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Songs: Forever Ended Yesterday, I Feel Like Crying, I Don’t Know When That Will Be, Julie, My Sweet Love Ain’t Around, I’ve Got Wine on My Mind, Keeping Up With the Joneses, Sunny Side of the Mountain, Living the Life of a Dog, Talk About Me, Honky Tonks and Slow Sad Music, It’s for Sure I Can’t Go On, Loving You Beats All I’ve Ever Seen, Don’t Take My Sunshine Away, If You Were a House (You Would Be Heaven), Ain’t She Something Else, Rhythm Guitar, I Don’t Love Her Anymore, My Lovin’ Time With You, The Most Beautiful Girl, Loving You Is All I Thought It Would Be, The Touch of the Master’s Hand, She's All I Got, You Touched My Life, Love Sure Is Beautiful, She's Everything to Me, My Elusive Dreams, He Will Break Your Heart, You Once Lived Here, Only Love Can Save Us Now, Let's Walk Hand and Hand, Livin' in a House Full of Love, A Man That's Satisfied, The Toast of the Town, The Old Violin, There Lies the Difference, Next of Kin, You Haven’t Lived, My Name’s Not on the Sidewalk, Memory Crossing, Take This Job and Shove It, The Waltz of Angels, Hold That Thought, There Goes My Everything, Release Me, Together Again, Touch My Heart, All the Time, Misty Blue, Apartment #9, Almost Persuaded, It’s Such a Pretty World Today, Danny Boy, Make the World Go Away, Green, Green Grass of Home, Take This Job and Shove It, From Cotton to Satin (From Birmingham to Manhattan), The Spirits of St. Louis, The 4 “F” Blues, Barstool Mountain, Georgia in a Jug, The Fool Strikes Again, The Man From Bowling Green, When I Had a Home to Go To, Colorado Cool‐Aid, Slide Off of Your Satin, If You Could Hold My Heart (For Awhile), I’ve Got Them Lookin’ in the Mirror Wonderin’ Where My Woman Went Blues, Hank (You Tried to Tell Me), I’m the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised), You’re Still on My Mind, I Did the Right Thing, Woman (You Better Love Me), You’re Gonna Be the Cowboy, (To Be So Bad) She’s Still Lookin’ Good, Someone to Give My Love To, Smile, Somebody Loves You, Something, Your Love Is the Key to It All, Mr. Bojangles, Love Is a Good Thing, A Heart Don’t Need Eyes, She’s All I Live For, The Rain Never Falls in Denver, High on the Thought of You, It’s Only a Matter of Wine, Friend, Lover, Wife, Armed and Crazy, Mainline, Thanks to the Cathouse (I'm in the Doghouse with You), Leave It to Me, Me and the I.R.S., Let's Have a Hand for the Little Lady, Just Makin' Love Don't Make It Love, Look What the Dog Drug In, The Outlaw's Prayer, Meanest Jukebox in Town, Problem Solvin’ Doctor, Two Candles, One Dinner and a Bottle, The Pint of No Return, Haven for Angels Unaware, I Drop More Than I Drink, We’re the Kind of People, Don’t You Say Nothin’ at All, Fool’s Hall of Fame, Tell Me Your Troubles, I’m a Survivor, Can’t Quit Drinking, He Left It All, I.O.U. Blues, Everything Is Changing, Palimony, You’re Every Step I Take, I Never Got Over You, Buried Treasures, Ole Pay Ain’t Checked Out Yet, When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool), Along Comes Jones, Proud Mary, You Can Have Her, Smack Dab in the Middle, Mabellene, Roll Over Beethoven, Kansas City, Tutti Frutti, You Better Move On, Mr. Lovemaker, Walk With Me, Girl, If Love Gets Any Better, I’m Just Tired of Hurting You, Love Is a Strange and Wonderful Thing, Something About You I Love, If You Just Win One Time, I Won’t Ever Love Again, Once You’ve Had the Best, All in the Name of Love, She’ll Unwine Me, Turnin' Off a Memory, I've Got a Yearning, Carolyn, I'll Leave the Bottle on the Bar, All Night Lady, I Can't Hold Myself in Line, Yesterday's News Just Hit Home Today, You Don't Have Very Far to Go, No More You and Me, Someone Told My Story, The Lovin’ Machine, Miller’s Cave, Florence Jean, Hang on Sally, Is That All I Meant to You, Don’t Tell My Wife (Who Wrote This Song), I Want You to Know, Swingin’ Doors, We’re the Kind of People, The Johnsons of Turkey Ridge, It’s a Mighty Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Don’t You Say Nothin’ at All, I Don’t Know What Keeps Us Together, I Know I Never Will, 11 Months and 29 Days, The Woman Who Put Me Here, The Feminine Touch, I Sleep With Her Memory Every Night, I Can See Me Lovin' You Again, Gone at Last, Closer Than I've Ever Been Before, I've Seen Better Days, Live With Me ('Til I Can Learn To Live Again), That's What the Outlaws In Texas Want To Hear, King of the Road, Bayou Bum, Not What I Had in Mind, Pride Covered Ears, He’s in a Hurry, Something He’ll Have to Learn, My Last Night in Town, Ballad of the Green Berets, Yes, She’s Gone, Wherever You Are, Handcuffed to Love, Ballad of Frisco Bay, Big Town Baby, Understanding Makes Love

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At Carnegie Hall (1966)

  1. King of the Road
  2. Bayou Bum
  3. Not What I Had in Mind
  4. Pride Covered Ears
  5. He’s in a Hurry
  6. Something He’ll Have to Learn
  7. My Last Night in Town
  8. Ballad of the Green Berets
  9. Yes, She’s Gone
  10. Wherever You Are
  11. Handcuffed to Love
  12. Ballad of Frisco Bay
  13. Big Town Baby
  14. Understanding Makes Love

The Lovin’ Machine (1966)

  1. The Lovin’ Machine
  2. Miller’s Cave
  3. Florence Jean
  4. Hang on Sally

    Lyrics: Hang on Sally

    In the mountain there's a fountain of love named Sally
A full moon shin in' down on moonshine valley
She's a'waitin' and a'hopin' that I'll come a' calling'
Callin' to her through the water
Where the waterfall is falling
She loves me and she needs me
And her love is a'wastin'
And the sweetness of the drippings
From her lips need tasting
So I'm running', wishing', and hoping' that I'll make it
Up the mountain to my fountain of love

Hang on Sally waiting here in the valley
I'm coming just as fast as I can
I'm pantin' and I'm puffin'
Waiting till I kiss and hold your hand
Through the brush and the rubble
I'm a'callin' on the double
Clothes all torn by the thorns
And the needles and the briars
I'll sure be a sight
But you can heal me tonight
And bathe my wounds in the fountain of love

Now old brother Brewer
He's afraid of revenuer's
He's a crackpot, crack shot
Now Brewer don't you do 'er
It's just me Mr. B'er old city slicker buddy
And I sure ain't a'hankerin' to get all hurt and bloody
If you kill me who'll thrill me
While I'm lying here a'dyin'
The tears'll fill the valley
Where old Sally starts to cry in'
They'll rust up and bust up the still you got a'runnin'
So take me to my valley of love
  5. Is That All I Meant to You
  6. Don’t Tell My Wife (Who Wrote This Song)
  7. I Want You to Know
  8. Swingin’ Doors
  9. We’re the Kind of People
  10. The Johnsons of Turkey Ridge
  11. It’s a Mighty Thin Line Between Love and Hate
  12. Don’t You Say Nothin’ at All
  13. I Don’t Know What Keeps Us Together
  14. I Know I Never Will

Country Soul (1968)

  1. There Goes My Everything
  2. Release Me
  3. Together Again
  4. Touch My Heart
  5. All the Time

    Lyrics: All the Time

    I tell you I love you, I lied
I just love when I'm breaking ya spine
You can block that boy, shawty you mine
And she love when I look in her eyes

And she love when I fuck from the side
I just fuck on that shawty, not mine
I'm yea yea, uh uh
Shawty you aint mine

I just like to make sure you mine
Uh uh all the time
Uh uh all the time

Watch me shit on these niggas, no enema
Shoot that boy with full clip, ain't no cinema
And I know that these niggas, they envy me
All the time, gotta stay with a lemon squeeze

And I know she in love with my energy
She not feeling good, I am the remedy
And she fallin in love with my melody
She know Benjamin Franklin my bestie

On the daily, I tell her she sexy
I know she happy she met me
Ain't nobody else is like me
I know she wanna be wifey

Dej Loaf, don't try me
All the niggas gon be dyin
Grrrr
Bullets is flying, huhhh ohh

Yea huhh
Yea uhh
Huhh uhh
Aye aye aye ahh ahh

I tell you I love you, I lied
I just love when I'm breaking ya spine
You can block that boy, shawty you mine
And she love when I look in her eyes

And she love when I fuck from the side
I just fuck on that shawty, not mine
I'm yea yea, uh uh
Shawty you aint mine

I just like to make sure you mine
Uh uh all the time
Uh uh all the time
  6. Misty Blue
  7. Apartment #9

    Lyrics: Apartment #9

    You'll find me waiting here
In a apartment number nine.

Chorus:
Loneliness surrounds me,
Without your arms around me
And the sun will never shine
In apartment number nine.

Just follow this stairway
Into this lonely world of mine
You'll find me waiting here
In apartment number nine.

Chorus:
Loneliness surrounds me,
Without your arms around me
And the sun will never shine
In apartment number nine.

--- Instumental ---

Not so very long ago
You said that you loved me
And after all of those plans we'd made
You decided to be free.

Chorus:
Loneliness surrounds me,
Without your arms around me
And the sun will never shine
In apartment number nine...
  8. Almost Persuaded

    Lyrics: Almost Persuaded

    Last night all alone in a barroom
Met a girl with a drink in her hand.
She had ruby red lips, coal black hair
And eyes that would tempt any man.
Then she came and sat down at my table,
And as she placed her soft hands in mine,
I found myself wanting to kiss her
For temptation was flowing like wine.

