has to give
[ guitar + steel ]
You've sacrificed for dreams of mine that never did come true
You've done without to satisfy my needs
And everytime I've tried and failed I've found new strength in you
For not one time did you lose faith in me
Got the blues in Batton Rouge walked a mile or two then caught her eye
I got out in Memphis she smiled at me and slowly said goodbye
She asked me if I'd like to tag along a little farther down the line
But travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life's good to me
Here I am in Memphis without a dime or a place to sleep
Sure is hot and sweaty the tar is even bubbling on the street
None of this bothered me that's the only cup o'tea that I can drink
Cause travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life's good to me
I may move on in the morning and never know just how long I'll stay
Sometimes I'll stay a month or two sometimes I don't even stay a day
No one tried to tie me down and it's quite a friendly town I'll stick around
Cause travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life's good to me
I've tried a lot of steady jobs but never seen one make me happy yet
I've lived my life so many ways tried everything and now I know what's best
I wouldn't trade with anyone a billion dollars wouldn't move me none
Cause travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life's good to me
Cause travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life's good to me
Well I left home at a crack of dawn just about a year ago
I thumbed my way cross the USA and I learned a lot I didn't know
The Primised Land that I thought I'd find was always just ahead of me
Until one day when I realized I left it back in Tennessee
And that's why I'm going back to my Tennessee girl and a Tennessee way of life
And I'm gonna ask my Tennessee girl to be my Tennessee wife
Tonight I slept in a hobo camp workin' out like dog by day
I never got enough to get ahead just enough to make my way
Cold and tired when the evening come all I had to ease my mind
Was thinkin' bout the place I started from and the girl that I left behind
And that's why I'm going back...
There ain't no place that I been at all that I would gonna settle in
And every town that I travel through made me wanna go home again
The green green grass and the rollin' hills seem to keep a callin' me
Back to the place where I was born and the girl that I long to see
And that's why I'm going back...
Well I've been from Boston to LA seen Boulder Dam and Frisco Bay
Into New York City and Washington
Seen Montreal and Saskatchewan and Rhode Island
And I've worked in three all night service stations and drove a truck
Take me home my heart is heavy and my feet are sore
Take me home I don't wanna roam no more
Well I slept all night in a water trough
Had the flu and the croup and the whoopin' cough
Had the mumps and the measles and the seven years itch
And I can't count the times that I've had a cold and sore throat
Not to mention all the times that I've cut my fingers on a sardine can
Take me home...
Well I can just see 'em all now just a gatherin' round
Mama's supper table when the sun goes down
And my good old pappy when the blessing is said
Fillin' up his plate with black eyed peas and side meat
And a great big hunk of my dear sweet mama's hot buttered cornbread
Take me home...
Stranger livin' in my house I'm writing this letter to you
There's a few odds and ends in my house that I neglected to do
Take care of the little things I'm depending on you
And love my sweet baby I neglected her too
The garden I planted needs water the house needs paintin' outside
The yard could stand a little mowin' each time that I pass by
Take care of the little things I neglected to do
And love my sweet baby I neglected her too
A washing machine's out of water by the way the car payment's due
As long as my roof's over your head as long as you're wearing my shoes
Take care of the little things I neglected to do
And love my sweet baby I neglected her too
And if my baby gets lonesome and calls my name in the night
Whispers sweet nothings tenderly and gently hold her tight
Take care of the little things I neglected to do
And love my sweet baby I neglected her too
(Promises sweet promises promises sweet promises)
Sweet promises sweet promises that's all I've had from you
But a promise is as a promise does and yours never did come true
You've promised me the moon and the stars when I would've settled for your kiss
Never wanted much just your lovin' touch wnd now you treat me wrong like this
Sweet promises sweet promises sweet moonbeams by the tons
Who'd believe such lies bout a foolin' love oh why was I the foolish one
You've promised me your heart and your love your love I believed was so true
Let some other fool fall for all those cruel sweet promises from you
(Promises sweet promises promises sweet promises)
Sweet promises...
Let some other fool fall for all those cruel sweet promises from you
If I wake up in the morning when I look outside it's storming
And it seems the world is covered by clouds of grey
I don't really mind the weather baby long as we're together
In my heart it's a gonna be a sunshiny day
I don't ever pay attention about the weatherman may mention
I don't even care about what he's got to say
I surely care now if it showers when you got a love like ours
Every day is a gonna be a sunshiny day
And I'll have a sunshine day every day that I live
The sweet love that you give will make it shine
And I'll I have a sunshiny day in my heart from now on just as long as you are mine
So let the howlin' wind start blowin' let the raindrops keep on flowin'
Everytime they touch my face just kiss them away
Even with the clouds above me long as I've got you to love me
Every day is a gonna be a sunshiny day
And I'll have a sunshiny day...
