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Songs: Visions of Dallas, Avoiding Mirrors, Trouble and Misery, Killers of the Flower Moon, Crystal Chandeliers and Burgundy, How Low Can You Go, Lonesome Feeling, Charlene, Loser's Lounge, 20-20 Vision, Loretta, Goodbye Holly, Visions Of Dallas, Intro, Midnight Run, Just a Heart, In the Corner, Over There That's Frank, Don't Tell Me That, Lesson In Depression, Mighty Lonesome Man, So Did I, Floor to Crawl, Slim's Lament, IN THE NIGHT, Baby 1-2-3, I Am Not Afraid, Look What You Done, I'm Workin', Silver Dagger, What's Made Milwaukee Famous, Cry for Me Baby, Ain't Got No Time to Lose, Out of Bad Luck, Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, After Laughter, Downtrodden Man, $10 Cowboy, America, Hard Luck & Circumstances, Good At Losing, Gettin' Tired Again, Spade, Diamond In The Rough, Ain't Done Losing Yet, Solitary Road, City of Roses, Lead The Way, Midnight Cowboy, Make Way for a Better Man, I Feel For You, Lonely in Person, Diamond Joe, Where Have All the Honest People Gone, Home Motel, Jukebox Charley, I Hope It Rains at My Funeral, Heartbreak Affair, Battle with the Bottle, Out of Control, Six Foot Under, Same Old Situation, Between My House and Town, Honest Fight, I Need Your Love, The World Just Broke My Heart, Are We Lonesome Yet, This Foolish Game, Round This World, Music City USA, Just So You Know, Lies and Regret, I Won't Cry, Smoky, Muddy Water, 518, Only Game in Town, Hanger On, Skip a Rope, I Wanna Cry, The Sky'd Become Teardrops, Ain't Gotta Worry Child, How Long Will I Last, If Not the Fool, Help Me Georgia, Lonesome as a Shadow, Sad & Blue, Lil' Girls Name, Oh so Shaky, Goin' Back to Texas, Change Yo' Mind, Night Train to Memphis, Jamestown Ferry, I Saw the Light, Honky Tonk Blues, Just a Drink Away, Ramblin Man, You Must Be Drunk Again, I Ain't Never, The Lost Highway, Am I That Easy to Forget, Honky Tonk Man, You're Still on My Mind, I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living, Brothers of a Bottle, Honky Tonkin, I Cast A Lonesome Shadow, The Man from Waco Theme, Cowboy Candy, Time of the Cottonwood Trees, Just Like Honey, I'm Just a Clown, Black Sedan, The Man from Waco, Trinity River, Tom Turkey, Odessa, All the Way from Atlanta, Horse Thief Mesa, July Jackson, The Man From Waco Finale, Name on a Billboard, Last Night at the Alamo, Country Music, Albuquerque Lights, Honky Tonk Philosophy, One Eyed Jack, I Ain't Riding Anymore, Eagle and the Crow, Clovis, Waylon Rides Again, Image of a Woman, Top Hand, The Hallelujah Trail, Don't Take Your Guns to Town, Cold Hearted Woman, March Wind's Gonna Blow My Blues All Away, A Stolen Jewel, Drivin' Nails In My Coffin, Trinity River, Whiteman's Interlude, What The Preacher Say, Juanita, I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday, I Ain't From Memphis, Walkin' The Floor Over You, Cold Water, Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, TRINITY RIVER, Welcome To Hard Times, Run Horse Run, Don't Cry, Tennessee Special, Fool Somebody Else, Lily My Dear, Wreck Me, Heads You Win, Rainin' in My Heart, Paint It Blue, Blackjack County Chain, The Man That Time Forgot, The Poplar Tree, Here Am I, That's How I Got to Memphis, It's a Man Down There, Travelin' Blues, Good Time Charley's Got The Blues, Trouble Blues, The Race is On, Burn Another Honky Tonk Down, Lots of Luck, Servant of Love, Bright Lights Big City, A Dime at a Time, T-Bone Shuffle, Saturday Satan Sunday Saint, Lead Me On, Borrowed Time, - "The Valley", 5 More Miles, Big Gold Mine, 10,000 Acres, The Way I'm Livin' (Santa Rosa), 7 Come 11, If Not the Fool, Excuse Me, It's Nothing to Me, Maybelle, 9 Lb Hammer, River of Sorrow, Change Yo' Mind, Motel Time Again, Lonesome Drifter, Game I Can’t Win, Jamestown Ferry, Easy Money, Under Neon Lights, This Crazy Life, The Death of Bill Bailey, Never No More, Life Of A Country Singer, One Trick Pony, Night Rider, Amarillo By Morning, Life and Times of Billy McLane (Theme I), Lonesome Dove, Rancho Deluxe (Main Theme), My Last Drink of Wine, Fastest Gun Alive, Diamond Belle (Country Boy), I Shot Jesse James, Life & Times of Billy McLane (Theme II), Crazy Woman Ridge, Remembering Pat, Sweet Mother Texas, Kentucky Too Long, Border Winds, Rancho Deluxe (End Theme), Billy McLane, Life & Times of Billy McLane (Theme III), Powder River, Low Down Freedom, Me & Shooter, Cover My Trail Tonight, Dollar A Day, Crucified Son, Woman In A Bar, Ain't That Right, Lone Star, El Paso to Denver, Santa Fe Ring, Age Of The Ram (Theme), I Stay Ready, All Around Cowboy, Tennessee Quick Cash, Die With My Dreams On, Ballad Of A Lonesome Drifter, Destroyed, Alamosa
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Cold hearted woman She been keepin' me down Cold hearted woman I don't even know why I stick around You know I tried to save us She gonna be alone 'til the day she dies I'm gonna pack me a suitcase Get up out this town I'm gonna get me a suitcase, honey Get up out this town You've done so much messin' around I got to leave now She's just a cold hearted woman She been keepin' me down Cold hearted woman I don't even know why I stick around You know I tried to save us She gonna be alone 'til the day she dies Wake up in the morning, darling Find yourself there Wake up in the morning, honey You might find yourself there You know you look in the mirror And cry all my weepin' here She's just a cold hearted woman She been keepin' me down Cold hearted woman I don't even know why I stick around You know I tried to save us She gonna be alone 'til the day she dies Go on and get it, honey Go on and get it, honey Go on and get it for me Go on and get it, honey Go on and get it, honey Give me something to see
Sun going to shine in my back door some day Sun going to shine in my back door some day Sun going to shine in my back door some day March wind's going to blow my blues all away Low down foreman, dirty engineer Low down foreman, dirty engineer Low down foreman, dirty engineer Stole my baby, left me standing here Sun going to shine in my back door some day Sun going to shine in my back door some day Sun going to shine in my back door some day March wind's going to blow my blues all away My mama told me many years ago Never to marry no girl that you know Spend all your money and wear out your clothes What will become of you? God only knows Sun going to shine in my back door some day Sun going to shine in my back door some day Sun going to shine in my back door some day March wind's going to blow my blues all away
Whiteman is tradin' land and gems Goin' down that river again He's goin' down Whiteman is takin' everything he can Though he doesn't know it and He's goin' down He goin' down, down, down, down, down He goin' down that lonesome river again He goin' down, down, down, down, down Goin' down that river again Whiteman ain't got himself a disease Takin' everything he please Yeah, he's goin' down White man ain't got himself no friends He'll use you to the end Yeah, he's goin down He goin' down, down, down, down, down He goin' down that lonesome river again He goin' down, down, down, down, down Goin' down that river again He goin' down, down, down, down, down He goin' down that lonesome river again He goin' down, down, down, down, down Goin' down that river again Whiteman is tradin' land and gems Goin' down that river again He's goin' down Whiteman is takin' everything he can Though he doesn't know it and He's goin' down He goin' down that lonesome river again He goin' down that lonesome river again He goin' down that river that never ends
One, two, three, four My sweetheart, she's gone and I'm so lonesome She said that she and I were through So I started out drinking for pastime Drivin' nails in my coffin over you I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin Every time I drink me bottle of booze I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin Honey, drivin' them nails over you Ever since the day that we parted I've been so sad and so blue I'm always thinkin' about your love And I just can't quit drinkin' that old booze I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin Every time I drink me bottle of booze I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin Done drivin' them nails over you I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin Every time I drink me bottle of booze I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin Honey, drivin' them nails over you I'm just drivin' nails I'm just drivin' nails I'm just drivin' nails into my coffin Honey, drivin' them nails over you
Trinity River, such a dirty little river But that don't bother me Dirty little river sure to get me clean Trinity River And it flow because I cry Sure to keep me honest with everybody tellin' lies Damp scent of evening hung everywhere And gamblers turn they cards Drinkin' on that whiskey hard The damp scent of evening flows all through my head I had the sweetest dream I was floatin' in the river dead Trinity River, such a dirty little river But that don't bother me Dirty little river sure to get me clean Trinity River And it flow because I cry Sure to keep you honest, even though you're tellin' lies In this river city Nothin' ever lasts Beside the lonesome blues Steady starin' back at you In this river city Of one thing you can be sure No matter what you got to give Believe me you gonna give some more Trinity River, such a dirty little river But that don't bother me Dirty little river sure to wash me clean Trinity River And it flow because I cry Sure to keep me honest 'cause everybody tellin' lies Trinity River, muddy water risin' up Trinity River, could never drown me fast enough Trinity River And it flow because I cry Sure to keep you honest even though you're sellin' lies
Mama don't mind what the preacher say No, Mama ain't tryna hear it Mama don't mind what the preacher say No, Mama ain't tryna hear it Mama don't mind what the preacher say Shake it for me pretty, honey, one more time Shake it for me baby, shake it Shake it for me pretty, darlin', one more time Shake it for me baby, shake it Shake it for me pretty mama, one more time I stole all the money from the local five and dine I stole all the money from the local five and dine I stole all the money and I sure had a good time Oh, Mama don't mind what the preacher say No, Mama ain't tryna hear it Mama don't mind what the preacher say No, Mama ain't tryna hear it Mama don't mind what the preacher say Mama don't mind what the preacher say No, Mama ain't tryna hear it Mama don't mind what the preacher say No, Mama ain't tryna hear it Mama don't mind what the preacher say I stole all the money from the local five and dine I stole all the money from the local five and dine I stole all the money and I sure had a good time Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it Shake, shake, shake Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it Shake, shake, shake Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it for me now
"No affection" were the words stuck on my mind When she walked out on me for the very last time Oh Mama, sweet Mama Can you tell me what to say? I don't know what I done to be treated this way In a cold dirty room That's where I find myself With a bottle of wine and some pills from the shelf Oh Mama, sweet Mama Can you tell me what to say? I don't know what I done, but I sure feel ashamed Then an angel appeared She was just 17 In a dirty old gown With a conscience so clean Oh Mama, sweet Mama Can you tell me what to say? She done brought back the life that I once threw away She brought back the life that I once threw away
I went down to New Orleans Lookin' for a friend I went down to New Orleans Lookin' for a friend I went down to New Orleans Didn't I come back up again? I ain't from Memphis, honey I ain't from Nashville, Tennessee Ain't from Alabama And I ain't tryin' to be No ma'am, I'm from Texas And the blues run deep in me Oo-wee Oo-wee Taxi done me wrong, it's just that she don't agree I ain't from Memphis, honey I ain't from Nashville, Tennessee Ain't from Alabama And I ain't tryin' to be No ma'am, I'm from Texas And the blues run deep in me And I cry like this Oo-wee Oo-wee Taxi done me wrong, it's just that she don't agree Oo-wee Oo-wee Taxi done me wrong, it's just that she don't agree
Walkin' the floor over you I can't sleep at night, little woman, It's true I'm hopin', I'm prayin' My heart just break in two You got me walkin' the floor over you Darlin' you know I love you well Loved you more than I could ever tell And I thought that you wanted me And always would be mine But all you done is left me here Trouble on my mind Walkin' the floor over you I can't sleep at night, little woman, it's true Now, I'm hopin', I'm prayin' My heart just break in two You got me walkin' the floor over you You left me and then you went away Said that you'd be back in just a day I'm hopin', I'm prayin' My heart just break in two Walkin' the floor over you Walkin' the floor over you I can't sleep at night, little woman, it's true I'm hopin', I'm prayin' My heart just break in two You got me walkin' the floor over you Someday you might get lonesome too Walkin' on the floor is good for you Now you just keep on walkin' It won't hurt too much to cry Remember that I love you honey I'ma love you 'til I die Walkin' the floor over you I can't sleep at night, little woman, it's true I'm hopin', I'm prayin' My heart just break in two You got me walkin' the floor over you Walkin' the floor over you I can't sleep at night, little woman, it's true I'm hopin', I'm prayin' My heart just break in two You got me walkin' the floor over you You got me walkin' the floor over you You got me walkin' the floor over you
Baby, one, two, three Ain't gonna get what you want from me Yeah, it's all right Little girl, I don't mind You can't know me, woman, but you sure can take up all my time Darling, move over again Don't matter what I do, I just can't win No, I don't see What the girl want me to be I've listened to you, baby, but you're never gon' listen to me Mama went down to the riverside Down to the show Mama went down to the riverside Down to the show After that she never came around no more Mama went down to the riverside Down to the show Mama went down to the riverside Down to the show After that she never came around no more Honey, one, two, three Darling, must be me Honey, one more time Baby, let it shine I've listened to you, darling, but you're never gon' listen I've listened to you, sugar, but you're never gon' listen I've listened to you, darling, but you're never gon' listen to me
Now darlin' I am not afraid to Not afraid to love you I am not afraid And sugar Honey pie Ain't gonna hurt you Or let you down Oh, I know I got to be stronger Oh lil' girl, I will never do you wrong Oh honey Just tell me you need me And I will be better For having you by my side And one last thing you can do for me Just before you go Look into my eyes and see this love So that you'll always know And darlin' Sugar pie Ain't gonna hurt you Or let you down And darlin' I am unafraid to Not afraid to love you I am not afraid Oh, I know I got to be stronger Oh lil' girl, I will never do you wrong So darlin' Just tell me you need me And I will be better For having you by my side And sugar I am not afraid to Not afraid to love you I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid I am not afraid
Look what you done to me since you been on your spree You better start thinkin', baby, thinkin' carefully And when you change your mind, I'm sure you still gon' find Oh baby, look what you done to me Look what you done to me, you gone and set me free And now I'm hurting, honey, hurting endlessly And when you change your mind, I'm sure you still gon' find Oh darling, look what you done to me You made me lose my sleep, you made me blue Never would make me cry if you'd be too Look what you done to me since you been on your spree You better start thinkin', baby, thinkin' carefully And I just hope and pray that you'd be back someday Oh baby, look what you done to me Oh baby, look what you done to me Oh baby, look what you done to me
I was born in south Texas Didn't have a dollar to our name My poppa left my momma there To pick cotton and cut down sugarcane She had to work like a slave, all day So I might have better Spend my time in them sunshine ray I'm workin' Baby, I'm workin' Ooh daddy, I'm workin' Yes momma, I'm workin' Ooh brother, I'm workin' for you Wanna know if it's worth it, or true I just want better And I'm about to break on through Baby, I'm workin' Might not mean a thing to you These places that I'd like to go But the things that I'm looking for Just ain't around no more My uncle was a gambling man Way down in New Orleans There let me run them streets Baby, now I do my thing Honey, I'm workin' And baby, I'm workin' Sugar, I'm workin' Sister, I'm workin' Ooh brother, I'm workin' for you Wanna know if it's worth it, it's true I just want better Tell me what else can I do? Baby, I'm workin' Sugar, I'm workin' Darlin', I'm workin' Ooh baby, I am workin' Yeah, darlin' I am workin'
Last time, she come down She spread her lovin' all over this town They say she carry, carry silver dagger Lady never stagger to cut me down Oh no, help me darlin', please You see me 'round here, in the night, on my knees You take me down, now my smile a frown Doubt I'll ever get out Last time, she come down She spread her lovin' all over this town They say she carry, carry silver dagger Lady never stagger to cut me down Oh no, how am I gon' make it through? All these thing I fall victim of because of you She take me under, ooh, my heart got plundered Girl got me bleeding through the sink Last time, she come down She spread her lovin' all over this town They say she carry, carry silver dagger Lady never stagger to cut me down Last time, she come down She spread her lovin' all over this town Lady with the silver dagger got me now She so evil She so evil She so evil, evil Evil
It's late, and she's waitin' And I know I should go home But every time I start to leave They play another song Someone buys another round And wherever drinks are free What's made Milwaukee famous Has made a fool out of me Baby begged me not to go So many times before She said that love and happiness Just can't live behind them two swingin' doors but Now she's gone and, I'm to blame Too late, I finally see What's made Milwaukee famous Has made a fool out of me Baby's begged me not to go So many times before She said that love and happiness Just can't live behind them two swingin' doors but Now she's gone, and I'm to blame Too late, I finally see What's made Milwaukee famous Has made a fool out of me What's made Milwaukee famous Has made a fool out of me
Well, I've cried so much for you Baby, that's nothing new Well, I've cried so much for you Sugar, that's nothing new Well, I wish I had a dollar For all the times I've cried for you Almost every night I cry myself to sleep Everybody else so happy I just weep, weep, weep Oh, from the tears, tears, tears Why won't they let me be? Lord, I wish just once You'd cry for me Now why do I remember? How can I forget? I wake up every morning And my pillow is soaking wet From these tears, tears, tears Why won't they let me be? Lord, I wish just once You'd cry for me Now where were you last night? I cried all night long The only way you do me, honey Is wrong, wrong, wrong From these tears, tears, tears Why won't they let me be? Lord, I wish just once You'd cry for me Go ahead and cry for me, momma