And I was almost persuaded to strip myself of my pride.
Almost persuaded to push my conscience aside.
Then we danced and she whispered, "I need you!"
"Take me away from here and be my man."
Then I looked into her eyes and I saw it:

The reflection of my wedding band.
And I was almost persuaded to let strange lips lead me
On.
Almost persuaded but your sweet love made me stop and
Go home.

Last night all alone in a barroom
Met a guy with a drink in his hand.
He had bay blue eyes, coal black hair
And a smile that a girl understands.
Then he came and sat down at my table,
And as he placed his hands over mine,
I found my self wanting to kiss him
For temptation was flowing like wine.

And I was almost persuaded to strip myself of my pride.
Almost persuaded to push my conscience aside.
Then we danced and he whispered, "I need you!"
"Let me take you away and be your man."
Then I looked into his eyes and I saw it:

The reflection of my wedding band.
And I was almost persuaded to let strange lips lead me
On.
Almost persuaded but your sweet love made me stop and
Go home.
  9. It’s Such a Pretty World Today
  10. Danny Boy

    Lyrics: Danny Boy

    Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side.
The summer's gone, and all the roses falling,
It's you, it's you must go and I must bide.

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow,
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow,
It's I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow,
Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so!

But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying,
If I am dead, as dead I well may be,
You'll come and find the place where I am lying,
And kneel and say an Ave there for me.
And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,
For you will bend and tell me that you love me,
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!
  11. Make the World Go Away
  12. Green, Green Grass of Home

    Lyrics: Green, Green Grass of Home

    The old home town looks the same,
As I step down from the train,
And there to meet me is my mama and my papa.
Down the road I look, and there comes Mary,
Hair of gold and lips like cherries.
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.

The old house is still standing,
Though the paint is cracked and dry,
And there's the old oak tree that I used to play on.
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary,
Hair of gold and lips like cherries.
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.

Yes, they'll all come to see me,
Arms reaching, smiling sweetly.
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home.

Then I awake and look around me,
At the four gray walls that surround me,
And I realize that I was only dreaming.
For there's a guard, and there's a sad old padre,
Arm in arm, we'll walk at daybreak.
Again, I'll touch the green, green grass of home.

Yes, they'll all come to see me
In the shade of the old oak tree,
As they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home.

Again (1970)

  1. Forever Ended Yesterday
  2. I Feel Like Crying
  3. I Don’t Know When That Will Be
  4. Julie
  5. My Sweet Love Ain’t Around
  6. I’ve Got Wine on My Mind
  7. Keeping Up With the Joneses
  8. Sunny Side of the Mountain
  9. Living the Life of a Dog
  10. Talk About Me
  11. Honky Tonks and Slow Sad Music
  12. It’s for Sure I Can’t Go On

She’s All I Got (1971)

  1. She's All I Got

    Lyrics: She's All I Got

    Well I said, friend
Don't take her, she's all I've got
Please don't take her love away from me
I'm tellin' you, friend
Don't take her, she's all I've got
She's everything in life I'll ever need
She is life when I want to live
She's everything to me in life that life can give
She's my water when I need a drink
She's the first thought in my mind
Each time I try to think
Let me tell you now, friend
Don't take her, she's all I've got
Please don't take her love away from me
Let me tell you now, friend
Don't take her, she's all I've got
She's everything in life I'm ever gonna need
She's my fingers when I want to feel
She's the only thing to me in life that's really real
She is love, she's all the love I know
She could kiss the ground in wintertime
And make a flower grow
I said friend
Don't take her, she's all I've got
Please don't take her love away from me
I said friend
Don't take her, she's all I've got
She's everything in life I'll ever need
Let me talk it to you, friend
Don't take her, she's all I've got
Said, friend
Don't take her, she's all I've got
Let me talk it to you, friend
Don't take her, she's all I've got
  2. You Touched My Life

    Lyrics: You Touched My Life

    (Jerry Foster - Bill Rice)

Somewhere in the darkened corners of my mind
Lived the memries of the love I had one time
There among the anxious from a burning yesterday
I can't find peace of mind because you touched my life one time.

Because you touched my life one time and loved me for a day
I'm clinging to a dream come true because you passed my way.

Precious are the moments that I spent with you
Treasured more than diamonds are those dreams we knew
Tender mem'ries linger from that day when you were mine
And I find peace of mind because you touched my life one time.

Precious are the moments that I spent with you
Treasured more than diamonds are those dreams we knew
Tender mem'ries linger from that day when you were mine
And I find peace of mind because you touched my life one time.

Yes, I find peace of mind because you touched my life one time...
  3. Love Sure Is Beautiful

    Lyrics: Love Sure Is Beautiful

    (Johnny Paycheck)

Love sure is beautiful where you're concerned
Nothing but happiness wherever I turn
Life sure is wonderful and this much I've learned
Love sure is beautiful where you're concerned.

I never knew till I met you how easy love could come
To a heart that was so sure it would have no one
Now my heart and arms are filled with your love every day
And if a heart could talk at all you would hear mine say.

Love sure is beautiful where you're concerned
Nothing but happiness wherever I turn
Life sure is wonderful and this much I've learned
Love sure is beautiful where you're concerned.

Love sure is beautiful where you're concerned...
  4. She's Everything to Me

    Lyrics: She's Everything to Me

    Her name is like a prayer when I'm in need
She gives me love that satisfies and always stands by me
She's the guiding light that brings me home
She smooths out the road of life that I travel on.

And her sweet love is everything to me can't you see
She brings daylight to the darkness of my world
Without her love to guide me there's no tellin' what I'd be
Her precious love is everything to me.

She's my woman she lets me know her love won't end
She's everything I'll ever need she's my lover she's my friends
It takes her love to make my love complete
She's the shrine of worship she's everything to me.

Her sweet love is everything to me can't you see
She brings daylight to the darkness of my world
Without her love to guide me there's no tellin' what I'd be
Her precious love is everything to me.

Yes, her sweet love is everything to me can't you see
She brings daylight to the darkness of my world
Without her love to guide me there's no tellin' what I'd be
Her precious love is everything to me...
  5. My Elusive Dreams

    Lyrics: My Elusive Dreams

    (Billy Sherrill - Curly Putman)

You followed me to Texas you followed me to Utah
We didn't find it there so we moved on
Then you went with me to Alabam things looked good in Birmingham
We didn't find it there so we moved on.

I know you're tired of following my elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams.

You had my child in Memphis and I heard of work in Nashville
But we didn't find it there so we moved on
To a small farm in Nebraska to a gold mine in Alaska
We didn't find it there so we moved on.

And now we've left Alaska because there was no gold mine
But this time only two of us moved on
Now all we have is each other and a little mem'ry to cling to
And still you won't let me go on all alone.

I know you're tired of following my elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams.

For they're only fleeting things my elusive dreams...
  6. He Will Break Your Heart

    Lyrics: He Will Break Your Heart

    (Jerry Butler - Curtis Mayfield - Calvin Carter)

He don't love you like I love you
If he did he wouldn't break your heart
Baby he don't love you like I love you
He's trying to tear us apart.

Pretty well I know you're leaving girl
For the new love that you've found
The handsome guy that you've been dated
I've got a feeling he's gonna put you down.

He don't love you like I love you
If he did he wouldn't break your heart
Baby he don't love you like I love you
He's trying to tear us apart.

He uses all the great potentions
Singing those pretty things Lord I wish I could say
But he's had so doggone many big parts
So to him it's just another play.

And when the final act is over
And you are standing there all alone
When he takes his vows and makes his exits
I'll be there baby take you home.

He don't love you like I love you
If he did he wouldn't break your heart
Baby he don't love you like I love you
He's trying to tear us apart.

He don't love you like I love you.
He don't love you like I love you...
  7. You Once Lived Here

    Lyrics: You Once Lived Here

    (Autry Inman)

Mayor gave me the key to the city
The welcome wagon had already appeared
But again I'll be packing and leaving
For it's plain now that you once lived here.

It may be that I'll never forget you
Cause your love and love lives everywhere
Could it be that I'll always be sayin'
I've gotta go now for you once lived here.

I see your face in the cool of the evening
I hear your voice in each breeze cloud and clear
Oh there must be a town without your memories
But not this one 'cause you once lived here.

No, not this one 'cause you once lived here...
  8. Only Love Can Save Us Now

    Lyrics: Only Love Can Save Us Now

    (Billy Sherrill - Buddy Killen)

Here we are me and you nothing left to hold on to
And if we make it through the night I'll wonder how
The more I keep trying seems the more I leave you crying
And it's a shame that only love can save us now.

Only love can save us now
Only love can see us through pick us up and show us out
To laugh at stormy weather as we go through life together
Only love, only love can save us now.

Only love can save us now
Only love can see us through pick us up and show us out
We both want to make it but Lord we don't know how
Only love, only love can save us now...
  9. Let's Walk Hand and Hand
  10. Livin' in a House Full of Love

    Lyrics: Livin' in a House Full of Love

    (Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton)

Now love is pourin' through the windows, comin' through the door
And I can feel it creepin' through the cracks in the floor
Bouncin' off the walls and the ceilin' up above
Since I found you I'm livin' in a house of love.

All my life my heart's been walked on
Women said they loved me my how they talked on
Tellin' me lies and fillin' my eyes
With tears that I couldn't control
I couldn't get a hold of myself long enough to realize
They were only tryin' to pull the wool over my eyes
I found you then the skies turned blue
And I'm livin' in a house of love.

Now love is pourin' through the windows, comin' through the door
And I can feel it creepin' through the cracks in the floor
Bouncin' off the walls and the ceilin' up above
Since I found you I'm livin' in a house of love.