So let the howlin' wind start blowin' let the raindrops keep on flowin'
I'm a western North Carolinean made of stone and red place oil
I got Cherokee blood deep within me when I was born it began to boil
Well I left my home across the mountains to see what kind of life I'd find
Well I searched the world in all directions to try to cool this restless mind
[ dobro ]
Found myself on a lonesome journey the streets of gold I tried to find
The Indian spirit it softly whispered and cooled the blood ever restless mind
I'm going back to the Smokey Mountains and breathe the air that fit my soul
Now there we read in the leaves of history and there I'll find my streets of gold
The wild birds are flying high wild and free
Whatever calls, the wild birds is calling to me
The spell of the freight train got in my blood one day
I'm always going, never get nowhere, I'm just on my way
My baby, she loves me but she don't understand
The spell of the freight train that's calling her man
My daddy is a preacher, my mother teaches school
My brother is a doctor and me I'm a fool
The spell of the freight train is stronger than wine
That same lonesome whistle
That chills my darling's heart is calling mine
My baby, she loves me but she don't understand
The spell of the freight train that's calling her man
My daddy is a preacher, my mother teaches school
The only thing I really own is what you see me wearing on my back
The only friends I've ever known are the kind you meet along a railroad track
The kind you bum tabacco from and view the world through a boxcar door
A friend who talks and makes you laugh has nothing much but gives you half
And maybe you don't see him anymore
Special I hear your lonesome whistle whine
It's calling me Special keep moving me on down the line
My mackinaw is full of holes and ain't too good at keepin' out the cold
My shoes are worn as paper thin my feet can feel the cinders through the soles
Sometimes I see a pretty girl and wonder what I've missed along the way
Once someone special wore my ring and loved me more than anything
I gave her up and caught a train one day
Special I had a special girl one time
I wanna share your life
Every minute, every day and night
And I just want you to know
That whatever you do and wherever you go
Remember, someone loves you, honey
No matter what, just be my, girl
Someone loves you, honey
More than anything in the world
I'm so glad that I'm the one
That you come to when you need someone
That's what my love is for
It's a shoulder to lean on, a port in the storm
Remember, someone loves you, honey
No matter what, I just want you to be my, girl
Someone loves you, honey
If I hurt long enough then I won't hurt the more
If I cried hard enough my tears will stop to flow
That's what I tell myself each day I go through
But something is wrong cause I can't forget you
There's still someone I can't forget and there's still only one I care to be with
So when they ask me why not find somebody else
I say there's still someone I can't forget
[ ac.guitar ]
There's still someone...
You don't know how it feels but someday you will
At the moment you can't see what you're doing to me
You don't know how I feel but someday you will
It don't mean a thing to you all this hurt I'm going through
You don't know how it feels but someday you will
Someday you're gonna know what it's like to be blue
When the one you're hurting me for gets around to hurting you
Right now you can't visualize tears like mine in your eyes
You don't know how they feel but someday you will
[ steel ]
Someday you're gonna know...