I ain't got no time to lose I ain't got no time to lose I ain't got no time to lose, baby, baby I ain't got no time to spare That don't mean you got to care But I ain't got no time to lose, baby Listen if you care to know The way that this story goes Underneath these stars That just refuse to shine for me I ain't got no time to lose All I got these days are blues I ain't got no time to lose, baby I ain't got no time to be evil And I ain't got no time To be deceivin' all these people No, I ain't got no time to spare That don't mean you got to care But I ain't got no time to lose, baby I ain't got no time to be evil And I ain't got no time To be deceivin' all these people No, I ain't got no time to spare That don't mean you got to care But I ain't got no time to lose, baby I ain't got no time to lose I ain't got no time to lose I ain't got no time to lose, baby, baby I ain't got no time to lose All I got these days are blues I ain't got no time to lose, baby
I've been down so long, and I'm on my way up again I've been down so long, and I'm on my way up again When I reach the top it's time, baby Oh, oh, you'll want to be my friend I give you all of my money, all my loving and everything I give you all of my money, all my loving and everything But you gone on and left me Oh, oh for another man Now I'm so sad I've been walking from town to town I ain't got no food to eat You can see I've been struggling I ain't got no shoes on my feet I've been down so long that I'm on my way up again When I reach the top this time, baby Oh, oh you'll want to be my friend
Wasted days and wasted nights I done had you on my mind Now you don't belong to me You belong to someone else Why should I keep loving you? When I know that you're not true Why should I call out your name When you're to blame for making me blue? Don't you remember the day that You went away and left me here? I was so lonely then you were my only friend Wasted days and wasted nights I done had you on my mind Now you don't belong to me You belong to someone else Why should I keep loving you? When I know that you're not true Why should I call out your name When you're to blame for making me blue? Don't you remember the day that You went away and left me here? I was so lonely then you were my only friend Wasted days and wasted nights I done had you on my mind Now you don't belong to me You belong to someone else
After laughter come tears Baby, baby After, oh, laughter, there'll be tears When you're in love Honey, you happy, oh, and When you're in arms Sugar, you gazin' But this doesn't last always After laughter come tears Baby, baby After, oh, laughter Oh, oh, oh My friends all say "Don't try to hold it in" But I can't let that lady know how I feel Maybe I'll hold it in for a long year They keep saying After laughter come tears Baby, baby After, oh, laughter Oh, oh, oh I'll try to hide, hide my sorrow I wonder, can I hold back these tears 'til tomorrow? Maybe I'll hold them in for a long year They keep saying After laughter come tears Baby, baby After, oh, laughter Oh, oh, oh
I ain't got nobody to help me when I'm ill I ain't got nobody to walk me up this hill If I had a secret that you could understand Maybe I wouldn't be such a downtrodden man Heavy handed work Steadily been keeping me down Heavy handed world Don't want me around I ain't got nobody, to help me down this road I ain't got nobody, to tell me which way to go If I had a secret that you could understand Maybe I wouldn't be such a downtrodden man Heavy handed work Steadily been keeping me down Heavy handed world Don't want me around I do believe that if I had wings I'd still be lonesome Though I fly the river high, fly that river high Never sold a lie I ain't got nobody to help me when I'm ill I ain't got nobody to walk me up this hill If I had a secret that you could understand Maybe I wouldn't be such a downtrodden man
Take the night train to Memphis Night train to Memphis When you arrive at the station I'll be right there to meet ya Right there to greet ya Won't you accept my invitation? Hallelujah, hallelujah We'll be singin' hallelujah all the way Sure do have us a jubilee Way down in Memphis, Tennessee We'll be singin' hallelujah all the way Hallelujah, hallelujah We'll be singin' hallelujah all the way Sure do have us a jubilee Way down in Memphis, Tennessee We'll be singin' hallelujah all the way Hallelujah, hallelujah We'll be singin' hallelujah all the way Sure do have us a jubilee Way down in Memphis, Tennessee We'll be singin' hallelujah all the way We'll be singin' hallelujah all the way
She just caught the Jamestown Ferry It's not a hot day in January Like she said it'd be if she ever left me A case of gone was all she carried As she got on the Jamestown Ferry And she said that gone was all she'd ever be I didn't think that she'd leave me After sayin' how much she needs me But the fact still remains I'm sittin' here all alone Missin' the lovin' of my baby Lord, it's about to drive me crazy She was the sweetest piece of Heaven I've ever known She just caught the Jamestown Ferry It's not a hot day in January Like she said it'd be if she ever left me A case of gone was all she carried As she got on the Jamestown Ferry And she said that gone was all she'd ever be As I walk through that valley Of honkytonks and bars I remember how she'd hold me And comfort me with talk She didn't cuss with every breath She had a soothing southern drawl Made me feel like a man through it all She just caught the Jamestown Ferry It's not a hot day in January Like she said it'd be if she ever left me
I wandered so aimless life filed with sin I wouldn't let my dear savior in Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night Praise the Lord I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw the light Just like a blind man I wandered along Worries and fears I claimed for my own Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight Praise the Lord I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw the light I was a fool to wander and stray Straight is the gate and narrow's the way Now I have traded the wrong for the right Praise the Lord I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw the light
Well, I left my home down on the rural route Told my baby I'll been steppin' out To catch the honky tonk blues Yeah, the honky tonk blues Good Lord, I've got 'em I've got the honky tonk blues Well, I stopped into every joint in town City life has surely got me down I got these honky tonk blues The honky tonk blues Well, Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues Well, I went to a dance and I wore out my shoes Woke up this mornin', it were more bad news I got the honky tonk blues The honky tonk blues Good Lord, I've got 'em I've got the honky tonk blues I'm gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm And scat right back to my pappy's farm And lose these honky tonk blues Yeah, the honky tonk blues Good Lord, I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues
See that girl by the bar She just took my house and car And the little ones that meant the world to me She gets wilder day by day Now she's just a drink away Just a drink away from anyone but me So step up to the bar Make no difference who you are You'll be welcomed just as long as she can see That she's tearing out my heart Like she planned it from the start She's just a drink away from anyone but me I tried so hard to leave this town But it seems I'm tied and bound To a love that somehow just won't set me free Yes, I miss my baby so, and I pray they'll never know She's just a drink away from anyone but me If the judge could only see what she does to punish me I wonder how he'd feel about her now Would he still think that she's right If he could see her here each night? She's just a drink away from anyone but me She's just a drink away from anyone but me
I can settle down and be doin' just fine 'Til I hear an old freight rollin' down the line Then I hurry straight home and pack And if I didn't go, believe I'd blow my stack I love you baby, but you gotta understand When the Lord made me, He made a Ramblin' Man Some folks might say that I'm no good That I wouldn't settle down if I could Well, when that open road starts to callin' me There's somethin' over that hill I just got to see Sometime it's hard but you gotta understand When the Lord made me, He made a Ramblin' Man I love to see the towns a-passin' by And to ride these rails 'neath God's blue sky Let me travel this land from the mountains to the sea 'Cause that's the life I believe He meant for me And when I'm gone and at my grave, you stand Just say God's called home your Ramblin' Man
Don't you know it's 3 a.m.? No, I'm not sleeping Oh, not anymore, my friend You must be drunk again You say that I'm on your mind And have been for quite some time So tell me, where have you been? You must be drunk again You must be drunk again Three sheets to the wind Or you'd never be calling You must be drunk again Is the last open place in town Finally closing down? Have you run out of friends? You must be drunk again You must be drunk again Three sheets to the wind Or you'd never be calling You must be drunk again You must be drunk again No, I don't want to talk anymore Gotta get back to walking the floor You must be drunk again
Well I ain't never, whoa darlin', seen nobody like you No, no, no, never have I ever Seen nobody like you Well, you call me up Say meet me at nine I got to hurry, hurry, but I'm there on time I, I walk right up and knock on your door The landlord says, "Ain't here no more" I ain't never, oh darlin', seen nobody like you No, no, but I want you, and I need you Yeah, I love you just the same Well, you tell me sweet things that you don't mean You've got me livin' in a haunted dream You make me do things I don't wanna do My friends say, "Charley, what's wrong with you?" I ain't never, oh darlin', seen nobody like you No, no, but I want you, and I need you I love you just the same Yeah, I love you just the same Love you just the same, yeah
I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost For a life of sin, I've paid the cost When I pass by, all the people say "Just another soul on the lost highway" Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine And a pack of lies make a life like mine On the day we met, I went astray Started rollin' down that lost highway I was just a boy, nearly 22 Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you And now I'm lost, too late to pray Already paid the cost on the lost highway Now, boys don't start your ramblin' 'round On the road of sin or you're sorrow bound Take my advice or you'll curse the day You started rollin' down that lost highway
They say you've found somebody new But that won't stop my loving you I just can't let you walk away Forget the love I had for you Guess I could find somebody too But that won't stop my loving you How can you leave without regret? Am I that easy to forget? Before you leave, be sure you find You want his love much more than mine And I'll just say we've never met If I'm that easy to forget Before you leave be sure you find You want his love much more than mine And I'll just say we've never met If I'm that easy to forget
Ever since you left me, I've done nothing but wrong Many nights, I lie awake and cried We once were happy, my heart lay in your hand But now I'm a honky tonk man So turn that jukebox way up high And fill my glass up while I cry I've lost everything in this land And now, I'm a honky tonk man I just can't make a right with all of my wrongs Every evening of my life seems so long I'm sorry and ashamed for all the games I've played Losing you done made a fool of me So fill my glass up for me, sir To lose my memory of her I've lost everything in this land And now, I'm a honky tonk man
The jukebox is playing A honky tonk song One more, I keep saying And then I'll go home What good would it do me? I know what I'll find An empty bottle of broken hearts And you're still on my mind The people are laughing And having their fun While I sit here crying Over what you have done My pockets are empty My last drink of wine An empty bottle of broken hearts And you're still on my mind Alone and forsaken So blue, I could die I just sit here drinking 'Til the bottle runs dry To try and forget you I turn to the wine An empty bottle of broken hearts And you're still on my mind
I just don't like this kind of livin' I'm tired of doin' all the givin' I give my all and sit and yearn And get no lovin' in return And I just don't like this kind of livin' Why do we stay together We always fuss and fight You ain't never known to be wrong I ain't never been right Tell me where you think we're goin' 'Cause I ain't got no way of knowin' When things go wrong, you go your way You leave me here, to pay and pay And I just don't like this kind of livin' I just don't like the things you're doin' Your evil heart will be your ruin When things start runnin' smooth and free You haul right off and you pick on me And I just don't like this kind of livin' It is said the road of love is long Rocky and it's rough But if this road don't start to get smooth I've traveled it long enough Why don't you act a little older And get that chip off of your shoulder I've told you once, I'm tell you twice You better start to treat me nice 'Cause I just don't like this kind of livin'
Bartender, come over here I'd like to buy this next round of beer Boys, pick your pose and don't nobody pass We're all brothers of a bottle and glass The best ol' moment that I've ever known When she told me that she'd be my home The bluest of blue there ever could be When she told me she loved someone better than me Bartender, come over here I'd like to buy this next round of beer Boys, pick your pose and don't nobody pass We're all brothers of a bottle and glass I once had a buddy fine as could be We trusted each other completely, you see Then I betrayed him, just like the rest Nothin' but a dollar could make you do that Bartender, come over here I'd like to buy this next round of beer Boys, pick your pose and don't nobody pass We're all brothers of a bottle and glass When God made man, I guess he made him sad None are all good and none are all bad Then they made money, they cheat and deceive Now we're all slaves who think that we're free
When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go Just call me up, sweet baby, and bring along some dough And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin' Honky tonkin', honey baby We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town When you and your baby, have a fallin' out Just call me up sweet mama, and we'll go steppin' out And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin' Honky tonkin', honey baby We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town We're goin' to the city, to the city fair If you go to the city, then you will find me there And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin' Honky tonkin', honey baby We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin' Honky tonkin', honey baby We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town
Every evening when the sun goes down, I sit here in my room And the lamplight shining on me, projects my lonely gloom My counterpart in agony mocks each tear that falls And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls He's always by my side at night no matter where I go He lurks out in the darkness or in the neon's glow He follows me across the steps and up and down the halls And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls I sit and watch the candle and the flicker of the flame My writhing shadow twists and turns as though it is in pain I'm trying to escape the memory my heart recalls And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls The image of a love I lost, and all the things I'd planned Are as empty as the bottle that I hold in my hand My soul is buried in the depths of love and life's pitfalls Still I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls
We was headed down to Texas It's the land that I love It's the only place I'm ever Ever thinkin' of I wanna cry Cry darlin' Ooh I wanna cry And cry And cry For you darlin' Them five block crane was fallin' As the sun sank on down Ain't it such a pretty color? On this lonesome town I wanna cry Cry darlin' Ooh I wanna cry And cry And cry For you darlin' Down in Port Arthur I will land myself there It gave me the feeling That'll do me in Well, I wanna cry Cry darlin' Ooh I wanna cry And cry And cry And cry And cry For you darlin'
Call me up, darling I'll be there in a hurry Ain't got to worry, child Not for long Gotta get myself together I know there's a way Through all of the darkness Building up on me Still I gotta wonder How it's gonna go I been out driftin' On a endless road Call me up, darling I'll be there in a hurry You ain't got to worry, child Not for long Call me up, darling I'll be there in a hurry You ain't got to worry, child Not for long Hold me, little honey Hold me one more time You know that I need you Got to make you mine Tell me what you need, dear And I'll make it so You're the one I wanted Just like you should know Call me up, darling I'll be there in a hurry Ain't got to worry, child Not for long Call me up, darling I'll be there in a hurry You ain't got to worry, child Not for long Ooh baby, it will sure feel good To know I had your love and I will understood 'Cause love I have for you it ain't gonna ever die You can't escape me, my, I would even die Call me up, darling I'll be there in a hurry You ain't got to worry, child Not for long Call me up, darling I'll be there in a hurry You ain't got to worry, child Not for long Call me up, darling And I'll be there in a hurry You ain't got to worry, child Not for long Call me up, darling I'll be there in a hurry You ain't got to worry, child Not for long
Darling, how long, how long will I last? Oh, darling how long, how long will I last? Ain't got no future, I ain't got no past This people just continue to stare and glare This people just continue to stare and glare Now I know they're smiling, that don't make them my fans Nobody want me around Time to be leaving this headed-up town All I got's my past, how long will I last? People only say what you want to hear these days People only say what you want to hear these days Now you ain't got to put up with them, people got wicked, wicked way Nobody want me around Think I'll be leaving this headed-up town All I got's my past, how long will I last? How long will I last? How long will I last?
Who am I now If not the fool Keep on playin' these games Where you make all the rules What is my name Who have I to blame For losin' you Who am I now If not the fool Did you have fun lil' girl Breakin' my heart Does it make you feel better Tearin' me apart Where should I go The only thing I know Is lovin' you Who am I now If not the fool Oh, and darlin I'm so tired So tired of bein' alone Yes, and sweetheart I ain't sure I Can make it on my own Who am I now If not the fool Just keep playin' her game Where she makes all the rules Where should I go The only thing I know Is lovin' you Who am I now If not the fool Oh, and darlin I'm so tired So tired of being alone Yes, and sweetheart I ain't sure I Can make it on my own Who am I now If not the fool Keep on playin' these games Where you make all the rules What is my name Who have I to blame For losin' you Who am I now If not the fool
Would you help me, Georgia? Would you help me out? Would you help me, sweet Georgia o' mine? No, I can't do it myself Down in Louisiana The river opened up wide Down in Louisiana, honey That's where I'm keeping my pride Would you help me, Georgia? Would you help me out? Would you help me, sweet Georgia o' mine? No, I can't do it myself All the time I was weary All the days I've been down All that time I was walking alone But I can't do it myself Would you help me, Georgia? Would you help me out? Would you help me, sweet Georgia o' mine? No, I can't do it myself Would you help me, Georgia? My sweet Georgia o' mine? Would you help me Georgia, please? You know that I can't do it myself No, I can't do it myself No, I can't do it myself No, I can't do it myself No, I can't do it myself No, I can't do it myself No, I can't do it myself No, I can't...