Well once I lived in a hole like a rabbit
Couldn't find love the blues were a habit
A lonely man and I couldn't understand
Why everything I tried went wrong
Till you came along bless your heart
And showed me the right way
You dried my eyes and turned my night to day
And I'm so proud I wanna holler out loud
Tell the world about my house of love.

Now love is pourin' through the windows, comin' through the door
And I can feel it creepin' through the cracks in the floor
Bouncin' off the walls and the ceilin' up above
Since I found you I'm livin' in a house of love.

Now love is pourin' through the windows, comin' through the door
And I can feel it creepin' through the cracks in the floor
Bouncin' off the walls and the ceilin' up above
Since I found you I'm livin' in a house of love.

Since I found you I'm livin' in a house of love...
  11. A Man That's Satisfied

    Lyrics: A Man That's Satisfied

    (Johnny Paycheck)

It's a wonderful feeling when you come home at night
Knowing you've nothing to hide
Whe she smiles and says I love you it's when you know the reason
Why the ways of the world just can't tempt a man that's satisfied.

A man who's really loved has no reason at all
To ever want to sacrifice his pride
And when temptation surrounds him a man well loved is just too strong
And the ways of the world just can't tempt a man that's satisfied.

Yes, when temptation surrounds him a man well loved is just too strong
And the ways of the world just can't tempt a man that's satisfied...

Someone to Give My Love To (1972)

  1. Someone to Give My Love To

    Lyrics: Someone to Give My Love To

    I could search from now to the end of time
And never find another you
I'm so glad because I know you're mine
Someone to give my love to

I believe my love that you're one of the kind
For there's no one else like you
You're the light of my life so let it shine
Someone to give my love to

I find happiness is lovin' you
I'll do my best to make your
Dreams come true

I will follow you to the end of the earth
For my place will be with you
I have taken you for better or worse
Someone to give my love to

I find happiness is lovin' you
I'll do my best to make your
Dreams come true

Days of man-and-wife-time are precious few
I will spend them all with you
Then beyond forever I'll wait for you
Someone to give my love to
  2. Smile, Somebody Loves You
  3. Something

    Lyrics: Something

    Somethin' in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Somethin' in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Somethin' in her style that shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
You're askin' me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around how it may show
I don't know, I don't know
Somethin' in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Somethin' in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
  4. Your Love Is the Key to It All
  5. Mr. Bojangles

    Lyrics: Mr. Bojangles

    I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
In worn out shoes
With silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants
The old soft shoe
He jumped so high, he jumped so high
And then he'd lightly touch down

Met him in a cell in New Orleans
He was down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
And he spoke right out
He talked of life, he talked of life
He laughed and snapped his leg a step

Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles, dance

He danced with those at minstrel shows and county fairs
Throughout the south
He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog
And him travelled about
His dog up and died, oh he up and died
After twenty years he still grieves

He said, "I've danced now at every chance in honky tonks
For drinks and for tips
But most time I spend behind these county bars, boys
'Cause I drinks a bit."
He shook his head, he shook his head
And I heard someone ask him please

Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles, won't you dance?

Won't you dance, dance for me, Bojangles?
  6. Love Is a Good Thing

    Lyrics: Love Is a Good Thing

    Girl, you give your precious love to me
And we've got a good thing goin'
There's no end in sight that I can see
'Cause our love just keeps on growin'

Bring on happiness, let us sing
Love is a good thing

We can take what life may offer us
And when trouble comes around
There's no way it's gonna break us up
Nothing gets a good love down

Bring on sunshine, let us sing
Love is a good thing
Yeah, love is a good thing
Let us sing, love is a good thing

All I wanna do is love you more
And be all you'll ever need
'Cause there's one thing that I know for sure
Your good lovin' pleases me

Bring on gladness, let us sing
Love is a good thing
Love is a good thing
Let us sing, love is a good thing

Yeah, love is a good thing
Let us sing, love is a good thing
  7. A Heart Don’t Need Eyes

    Lyrics: A Heart Don’t Need Eyes

    Well, a heart don't need eyes to see
When it's over it don't have to be told
No, a heart don't need arms to feel
It just withers and dies from the cold

Well, I woke up this mornin' and found your note
But I already knew what it said
'Cause there's been no love in this house for so long now
And what else could you do when love is dead

And a heart don't need eyes to see
When it's over it don't have to be told
No, a heart don't need arms to feel
It just withers and dies from the cold

No, a heart don't need eyes to see
When it's over it don't have to be told
No, a heart don't need arms to feel
It just withers and dies from the cold
Yes, it just withers and dies from the cold
  8. She’s All I Live For
  9. The Rain Never Falls in Denver
  10. High on the Thought of You
  11. It’s Only a Matter of Wine

    Lyrics: It’s Only a Matter of Wine

    They're stackin' the chairs on the table again
They've unplugged the Budwiser sign
Soon they'll be callin' my taxi for me
It's only a matter of wine
Yes it's only a matter of wine
Till I'm something that words can't define
Yes she'll soon be out of my mind
Buts it's only a matter of wine
Outside a big truck is washing the street
Leaving a clean world behind
While inside I'm washing your mem'ry away
Cause it's only a matter of wine
Yes it's only a matter of wine
Till I'm something that words can't define
Yes she'll soon be out of my mind
And it's only a matter of wine
Yes it's only a matter of wine

Mr. Lovemaker (1973)

  1. Mr. Lovemaker

    Lyrics: Mr. Lovemaker

    Mr. Lovemaker, don't let anyone take her
I need that woman's love to set me free
Mr. Lovemaker, don't let anyone take her
Till I can make her love me

Hey, I know you're out there somewhere
And I know you've got the power to make her care
If you've ever thought of helping me, help me now
Take her by the hand and guide her to my arms somehow

Mr. Lovemaker, don't let anyone take her
I need that woman's love to set me free
Mr. Lovemaker, don't let anyone take her
Till I can make her love me

Mr. Lovemaker, don't let anyone take her
I need that woman's love to set me free
Mr. Lovemaker, don't let anyone take her
Till I can make her love me
  2. Walk With Me, Girl
  3. If Love Gets Any Better
  4. I’m Just Tired of Hurting You
  5. Love Is a Strange and Wonderful Thing
  6. Something About You I Love

    Lyrics: Something About You I Love

    There's just something, about you I love
And I can't, pin it down
Is it, in the way you kiss?
Or the way, your hair hangs down?

All I know is, your warm woman's touch
Holds everything, I'm dreaming of
I don't know why, I want you so much
There's something, about you I love, hmm

There's a message, in your move
That's getting' through, to me
There's something, in the way you look
That wakes up the need, in me

I don't know, what draws me, to you
But I can't seem, to get close enough
I don't know, what it is, that you do
There's just something, about you, I love hmm

All I know is, your warm woman's touch
Holds everything, I'm dreaming of
I don't know why, I want you, so much
There's just something, about you, I love, hmm
  7. If You Just Win One Time
  8. I Won’t Ever Love Again
  9. Once You’ve Had the Best
  10. All in the Name of Love
  11. She’ll Unwine Me

    Lyrics: She’ll Unwine Me

    I swore I'd leave the world of wine behind me
And be for her the man I should have been
But now and then my old self somehow finds me
And leads me down the path of grace again

But she'll find me and she'll unwind me
She loves me and she tries to understand
Yes she'll find me and she'll unwind me
She'll unwind me with her tender care again

I never know just why she chose to save me
But now it's her I love and not the wine
And so I fight the bottle battle bravely
But I just get tired of fighting all the time

But she'll find me and she'll unwind me
She loves me and she tries to understand
Yes she'll find me and she'll unwind me
She'll unwind me with her tender care again

Loving You Beats All I’ve Ever Seen (1975)

  1. Loving You Beats All I’ve Ever Seen

    Lyrics: Loving You Beats All I’ve Ever Seen

    (Johnny Paycheck)

Loving you, beats all, I've ever seen.

I've been to Niagra Falls, and it's beauty took my breath
I've watched the Matador fight the bull, and stand so close to death
I've climbed the Rocky Mountains and dined with Kings and Queens
But loving you, beats all, I've ever seen.

Chorus:
Loving you is something special to me
and with out you I can't help wondering
What my life would be.

I've watched L.A. light up at night, and walked the great white way
I've stood on sandy beaches, and watched the dawning of a day
I've done almost everything that are only in another mens dreams
But loving you, beats all, I've ever seen

Yeah loving you, beats all, I've ever seen...
  2. Don’t Take My Sunshine Away
  3. If You Were a House (You Would Be Heaven)
  4. Ain’t She Something Else

    Lyrics: Ain’t She Something Else

    Don't you love the way she talks to you
And when she's feeling warm and warm?
Don't it make you feel so good
Just to know she's yours all by yourself?
Don't you like to see the sun go down
When she's lying close to you?
Can't you feel her all around?
And when she loves you, ain't she something else?

Ain't she some kind of lover in the morning?
Can't your arms feel the warmness where she slept?
Ain't she just all that you have ever wanted?
And when she loves you, ain't she something else?

Don't you like the way she clings to you
And loves you 'til there's nothing left?
Tell me, don't her lips taste good?
And when she loves you, ain't she something else?

Ain't she some kind of lover in the morning?
Can't your arms feel the warmness where she slept?
Ain't she just all that you have ever wanted?
And when she loves you, ain't she something else?

And when she loves you, ain't she something else?
  5. Rhythm Guitar
  6. I Don’t Love Her Anymore
  7. My Lovin’ Time With You

    Lyrics: My Lovin’ Time With You

    My day can never begin until I look upon your face
And touch your lips as you whisper here with me is your only place
Holding you makes me feel strong and there's nothing I can't do
And each day of my life I live to spend my loving time with you

There is no greater treasure than the love you give to me
Diamonds and silver mean nothing your love replaces all of these
All I need when I get weary are your arms that hold me true
And I just live each day to spend my loving time with you

My loving time with you is the time I feel heaven holding my hand
And it seems so right with you tonight making me feel like a man
There's not a thing in life that's
Missing and every day our love is new
As long as I can stay and spend my loving time with you
  8. The Most Beautiful Girl

    Lyrics: The Most Beautiful Girl

    Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world?
And if you did, was she crying, crying?
Hey, if you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me
Tell her I'm sorry, tell her I need my baby
Oh, won't you tell her that I love her?