Oh, the snakes crawl at night, that's what they say
When the sun goes down then the snakes will play
I watched that car pull right up into my driveway
Saw a shadow slip away from my house
So I hurried straight and looked in her room
And I found out that it was my loving spouse
Oh, the snakes crawl at night, that's what they say
When the sun goes down then the snakes will play
So I waited in the shadows until morning
And the gun I held was trembling in my hand
No, I did not plan to give them any warning
For the devil on my shoulder had command
Oh, the snakes crawl at night, that's what they say
When the sun goes down then the snakes will play
Oh, the trial in a little while was over
And they sentenced me to die right away
But before I leave this courtroom, please, Your Honor
There is something more that I would like to say
Oh, the snakes crawl at night, that's what they say
When the sun goes down then the snakes will play
Oh, the snakes crawl at night, that's what they say
Well I pulled outta Pittsburgh a rollin' down that Eastern Sea board
I got my diesel wound up and she's a runnin' like a never before
There's a speed zone ahead alright well I don't see a cop in sight
Six days on the road and I'm a gonna make it home tonight
I got me ten forward gears and my George overdrive
I'm takin' little white pills and my eyes are open wide
I just passed a Jimmy in white been passin' everything in sight
Six days on the road I said I'm a gonna make it home tonight
Well it seems like a month since I kissed my baby goodbye
I could have a lotta women but I'm not like that sort of a guy
I could find one to hold me tight but I could never make believe it's alright
Six days on the road I said I'm a gonna make it home tonight
[ guitar - steel ]
Well the ICC is a checkin' on down the line
Well I'm a little overweight and my log book's way behind
Cause there's nothin' bothers me tonight I can dodge all the scales alright
Six days on the road I said I'm a gonna make it home tonight
Well my rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow
There's a flame from my stack and that smoke's blowin' black as coal
Oh well my hometown's a comin' in sight if you think I'm a happy you're right
Six days on the road I said I'm a gonna make it home tonight
Six days on the road I said I'm a gonna make it home tonight
There is something in your heart weighing heavy on your mind
You need gentle arms to hold you like these gentle arms of mine
You need love and understanding and the shoulder you can cry on
You need someone to rely on you don't have to be alone
Let me help you work it out help you face the situation
Count on me for consolation let me help you work it out
[ piano ]
Let me help you work it out I'm the one who'll always care
When you need me I'll be there let me help you work it out
Shutters and boards, cover the windows of the house
Where we used to live
All I have left, is a heart full of sorrow
Since she said, she'd never forgive
The house that we built, was once filled with laughter
But I changed that laughter to tears
Now, I live in a world without sunshine
Ooh, I wish you were here
Shutters and boards, cover the windows of the house
Where we used to live
All I have left, is a heart full of sorrow
Since she said, she'd never forgive
Last night I dreamed that you came to our house
To take an old book from the shelf
If you'll open the shutters, I'll tear down the boards
'Cause I drove every nail by myself
That's why I say
Shutters and boards, cover the windows of the house
Where we used to live
All I have left, is a heart full of sorrow
Since she said, she'd never forgive
One more time
Shutters and boards, cover the windows of the house
Where we used to live
All I have left, is a heart full of sorrow
I came here because I knew I'd be welcome
And because somehow you always understand
You seem to have a way with lonely people
And you always were my greatest helping hand
Now once again, I'm here to take advantage
Though I don't deserve the arms I left alone
I need to know there's someone who still loves me
And I need a shoulder to cry on
I over looked the love you tried so hard to give
The love I never seem to understand
I always stay just long enough to hurt you
And what little love I gave was second hand
Now once again I'm here to take advantage
'Cause once again the one I love is gone
I need to know there's someone who still loves me
And I need a shoulder to cry on
Yes I need to know there's someone who still loves me
In the shelter of your eyes I have finally learned my song
It took so long to realize I just can't make it all alone
Words're only what they say but this feeling isn't wrong
Now I'm so glad I found the way it's good to be where I belong
And I'm gonna stay right here cause I'm in rhythm with your mind
Tune out the world and rest my head neath the shelter of your eyes
[ dobro ]
Sometimes late at night I wake up dreaming
I reach out and feel for her, she's too good to be true
Then I touch the sleeping softness of my Angel
And half asleep she turns to whisper, I love you
'Cause she's just too good to be true but she is
And in my arms, she reassures me with a kiss
She's everything I ever looked for in a woman
She's just too good to be true, but she is
Each day I go to work, it's like forever
'Til that evening son will bring me home again
But then she's waiting at the door with her sweet loving
And tonight, she'll be so good to me again
Oh, she's just too good to be true but she is
And in my arms, she reassures me with a kiss
She's everything I ever looked for in a woman
She's just too good to be true, but she is
She can take the morning rain falling on my window pane
And turn it into sunshine in my mind
And she can take the darkest night and brighten it with a love sweet light
And I'm satisfied just knowing she's that kind
And I can feel so down and out but she knows what it's all about
And she can help me leave it all behind
There's someting in the way she smiles that seems to brighten all my trials
It's good to know my woman is that kind
She's that kind that I'm thankful to the Lord above
For sending me that kind of woman for me to love
If I could live another life and I could choose another wife
I wouldn't change a thing cause she's that kind
[ guitar ]
She's that kind that I'm thankful...
So you're out there having fun and drinking with the guys
Trying to hide the hurt you feel inside
Someone plays the certain song and in spite of all you do she's still got a hold on you
She's still got a hold on you and many times her mem'ry still comes through
Now you say that you're set free but you'll know who's fooling who
Cause she's still got a hold on you
[ piano ]
Now you say that you don't care as you have another round
You say you couldn't careless what happens to her now
Then you see a certain heirdo and it scares you through and through
Cause she's still got a hold on you
She's still got a hold on you if you can't see it friend oh then you're a fool
Now if you happen to be me then you'll know who's fooling who
I've told her all about you when I met her
So she understands what I'm going through
She knows when I forget you I can love her
And that's why she's helping me get over you
Lord knows she never makes my heart stop beating
Or tears me all to pieces like you do
But she does everything she can to make me happy
And that's how she's helping me get over you
[ steel ]
She knows that we still spend sometime together
And she's waiting just the way I asked her to
Everyday she ceases your mem'ry growing weaker
And right now she's helping me get over you
Lord knows she never makes...