I come from deep country Underneath the setting sun Rollin' down a long highway That's where this begun Instead of wonderin' where you are I just stand behind this guitar I'm as lonesome as a shadow I'm as lonesome as a leaf Steady fallin' down off the tree Just as tired as the train That carried my baby away again Well I come from the gulf Where even Houston is way up north I'm as lonesome as a shadow I was down in Texas, baby Where the paper, paper crow flies I was down in Texas With Louisiana always on my mind I was out in Arkansas But I can't tell ya just what I saw I'm as lonesome as a shadow I'm as lonesome as a leaf Steady fallin' down off the tree Just as sad as the train That carried my baby away again Oh goodbye, woe is me Bound for Georgia outta' Tennessee I'm as lonesome, just as lonesome Just as lonesome as a shadow
Here we go, darling, on this caravan Only thing real to me: music If you couldn't tell Yeah, got to be, got to be, got to be better Feel it now, feel it now, movin' up or I'm so sad and blue So sad and blue I'm so sad and blue So sad, so sad, so sad So sad and blue I'm growing tired of this refugee thing And I'm growing weary earning only imaginary things Find any easier to slip into illusion now Got to get myself out of here Anyway, I don't get how I'm so sad and blue So sad and blue I'm so sad and blue So sad, so sad, so sad So sad and blue When I was in Memphis That part I was fighting I was looking for something Felt like I was nothing Won't you be my friend, ah Give up, no, we'll try to think, ah I've been losing sleep, thinkin' all I do is this I'm so sad and blue So sad and blue I'm so sad and blue So sad, so sad, so sad So sad and blue
That little girl, she's been wearing me out I know you know what I'm talking about The things she's doing got me acting so strange but I still wanna know the lil' girl's name, yeah I'm coming in from a storm outside And I've been gone for more than a while 'Cause, pretty baby, you're the one that I need Give me all your loving, it's the only thing we breathe, yeah Little girl, you gon' hurt yourself I need you, darling, and nobody else This whole thing's getting out of hand Still, I'm gon' do the best that I can for you, uh That little girl, she was wearing me out I'm sure you know what I'm talking about The things she did had me acting so strange, I Wish I never knew that lil' girl's name Lil' girl's name They got me acting so strange, uh The lil' girl's name Lil' girl's name Lil' girl's name
I was a hustler You know I was a gambler I had a woman I couldn't handle Ain't no common thief Yeah, sugar got get some relief Before we get in my head I wake up in the morning dead Oh, so shakey now So tired of feeling broken now Looks like I lost it You know I lost it I'm a black knight Baby I'm falling lean It's such a cold world They got us livin' in dreams I'm just a black knight driver Much more than a survivor Take a look in my eyes I bet you'd be surprised Oh, so shakey now So tired of feeling broken now Looks like I lost it I must have I lost it And, oh so shakey now Can't you see I'm broken now Looks like I lost it Looks like I lost the way Looks like I lost the way Looks like I lost the way Oh, so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now (looks like I lost it) Oh so, oh so shakey now (looks like I lost it) Oh so, oh so shakey now (looks like I lost it) Oh so, oh so shakey now (looks like I lost the way) Oh so, oh so shakey now (looks like I lost it) Oh so, oh so shakey now (looks like I lost it) Oh so, oh so shakey now (looks like I lost it) Oh so, oh so shakey now (oh so shakey now) Oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now (looks like I lost it) Looks like I lost it, oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now Oh so, oh so shakey now
Well tell me mama a what's a goin' on Tell me darling a what's a goin' on I'm goin' back to Texas, Texas is my home I'd stay round here but I believe it's much too rough I'd stay round here but I believe it's much too rough I'm goin' back to Texas I believe I've had enough I know you don't want me, at least not like you're sayin' I know you don't need me, at least not like you say I'm goin' back to Texas I'm already on my way What I don't wanna do better run and get me three What I don't wanna do better run and get ya' three Then I spring from the penitentiary If you see me runnin' Something going on bad If you see me runnin' Something going on bad I'm running back to Texas talkin' bout' the time I had Well tell me mama what's a matter now Got to tell me darling a what's a matter now I'm running back to Texas I don't need you anyhow
I've been walking in the morning honey I've been out there in the pouring rain Wish there was something I could do or say To make you change your mind and stay To make you change your mind and stay There's a river and it's wide and deep Many secrets it's been known to keep Wish there was something I could do or say To make you change your mind and stay To make you change your mind and stay The yellow girl with the diamond eyes And silver ribbon, she is quite the prize Wish there was something she would do or say To make me change my mind and stay To make me change my mind and stay It's such a very long and winding road Ain't got a clue where it's headed, oh Wish there was something I could do or say To make you change your mind and stay To make you change your mind and stay To make you change your mind and stay
Here am I all alone again Here am I all alone again Let's have a ball this loneliness will end Lonesome, Lonesome Oh I wonder why I just don't understand goodness knows I have tried Maybe baby I give my time to you Maybe baby I give my time to you Let's have a ball I got a dollar or two
Got me up here baby, On this second floor Now you tell me darlin that you don't want me no more Uh ah baby, I ain't walking out your door Cause it's a man down there, baby your man, I don't know I've been knowing you baby since you were a child Now you all grown up little girl got them running wild Girl I ain't walking out your door It's a man down there, maybe your I don't know Play awhile man Things you doing lady just don't make no sense Got me up here darlin' just to pay your rent But Uh Ah baby, girl I ain't walking out your door Cause there's a man down there, Maybe your man, I don't know Your man I don't know Maybe your man I don't know
I've been telling baby I ain't got no place to go I've been telling mama I ain't got no place to go I've been everywhere lil' darlin' But I don't wanna go no more I left home when I was a kid Everything I did was wrong I left home when I was a kid Everything I did was wrong Now I would like to settle down darlin' But I ain't got no happy home I've been telling baby I got no place to stay I've been telling mama I ain't got no place to stay I've got travelin' on my mind Yet I be on my way So sorry, so sorry But now I got to go So sorry, so sorry sweetheart But now I've got to go But it's time tomorrow baby I will be a long way down the road
Trouble, trouble, trouble End this misery It's about to get the best of me Someday, someday my darlin' I won't be trouble no more So many days, since you went away I always thought of you each night and day Someday, someday my darlin' You know I won't be trouble no more I've told you my story I've sung you my song But you are leaving, you know that's wrong Bye, bye, bye, bye my darling I won't be trouble no more
I feel tears welling up cold Deep inside like my heart's sprung a big break And a stab of loneliness sharp as paper, all that I can take You might have thought that I'll be taking it hard since you broke it off with a call But don't you wager, I'ma hide my sorrow Might break right down and bawl Now the race is on And here comes pride up the back stretch Heartaches cut through my inside My tears are holding back, trying not to fall My heart's out of the runnin' Two loves scratching for another's sake Now the race is on and it's looking like heartache And the winner gonna lose it all One day, I wagered in love Never once suspecting what the final result would be And I lived in fear waking up each morning Finding that you're gone from me There's an aching pain in my heart for the days For the one that I hated to face Somebody new came up to win her And I ended up in second place Now the race is on And here comes pride up the back stretch Heartaches cut through my inside My tears are holding back, trying not to fall My heart's out of the runnin' Two loves scratching for another's sake Now the race is on And it's looking like heartache And the winner gonna lose it all
I work on a mountain cutting the timber I work 'til my fingers are sore Cutting the timber goes through the sawmill To build another Honky Tonk bar Lie down in the valley, she spending my money Having myself quite a ball Spending my money I earn at the sawmill To build another Honky Tonk Bar Early each morning, I'm back on that mountain Wishing our lives were the truth Cutting the timber that goes through sawmill To build another Honky Tonk bar But tonight's all over, I'm through cutting timber I know just where she'll be found I look through the window Guess she's still in there I am going to burn another Honky Tonk down Tonights all over, I am through cutting timber I know just where she'll be found I look through the window I guess she's still in there I am gonna burn another Honky Tonk down I look through the window I guess she's still in there I am gonna burn another Honky Tonk down
My heart will break No matter what you go Your kind of loving Is sure hard to hold It seem you and I losing touch And that's why your leaving, Honey Lots of luck Lots of luck, and a big goodbye If you can't see that i didn't try It well may be that i tried to much And that's why your leaving, Honey Lots of luck Now you want luck And a big gold mine Well that combination s0 hard to find Cause money don't always, Walk with love But you can go looking Honey Lots of Luck Well honey lots of luck And a big goodbye If you can't see that i didn't try It well may be that i tried to much And that's why your leaving, Honey lots of luck Go on and leave me Honey lots of luck
You're looking for a lover, baby I am your man We'll go out strolling, and I will hold you by your hand And I'm always ready, I am always ready for love And I'd like to be your servant when it's love you're thinking of Usually always broke, but I ain't never spent When it comes to loving honey, I don't need a cent I'm always ready, always ready for love And I'd like to be your servant when it's love you're thinking of Guitar man You know I'm kind of dumb, may not know a thing But when it comes to loving honey, I don't need a brain I'm always ready, always ready for love And I would like to be your servant when it's love you're thinking of When it's love you're thinking of When it's love you're thinking of When it's love you're thinking of
Bright lights, big city, where do my babies head? Bright lights, big city, where do my babies head? I tried to tell the girl, but she don't believe a thing I say It's alright little girl, you are gonna need my help someday It's alright little darlin', you are gonna need my help someday You gonna wish that you would've listened, to some of them things I said Gone ahead pretty mama, baby, knock yourself out Gone ahead little darlin', honey, knock yourself out I still want you baby, 'cause you don't know what it's all about, alright Bright lights, big city, where do my babies head? Bright lights, big city, all up in my darling's head I hope that you remember some of them things I said
My whole life-saving is two dollar bill That's why I'm here tonight I got the time to kill And I can tell my story, about 20 times With two dollars in the jukebox, a dime at a time Two dollars in the jukebox, a dime at a time I play the same ol' song 'bout your love gone wrong, 'til closing time Two dollars oughtta do me, you'll buy the wine I'ma put it in the jukebox, a dime at a time Well pardon me, Mister, mind if I sit down? Misery like company, I do believe I found Somebody just as lonesome, don't believe I am wrong If you had a place to go, you had done been gone Two dollars in the jukebox, a dime at a time I play the same ol' song 'bout your love gone wrong, 'til closing time Two dollars oughta do me, you'll buy the wine I'ma put it in the jukebox, a dime at a time Said I put it in the jukebox one dime at a time
Let your hair down baby, let's have us a natural ball Let your hair down mama, just let go of it all Ever you're unhappy, this thing no fun at all You can't take it with you mama, that's one thing for sure You can't take it with you honey, this is all I know Anything that's wrong with you that takes this boogie gonna kill Get your fun, while you can, fate is an awful thing Get your fun, while you can, fate is an awful thing You never know what might happen, that's why I love to sing
Saturday satan, Sunday saint Foolin' your neighbor That's what you think Readin' the good book, singin' the hymns Come Monday morning and he's back to a life of sin Old brother Brown all week he steals Tells everyone 'bout his big business deals The deacon walked by, a dollar hit the plate Tryin' to buy himself a ticket to the pearly gates Old sister Rose on the very first row Been a sittin' right there twenty years or so Never hears a word when the preacher speaks Too busy talkin' 'bout the bad girl down the street Saturday satan, Sunday saint Foolin' your neighbor That's what you think Readin' the good book, singin' the hymns Come Monday morning and he's back to a life of sin This little song held good advice Though some may think that it ain't too nice If you're the one who's wearing the shoes There's somebody out there and it ain't nobody's fool Saturday satan, Sunday saint Foolin' your neighbor That's what you think Readin' the good book, singin' the hymns Come Monday morning and he's back to a life of sin Come Monday morning and he's back to a life of sin
Lead me on, darling lead me on Honey you know I'm a stranger and I am so all alone Here in my hand, here is my hand Take it darling, you know I follow you Let me walk, I want to walk Right by your side, let your love be my only guide Here in my hand, here is my hand Take it darling, you know I follow you You know how it feels, you understand What it is to be a stranger, in this unfriendly land Here in my hand, here is my hand Take it darling, take it darling, you know i follow you That I follow you, that I follow you And I follow you, I'm a follow you I follow you
I'm From San Benito,Texas Down a dirty dusty road There was sugarcane and cotton How I used to watch it grow Then we moved up to Dallas I remember I was young I learned about the dollar Looked down the barrel of a gun If you ask me where I'm going I can't tell ya cuz I don't know But in my mind I see the valley You should see the way it glows My daddy didn't know me My brother rolled the dice My mama kept on working And my sister paid a price Darkness did surround me Trouble everywhere I turned Then one day I started walking Everything I've got I earned If you ask me where I'm going I can't tell ya cuz I don't know But in my mind I see the valley You should see the way it glows Now you know my story I bet you got one like it too May your curse become a blessing There ain't nothing else to do
Watch that crow as he flies See my struggle in his eyes You don't want me, yes I know Five more miles for me to go There's two trains running, leave this town The sun comes up, I'm going down Keep saying I'm free but I just don't know Five more miles for me to go Five more miles for me to go I'm gonna tell you what On this road that's filled up with sorrow I'm gonna tell you what Ain't never enough Call me Joe Christmas, that's my name I got this river running through my veins That light in August, it sure do glow Five more miles for me to go I know this life, it sure is hard All I can do is play my cards Keep saying I'm free but I just don't know Five more miles for me to go Five more miles for me to go
Well tell me mama what am I to do There's just no getting next to you I ain't looking for a big gold mine I just wanna make you mine Tell me now sugar where did I go wrong I wake up in the morning and I sing this song I've been a good man all my days Trying to do like the good book says Although it may get heavy Further on up the line I'm much stronger than that levee And I think you'll find That silver city it's the place to be That's what a pretty little girl told me Rich men dance on a parlor floor Poor folks looking in through the door Although it may get heavy Further on down the road I'm much stronger than that levee And I'm about to let it show Well tell me darling what do I do now Just can't get behind this mule and plow I don't need no big gold mine I just wanna make you mine
Ten thousand acres of lonesome Five hundred miles all filled up with pain Can you see the black birds They've been flying Look at me, I'm crying again Look at me, I'm hurting While time's just working it's game on me You know some folks They just can't win for trying Look at me, I'm crying again I've got a dollar in my pocket It won't help me much In bringing back your love But if you're selling heartache then I'm buying Look at me, I'm crying again Ten thousand acres of worry I've had my sins one dozen at a time I hurt so bad that you would think I'm dying Look at me, I'm crying again Look at me, I'm losing While she's just doing Anything she please Don't you know that it's my knot you're tying Look at me, I'm crying again Would you look at me, I'm crying again
I'm leaving Santa Rosa for them Tucson nights Think I'll get up to Carson City See them big bright blinking lights Adios old Nevada Far west for the golden state I've got my suits together and I'm almost to L.A. If the way I'm living seems like such a mess Believe me I would choose this life over the rest I left that angel city for the Frisco Bay That town it was hard on me I had to get away Walking with my guitar down Divisadero street The people give me money For the way I play and sing If the way I'm living seems like such a mess Believe me I would choose this life over the rest If the way I'm living seems like just a mess Believe me I would choose this life over the rest You know I really like it in this 49er town But I've got to step on over To that redwood highway now Mendocino county brings me lots of joy It's opened up the eyes of this wandering Texas boy And if the way I'm living seems like just a mess Believe me I would choose this live over the rest Oh, believe me I would choose this life before the rest
I rolled into town And I laid my money down On a game that was made to lose Everything I have I carry on my back I don't want nothin' I can't use 7 come 11, I will speak 7 come 11, you gon' see Well once I had me a sweet girl Fair and young and fine I was hers and she was mine Well, she couldn't sing a note But all along she wrote "When will you be coming home?" 7 come 11, I will speak 7 come 11, you gon' see So when I come around Haul my body through this town Keep my words on your mouth I try to hold on to To the love that I have found Lay my poor burden down 7 come 11, I will speak 7 come 11, you gon' see Well I drank up all her liquor And I burned down all your trees I swam across the blood red sea When the second angel came From heaven it did rain Like Revelation 16:3 7 come 11, I will speak 7 come 11, you gon' see 7 come 11, I will speak 7 come 11, you gon' see You now Lord
Who am I now If not the fool Keep on playin' these games Where you make all the rules What is my name Who have I to blame For losin' you Who am I now If not the fool Did you have fun lil' girl Breakin' my heart Does it make you feel better Tearin' me apart Where should I go The only thing I know Is lovin' you Who am I now If not the fool Oh, and darlin I'm so tired So tired of bein' alone Yes, and sweetheart I ain't sure I Can make it on my own Who am I now If not the fool Just keep playin' her game Where she makes all the rules Where should I go The only thing I know Is lovin' you Who am I now If not the fool Oh, and darlin I'm so tired So tired of being alone Yes, and sweetheart I ain't sure I Can make it on my own Who am I now If not the fool Keep on playin' these games Where you make all the rules What is my name Who have I to blame For losin' you Who am I now If not the fool
They just don't know how lost I feel without you My teardrops never see the light of day I laugh and joke each time they talk about you But if they heard my heart they'd hear it say Excuse me, I think I've got a heartache There's an aching deep inside And it just won't be denied Excuse me, I think I've got a heartache And I'd better say goodbye before I cry I guess it's pride that makes me hide my sorrow I live a lie in all I do and say My lips may lie and paint a bright tomorrow But if I told the truth I'd have to say Excuse me, I think I've got a heartache There's an aching deep inside And it just won't be denied Excuse me, I think I've got a heartache And I'd better say goodbye before I cry
Take your drink To the end of the bar, buddy Let her stay there Now don't be a fool I'd as soon have a hot seat in Sing-Sing prison Than to sit down by her on that stool What's that you say I guess you're right It's nothing to me See that man She belongs to him, buddy Better drink up and go while you can I can tell by the way he looks at you, buddy That he's sure a quick tempered jealous man What's that you say I guess you're right It's nothing to me There you are Stretched out on the floor, buddy Now you see what you made me do Here they come to take me off to jail, buddy And tomorrow someone will bury you What's that you said I guess you were right It's nothing to me
Hello Maybelle, how ya doin'? Just old Virgil, stoppin' by I come to tell ya, how much I need ya And if I'd lost ya, believe I'd die She said, "Boy you, sure got time here Have a new man, he just come here I can't help you, with your problems Don't ya come right, here again" Well, I been wanderin', I don't father 'Cross that valley, so wide and deep I want to tell ya, what it told me Show'd me you're the, one for me She said, "Boy you, must be crazy Don't ya know how, long you been gone? While you was out there, chasin' nothing I done got bills yeah, movin' on" (She so did so too, just like this) Well, okay baby, guess I'll be going It's just one thing, you should know You grow tired, but boy you love it You look for me, but I'll be gone