I woke up this morning, realized what I had done
I stood alone in the cold gray dawn
I knew I'd lost my morning sun
I lost my head and I said some things
Now come the heartaches that morning brings
I know I'm wrong, but I couldn't see
I let my world slip away from me

So hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world?
And if you did, was she crying, crying?
Hey, if you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me
Tell her I'm sorry, tell her I need my baby
Oh, won't you tell her that I love her?

If you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me
Tell her I'm sorry, tell her I need my baby
Oh, won't you tell her that I love her?
If you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me
Tell her I'm sorry, tell her I need my baby
  9. Loving You Is All I Thought It Would Be
  10. The Touch of the Master’s Hand

Take This Job and Shove It (1977)

  1. Take This Job and Shove It

    Lyrics: Take This Job and Shove It

    Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left
And took all the reason
I was workin' for

You better not try to stand in my way
As I'm a-walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more

I've been workin' in this factory
For now on fifteen years
All this time I watched my woman
Drownin' in a pool of tears

And I've seen a lot of good folk die
That had a lot of bills to pay
I'd give the shirt right offa my back
If I had the nuts to say

Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
My woman done left
And took all the reason
I was workin' for

You better not try to stand in my way
As I'm a-walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more

Well that foreman, he's a regular dog
The line boss, he's a fool
Got a brand new flattop haircut
Lord, he thinks he's cool

One of these days I'm gonna blow my top
And that sucker, he's gonna pay
Lord, I can't wait to see their faces
When I get the nerve to say

Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left
And took all the reason
I was workin' for

You better not try to stand in my way
As I'm a-walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more

Take this job and shove it
  2. From Cotton to Satin (From Birmingham to Manhattan)

    Lyrics: From Cotton to Satin (From Birmingham to Manhattan)

    From cotton to satin, from Birmingham to Manhattan
From a pickup to a long limousine
From cotton to satin, from Birmingham to Manhattan
She had to follow her dream

I saved up enough to buy her one small diamond
That's the year that old tractor broke down
And the dream house I promised her still lies by a shade tree
Some bricks and boards on the ground

She begged me to take her to see New York city
So I mortgaged the farm and we were gone
But while we were there she took up with a rich man
I came back to the country alone

Now, there is the garden where she touched every flower
There's the meadow where we walked hand in hand
If only she had waited she'd have more than she dreamed of
For today they struck oil on my land

She went from cotton to satin, from Birmingham to Manhattan
From a pickup to a lonely limousine
From cotton to satin, from Birmingham to Manhattan
She had to follow her dream
She went from cotton to satin
  3. The Spirits of St. Louis

    Lyrics: The Spirits of St. Louis

    Well the barrooms close at two A.M. in St. Louis
And I'm always the last one out the door
There's at least a hundred barrooms in St. Louis
And I've tried them all a dozen times or more

I've drank beer from old Milwaukee
Bourbon from Kentucky
And I've had my share of California wine
I've sipped Tennessee's best whiskey
Drank every bar dry in this old city
But all the spirits in St. Louis can't get you off my mind

I know every bartender in old St. Louis
And I know every barmaid by her name
You'd think with all the friends I've got in old St. Louis
One could find a way to easy my pain

Cause I've drank beer from old Milwaukee
Bourbon from Kentucky
And I've had my share of California wine
I've sipped Tennessee's best whiskey
Drank every bar dry in this old city
But all the spirits in St. Louis can't get you off my mind

Yeah, all the spirits in St. Louis can't get you off my mind...
  4. The 4 “F” Blues
  5. Barstool Mountain

    Lyrics: Barstool Mountain

    I've finally found a place where I can take it
All this loneliness you left behind.
On a mountain that's no hill for a climber.
Just one step up, sit back and pour the wine.

I climb up on barstool mountain.
High above your world where there's no pain.
And I'm the king of barstool mountain.
Pretending I don't love you once again.

At closing time I step down off the mountain.
I'm strong enough to make it without you.
I know that I'll be right back here tomorrow.

Too weak to sober up and face the truth

I climb up on barstool mountain.
High above your world where there's no pain.
And I'm the king of barstool mountain.
Pretending I don't love you once again.
I climb up on barstool mountain.
High above your world where there's no pain.
And I'm the king of barstool mountain.
Pretending I don't love you
Drinkin' away "I love you"
Pretending I don't love you once again.
  6. Georgia in a Jug

    Lyrics: Georgia in a Jug

    Mason jars on the dresser filled with dollars and quarters
Savin' em' for our trip around the world
But now that you changed your tune, there'll be no honeymoon
So tonight I'm going there without you girl.

I'm going down to Mexico, in a glass of tequila
Going down to Puerto Rico, in a bottle of rum
Going out to Honolulu, in a Mai Tai mug
And I'm coming back home to Georgia, in a jug.

We'll never ride that bus to Mexico City, that's a pity
We'll never sail our ship into old San Juan
You'll never walk with me, on the beach at Waikiki
And we'll never share that brick suburban home.

Today I'm taking that money out of that jar
Tonight I'm buying my ticket, at the corner bar.

I'm going down to Mexico, in a glass of tequila
Going down to Puerto Rico, in a bottle of rum
Going out to Honolulu, in a Mai Tai mug
And I'm coming back home to Georgia, in a jug

Yes, I'm coming back home to Georgia, in a jug...
  7. The Fool Strikes Again
  8. The Man From Bowling Green
  9. When I Had a Home to Go To

    Lyrics: When I Had a Home to Go To

    She loved me more than life its self
But the liquid diet I was on starved our love to death
So it's not hard to figure out why my baby's gone
'Cause when I had a home to go to I never did go home
That house was quite a show place
Ten rooms, two maids, two cars
So now that I've got no place, I sure walk them bars
So pour another double while I tell you what went wrong
When I had a home to go to I never did go home
But wait I see her standing at the door
And those big soft eyes are saying we can try once more
So forget the double, keep the change, you can call me gone
'Cause while I have a home to go to this time I'm going home
  10. Colorado Cool‐Aid

    Lyrics: Colorado Cool‐Aid

    (Written by Phil Thomas)

Well, I was sittin' in this beer joint down in Houston, Texas.
Was drinkin' Colorado Kool-Aid and talkin' to some Mexicans,
An' we was... what's that you say?
What's Colorado Kool-Aid?

Well, it's a can of Coors brewed from a mountain stream.
It'll set you head on fire an' make your kidneys scream,
Oh, it sure is fine.
Yeah, we was havin' ourselves one of them real good times.

But you know every beer joint that you've ever been in,
Some big, mean drunk who just ain't got no friend,
Sure enough, he wants to fight,
Yeah, he's gonna whip everything in sight.

Well, he took him a big swallow of beer,
And he spit in my Mexican friends ear.
And, sure enough, that made my buddie real mad.
That's somethin' like he ain't never had.

Well, sir, he pulled out a big, long switch blade knife;
Quick as a whistle he began to slice.
An, that big mean drunk stood back, his face full of tears,
Lookin' down at the floor, an' one of his ears.

Ha, he cut that thing off, even with the sideburns.
You might say the little Mexican fella, he just didn't give a durn.
But he was a gentleman about it, an' bent over and with a half way
Grin,
Picked it up and handed it back to him.

He said: "Now big man, you get the urge to spit a little beer,
"Just open up your hand there, and spit it in your own ear.
"Won't be no trouble that way." That's what I heard him say.

And I said: "Barmaid, set us up a round of that Colorado Kool-Aid.
"An while you're up their, bring this big fella, here, a box of Band
Aids."

Now let me tell you: if you're ever ridin' down in south of Texas,
Decide to stop an' drink some Colorado Kool-Aid,
An' maybe talk to some Mexicans,
An' you get the urge to get a little tough,
Better make damn sure you got your knife proof ear-muff.

Hey, ain't that right big man? I said ain't that right big man?
Ah, hell he can't hear, not on this side anyway, he ain't got no ear.

Hey barmaid, bring us all a big, tall glass of that Colorado Kool-Aid.
How about it?

How you doin', big man? Still got your ear there in your hand?

Fade out.