Her hair should be a little darker and her eyes should be a deeper blue
She's not perfect but I'm happy I found her
Cause she's as close as I can get to loving you
She doesn't know she's being used and it would break her heart in two
If she knew that she was playing the part I planned for you
I should be ashamed to love her the way that I do
But she's as close as I can get to loving you
[ piano ]
You'd've prove of the way that she dresses
From her ear-rings to the style of her shoes
I conquer everything that I remember and she's as close as I can get to loving you
She doesn't know she's being used...
She's the closest thing to happiness I found since losing you
My chance to live and love again just someone that I turn to
No I can't love her completely she knows what I'm going through
Cause she loves me the way that I love you
She's all the strenght I'll ever need to get me over you
She'll help me make you someone in the past that I once knew
She's beside me when I need her and these arms she'll never use
Cause she loves me the way that I love you
She wants me to want her the way that I want you
But now she's just someone to help me ease the hurt you put me through
No she won't erase your footprints but in time she'll fill your shoes
Cause she loves me the way that I love you
Tonight as I lie here I'm sleepless any thoughts are flooding my mind
They're thoughts of peace and not trouble peace of a wonderful kind
Peace that I have a good woman a woman whom I adore
Tonight is our anniversary we were wed seven years ago
Seven years with a wonderful woman seven years with a love that won't end
Seven years with a wonderful woman will inspire any poor man
[ fiddle - steel ]
The moon sends its beams through our window they dance on your angel like face
They tell me you're God's gift from heaven a gift of his wonderful grace
I'll just slip out of bed while you sleep dear and bow with my knees to the floor
To thank God for seven years with you and to pray for seventy more
Standin' in a pouring rain on a cold Chicago day
A worn and battered suitcase in my hand
Watch the trains pullin' in and out the people are rushin' about
Wondering what goes to the making of a man
Searching for the morning sun and anyplace and everyone
Lord I've got a troubled mind looking for something that I might never find
[ ac.guitar ]
Sittin' on a crowded train a ticket in my right hand
Nothing but confussion on my mind
Now there's been several towns thought I'd lay my wandering down
I tried 'em once then I left them all behind
Searching for the morning sun...
Searching for the morning sun..
Walking along, whistling a song, bare foot and fancy free
A big riverboat, passing us by, she's headed for New Orleans
There she goes, disappearing around a bend
Roll on Mississippi, you make me feel like a child again
Cool river breeze, like peppermint leaves, the taste of it takes me back
Chewing on a straw, torn overalls, can't hold an old straw hat
Muddy river, just like a long lost friend
Roll on Mississippi, you make me feel like a child again
Roll on Mississippi, big river roll
You're the childhood dream, I grew up on
Roll on Mississippi, carry me home
Now I can see I've been away too long
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on
When the world's spinning round, too fast for me, I need a place to dream
So I come to your banks, I sit in your shade, and relive the memories
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Roll on Mississippi, you make me feel like a child again
Roll on Mississippi, big river roll
You're the childhood dream that I grew up on
Roll on Mississippi, carry me home
Now I can see I've been away too long
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on
Mississippi roll on
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on
You gave me every right to love you now you prefer that I leave you alone
You push me away from you and every time you do
You're giving me the right to do wrong
You don't seem to notice that I need you if you care at all it's never shown
Each time you wound my pride by pushing me aside
You're giving me the right to do wrong
By causing me to turn to nameless faces for a love that I can't find at home
By forcing me to look in other places you're giving me the right to do wrong
Perhaps the day will come when you want me
But you'll find the love I had for you is gone
Then while I'll live in shame you can share the blame
I had the world in my hand when you were in my arms
And our love seems to grow everyday
Then like a fool I wasn't true brought shame and hurt to you
Now the time has come for me to pay
Now the whole world is empty without you you're my life my dreams and my plans
I'll do anything to make it up to you and put back my ring on your hand
[ fiddle ]
There was a time I made you cry each time you said goodbye
And walked away leaving me all alone
I broke your heart hurt your pride and now you're not here by my side
Now I see I've done the same thing to me
A lesson too late for the learning
Made of sand, made of sand
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning
In your hand, in your hand
Are you going away with no word of farewell?