This nine pound hammer Just a bit too heavy For my size For my size Take this hammer Show it to the captain Tell him I'm gone Tell him I'm gone If he should ask you Where I went to Tell him you don't know Tell him you don't know This nine pound hammer Killed John Henry It laid him low It laid him low This nine pound hammer Killed my brother But it won't kill me No, it won't kill me Roll on buddy Don't you roll too slow How can I roll When the wheels won't go? Roll on, brother But take your time For I'm broke down And I can't make mine This nine pound hammer Just a bit too heavy For my size For my size
I got myself a river of sorrow I lost my name in the valley of shame I got no one to tell my troubles A life of sinning, all I know But If I'm patient I need not worry And if I'm hurting It's sure to change Sometimes I wonder why do I bother With this burden, heavy load I can't struggle with my tomorrow Because I've got so much further to go Well, I'm leaving early in the morning Where I'm bound I just can't tell I would stay here and keep on working But there's no more water in the well But if I'm patient I need not worry And if I'm hurting It's sure to change I had myself a river of sorrow I lost my name in a valley of blue I had no one who I could talk to A life of sinning, all I knew A life of sinning, all I knew A life of sinning was all that I knew
I've been walking in the morning honey I've been out there in the pouring rain Wish there was something I could do or say To make you change your mind and stay To make you change your mind and stay There's a river and it's wide and deep Many secrets it's been known to keep Wish there was something I could do or say To make you change your mind and stay To make you change your mind and stay The yellow girl with the diamond eyes And silver ribbon, she is quite the prize Wish there was something she would do or say To make me change my mind and stay To make me change my mind and stay It's such a very long and winding road Ain't got a clue where it's headed, oh Wish there was something I could do or say To make you change your mind and stay To make you change your mind and stay To make you change your mind and stay
Well, I sit here on this stool Drank so much, I blew my cool Now they're closing up the world I'm living in And I guess I've got to go Or at least they tell me so I'm a-going home, it's motel time again Motel time again Think I'll take myself to bed I don't even know what town I'm in Yes, I'll find my way once more To that old number on the door And I'll be at home, it's motel time again I don't know what day it is Oh, but I can tell you this Each night I fight a battle I can't win A pretty girl, she has my hand But I've got to find the band Will be leaving soon, it's motel time again Motel time again Think I'll take myself to bed I don't even know what town I'm in Yes, I'll find my way once more To that old number on the door And I'll be at home, it's motel time again Said I'll be at home, it's motel time again
Life's a casino, I'm tellin' you And everybody's playin', boys and girls Women, children, me, and you The dice are loaded and everything's fixed Even a hobo would tell you this Welcome to hard times and feelin' low Do you like sinnin'? No? Well, you will before you go We've got lots of gamblin' Oh, and we're tellin' lies You're certainly welcome to hard times Take a look in my eyes Tell me what you see Besides the bright blinking lights Stretched out in front of me I wonder if you'll notice Would you even care If I told you my life just isn't fair? Welcome to hard times and feelin' low Do you like sinnin'? No? Well, you will before you go We've got lots of gamblin' Oh, and we're tellin' lies You're certainly welcome to hard times Yes, hope you're feelin' welcome to hard times
When the geese fly south for that winter I wonder how far down they go Well, I can tell you, no matter that distance Just like me girl, they always coming back home When I leave you, it's early in the morning You'll be crying, but girl you oughta know Like I told you, leaving is my business You know me, girl, I'm always coming back home Don't cry, don't cry for me, darlin' No, honey don't cry while you're all alone I can't stand it, but leaving is my business Because I love you I'm always coming back home Don't cry, don't cry for me, darlin' No, honey don't cry while you're all alone I can't stand it, but leaving is my business Because I love you, I'm always coming back home I'm always coming back home I'm always coming back home I'm always coming back home I'm always coming back home
The crowd pleasers have arrived And say they've got me on their minds The trapeze artists are in full swing Doing all they're favorite things I'm already on that Tennessee Special Sure beats lying in my grave I love you honey But you just don't know me Tennessee Special all the way Emerald city Diamond eyes Cloak and dagger in disguise City living it's not for me And don't you agree? Don't you agree? Of course you do Silly me I'm already on that Tennessee Special Sure beats lying in my grave I'll take the money But these fools don't own me Tennessee Special all the way I'm already on that Tennessee Special Sure beats lying in my grave I love you honey But you just don't know me Tennessee Special all the way Tennessee Special all the way
If you're looking for her She might be in Santa Fe Forgetting about me And changing her last name I should've seen it coming But fools like me never do Heads, you win Tails, I lose If I'm being honest This really ain't her fault 'Cause I've been on the corner Spilling memories in the hall But I'll go on pretending Like it's right out of the blue Heads, you win Tails, I lose Right out of the blue Heads, you win Tails, I lose However long I travel I seem to be pursued By a living apparition Of a girl in cowboy boots My heart can hardly stand it My mind becomes unglued Heads, you win Tails, I lose There's nothing I can do Heads, you win Tails, I lose
It's just a-rainin', baby Rainin' in my heart It's steady rainin', sugar Rainin' in my heart Don't you know it's such a shame For you and I ever to part? I'm gonna write a letter Tell her how I feel I'm gonna write a letter, baby Show her how I feel I ain't had much schoolin' But I'm sure gonna make my appeal I'm goin' to Houston That's where they play the game And I'm goin' to Houston, darlin' That's where they play the game I'll be gone come tomorrow Ooh, yeah, if it's all the same It's just a-rainin', baby Rainin' in my heart It's steady rainin', sugar Rainin' in my heart Don't you know it's such a shame For you and I ever to part? And as the lonely tear drops fall I hear her whisper comin' in the hall Ooh, and I'll be missing you All of my sorrow just a-tumblin' down I don't know what to do Ever since you ain't been around It's just a-rainin', baby Rainin' in my heart It's steady rainin', sugar Rainin' in my heart Don't you know it's such a shame For you and I ever to part? Don't you know it's such a shame For you and I ever to part? Don't you know it's such a shame For you and I ever to part?
They say there's a price on my head And that I'm better off dead But that sheriff better keep this in mind I'll sure be hard to find I give up so much of me I should probably be charging a fee You say that you don't like me, and I'm wrong I bet you're gonna love the way I'm gone I ain't too concerned with my name 'Cause I know it won't be on my grave But I ain't gonna hang my head down and cry 'Cause I know where I'm going when I die The bright lights shining in this city Remind me of the time when she was with me It's the same old feeling, nothing new So, I'm fixing to paint it blue Blue I might be down in Texas after a while Or Louisiana in style But I'll tell you what I'm really gonna do I'm fixing to paint it blue And I'm fixing to paint it blue Yes, I'm fixing to paint it blue You know I'm fixing to paint it blue Lord, I'm fixing to paint it blue
I was standin' beside the road in Blackjack County Not knowing the sheriff paid a bounty For men like me who didn't have a penny to our names So he locked my leg to 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain And all we had to eat was bread and water And each day we had to build that road a mile and a quarter A black snake whip would cut our backs, if some poor fool complained And you couldn't fight back wearin' 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain And then one night when the sheriff was a-sleepin' We gathered all around him slowly creepin' Heaven help me to forget that night in the cold, cold rain When we beat him to death, with 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain Now the whip marks have all healed and I am thankful That there's nothing but these scars around my ankles But most of all, I'm glad no man will be a slave again To a black snake whip and 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain To a black snake whip and 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain Blackjack County chain
I'm holding my head up I'm not gonna cry Or tell them I need her And that without her I would die I'm not gonna argue They won't listen to me I'm just gonna stay right here Under the poplar tree Let me tell you a story It happened this way It was born out of longing In a man that's gone astray I've been to the valley In the shadow of death I've crossed many rivers Wearing a scar on my chest Can I outrun this heartache? A man he sure can try I gave my all to that woman Then she turned around and said goodbye I was in a high desert Dell City was the town That's when my luck turned south This ol' boy started showin' out He killed the clerk and a young girl Who was only standin' there He looked at me real peculiar With the bullets flying through the air I lit out in a hurry He went out in a hearse Heartbroken and wanted Couldn't tell you which one of em is worse He musta been real important Cuz his posse caught up to me I was holding my head up When they hung me from a poplar tree Yes they hung me from the poplar tree
Hello I'd like to thank you all For takin' the time to listen to these songs It was many years ago at a place in Dallas, Texas That we call the AllGood Café The first time I saw a picture on the wall It was of a man referred to as the "real deal" And if you spoke his name above a whisper He'd just disappear into the hot Texas night I can see him now on a big stage in Memphis, Tennessee or Austin, Texas Singin' with tears in his eyes He changed my life forever He was my friend, James Hand And these are his songs This one's for you, Slim
I'm sorry if my little gift was not for you Because I know you like things shiny and brand new But in a little, a little while when all your presents are out of style Look at the gift, the gift I've given you It's just my heart, just my heart that's all I gave you God's work of art, my most precious part now it's your slave It is precious, sweet, and true, it once was mine now it all belongs to you Just a heart, just my heart that's all I gave Now as the years go quickly by And the tears they fill your eyes and you find there's nobody who really cares If you will just look about then you must have no doubt That my heart, my heart will still be there It's just my heart, just my heart that's all I gave you God's work of art, my most precious part it's your slave It is precious, sweet, and true it was once mine now it all belongs to you Just a heart, just my heart, that's all I gave
In the corner, at the table, by the jukebox My favorite mourners and I talk about these ol' hard knocks Our lives are measured there by the bar's clocks In the corner, at the table, by the jukebox So step inside where love has died, and you'll sure find me With sadness in a haunted place that's bound to be Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked In the corner, at the table, by the jukebox In the corner, at the table, by the jukebox Come and join me when you ain't able to face life's roadblocks For here is where the sorrow, it don't ever stop In the corner, at the table, by the jukebox So step inside where love has died, and you'll sure find me With sadness in a haunted place that's bound to be Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked In the corner, at the table, by the jukebox Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked In the corner, at the table, by the jukebox
What a surprise, I didn't recognize you in here In this dive where I try to survive From tear to lonely tear What do you want? 'Cause you know I don't have a nickel to offer you But if you've got the time Here's some friends of mine I'll introduce you too Over there, that's Frank I've got him to thank He sets me up when I'm broke There's old Al My sad-eyed pal Whose story so plainly shows And in walks Glen He takes me home when I'm too drunk to drive And the barmaid Lou Ann Who holds my hand Every time I start to cry So you see, I don't need you or your sympathy As long as I've got my close friends watching over me Well, I know you must be in a rush to run to someone new But before you go, I want you to know Who helped me get over you Over there, that's Frank I've got him to thank He sets me up when I'm broke There's old Al My sad-eyed pal Whose story so plainly shows And in walks Glen He takes me home when I'm too drunk to drive And the barmaid Lou Ann Who holds my hand Every time I start to cry Over there, that's Frank
Well, I came to your door just the other day The smile that I wore soon faded away I knocked and I knocked 'til I wore out my fist Then my heart dropped, Lord, I can't believe this "Get away Slim" on your welcome mat Baby, baby, baby, baby, don't tell me that Don't tell me that, don't tell me that Don't ya tell me that's where your love is at You used to be my baby and you always was home Now you got me crazy 'cause ya always gone Something's wrong, Lord, I sure smell a rat Baby, baby, baby, baby, don't tell me that Well, I look around the corner and what do I see? Your doggone Homer homin' in on me I thought he was my pal so I brought him a bone He looked at me and growled, now the chase is on Something's wrong, Lord I sure smell a rat Baby, baby, baby, baby, don't tell me that Don't tell me that, don't tell me that Don't ya tell me he thinks that I'm your cat He used to be my buddy and we got along fine Now I'm all bloody, hangin' on your clothesline Lookin' 'round for where my pants is at Baby, baby, baby, baby, don't tell me that Well, I look outside and there a whoopin' on my car A big ole guy with a giant crowbar He looked at me and grinned, I could tell you right away He ain't no friend but, yeah, he wanted to play I took off a runnin' and I left him flat Baby, baby, baby, baby, don't tell me that Don't tell me that, don't tell me that Don't ya tell me you've got a brand new bat If you want me gone I can sure take a hint Now don't you depend on an accident Something's wrong, Lord, I sure smell a rat Baby, baby, baby, baby, don't tell me that
I know what it's like to be lonely And I know what you may never understand I know what it's like to just stop trying And the reason I know, I'm a mighty lonesome man I know how it feels when night starts falling And God above won't even raise a hand And I know what sorrow steals when I start crawling And I know 'cause I'm a mighty lonesome man I know what it's like to be lonely And I know what you will never understand I know what it's like to just stop trying And I know 'cause I'm a mighty lonesome man And the reason I know, I'm a mighty lonesome man
When you stopped loving me, so did I Ain't it strange now we both see eye to eye Neither one of us cares if I live or die When you stopped loving me, so did I How sadly strange, were these hands of fate To gladly change both of us but just too late To be in love with one another not at the same time When you stopped loving me, so did I How sadly strange were these hands of fate To gladly change both of us but just too late To be in love with one another not at the same time When you stopped loving me, so did I When you stopped loving me, so did I
There ain't a problem I've got That the world don't know about And when I get tied in knots They all wanna straighten me out But every now and then I catch one on my chin And at times like these I guess that nobody sees I need a floor to crawl And a wall to climb Twenty-foot hall And a door I can hide behind Because when I fall Who knows what I might find I need a floor to crawl And a wall to climb So if you don't see me out Look underneath the cracks Don't let yourself have a doubt I won't be coming back It may be a year Or in a month or two But in a hundred million tears My dear, I'll be running right back to you I need a floor to crawl And a wall to climb Twenty-foot hall And a door I can hide behind Because when I fall Who knows what I might find I need a floor to crawl And a wall to climb
I took my first drink the second I awoke And as my head began to sink I felt that my heart just broke I fall to my knees, what else can I do? I'm prayin' to God but I'm callin' for you I swear that I've tried everything but suicide And every day is still the same With each new tear, the same old pain is here Oh death, you'll have so little left to claim I stare in the mirror at a man I hardly knew I'm prayin' to God but I'm callin' for you I swear that I've tried everything but suicide And every day is still the same With each new tear, the same old pain is here Oh death, you'll have so little left to claim I stare in the mirror at a man I hardly knew I'm prayin' to God but I'm callin' for you I'm prayin' to God but I keep callin' for you
I know a place That ain't too far from here Where you can disappear Any old time And the town Where I'm comin' from They want me to pay for what they say I've done What have I done 'Cept stand up for myself When I didn't have anybody else? What have I seen Of an honest fight? I'm just doin' what I think is right Where I come from We lived down Old Port Road A place you wouldn't know Unless you knew Now I'm a man Almost a fugitive Oh but how I've lived by my own rules What have I done 'Cept stand up for myself When I didn't have anybody else? What have I seen Of an honest fight? I'm just doin' what I think is right I know folks got Their ways of doin' things Live where the low fruit hangs That's how it is I can still see My mother's hard-earned tears Across the years in my mind What have I done 'Cept stand up for myself When I didn't have anybody else? What have I seen Of an honest fight? I'm just doin' what I think is right
Pardon me, mister I feel I've given up So humor me and if you don't mind Could you fill my cup? Somebody says you look under the weather And I reply that I've been much better Excuse me, please The world just broke my heart I don't feel sorry for myself because That would be too much I know this town like the back of my hand And that's more than enough To paint this backroad up in tears Why do you think I'm sitting in here? Excuse me, please The world just broke my heart The world just broke my heart It blеw my mind and took my religion One mistake at a timе Why should I care at all? What you're fighting for? Just another mascarade out on the parlor floor This carousel is just going around Sure wish they'd stop and let a poor boy down Excuse me, please The world just broke my heart The world just broke my heart
I've been sitting In a champagne room And on the TV They say that we're all through And there's an ash tray Full of cigarettes Talking to me Are we lonesome yet You caught me staring At the chandelier No, I ain't crying Smoke, it caused these tears This place is crowded Folks, they seem upset I'm just smiling Are we lonesome yet In here there's a price to pay It costs a lot more to stay Nobody wants to share Who told you this town was fair? Tell me, are we lonesome yet I just can't forget The voice ringing in my head Are we lonesome yet Somebody's talking In the mezzanine Up the staircase Past the ice machine I barely hear them Judging me in jest I think I'll ask them Are we lonesome yet This big ol' city Sure been hard on me Filled up with people As far as you can see Electric billboards Selling what comes next They're really saying Are we lonesome yet In here there's a price to pay It costs a lot more to stay Nobody wants to share Who told you this town was fair? Tell me, are we lonesome yet I just can't forget The voice a ringing in my head Are we lonesome yet Are we lonesome yet Tell me, are we lonesome yet
This foolish game is easy when it's all that you've got This foolish little game it's so easy And it gets pretty hot Whether you like it or not Hey, hey I'm tired Tired of running the hustle So tired, tired, tired, tired of this struggle And if there was a better way well I missed it But that don't mean I ain't gifted Here we go deep down again My shoulders are aching from what I've been lifting Here we go deep down again Now you know brother I'ma not without sin Come on now Oh well, that's tough luck son Out here on the street Better get yourself together 'Cause nothing is free You know what they say It's a hard, hard road thisaway This foolish game is easy when it's all that you've got
I'm going round this world I'm going round it, pretty girl I'ma leaving and I can't say when I'll be back around this way, this way When I'll be back around this way, this way And it's awful hard to say when I'll be back around this way I'm going cross this land I'll be that banjo picking man It's been a long, long, long, long time That I had it on my mind, on my mind That I had you on my mind, on my mind Well, true love's hard to find Well, I done had you on my mind I've been runnin' through the field They say I rob and cheat and steal They got me down here in a valley low 'Cause it's the only one I know, that I know It's the only one I know, that I know It's a long and lonesome road But it's the only one I know