Slide Off Your Satin Sheets (1977)

  1. Slide Off of Your Satin

    Lyrics: Slide Off of Your Satin

    What a beautiful mansion he built you
Splendor, Lord you got it wall to wall
And yet with all of that you're still not happy
Cause every time he's gone, I get your call
Slide off of your satin sheets
Slip into your long, soft mink
You know where to find my door
And I know what you're crying for
Slide off of your satin sheets
Slip into your long, soft mink
You know where to find my door
And I know what you're crying for
Baby you once told me I was good for nothing
And you couldn't live on dreams and crystal balls
His money buys you everything but my loving
So I guess I'm good for something after all
Slide off of your satin sheets
Slip into your long, soft mink
You know where to find my door
And I know what you're crying for
Slide off of your satin sheets
Slip into your long soft mink
You know where to find my door
And I know what you're crying for
  2. If You Could Hold My Heart (For Awhile)
  3. I’ve Got Them Lookin’ in the Mirror Wonderin’ Where My Woman Went Blues
  4. Hank (You Tried to Tell Me)
  5. I’m the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)

    Lyrics: I’m the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)

    I can't sell my mama short on loving me
I guess that's why she let me go so far
Mama try to stopped me short of stealing
I guess that's why I had to steal that car

She told me not to smoke it
But I did and it took me far away
And I turned out to be
The only hell my mama ever raised

Well, I rolled into Atlanta, stolen tags and almost out of gas
I had to get some money, and lately I'd learned how to get it fast
Those neon lights was calling me and somehow I just had to get downtown
So I reached into the glove box, another liquor store went down

And I sing 'Precious memories', take me back to the good ol' days
Let me hear mama singing, 'Rock of ages' cleft for me
She tried to turn me on to Jesus, but I turned on to the devil's ways
And I turned out to be the only hell my mama ever raised

When they put them handcuffs on me, Lord how I fought to resist
But agent clamped 'em tighter, 'til that metal bit into my wrist
They took my belt and my billfold, my fingerprints, and the profile of my face
Then they locked away the only hell my mama ever ever raised

And I sing 'Precious memories', take me back to the good ol' days
Let me hear mama singing, 'Rock of ages' cleft for me
She tried to turn me on to Jesus, but I turned on to the devil's ways
And I turned out to be the only hell my mama ever raised
She tried to turn me on to Jesus, but I turned on to the devil's ways
And I turned out to be the only hell my mama ever raised
  6. You’re Still on My Mind
  7. I Did the Right Thing

    Lyrics: I Did the Right Thing

    I pull into my driveway
While the day is slowly dying in the west
I look in that direction
To the setting sun and the one that loved me best

We cried and said goodbye
Seems like a million years ago or was it yesterday
She swore she'd always love
God, I wonder if she still feels that way

I did the right thing
I did the right thing
I went back to my wife
Straightened out my life
I did the right thing

I walk in to the house
And hear small voices singing, "Daddy's here"
The lady of the house puts down the beer she's drinking
She says, "Hello, dear"

While we make small talk
My mind takes a long walk back to someone else
And I close my eyes and repeat those little lies
I often tell myself

I did the right thing
I did the right thing
I went back to my wife
Straightened out my life
Lord, I did the right thing

My face is wet with teardrops
I fumble for my wrist watch, it's half past three
Once more I was dreaming of the woman
Who once said she'd die for me

But I did what was right
And it hurts me every night now that she's gone
And all my friends are proud
'Cause I gave her up to save my home

I did the right thing
Sure, I did the right thing
I went back to my wife
Straightened out my life
I did the right thing
I did the right thing
  8. Woman (You Better Love Me)
  9. You’re Gonna Be the Cowboy
  10. (To Be So Bad) She’s Still Lookin’ Good

Armed and Crazy (1978)

  1. Friend, Lover, Wife

    Lyrics: Friend, Lover, Wife

    Let me tell you about the woman I know once

She don't drink, she don't smoke
She can't stand a dirty joke
She don't hang out till the morning light
She don't have to get high, Lord, to get it right
She's a friend, she's a lover, ooh, she's my wife

But I'll take a drink, Lord and I'll have a smoke
And I've told some down right filthy jokes
I've been known to hang out till the morning light
Been known to get high trying to get it right
But that's just me, you saw, that's just me

Well if you don't know my woman
You might think she's square
But if you wanna see that woman
When she lets down her hair
She's the damnest thing
That's ever walk into my life, hello

She's a friend, she's a lover, she's my wife
my wife, son and yours too

I wear jeans and she wears silk
I like beer and she likes milk
She can be soft like a summer rain
But lock them doors at night, she's a hurricane
She's a friend, she's a lover, ooh, she's my wife

Lord, it's still a mystery what she sees in me
She said long as I want her, she'll never set me free
She's a damnest thing that's ever walk into my life, hello

She's a friend, she's a lover, she's my wife
She's a friend, she's a lover, she's my wife

She's a friend, she's a lover
She's a fox, she's a mother
She's my friend, she's my lover, hey she's my wife
  2. Armed and Crazy

    Lyrics: Armed and Crazy

    Well it's 4 AM and the police man
Said son you can't sleep in the depot
I'd get coffee but I'm broke though I roll me a smoke
And ease out among the morning people

Step up to the newsstand talking to the paper man
Talking to the old street sweeper
When the neon nights show their face
All over the early morning paper

It said wanted for robbing a grocery store
Disguised as a little old lady
He's a bad piece of vermin
It's your money he's after
Consider him armed and crazy

Well I put me in a trash can waiting for the trash man
To haul me out of the city
He said you gotta understand that I'm just a garbage man
Nobody every showed me no pity

He said you're wanted for robbing a grocery store
Disguised as a little old lady
You're a bad pistol packer
It's money your after
Son your armed and crazy

Well I know it's too late to make my escape
When I hear the police coming
He pulled a .45 and stuck it right between my eyes
Said don't you do nothing

He said you're wanted for robbing a grocery store
Disguised as a little old lady
You're a bad pistol packer
It's money your after
Son your armed and crazy
Yeah you're a bad pistol packer
It's money your after
Son your armed and crazy
  3. Mainline

    Lyrics: Mainline

    Baby, let me be your sidetrack
While your mainline's, gone from home
Baby, let me be your sidetrack
While your mainline's, gone from home
You can bank on me baby, I'll get out of the way
If old mainline, eases back home

Baby, let me feed you cornbread
Let old mainline, buy the steak
Baby, let me feed you cornbread
Let old mainline, supply the steak
Well, I can ease your hunger pains, Lord
If I can eat off of, mainline's plate
"You know what I mean"

Hey baby, let me come and see you
Drink liquor, from old mainline's bar
Hey baby, let me come and see you
Drink liquor, from old mainline's bar
"Drive that sucker crazy"
All you'll gonna see, is feet and dust
If I see, old mainline's car

Well, If you think about it baby
You know I ain't asking too much
" I never ask too much"
If you think about it baby
You know I ain't asking too much
While old mainline's driving them Cadillacs
I'm settling for his old truck

Hey, come on!
Baby let me be your sidetrack
While your mainline's gone from home
"Let me be your sidetrack"
  4. Thanks to the Cathouse (I'm in the Doghouse with You)

    Lyrics: Thanks to the Cathouse (I'm in the Doghouse with You)

    Thank you for teaching me how to love
Showing me what the world means
What I've been dreaming of
And now I know
There is nothing that I could not do
Thanks to you for teaching me how to feel
Showing me my emotions
Letting me know what's real from what is not
What I've got is more than I'd ever hoped for
And a lot of what I hope for is thanks to you
No mountain, no valley, no time, no space
No heartache no heartbreak
No fall from grace
Can't stop me from believing that my love will pull me through
Thanks to you
Ooh, there's no mountain no valley no time no space no heartache no heartbreak no fall from grace
Can't stop me from believing that my love will see me through
Thanks to you
Thanks to you for teaching me how to live
Putting things in perspective
Showing me how to give and how to take
No mistake we were put here together
And if I break down
Forgive me but it's true
That I am aching with the love I feel inside
Thanks to you,
you,
Thanks to you
  5. Leave It to Me

    Lyrics: Leave It to Me

    You don't have to worry
If I'm coming home or not
All you gotta do honey
Is hang onto what you've got

Leave it to me
Yeah leave it to me
Leave it to me
Leave it to me

Well you've always been a wild child
You done damn well as you please
You're gonna have to get that stuff together honey
If you're gonna stay with me

Leave it to me
Yeah leave it to me
Leave it to me
Leave it to me

"Hold on now, here it comes"

You've always had your way babe
In every damn thing you did
If you're gonna hang around honey
You're gonna have to give a little bit

Leave it to me
Yeah leave it to me
Leave it to me
Leave it to me
  6. Me and the I.R.S.

    Lyrics: Me and the I.R.S.

    Well you can tell them boys at the IRS*
This ol' boy, hell I've had enough
The way the big man rakes it in
The little man coughs it up
Well the bite keeps gettin' bigger
And the paycheck keeps gettin' small
You know the IRS, they ain't gonna rest
Til they think they've got it all
They got the bluff on a lotta folks
But honeys I ain't one
From now on, I'm keepin' my pay
Ain't gonna deduct nothin'
Take the 1040 forms and shove 'em
Straighten out their own damn mess
You can write me off
Cuz I ain't givin' a dime to the IRS
How can I keep my arm around my woman
With Uncle Sam's hand in my pants?
If I can't pay the fiddler
Well how the hell am I gonna dance?
I don't mind kickin' in my fair share
I might even back up and say yes
But the big man plays while the little man pays
So the hell with the IRS
They got the bluff on a lotta folks
But honeys I ain't one
From now on, I'm keepin' my pay
Gonna deduct nothin'
Take the 1040 forms and shove 'em
Put 'em where the sun don't shine
You can write me off
Cuz I ain't givin' a dime to the IRS
You can write me off
Cuz I ain't givin' a dime to the IRS
  7. Let's Have a Hand for the Little Lady

    Lyrics: Let's Have a Hand for the Little Lady

    Cigarettes and whiskey
Smoked my brain and damn near drowned
I thought, that's what it took
To have a good time
Then she came along, and changed me
Took her love, and rearranged me
Told me love ain't found, in a bottle of wine

Let's have a hand, for the little lady
She's the one, that showed me how
Let's have a hand, for the little lady
She's a church maker, now

Let's have a hand, for the little lady
She's the one, that changed my life
Let's have a hand, for the little lady
The lady, I call my wife

She changed my thinking
Why this little woman, even stopped my drinking
She's all I ever needed, to get by
With her loving arms, around me
I know, I could never be the man, I used to be
Her sweet love, is all I need, to get high

Let's have a hand, for the little lady
She's the one, that showed me how
Let's have a hand, for the little lady
She's a church maker, now

Let's have a hand, for the little lady
She's the one, that changed my life
Let's have a hand, for the little lady
The lady, I call my wife
  8. Just Makin' Love Don't Make It Love

    Lyrics: Just Makin' Love Don't Make It Love

    I must admit, that life with you, has been pretty good
And I'd go all the way with you, if I only could
But I can't lie, to you
And say, you're all I bring me love
'Cause making love, don't make it love

Just living together, in a house
Don't make a house, a home
There's so much more, you have to have
And without it, all hope is gone

When we started this, we both agreed
There would be, no strings
But lately, all I've heard
Is talk of wedding rings