Will there be not a trace left behind?
Well, I could've loved you better didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind
As I walk alone my thoughts are tumbling
Round and round, round and round
Underneath our feet a subway's rumbling
Underground, underground
Are you going away?
You got reasons of plenty for going
This I know this I know
The weeds have been steadily growing
Please don't go please don't go
Are you going away?
Whenever I chance to meet some old friends on the street
They wonder how does a man get to be this way
I've always got a smilin' face any time and any place
And everytime they ask me why I just smile and say
You've got to kiss an angel good mornin'
And let her know you think about her when you're gone
Kiss an angel good mornin' and love her like a devil when you get back home
Well people may try to guess the secret of happiness
But some of them never learn it's a simple thing
The secret I'm speaking of is a woman and a man in love
And the answer is in the song that I always sing
You've got to kiss an angel good mornin'...
PLAY GUITAR PLAY
WRITER CONWAY TWITTY
C Play, guitar play.... Take me back.... to yes-terday... G Gm let me see... cotton growin'... in the fields.... C Let me hear... my momma callin'... "Look a yon-der y'all who's comin'! G F C Down the road, he's comin' home!".... but they know i never will. G F C I left them livin' with that awful thang i done.... G F G Gm I didn't tell them I just packed my clothes and run.... C Play... Guitar play... Help me through... another day. G Gm Help me make... another dollar... before I go....... C We got time... for one more song... then we'll have... to move along... G F C another town... another crowd... Lord I wonder if they know... G F C Can they read between the lines in my songs... G F G Gm as i sing about a good boy, that went wrong... F C Guitar we got years to kill... F C Got to climb that distant hill... F C I wonder if they think of me............ Guitar play....
There's a place just down the street for the lonesome
Where the sad and broken hearts come in
To pay a little Gypsy woman a dollar she'll tell me how to start a new life again
Goin' down to that place for the lonesome
Have my future read from the palm of my hand
Please tell me good news Gypsy woman that my sweet love's a comin' home again
God only knows of my big trouble I thought I had a true love a love that'll never end
Heaven only knows how much I miss her Gypsy woman say she's comin' home again
[ piano ]
When she left last night in walked sorrow with the pain so great I can hardly stand
Maybe there will be a brighter tomorrow Gypsy woman will she be home again
God only knows...
Pirogue Joe â Charley Pride
Down in Louisiana where the bayou blows
Lives a little man called Pirogue Joe
He wears a red shirt and a pole cat cap
And when he walks his gum boots flip flop flap
He's got a puppet on a string and a trick yo-yo
And a pup in his pocket called Tee Me Moe
He puts on a show everywhere he goes
That's why they love little Pirogue Joe
[musical interlude]
He's fast as a lightening quick as a cat
He can out run the best musk rat
He can make a pirogue go go go
That's why they call him Pirogue Joe
He's a happy go lucky son of a gun
He always has a lot of fun
He laughs and jokes everywhere he goes
That's why they love little Pirogue Joe
[musical interlude]
He's got a spot where he likes to go
The girls all dance with Pirogue Joe
He swings them high to a doe si doe
Down where they do the fain doe doe
Eats po'boy shrimp drinks strawberry wine
Dance all night have a good time
They all keep time to the fiddler's bow
That's why they love little Pirogue Joe
Tell me again how much you love me and that you're contented in these arms of mine
Tell me there's been no one else before me say you've only loved this way one time
Even if somebody else has kissed you say you've only known these lips of mine
Even if I'm not the first to hold you say you've only loved one time
[ steel ]
If you knew someone before I found you always keep it from this heart of mine
Never let it show when I'm around you say you've only loved this way one time
And when it's one on one she's a different kind of girl
In a lovin' kind of world where our own private day has just begun
And when it's one on one after all the daily grind
I'm the one thing on her mind when she whispers now it's one on one
She likes to have attentions and she gets it everywhere she ever goes
She loves crowds and noisy parties goin' out at night and wearin' sexy clothes
She's a lady every minute if she's working hard or out just having fun
But through it all I know she's thinking bout the time when it gets down to one on one
When other arms have held me close and new lips softly called my name
With all our goodbye's said and done you'll still be the one you'll still be the one
The night she tried with all her love to take away your memory
But when I wake up in her arms you'll still be the one you'll still be the one
You'll still be the one my crazy heart runs to
And it's unfair I know imagine she's you when I love her
Though time may bring her close to me it's not the same as loving you
And after all it's said and done you'll still be the one you'll still be the one
[ piano ]
You'll still be the one...