It's too late for tears That well has run dry And I suppose You could blame it on the times This sort of thing Happens every day In the good ol' U S of A Just so you know I saw you again Just so you know My future's lookin' dim Just so you see A reflection of me I can't let go Just so you know Birds on a wire I'ma danglin' from a string Writing's on the wall If you know what it means Too much water's Gone under the bridge As the red sun sinks below the ridge Just so you know I saw you again Just so you know My future's lookin' dim Just so you see A reflection of me I can't let go Just so you know Just so you know I saw you again Just so you know My future's lookin' dim Just so you see A reflection of me I can't let go Just so you know
Lies, lies, lies, and regret I tried, tried, tried to forget The things that you say When it don't go your way Lies, lies, lies, and regret They say there's no right way To do a wrong thing Pacin' the floor While watchin' the door Ain't no way to survive Lies, lies, lies, and regret I tried, tried, tried to forget The things that you say When it don't go your way Lies, lies, lies, and regret The last thing a man wants to do It's the very last thing that hе does I'ma graveyard whistlin' Though I ain't quite undеr yet In a life filled with lies and regret Lies, lies, lies, and regret I tried, tried, tried to forget The things that you say When it don't go your way Lies, lies, lies, and regret Lies, lies, lies, and regret
Tell me something Tell me something good I wouldn't be in here if I wasn't so misunderstood When the scene starts clashing I know what to do Think I'll sit right down and have myself a cry or two It's smoky here in this bar And frankly, I can't feel a thing Though it's smoky, you can see the heartache I might smile, but I suffer for you only Yes, man, this barroom sure is smoky Five or six or seven of them, eight at a time They come in here and populate these stools each night Guess we'll keep on popping Keep on popping them tops Thеre ain't a cloud outside But in herе, the rain it never stops It's smoky here in this bar And frankly, I can't feel a thing Though it's smoky, you can see the heartache I might smile, but I suffer for you only Yes, man, this barroom sure is smoky
I was born in Macon Georgia They kept my dad in the Macon jail And he said "son if you keep you hands clean You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail" But I fell in with bad companions We robbed a man in Tennesse And the sheriff caught me Way up in Nashville They locked me up and threw away the key Wash my hands in muddy watter Wash my hands, but they didn't come clean Tried to do what daddy told me But I must've washed my hands in a muddy stream I asked the jailor " when's my time up? " He said " son we won't forget And if you try to keep your hands clean We may make a good man of you yet" I could't wait to do my sentence I broke out of the Nashville jail I just crossed the line of Georgia I can hear them bloodhounds on my trail Wash my hands in muddy watter Wash my hands, but they didn't come clean Tried to do what daddy told me But I must've washed my hands in a muddy stream
Take the 518 When you're feeling low And your friend bad luck Just won't let you go If the bird don't sing And the dog don't hunt Take the 518 When you've had enough Take the 518 If you got lost And the price you pay Wasn't worth the cost See the snow white peaks Above the high road Leave your troubles behind And the country below I was in a divide Down in Dead Man's Pass I was living hard And a movin' too fast Gold was in my hand Trouble filled my eyes But on the 518 That part of me died Take the 518 When you're feeling low And your friend bad luck Just won't let you go When it's said and done You won't feel a thing On that stretch of road They call the 518
Hey man Are you sure you wanna do this? It's the only game in town You can see 'em all running when it comes around You may have aces up your sleeve That don't matter because this joker's king So go ahead buddy, throw 'em down But remember, it's the only game in town If you're feelin' lucky, go on and have a seat Some play for pleasure, me, I play for keeps You say you're on a hot streak, go on and place your bet Let's just see how far your luck gets It's the only game in town You can see 'em all running when it comes around I hear you got aces up your sleeve That don't matter 'cause this jokers king Go ahead buddy, throw 'em down But remember, it's the only game in town How about a little game of five card stud Spades black as coal and diamonds red as blood If you wanna get your heart broke, well, just join the club How about a little game of five card stud It's the only game in town I can see 'em all running when it comes around I bet you got aces up your sleeve That don't matter because this joker's king Go ahead buddy, throw 'em down But remember it's the only game in town Now it's best not to show your hand I can see you're sweating, you feeling alright man? You came in feeling lucky, we all know how that ends The dealer's my friend and the house always wins It's the only game in town I like to watch 'em all running when it comes around They say you got aces hidden up your sleeve But that don't matter none, you see this jokers king So go ahead buddy, throw 'em down But remember, it's the only game in town You just go ahead mister and throw 'em all down But don't forget, it's the only game in town
I'd like you to know that I feel sorry For taking up your precious time It must be so infuriatin' To put up with a hanger-on like me A hanger-on like me to cramp your style I really shook your tree and I could see it after a while So I'll offer you this congratulations For shaking off a hanger-on like me Well I know you know this time I'm really leaving I'll be a disappearing face into that crown If I were you I'd start to tread lightly 'Cus you can't predict a hanger-on like me A hanger-on like me to cramp your style I really shook your tree and I could see it after a while So I'll offer you this congratulations For shaking off a hanger-on like me For shaking off a hanger-on like me
Skip a rope, skip a rope Oh, listen to the children while they play Now, ain't it kinda funny what the children say? Skip a rope Daddy hates mama, mama hates dad Last night you shoulda heard the fight they had It gave little sister another bad dream She woke us all up with a terrible scream Skip a rope, skip a rope Listen to the children while they play Now, ain't it kinda funny what the children say? Skip a rope Cheat on your taxes, don't be a fool Now, what was that they said about a golden rule? Nevеr mind the rules, just play to win And hate your nеighbor for the shade of his skin Skip a rope, skip a rope Oh, listen to the children while they play Now, ain't it kinda funny what the children say? Skip a rope Stab 'em in the back that's the name of the game And mama, and daddy, are who's to blame Skip a rope, skip a rope Just listen to your children while they play It's really not very funny what the children say Skip a rope Skip a rope Skip a rope Skip a rope
Hear me talking now You tried to make her happy You couldn't make her happy Make way for a better man than you You tried your brand of loving She couldn't stand your loving Make way for a better man than you I held back 'cause you and I were friends But old buddy this is where our friendship ends I'm taking over now Those signals she keeps sending means your romance is ending Make way for a better man than you Those fancy words you told her Were not enough to hold her Make way for a better man than you I guess you ran your luck out You came to bat and struck out Make way for a better man than you I held back 'cause you and I were friends But old buddy this is where our friendship ends I'm taking over now You tried to make her happy, you couldn't make her happy Make way for a better man than you I held back 'cause you and I were friends But old buddy this is where our friendship ends I'm taking over now Those signals she keeps sending means your romance is ending Make way for a better man than you Make way for a better man than you
To see you there cryin' boy brings to mind All the things I've told you one time I told you she'd hurt you and leave more regret And more heartache than you could ever forget So sit there and cry boy the way that I did one time And wish you could die boy to get that woman off of your mind Go on and fall all to pieces son the way that she made me do I know what you're goin' through and I feel for you You took her from me you've thought you'd found The woman to fill your whole world around I'd tried to tell you but you wouldn't see She'd leave you for someone the way she did me Now sit there and cry boy the way that I did one time And wish you could die boy to get that woman off of your mind Go on and fall all to pieces son the way that she made me do I know what you're goin' through and I feel for you Yes I know what you're goin' through and I feel for you
I hear them play my records on the radio They write my name up in lights My picture in the paper smiling back at me But I'm lonely in person tonight I'm lonely in person tonight Town after town people come out to see The man who sings the songs of love and life I laugh and sing and they think I could never be This lonely in person tonight I'm lonely in person tonight The jukebox changes colors as the guitar starts to ring Happy people laugh and dance to the songs I sing But wax and needles cannot make a wrong love turn out right I'm lonely in person tonight I'm lonely in person tonight The jukebox changes colors as the guitar starts to ring Happy people laugh and dance to the songs I sing But wax and needles cannot make a wrong love turn out right And I'm lonely in person tonight Yes I'm lonely in person tonight
There is a man you'll hear about Most anyplace you go And his holdings are in Texas And his name is Diamond Joe He carries all his money In a diamond-studded jar And he never was much bothered By the process of the law Hired out to Diamond Joe, boys I did offer him my hand And he gave me a string of horses So old they couldn't stand I'd likely starve to death, boys He did mistreat me so I never saved a dollar In the pay of Diamond Joe Now his bread it was corn dodger And his meat I couldn't chaw And it kept me well distracted With the wagging of his jaw And the telling of his stories I aim to let you know There never was a rounder Who lied like Diamond Joe Now, I tried three times to quit him, boys But he did argue so And I'm still punching cattle In the pay of Diamond Joe But when I'm called up a yonder And it come up time to go Give my blankets to my buddies And give the fleas to Diamond Joe
The people in this city call me country Because of how I walk and talk and smile Well, I don't mind them laughing in the city But the country folks all say I'm citified The fighting men may say that I'm a coward Because I never push no one around Gentle people call me trouble maker 'Cause I'll always fight and stand my ground Funny I don't fit Where have all the honest people gone? Some pious people point and call me sinner Because to them I've never seen the lights Other folks think of me as a preacher I'm just doing what I think is right Wealthy people think that I am a hobo Lean and hungry, writing mournful songs And the poor, poor people think I am a rich man But really, I'm just trying to get along Yes it's funny I don't fit Tell me where have all the honest people gone? And the government has given me a number To simplify my birth and life and death And still somebody thinks I'm awful important That's enough if she's all I got left Yeah, it's funny I don't fit Where have all the honest people gone? It's funny I don't fit Where have all the honest people gone?
What used to be my home has changed into just a place to stay A crumbling last resort when day is through Sometimes between sundown and dawn somehow I find my way To this Home Motel on Lost Love Avenue No one seems to really care if I come here at all And the one who seems to care the least is you I'm gonna hang a neon sign with letters big and blue Home Motel on Lost Love Avenue
Hello Joe the same as usual I'm feeling low but a little more so than usual I wanna play that jukebox and hear that song And tells me how I feel since baby's gone Jukebox Charley that's my name Yes I'm well known throughout the honky tonk crowd Oh you're right Joe it's a crying shame But when I start drinking I start thinking And wear my hurt real proud One more drink Joe then I gotta go home I don't know why I'll just sit and cry the whole night long But I'll be back again Joe tomorrow night And we'll hear about baby who didn't treat me right Jukebox Charley yeah that's my name Yes I'm well known throughout the honky tonk crowd Oh you're right Joe it's a crying shame But when I start drinking I start thinking And wear my hurt real proud
A man with forty acres plowed and planted Can't send no fourteen year old boy to no school The only thing I learned in the years I worked on my daddy's farm Was son, you better get them crops in when it turns cool In the magazines, I saw the pretty women I heard about the drinkin' and the bars If my daddy could've caught me, he'd a-killed me He said, You might run, boy, but you ain't gonna get far I hit town you might say that it hit me Next mornin' there were things, I knew more about The woman who had taken me in she said, country boy, you're all right The same way, I turned her on, she turned me out The first law I broke, right away they got me I helped them build the country roads for awhile They fed me, two times a day and they knocked me down about four For thirty days I didn't even crack a smile I met a nice girl and she said I was her baby She let me go and would never tell me why I learned what it means, to be somebody's baby They let you lie in your bed by yourself and cry The miles were good but the mileage is turnin' my hair gray I've met some people that knew me and call me friend Ain't no sense wantin' my life to live over I'd find different ways to make those mistakes again So let me say this, I never tried to hurt anybody Though I guess there's a few, that I still couldn't look in the eye If I've got one wish, I hope it rains at my funeral For once, I'd like to be the only one dry
Glad that we're through I keep telling myself But this was a heartbreak affair Now that you're gone I've got time on my hands To sit around and think about you Wish it hadn't happened, wish it was a dream But I sit here a crying and I know I'm not asleep Glad that we're through I keep telling myself But this was a heartbreak affair. Wish it hadn't happened, wish it was a dream But I sit here a crying and I know I'm not asleep Glad that we're through I keep telling myself But this was a heartbreak affair
You think you're gonna tempt me once again But here's one fight with you I'm gonna win So many years we two have lived in sin But tonight I swear I won't touch you again It's the battle with the bottle again tonight I know I'm in for a heck of a fight I'm hiding my drinkin' glass out of sight Another battle with the bottle again tonight Now as I run my fingers through my hair My thirsty eyes can see you sittin' there Do you really think you're gonna win the race? And tempt me into havin' just one taste It's the battle with the bottle again tonight I know I'm in for a heck of a fight I'm hiding my drinkin' glass out of sight Another battle with the bottle again tonight I feel my tremblin' hands reach for your top One turn left is far too much to stop Just one teeny tiny sip for me I guess I might as well have two or three I lost the battle with the bottle again tonight I finally got my elbow bent just right I know I'm going to wind up high as a kite I lost the battle with the bottle again tonight Another battle with the bottle again tonight
What goes wrong with the mind of a man in a bar Who sits and keeps drinking with his thoughts strayed so far It's the same old sad story that has often been told One drink then another till he's out of control He sits down at a table with his hands on the glass For him there's no future there's only the past He reaches for the bottle but his hands don't take hold His eyes just can't focus he's out of control Does he search for contentment that he might hope to find From a honky tonk woman or the bottles of wine He shakes and he trembles even though he's not old Like a leaf in a whirlwind he's out of control Yes I'm just like that fellow who sits there all alone With no one to love me no family at home I'm a picture of others with a future so cold A life ain't worth livin' when it's out of control
The flowers are wilted, the preacher's gone And I'm left here jilted on the church house lawn Through the old graveyard I'm goin' to walk around And bury my heart where it won't be found Six foot under Six foot under Six foot under down in the cold cold ground Like a fool I trusted, your honey like words Now my heart is broken, it's all for the birds In a deep deep hole, I'll vanish safe and sound Where you can't get to it and kick it around Six foot under Six foot under Six foot under down in the cold cold ground Six foot under Six foot under Six foot under down in the cold cold ground
It's the same old situation I've been hearing all about I met someone, and she loved me, and then love's flame burned out I don't know how it happened but she found somebody new She left me for another and it broke my heart in two It's the same old situation that's got me in its spell And I know that if I lose her, I'll lose my pride as well And when I've lost my pride dear where will it let me be It's the same old situation for me It's the same old situation that's got me in its spell And I know that if I lose her, I'll lose my pride as well And when I've lost my pride dear where will it let me be It's the same old situation for me
They finally got the nerve to tell me You no longer want me hangin' around But I knew all along it would-a happened So there's this new place darlin', that I found And it's just on the outskirts of somewhere The only traffic is downward bound It's alright, to cry out loud 'cause I'd be so far out That the sun will go down between my house and town Please don't feel sorry 'cause you hurt me Well I'll just make way for your new man I could feel this sad, sad day comin' So there's this new place darlin', that I plan And it's just on the outskirts of somewhere The only traffic is downward bound It's alright to cry out loud 'cause I'd be so far out That the sun will go down between my house and town Yeah, the sun will go down between my house and town
You saw my photograph as you was walkin' in An invitation to the world I'm living in I've got my clean shirts starched up all brand new I'm 'bout to dosey doe because my bills are all due Cowboy candy Cowboy candy So it's cowboy candy when I get up If they call my name, I hope I have enough It's sure to make my suffering just a disappear And then you'll see me smiling from ear to ear Cowboy candy Cowboy candy I'm a long way from the promised land Believe I once knew grace until it slipped my hand So don't slow down boys on account of me I'm just another cowboy on a candy spree Cowboy candy Cowboy candy
It was the time of the cottonwood trees The time of the cottonwood trees I met her at the Pale Horse Saloon Yes, I did, yes, I did Her pretty hair was brown, her eyes were too Yes, they were, yes, they were It was the time of the cottonwood trees I don't know if it was all a dream She drove a blue pickup truck Boy, she loved it though it really wasn't much Kinda like the way she loved me In the time of the cottonwood trees The time of the cottonwood trees She followed me up the Rio Grande Yes, she did, yes, she did She said she liked the way I crossed the land That's a fact, that's a fact It was the time of the cottonwood trees I could smell that sage on the breeze I drove her blue pickup truck Boy, she loved it though it really wasn't much Kinda like the way she loved me In the time of the cottonwood trees The time of the cottonwood trees It was the time of the cottonwood trees It's hard to figure what life really means I can still see a blue pickup truck Boy, she loved it though it really wasn't much Kinda like the way she loved me In the time of the cottonwood trees The time of the cottonwood trees The time of the cottonwood trees
It was just like honey drippin' down from your eyes It was just like honey, the way you told me those sweet lies From the very day I saw you, I couldn't get you off of my hand I tried to wash you off in the river, now I'm just drowning on dry land It was just like honey drippin' down from your eyes It was just like honey, the way you told me those sweet lies Now crying ain't no good to no one And I can see you lying through your tears Everybody knows honey tastes good But that ain't gonna get you through the years It was just like honey drippin' down from your eyes It was just like honey, the way you told me those sweet lies It was just like honey drippin' down from your eyes It was just like honey, the way you told me those sweet lies
Circus is comin' through Everybody knows That when you purchase a ticket You expect to get a show Aw, take a look at me, I'm just a clown And on my face, I wear a frown I've paid the cost to hang around So take a look at me, I'm just a clown The joker stands in the middle And turns a trick for you Because sometimes you know it's better To be thought of as a fool Aw, take a look at me, I'm just a clown And on my face, I wear a frown I've paid the cost to hang around So take a look at me, I'm just a clown I'm just a clown, that's what they say I guess my clothes give me away All of my friends have disappeared You know it makes me wonder if I was ever here Take a look at me, I'm just a clown And on my face, I wear a frown I've paid the cost to hang around So take a look at me, I'm just a clown I'm just a clown, take a look at me I'm so lonesome, I should charge a fee I guess my clothes give me away I'm just a clown, that's what they say I'm just a clown
The summer season is turning cool Though the days are still hot I been losing my green Kinda like the cottonwood trees Holding on to what they've got Hello, Dodge City, tell me how do you do? Tonight I plan on making Denver I'm coming in from the east Ain't gonna miss it in the least Pardon me for saying so She had a white dove in her hand Last night I dreamed of a long black sedan Across the plains, I swear I heard her call And it took me to the end of Wichita The snow-white Rockies Move from North to South Sort of like the life I left behind I'll tell you something true Everything little thing I do I stay lonely all the time She had a white dove in her hand Last night, I dreamed of a long, black sedan Across the plains, I could swear I heard her call And it took me to the end of Wichita The summer season is turning cool Though the days are still hot