And there's no way
I can say, "I love you"
"Wish there was"
Yes making love, don't make it love

No, there's just no way
I can say, "I love you"
"Wish there was"
Making love, don't make it love

'Cause making love, don't make it love
  9. Look What the Dog Drug In

    Lyrics: Look What the Dog Drug In

    It was Saturday night, and I was feeling all right
Working on some tonic and gin
When all at once, out of nowhere
This foxy lady, came walking in

She was looking so fine
She drove me out of my mind
Till I just had to ask her to dance
And Lord, it wasn't long, until I'd fallen into
An ugly, cheating, one night, romance

So, I took her home, where we could be alone
'Cause my old lady, had gone out of town
But when I opened the door, my mouth fell on the floor
'Cause she wasn't out of town, anymore

She said, look what the dog drug in
I leave him alone
See what he come dragging home
Look what the dog drug in

I go out of town
He starts fooling around
Look what the dog drug in

So, I spent the night, in some downtown motel
Hoping, that she'd ask me, back home
But I spent the day, trying to call her
She just wouldn't answer the phone

So, I tried once more, then I knocked on the door
But all she said was, leave her alone
'Cause she wasn't having nothing to do, with no dog
That didn't know where, to bury his bone

So, I got on my knees
And I begged her, please
She said, you lay down, with dogs
You're gonna get up, with fleas

Kept begging to stay
I tried every way
This is all she had to say

Look what the dog drug in
I leave him alone
See what he come dragging home
Look what the dog drug in

I go out of town
He starts fooling around
Look what the dog drug in

Look what the dog drug in
  10. The Outlaw's Prayer

    Lyrics: The Outlaw's Prayer

    You know, I worked the Big Packet show
In Fort Worth, Saturday night
We had all day Sunday to rest and relax
Before I caught another flight

So I decided to walk downtown
An' get myself a little fresh air
Before long, I found myself in front of a big Church
On the corner of the square

Boy, I could hear that singin' way out in the street
It sure was a beautiful sound
So I just walked up the steps
An' opened the door an' started to go inside an' sit down

But before I could, a young man walked over to me
An' said, "Excuse me, sir
But I can't let you in with that big black hat
Those jeans, that beard an' long hair"

So I just left, went back outside
Sat down on that curb
An' I thought to myself, that's the house of the LORD
That guy's got a hell of a nerve
Tellin' me I can't worship anywhere I please

So right there, in front of that Church
I just knelt down on my knees
I said, Lord, I know I don't look like much
But I didn't think You'd mind
I just wanted to be with your people, LORD
It's been a long time

A while ago, I saw a wino over there in the alley
All bent over in tears
An' I thought how one stained glass window from this Church
Would feed his family for years

Then there's those fine cars parked outside
Too many for me to count
Made me think how people walked for days
To hear Your Sermon on the Mount

Then there's those fine ladies in the choir, LORD
Singin' like they really love it
Hell, last night, they were dancin' on the front row of my show
Drinkin' beer and screamin', "Sing Shove It!"

You know, even John the Baptist
Wouldn't be welcome in this place
With his coat made of camel hair
An' sandals on his feet an' a long beard on his face

You know, Lord, when You come back to get Your children
An' take 'em beyond the clouds
To live forever in Heaven with You
Well, I'd sure hate to be in this crowd

You know, LORD, I'm not perfect
Some even call me 'No Account'
But I'll tell You, I believe a man is judged
By what's in his heart, not his bank account

So if this is what religion is
A big car and a suit an' a tie
Then I might as well forget it LORD
'Cause I can't qualify

Oh, by the way, LORD, right before they kicked me out
Didn't I see a picture of You?
With sandals an' a beard?
Believe You had long hair too"

Well, this is Paycheck, signing off
I'll be seein' you LORD, I hope

Bars, Booze & Blondes (1979)

  1. Meanest Jukebox in Town
  2. Problem Solvin’ Doctor
  3. Two Candles, One Dinner and a Bottle
  4. The Pint of No Return
  5. Haven for Angels Unaware
  6. I Drop More Than I Drink
  7. We’re the Kind of People
  8. Don’t You Say Nothin’ at All
  9. Fool’s Hall of Fame
  10. Tell Me Your Troubles

Double Trouble (1980)

  1. When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)

    Lyrics: When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)

    Hey george!
(Hey)
I hear you been calln' me ugly
That aint exactally what i said john
Well what exactally did you say
This is exactally what i said
When you're ugly like john you just naturally gotta be cool
You gotta walk just right, keep your package wrapped tight and don't break no rules
You've got to give it away you'll never sell it
Have the right venus and say wow when you tell it
When you're ugly like john you just naturally gotta be cool
Aww yeah, well let me tell you something
When you're ugly like george you got to give a lady all you can
Use the right tools and she'll be a fool to want a better man
Aww huh
Yeah talk it up big and she can almost taste it
It can be on a check george you better not waste it
When you're ugly like george you just naturally gotta be cool
John when you look like this you got to steal a kiss thats the only way
You've got to find yourself a chick that aint too quick and she just might stay
We may be ugly but we got what she needs
We dont give it to her 'till she begs and pleads
When you're ugly like us you just naturally gotta be cool
Yeaaahh
When you're ugly like us you just naturally gotta be cool
Yeah
Hey george
Yeah
Wheres that stick
What stick
(You just got to be cool)
That ugly stick they whooped us with
Well how ugly do you think we really are
(Got to be cool)
We so ugly
(Got to be cool)
They got freight trains and dirt and rovers
(Got to be cool)
Too bad we aint pretty like women george
  2. Along Comes Jones

    Lyrics: Along Comes Jones

    Well I plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel Two
A bad gun slinger called Salty Sam was a chasin' poor Sweet Sue
He trapped her in the old sawmill and he said with an evil laugh
If you don't gimme the deed to your ranch I'll saw you all in half
And then he grabbed her (and then) he tied her up (and then)
He turned on the buzz saw (and then and then)
Eh eh and then along came Jones tall thin Jones
Slow walking Jones (deep voice) slow talking Jones along came long lean lanky Jones

Well commercial came on so I got up to get myself a snack
You should have seen what was going on by the time I got back
Down in the old abandoned mine sweet Sue was a havin' fits
That villain said gimme the deed to your ranch or I'll blow you all to bits
And then he grabbed her (and then) he tied her up (and then)
He lit the fuse to the dynamite (and then and then)
Eh eh and then along came Jones...
Well I got so bugged I turned it off and turned on another show
But there was the same old shoot-em up and the same old rodeo
Salty Sam was a tryin' to stuff Sweet Sue in a burlap sack
He said if you don't give me the deed to your ranch
I'm gonna throw you on the railroad track
And then he grabbed her (and then) he tied her up (and then)
A train started coming (nd then and then) Eh Eh and then along came Jones...
  3. Proud Mary

    Lyrics: Proud Mary

    (John C. Fogerty)
George Jones & Johnny Paycheck

Well, I left a good job in the city
A workin' for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleep
While worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.

Big wheels keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keeps on burnin'
I said rollin'
Rollin', rollin' on the river.

I cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Cropped a lot of cane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Till I hitched a ride on this river boat queen.

Big wheels keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keeps on burnin'
I said rollin'
Rollin', rollin' on the river.

--- Instrumental ---

Well, if you come down to the river
Well, I bet you gonna find some people who live
You don't have to worry if you have no money
People on the river are happy to give.

Big wheels keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keeps on burnin'
I said rollin'
rollin', rollin' on the river.

--- Instrumental ---

I said rollin',
Rollin', rollin' on the river.
Rollin', rollin' on the river...
  4. You Can Have Her

    Lyrics: You Can Have Her

    Well you can have her I don't want her she didn't loved me anyway
She only wanted someone to play
with but all I wanted was a love to stay

When you're stuck with the wrong
woman there ain't that much that you can do
You just dig a hole and crawl right in
it then you pull the ground right over you
Well you can have her...

The girl I love she upped and left me she ran away with my best friend
Comes home at night for just for an
hour when daylight comes she's gone again

Well life without love is mighty
empty but confession is good for your soul
I'd rather have love for just an hour
than have the world and all of its gold
Well you can have her...
Now you can have her...
  5. Smack Dab in the Middle

    Lyrics: Smack Dab in the Middle

    Pick me a town in any clime
Where people like a rockin' rhyme
And stay awake both day and night
Everybody's high as a kite

Then throw me smack dab in the middle
Pitchin' me smack dab in the middle
Fling me smack dab in the middle
And let us rock and roll to satisfy the soul

Ten Cadillacs, a diamond mill
Ten suits of clothes to dress to kill
Ten room house, some barbecue
And fifty chicks not over twenty-two

Then throw me smack dab in the middle
Blam me smack dab in the middle
Choke me smack dab in the middle
And let us rock and roll to satisfy the soul

A hundred bands with chorus girls
A street that's paved with natural pearls
A wagon load with bonds and stocks
And open up the door to Fort Knox

Then throw me smack dab in the middle
Throw me smack dab in the middle
Flop me smack dab in the middle
And let us rock and roll to satisfy the soul

A lot of bread and gangs of meat
Oodles of butter and something sweet
Gallons of beer to wash it down
Bicarbonated soda by the pound

Then throw me smack dab in the middle
Pitchin' me smack dab in the middle
You heard me smack dab in the middle
And let us rock and roll to satisfy the soul

Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
And let us rock and roll to satisfy the soul
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
  6. Mabellene

    Lyrics: Mabellene

    Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You done started back a-doin' the things you used to do

As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw you and Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville
Your Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road
Nothin' out from my V8 Ford
Your Cadillac a-doin' about 95
We were bumpin' and bumpin', rollin' side to side

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You done started back a-doin' the things you used to do

Well, my Cadillac pulled up ahead of your Ford
Your Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
Then got cloudy and it started to rain
You tooted your horn for a passin' lane
Rain water blowin' all under your hood
I was afraid it'd do your motor some good

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You done started back a-doin' the things you used to do

Well, the motor cooled down, the heat went down
That's when I heard the highway sound
My Cadillac was sittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten at half a mile ahead
Well, your Cadillac a-lookin' like it's sittin' still
I caught you and Maybellene at the top of the hill

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You done started back a-doin' the things you used to do

Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You done started back a-doin' the things you used to do
You done started back a-doin' the things you used to do
  7. Roll Over Beethoven

    Lyrics: Roll Over Beethoven

    Hey George, hey!
You know who Beethoven is?
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Johnny I don't even know who Tchaikovsky is
Well we're gonna do a song about both of 'em
We're gonna learn something
Listen up!