The mirage of Del Rio, it was burning in his eyes And sleep had escaped him, too consumed by his pride Like the lonesome and high country, he was lost in a haze And the thoughts of what he'd do if he unloaded all his rage The man from Waco The city was almost silent as he passed the humming signs On the corner he heard laughter, made him afraid of what he'd find He pushed through the door, hypnotized by a sound Just then tears overcame him and his heart began to drown The man from Waco It was there that he shot her while the lovers were embraced With the bullet he intended for the man who took his place He cried through the night as he made his escape But the rain that was fallin' could not wash away his shame The man from Waco On the banks of the Brazos, where the desert willow grows The clear shallow water just won't say all it knows A moment of burning anger can curse the living through the days You can let that river take you, but you will never get away The man from Waco
Trinity River, such a dirty little river But that don't bother me Dirty little river sure to get me clean Trinity River and it flow because I cry Sure to keep me honest with everybody tellin' lies Damp scent of evening hung everywhere And gamblers turn they cards drinkin' on that whiskey hard The damp scent of evening flows all through my head I had the sweetest dream I was floatin' in the river dead Trinity River, such a dirty little river But that don't bother me Dirty little river sure to get me clean Trinity River and it flow because I cry Sure to keep you honest, even though you're tellin' lies In this river city, nothin' ever lasts Beside the lonesome blues Steady starin' back at you In this river city, of one thing you can be sure No matter what you got to give, believe me you gonna give some more Trinity River, such a dirty little river But that don't bother me Dirty little river sure to wash me clean Trinity River and it flow because I cry Sure to keep me honest 'cause everybody tellin' lies Trinity River, muddy water risin' up Trinity River, could never drown me fast enough Trinity River and it flow because I cry Sure to keep you honest even though you're sellin' lies
The business man from Taos wants you to go down So they hired Mr. Garrett to force you to slow down Billy don't it make you feel so low down To be hunted by a man who was your friend Hold on to your woman if you got one Remember in a past life how you shot one Way up in Santa Fe yeah you bought one Billy don't it make you feel so low Tired of thinking bout the future Always gotta stay one step ahead I know many who'd love to introduce you To a bullet in the head Tired of thinking bout the future Always gotta stay one step ahead I know many who'd love to introduce you To a bullet in your head People round here love to talk about ya I hope you like the legend you've become I heard it said in Truth Or Consequences You couldn't be a day past 21 A business man in Taos wants you to go down So they hired Mr. Garrett to force you to slow down
I've got Odessa on my mind, I stay worried all the time Wish I didn't hurt so much but I don't have that kind of luck It's a low down dirty shame now I can't even hear her name So I'm selling off my pride with Odessa on my mind I've got Odessa in my head, I think I like to wake up dead Then I'd finally take my rest and get this weight up off my chest Yes, I know I'm talking bad but I've done lost the best I had There ain't no way to walk no line with Odessa on my mind I've got Odessa on my mind, I think I rather would be blind Than to see her walk away, how much pain can one fool take? See them lights out in the field, a testament to things men yield But I ain't got nothing but time and Odessa on my mind I've got Odessa in my head, sometimes I like to wake up dead Then I'd finally take my rest and get this weight up off my chest Yes, I know I'm talking bad but I've done lost the best I had There ain't no way to walk no line with Odessa on my mind
I came here all the way from Atlanta With nothing but losing to my name I saw Shreveport through a window Against a curtain made of pines I was cryin' when I made Dallas So much you'd have thought it was rain I pulled in to the town of Amarillo To buy myself a little bit of relief I thought I saw her as I passed Gallup Standing outside the El Rancho But I was mistaken My imagination was just playin' tricks on me It sure is awful hot here in Phoenix The land of the painted desert sky Where they're yet to discover or uncover the Dutchman's gold I hear tell of a fountain in the Superstition Mountains It's a story that is very well told I find myself crossing the great Mojave Steady keeping the red and white lights company She was born in Houston raised up in Tennessee But she lived in Georgia with me So if you see her would you please tell her I'm all the way from Atlanta I'm all the way from Atlanta I cried all the way from Atlanta
July Jackson She was a wife with a couple of kids There's a story going 'round About what that woman did Somebody told me That she took her husbands life Said she did it with a smile And the twistin' of a knife July Jackson Seems it wasn't long ago That I saw the man she loved With a girl I didn't know A short time later That young girl, she came up dead And it looked awful suspicious But that's not how the paper read July Jackson Mmm, July Jackson Why, just this morning They brought July Jackson down Where they started with their questions In front of this entire town Where I was standing I saw pretty July's face And she said she wasn't sorry That she put him in his place July Jackson She was a wife with a couple of kids There's a story going round About what that woman did July Jackson Mmm, July Jackson Mmm, July Jackson
I'm a ten dollar cowboy Baby that's a fact I got some inhibitions That might be holding me back I've been seeing this portrait Attached to a small fee For a ten dollar cowboy Who looks a lot like me If you're a ten dollar cowboy Then you already know That there never was a rider Who couldn't be thrown Even Billy McClain Fell off a time or two He was a ten dollar cowboy Who looked a lot like you I'm a ten dollar cowboy I play a little guitar People always ask me If I'm a rodeo star Doubt if I got eight seconds But I can sing you a song Like a big bull rider I'm steady holding on You see the ten dollar cowboy He leads a colorful life Don't you worry about him He knows he'll only die twice Like Billy McClain He's the last of his breed He's just a ten dollar cowboy Who looks a lot like me He looks a lot like me He looks a lot like me Yeah When I was out there on them street corners Learning to stand behind this guitar Ten dollars was a whole lot of money Cowboy Cowboy singer Both highly hazardous occupations Look out!
America, how are ya? I hope you're doing fine America, I love ya And I fear you sometimes America, you know I Can be hard to understand America, please forgive me I'm only a man America, have I told you How I labor in your fields? America, I just keep working Doesn't matter how I feel America, it's been said that My whole life is in your hands So, America, if you see me crying Know I'm only a man America, I wonder If you remember me America, you promised And I've been waiting patiently America, it's easy To get lost in this land America, can you see me? 'Cause I'm only a man
When it comes to bad luck I got perfect timing All the stars just align Me and trouble We're old friends We understand each other fine Because it's hard luck And circumstances That brought me here And if they hang around much longer I might just disappear For folks like me There ain't no justice Only the road and it's long You might find it funny My line of thinking But that don't make me wrong You know it's hard luck And circumstances That brought me here And if they hang around much longer I might just disappear Yeah buddy I said it's hard luck And circumstances That brought me here And if they hang around much longer I might just disappear Yes it's hard luck And circumstances That brought me here And if they hang around much longer I'll likely disappear
They laughed at me in New York City Called me a fool in L.A I doubt that Nashville saw me coming Besides the bar folks working late Played every room in the state of Texas All the ones in California too So many nights I can't remember Maybe I've played a song for you Left San Francisco in a hurry They ran me out of Fort Worth town Been to the bottom of New Orleans Them river boats make a lonesome sound Lawmen they caught me in Virginia No need to tell you what I done Make sure you get your act together Before you roll up 81 I've seen the other side of Dallas Trying to climb up to the top One thing I know about that city Man, the hustle never stops That's how I got real good at losing Wasting precious time Those folks who talk about me Have never lived no life like mine They laughed at me in New York City Called me a fool in L.A I doubt that Nashville saw me coming Besides the bar folks working late
Don't ya sit there thinkin' I'm losing Just because I'm down, down and out And gettin' tired again You better stand for somethin' 'Cause those who ain't got nothin', nothin' to defend Just gettin' tired again I'm gettin' tired again They say that I can't win I'm gettin' tired again The street took all my money And I can plainly see The street took all my money Charged much more than a fee The street took all my money And I can't find a friend The street took all of my money And I'm gettin' tired again The street took all my money And I can plainly see The street took all my money Charge much more than a fee The street took all my money And I can't find a friend The street took all of my money And I'm gettin' tired again Who told you that this was all over? Just because you see me cry Don't mean I'm gonna lay down and die I'm gettin' tired again I'm gettin' tired again They say that I can't win I'm gettin' tired again So tired, so tired, so tired
I'm called a spade My mind has done been made That's what the man, he said Then he threw his money down And they passed the cards around This weren't no children's game He said his name Was just a passin' thing While I looked at him confused But I soon knew what he meant With his revolver spent On everything but me Just then, he laughed and handed me a bag Said, Could you fill it for me please? Then we rode all night long Through the dark into the dawn Before we finally took our rest Said he'd come in from Galveston That troubled city by the gulf He said, I knew your sister well So when I saw you I could tell By that ribbon on your sleeve I'm sorry to say your sister's passed away I seen it with my own two eyes And those same evil men Who killed my closest kin They were sittin' there by you Listen to me, life is misery Trouble's always on the way And if I were you, I know what I'd do Because they're sure to fall the spade
Diamond in the rough I know you've had it tough A woman sure gets judged In a man's game Empire may rule the world I'm only living for you girl And I can see you as you twirl Diamond in the rough Diamond in the rough Honey, that's what you are I've been mining all the bars Just looking for you Jewel of the night How I long to hold you tight With the neon burning bright Diamond in the rough You're a diamond to me Any fool can plainly see But what you've got is worth twice as much As anything can be More precious than gold Or any money I might hold The glitter will never get old Diamond in the rough You're a diamond to me Any fool can plainly see That what you've got is worth twice as much As anything can be Empire may rule the world I'm only living for you girl And I can see you as you twirl Diamond in the rough
I put one more dollar into a Double Diamond slot machine Through cigarette smoke and loud music An image came over me Of a woman at a table Playing a game of roulette And as the wheel it started spinning She said I ain't done losing yet I ain't done losing yet It takes money to forget This life of trouble and regret I ain't done losing yet Well she must have felt me staring Cause she looked at me and smiled As if she was trying to tell me She was having a good time Ain't no clock in this casino But I'd be willing to bet That there's plenty of time for hurting And I ain't done losing yet I ain't done losing yet It takes money to forget This life of trouble and regret I ain't done losing yet I left the El Dorado Just about a quarter to eight Saw the glitter of that building Shining from the interstate Silver City was in my rearview As the sun was beginning to set I got to thinking bout that woman And how I ain't done losing yet I ain't done losing yet It takes money to forget This life of trouble and regret I ain't done losing yet I ain't done losing yet I pay good money to forget This life of trouble and regret I ain't done losing yet No, I ain't done losing yet No, I ain't done losing yet
I'd be glad to tell you the story About a solitary road You can't take nobody with you And you ain't coming back if you go It's a highway teeming with blackjack On every corner young Jezebels Well they say it can lead to salvation But you won't be able to tell Cause it's a solitary road I was only a wanderer A lonely child of circumstance When I heard that nightingale calling me And he flew right into my hands Well he told me they'd rise up against me As it turned out this was the case I saw jackals roaming the valleys Grifters all over the place See it's a solitary road A kingdom lay high on the mountain I could see it through rain and snow Many had fallen in fields beside me As I cross over every road When I reached those gates of the city I was trembling, I have to confess Eyes of judgment lay heavy upon me The red sun hung low in the West On the solitary road
We were in Louisiana I remember it well Cause my uncle was gambling In a Shreveport hotel Later that evening We were Fort Worth bound I saw the pretty red flowers As we passed through a town Well we pulled on over To get some fresh night air And the sweet smell of roses Lingered everywhere There in the moonlight On the brick lined street Stood a pretty young woman She gave a flower to me There's a city of roses Way back in the pines I don't know if you know it But it ain't hard to find If you're coming from Dallas You just a-keep rolling East Till the city of roses Is all that you see Maybe you've seen it Any place that you go On a downtown corner Somebody's selling a rose Well I bet you a dollar I know where it's from A little town in East Texas You'd better get you one There's a city of roses Way back in the pines I don't know if you know it But it ain't hard to find If you're coming from Dallas You just a-keep rolling East Until the city of roses Is all that you see
I've been told many times throughout the years That the road I was on would lead me nowhere But if you follow your heart, who knows what waits for you Because I found a place where your dreams come true Oh, I, I let my heart lead the way Yes, I, I'm thankful for every day Yes, I am Been here a long time, behind this old guitar Believing one day it'd bring me to your door And now that I'm here, feels like I found a home A love more true than I have ever know Oh, I, I let my heart lead the way Yes, I, I'm thankful for every day Yes, I am Oh, I, I let my heart lead the way Yes, I, I'm thankful for every day Oh, I, I let my heart lead the way You know that I, I'm thankful for every day Yes, I am
Midnight cowboy rides Onward through the night Starry skies above his head In front the headlights shine Front the headlights shine In front the headlights shine Trucker rollin', tires afloat City's on his mind Left his woman, left his baby Now the road is mine Trouble's on his mind Left 'em all behind Hummin' up the tires Satisfies his mind Satisfies his mind It satisfies his mind Midnight cowboy rides Onward through the night Starry skies above his head In front the headlights shine Front the headlights shine In front the headlights shine Yesterday he left his family in St. Paul Travelin' through the night and on through Omaha Music to his ears, a trucker changin' gears Drank his coffee, take his pills Drive on through the night Midnight cowboy rides Onward through the night Starry skies above his head In front the headlights shine Front the headlights shine In front the headlights shine In front the headlights shine In front the headlights shine
I was having visions of Dallas As I passed through Tennessee Trying to lose familiar feelings The ones that wash all over me No, I can't shake that city It's got me in a spin Having visions of Dallas All over again Thought I'd try California Settled down and quit the game Only ended up working harder At Bo hittin', my last name No, I can't shake that city You can't win a fixed fight It's these visions of Dallas Runnin' wild through my mind Well, the first time I left Texas I promised not to return But in spite of all my efforts There're some bridges you can't burn No, I can't shake that city And all the good you seized upon me Having visions of Dallas Late at night in Tennessee Having visions of Dallas Late at night in Tennessee
Have you ever seen a red horse Flying through the sky While ridin' around Dallas All lit up big and bright Sometimes I get a feeling Like I'm crawling on the ceiling But I'm still sitting here And avoiding mirrors I'm avoiding mirrors And talking to myself I've been doing things That ain't good for my health I followed her to Austin More than I can count Looks like that's a game I haven't figured out It really does amaze me I ain't gone completely crazy I'm still standing here And avoiding mirrors You know I hate to say it But Fort Worth let me down Yes she really loved to go there When she was still around I tried to ride a bronco I wasn't even at the rodeo She left me lying here And avoiding mirrors I'm avoiding mirrors And staring at a wall I've been laughing out loud At the thought of it all You can find me on the levy Just praying for a flood While running from a red horse Still flying up above Sometimes I get a feeling Like I'm crawling on the ceiling But I'm still waiting here and avoiding mirrors Ya if I gotta be here I'm avoiding mirrors
Me and my guitar we'd sure like to be Where the good times are had and the livin' is free Trouble and misery is all that I have found Since I've laid eyes on Laredo town Bad times have got me I'm just out of jail Took all of my money just for my bail Trouble and misery is all I have found Since I first came to Laredo town The western sun is sure sinkin' low I think maybe to Dallas next I will go Cause trouble and misery is all I have found Since I first came to Laredo town It's for damn sure I'd rather not stay In this hard luck place another day Trouble and misery is all I have found Since I've laid eyes on Laredo town Since I first came to Laredo town
Gather round the fire boys a story I will tell About a persecution I'm sure you don't know well An Oklahoma tale of trading land and gems And goin' down a river that you can't come back up again Anna Brown was killed in May of 21 They made it look like Anna was just having too much fun Meanwhile in town they threw a big parade There stood William Hale and the range war that he waged Just across the county on that very day In a pool of blood did Charles Whitehorn lay Charles was Anna's cousin, so was Henry Roan Who died shortly after William Hale made him a loan William Hale had him a nephew who'd married Mollie Kyle Mollie was Anna's sister and it sunk in after while In cities across the country all the papers read Reign Of Terror Continues, Another Indian Dead Ol' Hickory Andrew Jackson drove em down through Tennessee From Ohio came the Osage the mountains, Cherokee They left em there to wither on that southern Kansas soil But this was before the man discovered oil If you come around here with pretty flowers to sow You might stop and notice nobody's very old Grass grows so high it covers up the graves But listen for a while and it might start givin' names They called him the King of the Osage Hills He went and got everybody killed Now they talk about the weather like it's judgment coming soon For the Killers of the Flower Moon
This boxcar's been my home since San Antone 'Cause this ankle of mine I turned while hoppin' on Shoots pain that feeds my dreams with luxuries I see crystal chandeliers and burgundy I can feel my mother's heartbeat from the track It's the rhythm of a son that won't be back Lord knows where my mind is takin' me I see crystal chandeliers and burgundy If that conductor only knew all the trouble I've been through Just to be here on this train once again Freedom of a hobo ain't so bad You can dream of all the wealth you might've had I guess livin' on this train is gettin' to me I see crystal chandeliers and burgundy If that conductor only knew all the trouble I've been through Just to be here on this train once again If there's nothing in this world I've gotta do But to ride these rails of steel my whole life through Then take away these visions that I see Of crystal chandeliers and burgundy Of crystal chandeliers and burgundy
How low can you go? I think I got a right to know Pretty darlin' The things you been doing to me ain't fine Baby, people playing let's see that you breaking my heart Baby, you can tear me apart And I'm crying 'cause it just ain't fair Oh no How low can you go? How far can you fall? Before you gonna lose it all Tell me honey And I know you been running around saying game only Playing in a different town Yes, you breaking their hearts Baby, baby tear them apart And they're crying that it just ain't fair Oh no How low can you go? How much does it cost to buy back all the things that you lost? Tell me sweetheart And all the money that you could find won't save you From living in this awful lie Yes, it's breaking your heart I can see it tear you apart And you're crying that it just ain't fair Oh no How low can you go?