We're gonna write a little letter
Gonna mail it to our local DJ
Yeah, it's a jumpin' little record
Me and Johnny wants to talk you to play

Roll over Beethoven
Gotta hear it again today

Yeah, you know my temperature's a risin'
That jukebox is blowin' a fuse
Don't get all messed up John
My heart's a beatin' rhythm John
And my soul keeps a singin' the blues

Roll over Beethoven
And tell Tchaikovsky the news

John, we got the rockin' pneumonia
We need a shot of rhythm and blues
Yeah, we caught the rollin' arthritis
Sittin' at a rhythm revue
Yeah, huh!

Roll over Beethoven
They're rockin' in a two by two

Well if you feel like it
Go get your lover, then reel and rock it
Roll it over then move on up
Just a trifle further
Reel and rock with one another

Roll over Beethoven
Give me rhythm and blues

Yeah, early in the mornin'
I'm givin' you my warnin'
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Hey, diddle, diddle
I'm playin' my fiddle
'Cause I ain't got nothin' to lose

Roll over Beethoven
Tell Tchaikovsky the news

You know she wiggle like a glow worm
Dances like a spinnin' top
Yeah, got a crazy little partner
You oughta see 'em reel and rock
John, long as she's got a dime
That music ain't gonna ever stop

Roll over Beethoven, roll over
Roll over Beethoven, roll over
Roll over Beethoven, roll over
Roll over Beethoven, roll over
Roll over Beethoven
And give me rhythm and blues
Roll over Beethoven, roll over
Roll over Beethoven, roll over
Roll over Beethoven, roll over
Roll over Beethoven, roll over

Roll over Beethoven
Give me rhythm and blues
  8. Kansas City
  9. Tutti Frutti
  10. You Better Move On

    Lyrics: You Better Move On

    You ask me to give up a hand of the girl I love
You tell me I'm not the man she's worthy of

Who are you to tell her who to love?
Oh, that's up to her
Yes, and the Lord above
You better move on

Well, I know you can buy her fancy clothes and diamond rings (la-la, la-la)
But I believe she's happy with me
That don't sting (la-la, la-la)

Still you beg me to set her free
But, friend, that will never be
You better move on

I can't blame you all for loving her
But can't you understand she's my girl
Hope, but I'm, I'm never ever gonna let her go
Yeah, but don't you know I love that woman so (oh, God)

Hey, I think you'd better go now
I'm gettin' mighty mad
If if it's you ask me to give up the only love I've ever had

Well, maybe I would, oh, but I love her so
I'm never gonna let her go
You better move on

(You better move on) you better move on
(You better move on) you better move on
(You better move on) you better move on
(You better move on)

Mr. Hag Told My Story (1981)

  1. Turnin' Off a Memory
  2. I've Got a Yearning

    Lyrics: I've Got a Yearning

    The song I'm about to sing now deals with loneliness
Picture in your mind a cold rainy night
Say two o'clock in the morning
And you're sitting on the edge of your bed lighting a cigarette
And unable to cope with losing someone
You loved somewhere along the way
I think you'll feel this one

I've got a yearning, to hold you tight
At burning desire, I live with day and night
Everything I wont lose, keeps on hanging on
This feeling isn't leaving and by now, it should be gone

I keep on thinking those thoughts
That keep making me want you all the time
I should be trying, to find me a way
I can drive you from my mind

I know, that you wanted to give
And I know, that you gave all you could
Wish I could accept
What is over and done with, for good

Hey, I've got a yearning, to hold you tight
A burning desire, I live with, day and night
Everything I wont lose, keeps on hanging on
This feeling isn't leaving, and by now, it should be gone

Hey, I've got a yearning, to hold you tight
A burning desire, I live with, day and night
Everything I wont lose, keeps on hanging on
This feeling isn't leaving, and by now, it should be gone

This feeling isn't leaving, and by now, it should be gone
  3. Carolyn

    Lyrics: Carolyn

    You know, Hag wrote every song in this album
With the exception, of one
And that's the one, that comes up next
This song, was written by a lifelong friend, of Merle's
Tommy Collins
And it deals with, being frustrated
And trying to get something across, to someone
Before, it's too late

Carolyn, let me tell you
What I heard, about a man today
"He didn't come home, from work like I did"
"he just went away"
"And he kept going, until he came to this city"
"And it was bright in the nighttime, like day"
"There, they say, he met up"
"With these women, dressed in yellow scarf

"And had warm lips, like a honeycomb"
"That's dripping sweet"
"And there's something, about the smell"
"A strange perfume, that made him feel warm"
. And suddenly, he's not alone

Yes, Carolyn, a man, might do that
Sometimes, on his own
And sometimes, when he's lonely
And I believe, a man might do that
Sometimes, out of spite
"But Carolyn, he's gonna do it every time, honey
If he's treated bad, at home

Yes, Carolyn, a man might do that
Sometimes, on his own
And sometimes, when he's lonely
And I believe, a man might do that
Sometimes, out of spite
"But Carolyn, he'll do it every time, honey"
If he's treated bad at home
  4. I'll Leave the Bottle on the Bar

    Lyrics: I'll Leave the Bottle on the Bar

    Whatever Hag writes about, he always hits the nail square on the head
I'll Leave the Bottle on the Bar is a song about feeling regret
For instance, when you push love so far away
Then realize your reach is not quite long enough to ever touch it again

Well a loser never knows, that he's losing
Till he's lost, and it's too late, to win
And I thought back then, the wine was all I needed
But I want so much, to come back home again

Honey, I'll leave the bottle, on the bar
You just take me back, to start anew
Yes, I'll leave the bottle, on the bar
And I'll sober up, and come back home, to you

I stood by, and watch the bottle, take control of me
And lord knows, I was wrong bad [?]
And I thought the wine, was all that I needed
But I want so much, to come back home again

And I'll leave the bottle, on the bar
If you'll just take me back, to start anew
Yes, I'll leave the bottle, on the bar
And I'll sober up, and come back home, to you

Yes, I'll sober up, and come back home, to you
  5. All Night Lady

    Lyrics: All Night Lady

    Through the window he sits watching his last sunset
Like a blackout curtain closing out the light
It's now he needs someone's arms around him
Yes it's now he needs someone to help him through the night
An all night lady
One who loves me
And won't leave me when daylight comes
One who'll stay with me until my life is done
At 9 AM they're going to lead him to the death-house
And at 10 AM they'll lay his soul to rest
I can see them giving him his last supper
I can hear him giving them his last request
An all night lady
One who loves me
And won't leave me when daylight comes
One who'll stay with me until my life is done
One who'll stay with me until my life is done
  6. I Can't Hold Myself in Line

    Lyrics: I Can't Hold Myself in Line

    I'm going off of the deep end
And I'm slowly losing my mind
And I disagree with the way (ha-ha) I'm living
But I can't hold myself in line

You give me no reason for my drinkin'
But I can't stand myself at times
And you're better off to just leave and forget me
Cause I can't hold myself in line

Hey, my weakness is stronger than I am
Guess I've always been the losin' kind
Now I'm full speed ahead down the wrong road of life
And I can't hold myself in line

Yeah, and I'm going off of the deep end
Hey, I'm slowly losing my mind
And I disagree with the way I've been living
But I can't hold myself in line
  7. Yesterday's News Just Hit Home Today

    Lyrics: Yesterday's News Just Hit Home Today

    The subject, of this next song
Well, I guess, it's been around forever
It deals with someone, that's so much, in love
He's blind, to the truth
I think Merle wrote a classic line, in this one
Being a fool, is one thing
But not knowing you're a fool, is another thing

Today a friend, got through, to me
I've been blind, I couldn't see
'Cause my love, was always standing, in the way
Well, I've been crazy
I've been blown
My good friends, they knew, all along
Yesterdays news, just hit home today

Well, I've tried
Lord, and I've tried, to stay on top of things
Never dreaming, such a storm, was on it's way
When you owned up, to all those lies
I was the only one there, that was surprised
Yesterdays news, just hit home today

Well, I guess the shock of learning, that you've been a fool
Allows paranoia and insecurities, to creep in
And I'll tell you, it undermined our love, honey
I thought, would never end
You know, being a fool, is one thing
But not knowing you're a fool, is another thing
Yesterdays news, just hit home today

Well, I've tried and I've tried, to stay on top of things
Never dreaming, such a storm, was on it's way
When you owned up, to all those lies
Honey, I was the only fool there, that was surprised
Yesterdays news, just hit home today
  8. You Don't Have Very Far to Go

    Lyrics: You Don't Have Very Far to Go

    Let me ask you something
Has anyone ever said something to you?
And yet didn't say nothing at all?
Listen to this

You always find a way, to hurt my pride
If I'm not crying, you're not satisfied
You can't love me, and won't hurt me so
But if you're trying, to break my heart
You don't have very far, to go

You don't have very far, to go
Before, the heartaches begin
I already feel the sadness, of a heartache, setting in
You're turning down, the flame of love, too
And if you're trying, to break my heart
You don't have very far, to go

You don't have very far, to go
Before, the heartaches begin
I already feel the sadness, of a heartache, setting in
Yes, you're turning down, the flame of love, too
But if you're trying, to break my heart
You don't have very far, to go