It's a lonesome feeling when you're traveling Down a lonesome road, down a lonesome road Nobody cares a thing about you It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load I fell in love in Albuquerque Her love was true, she told me so I gave her rings and all of my money Where she run off to I'll never know It's a lonesome feeling when you're traveling Down a lonesome road, down a lonesome road Nobody cares a thing about you It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load I wish that I was back in Texas With mama and papa dear But mama's gone and so is papa And the lonestar states a long way from here It's a lonesome feeling when you're traveling Down a lonesome road, down a lonesome road Nobody cares a thing about you It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load
Charlene Won't you please Come downstairs With your sapphire eyes and raven dark hair You light up the night Like the fourth of July Charlene Won't you please come downstairs Charlene I've been waiting on you Like these mountains in the evening I'm all blue You're worth all the gold this valley's ever sold Charlene I've been waiting on you Charlene come and see your good friend I'm all the way from Denver once again Fix your hair in the mirror then get yourself down here Charlene come and see your good friend Charlene I've been waiting on you Like these mountains in the evening I'm all blue You're worth all the gold this valley's ever sold Charlene I've been waiting on you Charlene I've been waiting on you Like these mountains in the evening I'm all blue You're worth all the gold this valley's ever sold Charlene I've been waiting on you
There's a honky tonk in this town That they call the loser's lounge I'm a charter member, you could say Since love has turned me down Nothing to do but hang around And listen to all the fools who congregate Life is full of heartbreak for a poor boy 'Cause a bank roll can turn his woman's head around Ain't no use to try and run away or to move to another town 'Cause anywhere a poor boy goes there's a loser's lounge I had a real good friend named Sam Who said he just couldn't understand Why in the world his sweet love turned him down But a rich man caught her eye He had the money for things to buy Now there's a brand new member Down at the loser's lounge Life is full of heartbreak for a poor boy 'Cause a bankroller turn his woman's head around Ain't no use to try and run away or to move to another town 'Cause anywhere a poor boy goes there's a loser's lounge Anywhere a poor boy goes there's a loser's lounge
Blues ain't nothing But screaming and crying All the time You know the blues ain't nothing But screaming and crying All the time I feel so bad But that's all right I turn my sorrow to rhyme Hard luck and struggle That's my only friend Hard luck and struggle That's my only friend But at least I know Who's gonna be there at my end Play it Willie P Please don't feel sorry Don't feel sorry for me Please don't feel sorry Don't feel sorry for me Some people got twenty-twenty vision And still too blind to see Blues ain't nothing I said the blues ain't nothing Hard luck and struggle
Oh Loretta she's a ballroom girl Wears them sevens on her sleeve Dances like a diamond shines Tells me lies I love to believe Her age is always 22 Her laughing eyes a hazel hue Spends my money like waterfalls Loves me like I want her to Oh, Loretta, won't you say to me Darling, put your guitar on Have a little shot of booze Play a blue and wailing song My guitar rings a melody My guitar sings, Loretta's fine Long and lazy, brown and free And I can have her any time Sweetest at the break of day Prettiest in the setting sun She don't cry when I can't stay 'Least not 'til she's all alone Loretta, I won't be gone long Keep your dancing slippers on Keep me on your mind a while I'm coming home, I'm coming home Oh Loretta she's a ballroom girl Wears them sevens on her sleeve Dances like a diamond shines Tells me lies I love to believe Her age is always 22 Her laughing eyes a hazel hue Spends my money like waterfalls Loves me like I want her to Loves me like I want her to Loves me like I want her to
Goodbye Holly, Holly Goodbye Your wife's gonna miss you Your baby's gonna cry Pat Garrett he shot you with a cold 44 He caught you across the table Gone forever more Goodbye Holly, Holly Goodbye Your wife's gonna miss you Your baby's gonna cry Goodbye Holly, Holly so long All your good times have passed up and gone Across the high country, they'll remember your name Every crime that gets committed, on you they'll put the blame Goodbye Holly, Holly Goodbye Your wife's gonna miss you Your baby's gonna cry Goodbye Holly, Holly so long All your good times have passed up and gone Goodbye Holly, Holly Goodbye
I was having visions of Dallas As I passed through Tennessee Trying to lose familiar feelings The ones that wash all over me No, I can't shake that city It's got me in a spin Having visions of Dallas All over again Thought I'd try California Settled down and quit the game Only ended up working harder At Bo hittin', my last name No, I can't shake that city You can't win a fixed fight It's these visions of Dallas Runnin' wild through my mind Well, the first time I left Texas I promised not to return But in spite of all my efforts There're some bridges you can't burn No, I can't shake that city And all the good you seized upon me Having visions of Dallas Late at night in Tennessee Having visions of Dallas Late at night in Tennessee
Desdemona, where do I begin? Who among us here is without sin? I'm just a lonesome drifter on the only highway Lean on me, brother, 'cause I understand You got that nine-pound hammer, swinging in your hand I'm just a lonesome drifter on the only highway I'm just a lonesome drifter on the only highway Everybody's working in them cotton fields Just a little bit different than they used to feel, yeah Everybody's waiting on that rising sun to Drop down, turn red, and be done Baby, you're not the only one Feeling it rising, rising on you Baby, you're not the only one Feeling it rising Steady rising up, rising on you (Let me take this one right here) Lonesome drifter on the only highway I'm just a lonesome drifter on the only highway Lonesome drifter on the only highway I'm just a lonesome drifter on the only highway
I'm gonna rob that Mesa Verde bank Think I'll take it just as fast as I can That old-time feeling just up and walked away Left me with these interest rates Them boys in Nashville, they don't mess around Better watch 'em when your deal goes down Gotta play along, let 'em lead you by the hand And they love it when you don't understand You didn't hear it from me They can't stand to see you free Your check ain't never coming in I've always loved a game I can't win Baby, I love you more than you can know I hate it when my pride don't let it show God only knows why that woman's got my back She makes up for all that I lack You didn't hear it from me They don't like it when you're free Your check ain't ever coming in I've always loved a game I can't win I put my money on the table This game I'm playing for keeps As long as I'm still young and able I wear them sevens on my sleeve You didn't hear it from me They can't stand to see you free Your check ain't never coming in I've always loved a game I can't win I always love a game I can't win Yes, I always love a game I can't win
She just caught the Jamestown Ferry It's not a hot day in January Like she said it'd be if she ever left me A case of gone was all she carried As she got on the Jamestown Ferry And she said that gone was all she'd ever be I didn't think that she'd leave me After sayin' how much she need me But the fact still remains I'm sittin' here all alone Missin' the lovin' of my baby Lord, it's about to drive me crazy She was the sweetest piece of heaven I've ever known She just caught the Jamestown Ferry It's not a hot day in January Like she said it'd be if she ever left me A case of gone was all she carried As she got on the Jamestown Ferry And she said that gone was all she'd ever be As I walk through that valley Of honky-tonks and bars I remember how she'd hold me And comfort me with songs She didn't cuss with every breath She had a soothin' southern drawl Made me feel like a man through it all Ooh, boy, she just caught the Jamestown Ferry It's not a hot day in January Like she said it'd be if she ever left me
Mama's air-conditioning went out in July She bought me this guitar, never said why I hastily moved in with a friend of a friend Who danced in Silver City late at night She danced in Silver City way back when Taking easy money off the good-time men The skyline shined like emeralds in her eyes As she danced in Silver City late at night Joshua, my brother, said he'd help me out When I took up his offer, I had my doubts Everybody went to prison who didn't die to pay their debt I woke up in New York City soaking wet I woke up in New York City without a name Wasn't long before I learned the hustler's game Just a cold boy from South Texas, you can bet I woke up in New York City soaking wet Then I met a sparkling woman whose first name was Nell She said, "Boy, you're a star and I can tell" But the young are often desperate and hardly take their rest I fell apart the way you might have guessed She danced in Silver City way back when Taking easy money off the good-time men The skyline shined like emeralds in her eyes As she danced in Silver City late at night
My mama raised me With two jobs slaving Still always saying "Son, live honestly" Though I'm ashamed now I started stealing And double-dealing Down under neon lights Under neon lights It sure gets bright And you can lose your mind Under neon lights Now, I'm older And my son is growing While my age is showing In a motel mirror I'm out here playing And losing my patience With the lonely patrons In this old honky-tonk Under neon lights It sure gets bright You can lose your mind Tonight Under neon lights Under neon lights It sure gets bright And you can lose your mind Under neon lights Under neon lights It sure gets bright You can lose your mind Under neon lights
The death of Bill Bailey was no surprise to me If you knew him like I knew him, then I know you would agree His friends all saw it coming, they knew the end was near I was taken by his cunning late in the autumn last year News of his killing, it traveled across this land Folks said it was fortune that he drew the dead man's hand He was handsome as he was charming Boy, he'd work these mountain towns 'Til one night, when the party ended, Bill Bailey was lying down Many times I've cried since Bill Bailey died He wasn't one to listen and he couldn't take good advice It's funny how I miss him and the way he sung his songs Bill Bailey was my friend and then he done me wrong I bought him a marble headstone and I buried him in the cold On a quiet winter's morning as the sun shined like gold A young and green-eyed woman appeared through the haze She asked if I knew Bill Bailey I just said all his debts had been paid
The life of a country singer Is a life spent livin' late at night Rollin' slow down an empty Houston highway Not a care in the world on earth where it goes Now this might sound like just the same old story And friend, maybe it's true But I'm ridin' out to meet my glory And breakin' my damn heart in songs for you The life of a country singer Is the life between right and wrong Flashin' signs never end You do it over and over again Livin' life in a country song There's a long, long line of country singers Singin' songs about livin' late at night I ain't the first one, or the best, but I'm different Baby, I'm just me, nothing more, nothing less The life of a country singer Is the life between right and wrong Flashin' signs never end You do it over and over again Livin' life in a country song Neon lights never end You do it over and over again In the life of a country singer
I never saw a town where I threw them raises down Didn't know the lonesome sound of a midnight train The kind that calls my name, I was born to play the game Even if it's all in vain, call me what you want I'm bound to tell the truth the way that gambler's rarely do They be tying up your noose and calling you "friend" If it was up to me, like the bluebird, you'd be free Though his life ain't what it seems, if you catch my drift Rich men pretend to be poor Poor folks only want a little bit more What they never had before And it's a crying shame My daddy worked the land And mama raised me with her hands We all do the best we can With the cards we're dealt I ain't one to beg or plead But I could sure use some relief Those who label me a thief for standing up tall And there's a woman on my mind For her I'd gladly give my life And the little girl by her side That wears my name A one-trick pony knows That it's all about the show Life is but a rodeo And you can write that down I best be moving on You turn your head and I'll be gone In this world I won't be long Just like you
I am a night rider I got this guitar on my knee Learned to hold it up high Down in New Orleans I am a night rider I ride like the wind Oh, I am a night rider On a road that has no end Maybe you've seen me Just ridin' through your town Black-on-black Wrangler With my Stetson pulled down Oh, I am a night rider I ride like the wind Oh, I am a night rider And I'm bound to ride again Comin' down into Van Horn Out of Guadalupe, on 54th I can see the city lights You should see how beautiful she looks I am a night rider I'm quiet as the dawn Like a bluebonnet in spring time You look away, and I'll be gone Oh, I am a night rider Yes, I ride like the wind Oh-oh, I am a night rider On a road that has no end
Can somebody tell me What's going on? Stuck in the saddle from the first light of dawn Worried if dying from one of them horns Stuck in my belly is worth being poor Stuck in the saddle For found and a dollar a day I'll never be rich, I found out too soon Never could seem to get past the saloon Cowboys and money don't mix, can't you see? Meet only briefly, then part company Stuck in the saddle For found and a dollar a day A dollar a day, thirty and found Days in the saddle and nights on the ground Sometimes I wonder if I should stay Stuck in the saddle for found and a dollar a day A dollar a day, thirty and found Days in the saddle and nights on the ground Sometimes I wonder if I should stay Stuck in the saddle for found and a dollar a day
Caught a plane out of Austin This morning in the drizzling rain Bluebonnets line the highway side Let me know it's spring They wanna put me in a TV show I don't know if it's right But I said yes because I can't refuse Those crystal city lights Crucified son I was born the lucky one They can't tell me what I've done I'm a crucified son Don't ask me how I started Because right now I can't recall It's a wonder, me and these boys Are still out here riding at all There's got to be a higher reason Cause it ain't pleasure and fame I walk out the door They call me friends And drive nails into my name Crucified son They tell me I'm the lucky one They can't tell me what I've done I'm a crucified son Look out Ride clear of Crystal City If you love your wife The women there, they sure are pretty They'll make you lose your mind Out behind the Nashville palace I got lower than I was in Dallas Selling idols on a souvenir Ain't the only thing happening here, Lord Crucified son I was born the lucky one They can't tell me what I've done I'm a crucified son Crucified son I was born the lucky one From Houston, Texas to Kingdom Come I'll be a crucified son Crucified son Crucified son Crucified son Tell me I'm the lucky one (crucified son) Crucified son
Just a woman in a bar Or so I thought from afar You'd better be careful what you start With just a woman in a bar The story I'm telling goes like this I'd come in from the wilderness She asked me to dance, I could see She'd let 'em all think I could lead Just a woman in a bar Or so I thought from afar You'd better be careful what you start With just a woman in a bar Born down in Houston, she said But proud to be Tennessee-bred She'd come back to Texas one day After her daddy passed away Just a woman in a bar Or so I thought from afar You'd better be careful what you start With just a woman in a bar I was just another fool on a hardwood floor The first time I laid eyes on you The band played better as you walked through the door Like only a woman can do You said you was tired of just paying rent And asked if I cared to agree It was then I noticed a look in your eye That I'd not seen once before I was just another fool on a barroom floor
Blew into Austin From Denver yesterday Got word my manager Didn't wanna stay Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? You'd think I would be A little more confused But I play a dangerous game Where people get abused Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? We were up above it all Flying in your plane About the time I had a bloody Mary Lord, I wasn't feeling anything There you was in all that leather With something on your mind I found out just what it was In the Salt Lake City lights Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? I played them Red Rocks A couple times before And down at Globe Hall A dozen nights or more Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Standing on the corner In the central Texas heat Slanging my Stolen Jewels In a shrink wrapped CD Swinging from the ceiling Of this old honky-tonk saloon For a wandering boy like me There's always more room Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Ain't that right? Yeah I was just down here to see them boys in the committee On Avenue Of The Stars I rode down there in a nineteen sixty-five Ford
Thirteen diamonds 'round my neck One silver eagle on my chest Been trying to find a wild ace But I still ain't seen one yet Lone Star is a man One not riding for the brand Greenback dollar in his hand Lone Star makes a stand Lone Star, if you please He ain't loyal to your scene Such a long and harrowing road One more drink and then I'll go I guess they got me red-handed I really done it this time Just a fool's companion These box canyons of my mind I guess they got me red-handed I really done it this time Just a fool's companion These box canyons of my mind Thirteen diamonds 'round my neck One silver eagle on my chest Been trying to find a wild ace But I still ain't seen one yet
El Paso to Denver It's a mighty long road But I'm still gonna go 'Cause you just never know What could be up there waiting In the Rocky mountain high Like a good friend of mine El Paso to Denver one more time I'm out running men who just want me to change While they stay the same All stuck in their ways I find it ironic how I'm paying a price To chase long and white lines El Paso to Denver one more time Lock, stock and teardrops got me well on my way I've got bills to pay To stay in the game I thought I heard Waylon in the cool of the night Saying boy you'll be fine El Paso to Denver one more time If you ain't been bought then you're probably getting sold They'll make you want to fold Greatest story ever told I've been riding this country Most all my life Like it's going out of style From El Paso to Denver one more time El Paso to Denver one more time El Paso to Denver one more time
They sold me out To the Santa Fe Ring There wasn't any trial Where justice was no such thing Up on Sierra Hermosa Only the strongest last But they'll never catch me I'm too fast They come riding in Just about the break of dawn Caliche on their jackets For they had journeyed long I didn't need to ask them I knew the reason why They brought so many men Just to watch me die When my time has come And the working is all done I'll be on my way Into the setting sun I've tried to take advice I've been a gambler all my life Getting shot from behind That ain't no way to die They sold me out To the Santa Fe Ring There wasn't any trial Where justice was no such thing
Dark clouds race through my mind Thoughts of revenge keep me up at night I see a bishop all cloaked in red Those who laid a price upon my head My spirit won't let me rest Always searching for another test There's no promise what tomorrow brings So I stay ready for anything For now I leave your warm embrace Glory doesn't come to those who wait True love is an open road Good fortune rewards the both My spirit won't let me rest Always searching for another test There's no promise what tomorrow brings You know I stay ready for anything I've done things I can't defend Raised in a world full of wicked men I watched the lilies growing in the field You can't touch what isn't real My spirit won't let me rest Always searching for another test There's no promise what tomorrow brings So I stay ready for anything There's no promise what tomorrow brings You know I stay ready for anything
Just a broken down cowboy, all out on his luck Been through the best of his friends On a long lonesome highway, in an old pickup truck He crossed Texas like a hot dusty wind He was all around cowboy back in '89 From the top it's been a long way down Since the whiskey and the women started winning his time They rode him high and hard to the ground He remembers the thrill of being a winner In the days of his first rodeo But there's something 'bout winning that don't last forever Maybe tomorrow things will get better If the devil lets loose of his soul He'll be an all around cowboy again So he rolls up a smoke and he sips his old Crow Wipes the whiskers that cover his chin And he smiles as he dreams of old rodeos He's an all around cowboy again He remembers the thrill of being a winner In the days of his first rodeo But there's something 'bout winning that don't last forever Maybe tomorrow things will get better If the devil lets loose of his soul He'll be an all around cowboy again
Well, I'm hard to understand And I can't work for the man I earn my living playing one night shows On a long and winding road I don't care about where it goes But every now and again, we come to Tennessee Well, the memory, it stays with me I went on before the committee They put me up so late, the doggone joint was closed But before they cut out the light On number eighty-two that night A woman locking the door gave me good advice "If you need some money fast Hit the Tennessee Quick Cash" Now I know what you're about to say About their predatory ways But brother, at least they let you know it right up front 'Cause if you take that ride downtown Where them rounders hang around You'll find anything in the world but a fair deal If you need some money fast Just hit the Tennessee Quick Cash Here's what I do when I walk in there It's been this way for years I cry alligator tears Something like Paradise Lost, I guess Her name was Cheyenne I thanked her as I shook her hand She said, "Honey, good luck, you're gonna need it" If you find your winning fix And you need some money fast Just hit the Tennessee Quick Cash I'd hit the Tennessee Quick Cash Alright, Shooter
It's so easy to lose track of all your dreams Get caught up in day to day Let those big ones get away You didn't know that they'd been stolen By that sly old Daddy Time 'Til you saw 'em in a pawn shop Years and miles on down the line I'm gonna die with my dreams on Singing some old-fashioned love song To a diamond-eyed girl I ain't known long With some friends who'll miss me when I'm gone She'll lazily look at me, sayin' "Never met one quite like you" I say, "Well babe, get a good look Meanwhile, here's looking at you" I'm gonna die with my dreams on Singing some old-fashioned love song To a raven-haired girl I ain't known long With some friends who'll miss me when I'm gone She lazily look to me, sayin' "Never met one quite like you" I say, "Well babe, get a good look Meanwhile, here's looking at you" I'm gonna die with my dreams on
He doesn't say too much And his throat is dry What he wants Is a bottle of rye Born just to play A bad luck hand This here's the tale Of a Texican As the night rolls in And the sun goes down He'll find himself In a different town All the good time women Prophets drunks and thieves Will soon find out What the Texican means Mexican boots And a Stetson hat Gun is slung low With the trigger tied back These are the marks Of a fighting man A kind they call The Texican Jingling spurs On a hardwood door A poker game Just made for four But if you sit in For a card or two You'll wind up dead Before you're through Border winds Border winds Where do you go Cover my trail tonight
I'm weak as a lamb And my head's spinning like a top Oh what a kiss It felt like an H-bomb drop Destroyed, ooh-wee, baby Destroyed, you got me, baby Your good loving girl Has really got me destroyed I said something you've got Has me out of my mind over you And like an old hound dog I'm barking, and I'm hollering, too Destroyed, ooh-wee, baby Destroyed, you got me, baby Your good loving girl Has really got me destroyed Love is a funny thing Sometimes you become a slave to it Some things you lack, somе things you don't Lock up your mind but you know you're gonna do it (Got me dеstroyed) (Got me destroyed) (Got me destroyed) (Got me destroyed) Well you struck like lightning baby I fell like rain Only you got the power baby To put me in chains Destroyed, ooh-wee, baby Destroyed, you got me, baby Your good loving babe Has really got me destroyed Destroyed, ooh-wee, baby Destroyed, you got me, baby Your good loving girl It's really got me destroyed Destroyed, ooh-wee, baby Destroyed, you got me, baby Your good loving girl Has really got me destroyed Destroyed Destroyed Destroyed Destroyed Destroyed
I'm going to Alamosa Back in the saddle once again Bought a blue rose in Ruidosa Because my true love wanted her one Well, I'm riding 159 Snow is falling and it's dawn Just a little bit further to 17 When I get there, I'll be free It was the age of the ram Not long ago in this very land He toiled in the sun, he loved her in the rain He listened to the sound of the sage In the age of the ram Well, I'm going to Alamosa Lord, I got to clean up my act They say, "Blanca, she's bad luck" But I could never get enough It was the age of the ram Not long ago in this very land He toiled in the sun, he loved her in the rain He listened to the sound of the sage In the age of the ram It was the age of the ram Not long ago in this very land He toiled in the sun, he loved her in the rain He listened to the sound of the sage In the age of the ram Mm, in the age of the ram Holding the wheel in my hand
Well, I left lonesome dove For the country up above And the soft warmth of her touch Through the night I hated to be leaving But it was cutting season She was standing there With water in her eyes In Durango, Colorado I held the necklace that I bought her While tipping one At the Diamond Belle Saloon And I hitched up to Wyoming With a man who didn't know me He said he had some ponies Up for sale It's a Coke and Pepsi world They can have the whole thing, girl 'Long as I know your love is true Everybody's chasing that glory Lord, it's the same old story But I got all my money down on you When I finally made Montana I could only think of my Ana In the sweet grass hills I could almost hear her voice This country, it just grows That's progress, I suppose Red, white or blue You're my only choice It's a Coke and Pepsi world They can have the whole thing, girl 'Long as I know your love is true Everybody's chasing that glory Lord, it's the same old story But I got all my money down on you It's a Coke and Pepsi world They can have the whole thing, girl 'Long as I know your love is true Everybody's chasing that glory Lord, it's the same old story But I got all my money down on you I left lonesome dove For the county up above
A rustler's daydream, thoughts of jail Dust clouds risin', tearin' down the trail Got our plans laid to make a few bucks Buy a spread called Rancho Deluxe No, we're not outlaws or common thieves Just a few aces with cards up our sleeves We've got to gamble, gotta take a chance Wanna see the whole show and not just one dance Yeah, we gotta try and find a way We're gonna laugh, we're gonna dance, we're gonna play Just bouncin' 'round the mountains day to day Oh, crazy mountains, they named you well Red men and white men, stories we heard tell
Come drink with me, and we'll forget The troubles that we know After all, what is life but a hard way to go? It'll be here in the morning Though I can't guarantee What waits for you tomorrow Come and drink with me Come and drink with me We can all get high Laugh and dance And watch the world go by Watchin' the world go by I couldn't help but die All of us here, we were made to die Watchin' the world go by Lord knows I ain't been winnin' But I have seen some livin' While drinkin' in the taverns late at night And I do know some gypsies Who say they gonna miss me And a long-haired woman who smiles at me As I offer up my last drink of wine Come drink with me, and we'll forget The troubles that we know After all, what is life but a hard way to go? It'll be here in the morning Though I can't guarantee What waits for you tomorrow Come and drink with me Come and drink with me We can all get high Laugh and dance Watch the world go by Watchin' the world go by I couldn't help but cry All of us here, we were made to die Watchin' the world go by I've got to make amends Can't be sure how this thing will end I offer up my last drink of wine Watchin' the world go by Watchin' the world go by I couldn't help but cry All of us here, we were made to die Watchin' the world go by, Lord, Lord Watchin' the world go by I couldn't help but cry All of us here, we were made to die Watchin' the world go by
Thunder in the canyon Up a two track road The kind that I've been down a couple times before Late in the spring Just below the timber line I got stoned on a bottle of bluebird wine Down on the creek Where the crystal water flows Thought I saw my life in the mountain snow Then I fell asleep From the sun of a midday heat Dreamt about the title I had won Never been to heaven But I've had one foot in hell Spent my share of nights in the county jail Weren't too far behind me Coming up ahead Was the memory of the sweetest thing she said Down on the creek Where the crystal water flows Thought I saw my life in the mountain snow Then I fell asleep From the sun of a midday heat Dreamt about the title I had won Fastest gun alive I've been wanted all of my life I can't change these things I've done Please forgive my tears in the sun Raining on the mesa But I can see the sky In the mountains that won't tell me the reason why Down on the creek Where the crystal water flows Thought I saw my life in the mountain snow Then I fell asleep From the sun of a midday heat Dreamt about the title I had won Fastest gun alive I've been wanted all of my life I can't change these things I've done Please forgive my tears in the sun Lord forgive my tears in the sun
Lord, I'm just a country boy With trouble on my mind And a law man close behind Now they're coming after me Like I always knew they would They say that I'm no good Law man, I'm ready Law man, come get me Lord, I'm just a country boy With my hands upon the wheel Of a tired Oldsmobile Still they're coming after me I think they're just surprised That I stand up for my rights Law man, come get me Law man, I'm ready Let's go to the Diamond Belle I know a good cheap motel They want me in Missouri soon But tonight is the Diamond Belle Saloon Law man, I'm ready Law man, come and get me Lord, I'm just a country boy With trouble on my mind And a law man close behind
I shot Jesse James, he was bound to do me in He and my brother were mighty good friends They call me Bobby Ford And I shot Jesse James It was April the third, 1882 Missouri told me that I'd come due On that cloudy day I shot Jesse James I shot Jesse James, but it didn't do me any good If I could take it back, boys Don't you think I would? I shot Jesse James Creede, Colorado, I spent my last days Readin' my fortune in a diamond and spades I heard O'Kelley say "You shot Jesse James" I shot Jesse James, but it didn't do me any good If I could take it back, boys Don't you think I would? I shot Jesse James And I could not see the cost If I'm bein' honest, I thought I'd hear applause I shot Jesse James And we ended up the same I shot Jesse James, I just had to do him in He and my brother were awfully good friends They call me Robert Ford And I shot Jesse James Hello, Bob How's Jesus look to you now?
The life and times of Billy McLane Showed up, good to me Not long ago, in this very land Living in the age of the ram
I rode out here From Texas Had to change my name A fork-tongued boy Showed me how They play the game Remember Pat You were a Wrestler too May get Rid of me They'll do away With you
You reared me, you raised me, I'm your native son Ever forgivin' the wrongs that I've done Locked up in Little Rock, broke down to the bone I'll be free tomorrow, I'm comin' home Sweet Mother Texas, rock-a-bye me I've seen all the places I wanna see It's time this old rounder set his mind at ease Sweet Mother Texas, rock-a-bye me She laughed at my boots and my slow Texas drawl I'll bend a lot, but be damned if I crawl I cannot be what she wants me to be Sweet Mother Texas, rock-a-bye me Sweet Mother Texas, rock-a-bye me I've seen all the places I wanna see It's time this old rounder set his mind at ease Sweet Mother Texas, rock-a-bye me
Been in Kentucky too long I done come here from Arkansas Ain't running from no Johnny Law Please believe me I ain't in Kentucky for my health I done came here for something else Everybody knows that dry breath It ain't greasy Back in Texas last week That's a-when things got bleak Be careful of what you speak Might come find you Chocktaw just this morning They started shooting out without warning If it hadn't been for my woman Had me sneaking in Man, I really feel it coming on I've been in Kentucky too long Been in Kentucky making something out of nothing too long Daddy was in Vietnam It says it on his old sedan He's been fighting with Uncle Sam About something News been talking 'bout a bank Wasn't me this time for goodness sake But if it was, I'd a split the take You really know me I guess I'm doing just fine On Big Sandy, in a doing time That woman's 'bout to have my child She says she needs me I ain't in Kentucky for my health I done came here for something else Mama used to say dry breath Sure ain't greasy Man, I really feel it coming on I've been in Kentucky too long I've been in Kentucky trying to make that woman love me too long Man, I can feel it coming on I've been in Kentucky too long I've been in Kentucky making something out of nothing too long Been in Kentucky too long Been in Kentucky too long Man, I really feel it coming on Been in Kentucky too long
Cover my trail Cover my trail Cover my trail tonight Border winds
Cold blue mornin' The game is done Nobody lost things Nobody won Several cards are Played again Really don't matter If we lose or win Yeah, we gotta try and find a way We're gonna laugh, we're gonna drink, we're gonna play Bouncin' 'round the mountains, day to day Oh, Crazy Mountain They named you well Red men, and white men Stories we heard you tell You're so mellow From your tender why And your sweetgrass footprint To your timber line Oh yeah, we gotta try and find a way We're gonna laugh, we're gonna drink, we're gonna play Just bouncin' 'round the mountains, day to day
Rode out to Wilsall for the round up Where you can't win if you fall A little later on down at Bank Bar Miss Candy poured him somethin' strong He got restless, drove up to Ringlin' Chasin' cousin Jimmy and his ghost Uncle Kurt, he kept tellin' stories Of bein' thrown off of his horse Hung his own rope in Oklahoma 'Bout took it all in Santa Fe There in the darkness, it all looked so invitin' The life and times of Billy McLane He spent a lotta time thinkin' about Jesus And all of the trials they put him through Some people love to tell ya to live more like him And then get mad when you do I ain't nobody, just another traveler Tryin' not to get killed by his name I'm just comin' in from the unknown country Pleased to meet ya, I'm Billy McLane Those Albuquerque lights sold him his fortune Out at Four Corners, he got away Sometimes the truth boys is stranger than fiction In the life and times of Billy McLane The life and times of Billy McLane
The life and times of Billy McLane Were almost more than I could stand Love and revenge; redemption in the end Living in the age of the ram
Hey, hey I laid down at the Powder River to die Yes, I'll see you, woman When I get on the other side Hey, hey You know an outlaw gets mean Can't be born like this Life made me that way
Long-haired young girl here beside me Fit my body, wore my mind Sleepin' quiet, never knowin' That tomorrow she'll be one more thing I'm gonna leave behind Like them big wheels, I'll be rollin' Like them rivers, gonna flow to sea 'Cause I'd rather leave here knowin' That I made a fool of love before it made a fool of me Low-down freedom, you done cost me Everything I'll ever lose You're as empty as my pockets From the top of where you start down to the bottom of my boot Open highway, lonesome wind blows Tell me somethin' I don't know Wrapped in woman arms around me Tell me why I'm gonna leave when I don't really wanna go Low-down freedom, you done cost me Everything I'll ever lose You're as empty as my pockets From the top of where you start down to the bottom of my boot Low-down freedom, you done cost me Everything I'll ever lose You're as empty as my pockets And you're colder than the water that keeps soakin' through my boot
One more night in New York City, I wish I was going home Lone Star flows like a river down into the Gulf Lonesome dove got me feeling alright For me and Shooter boys It's always Saturday night I got a gal in Austin, her name's Taylor Grace You ain't really lived boys until you seen her face That's the truth, she's got me feeling alright For me and Shooter hoss It's always Saturday night Saturday night We're in West L.A The very next morning Down to Houston on a plane One more night in Kansas City, I wish I was going home Lone Star flows like a river down into the Gulf Life and times got me feeling alright For me and Shooter hoss It's always Saturday night Seven days a week Let's hear one for Texas where the beat don't ever drop We say it out just the way we mean, and we do whatever we want From Lubbock down to the Rio Grande, we got the most beautiful girls And Austin's still the live-music capitol of the world It's always Saturday night San Francisco bay Come break of dawn Amarillo in the rain Let's hear one for Texas where the beat don't ever drop Lone Star flows like a river down into the Gulf Lonesome dove Got me feeling alright For me and Shooter, it's uh Always Saturday Night Ain't that right, Waylona?
This here isn't fantasy They kept on coming after me Just when I thought I was free my friend I've heard 'em talk of paradise But I've only known a pair of dice I'll throw 'em down in the afterlife again A campfire's always burning While the big wheel keeps on turning Few have seen behind the curtain On a dollar a day I'm trying to paint you a picture But there's been quite a mixture Of honestly and fiction to tell it straight Border winds Border winds Where do you blow? Cover my trail tonight Cover my trail tonight It wasn't good enough a reason She said it as he was leaving When the cotton flower season Had come to pass A tragedy was at hand The ballad of a wanted man Living in the age of the ram Border winds Border winds Where do you blow? Cover my trail tonight Cover my trail tonight Border wind
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