If you're trying, to break my heart
You don't have very far, to go
  9. No More You and Me

    Lyrics: No More You and Me

    I'll bet it didn't take Hag two minutes
To figure this next song out
Because for some, it's almost impossible
To accept the fact, that his or her love
Has found someone else

Today, something told me, not to call you
But with trembling hands, I dialed the telephone
And as it rang, the seventh time
I knew, I'd lost what once was mine
There'll be no more, you and me, from now on

There'll be no more, you and me
There'll be, only misery
'Cause you and him
Me and loneliness
But no more, you and me

I don't have to see, his arms wrapped around you
To know, you've chosen him, instead of me
But just to know, you'd be with him
I hsd to call, the places you'd been
I had to verify the things, I couldn't see

There'll be no more, you and me
There'll be, only misery
'Cause you and him
Me and loneliness
But no more, you and me
  10. Someone Told My Story

    Lyrics: Someone Told My Story

    I played a brand new record on the jukebox
And I scarcely could believe the song I heard
It told of how you left me for another
It was almost like I'd written every word
Someone told my story in a song
The lyrics told of happiness and home
And then it told of how you've done me wrong
Someone told my story in a song
The writer must've seen the way you done me
For he told it all and never missed a line
He told of swinging doors and the jukebox
And he even knew I almost lost my mind
Someone told my story in a song
The lyrics told of happiness and home
Then it told of how you've done me wrong
Someone told my story in a song

The Difference in Me (1993)

  1. The Toast of the Town
  2. The Old Violin

    Lyrics: The Old Violin

    I can't recall
One time in my life
I've felt as lonely
As I do tonight

I feel like I could lay down
And get up no more
It's the damnedest feelin'
I never felt it before

Tonight I feel
Like an old violin
Soon to be put away
And never played again

Don't ask me why I feel like this
Hell, I can't say
I only wish this feeling
Would just go away

I guess it's 'cause the truth
Is the hardest thing I ever faced
'Cause you can't change the truth
In the slightest way I tried

So I asked myself
I said, "John
Where do you go from here?"
Then like a fool
I turned around
I looked in the mirror

And there I was seein'
An old violin
Soon to be put away
And never played again

So one more time
Just to be sure
I said, "John
Where in the hell do you go from here?"
And you know there wasn't a nickel's worth of difference
When I looked in the mirror

'Cause there I was seein'
An old violin
Soon to be put away
And never played again

And just like that, it hit me
That an old violin and I were just alike
We'd give our all to music
And soon, we'd give our life

Precious memories, how they linger
  3. There Lies the Difference

    Lyrics: There Lies the Difference

    Now there were nights
I slept for hours
On a bar stool
And the one who cared for me
Sat alone
Then just before I left for work
This morning
I saw her as she layed there
In the dawn
And I thought

There lies the difference in me
Her hand has caused a storm out on my sting

And everyone is saying
'He's not the way he used to be'
And there lies the difference in me

Now I know
Just where she'll be
Sunday morning
And she's prayed for years
For me to come round
Ah, but this time
She doesn't know
I'm going with her
And try to make-up
All the wrongs I've done

'Cause there lies the difference in me
Her hand has caused a storm out on my sting
Everyone is saying
'He's not the way he used to be'
And there lies the difference in me

Yes, there lies the difference in me
  4. Next of Kin
  5. You Haven’t Lived
  6. My Name’s Not on the Sidewalk
  7. Memory Crossing
  8. Take This Job and Shove It

    Lyrics: Take This Job and Shove It

    Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left
And took all the reason
I was workin' for

You better not try to stand in my way
As I'm a-walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more

I've been workin' in this factory
For now on fifteen years
All this time I watched my woman
Drownin' in a pool of tears

And I've seen a lot of good folk die
That had a lot of bills to pay
I'd give the shirt right offa my back
If I had the nuts to say

Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
My woman done left
And took all the reason
I was workin' for

You better not try to stand in my way
As I'm a-walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more

Well that foreman, he's a regular dog
The line boss, he's a fool
Got a brand new flattop haircut
Lord, he thinks he's cool

One of these days I'm gonna blow my top
And that sucker, he's gonna pay
Lord, I can't wait to see their faces
When I get the nerve to say

Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left
And took all the reason
I was workin' for

You better not try to stand in my way
As I'm a-walkin' out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more

Take this job and shove it
  9. The Waltz of Angels
  10. Hold That Thought

I’m a Survivor (1996)

  1. I’m a Survivor
  2. Can’t Quit Drinking

    Lyrics: Can’t Quit Drinking

    They could quit making whiskey

They could stop stomping grapes
It wasn't for fools like me
With hearts that break

They could close all the breweries
And they could look up the bars
If it wasn't for women like you
Who leaves loving scars

And I can't quit drinking
Lord knows I've tried
I'm gonna wear this whiskey glass stare
Till my memories go blind

Now I can't quit drinking
And it will kill me they say
And if Heaven's sweet shores
Has swinging doors
I'll find it someday

You know I thought it all over
And I still don't understand
With millions of women
How could one mean so much to a man
Women and whiskey they're so much alike
'Cause just when you need 'em the most
You're left high and dry

Yes if Heaven's sweet shores
Has swinging doors

I'll find it someday
  3. He Left It All
  4. I.O.U. Blues
  5. Everything Is Changing
  6. Palimony
  7. You’re Every Step I Take
  8. I Never Got Over You

    Lyrics: I Never Got Over You

    It started so fast,
If i'd had known that,
If i'd had known this,
I'd try to resist,
I'd try to get away get away,
Far away from you,
See you everyday, everyday,
Like your a tattoo,

I know your favorite food,
I know your favorite band,
I know that you don't need talking, cause you don't
Give a damn,
And i still here your voice when i walk through the
Door,
How long will this last,
Can't take much more,

Oh no, i never got over you,
I never got over you, i could still hear your voice,
I couldn't live with these choices that i made,
Oh no, i never got over you,
I never got over you, i could still hear your voice,
I know you know my heart, and i just wanna restart from
The beginning,

Whoa, whoa, whoa,

It wasn't so bad, it wasn't so hard,
If i had known any better i woulda dropped my guard,
I gave everything, everything, and anything to you,
Like everyday, everyday, the more i'm missing you,

I can't go pateintly waiting,
I need to know now what i did,
Cause i am, hurting you, loving you, what to do,
And, eating you, seeing you,

This is how i know,
And i still hear your voice when i walk through the
Door,
How long will this last,
Cause i can't take no more, i can't take no more,

Oh no, i never got over you,
I never got over you, i could still hear your voice,
I couldn't live with these choices that i made,
Oh no, i never got over you,
I never got over you, i could still hear your voice,
I know you know my heart, and i just wanna restart

Oh no, i never got over you,
I never got over you, i could still hear your voice,
I couldn't live with these choices that i made,
Oh no, i never got over you,
I never got over you, i could still hear your voice,
I know you know my heart, and i just wanna restart from
The beginning
  9. Buried Treasures

    Lyrics: Buried Treasures

    As I'm walking behind this cloud
I keep turning over memories
Buried treasures of the past once filled with you
This old ground I know its mine
Cause I worked it so many times
And the rain its been prayed for is fallin' from my eyes
Waiting for the setting sun
When a hard days work was done
We'd sit down on the baby and ran our dreams
But you turned it all around
With this other man you found
And you never thought I'd figure out your schemes
Now there's buried treasures hidden in the ground
Precious memories of the love that lived and died
You couldn't be a simple wife you had to lead a cheatin' life
And you lead me down a road I hated to rise
But I did
Now the neighbors they all knew
They had seen him leave with you
But what they didn't see was I followed close behind
And the next day's papers read
That a man had been found dead
And the lady he'd been seen with they couldn't find
And there's buried treasures
Hidden in the ground
Precious memories of a love that lived and died
You couldn't be a simple wife
You had to lead a cheatin' life
And you lead me down a road I hated to rise
But I did
(Mumbles and hums)
  10. Ole Pay Ain’t Checked Out Yet

11 Months and 29 Days (2006)

  1. 11 Months and 29 Days

    Lyrics: 11 Months and 29 Days

    Busted in Austin, walkin' around in a daze
I'm sittin' in a slammer lookin' out through these bars in a haze
But it'll all clear up in 11 months and 29 days

Keep the Lone Star cold, the dance floor hot while I'm gone
Keep the Lone Star cold, the dance floor hot while I'm gone
Keep your hands off my woman, I ain't gonna be gone that long

That old judge put a sledgehammer in my hand when he said
I'm gonna sent you to Huntsville, shave your face and your head
I'm doin' 11/29, boys with a cement floor for my bed

Busted in Austin walkin' around in a daze, yes, I was
Now I'm sittin' in a slammer lookin' out the bars through a haze
But it'll all clear up in 11 months and 29 days, hey Lord
  2. The Woman Who Put Me Here

    Lyrics: The Woman Who Put Me Here

    Let's drink a toast to this honky tonk we're standin' in
And for the man behind the bar who pours the beer
One for the band who plays the songs and makes us want to cry
And the rest for the woman who put me here

That woman had the smile of an angel
You never think that she could do no wrong
But that woman with the smile of an angel
Makes the devil out of a man like me that don't take long

So if you don't mind I'll take a little time to share a few more tears
Let's drink a toast to the woman who put me here

Yes if you don't mind I'll take a
Little time to share a few more tears
Let's drink a toast for the woman who put me here
  3. The Feminine Touch

    Lyrics: The Feminine Touch

    I delievered the orders from your last Stanley Party
Though I got some strange looks at the doors
And I cancelled our subscription to the Ladies Home Journal
And told Avon not to call anymore

Men have no need for magazines they don't read
For perfume and powder and such
Me and the house and everything in it
Have lost the feminine touch

The clock on the wall just gave up and stopped ticking
And the flowers on the mantle have died
The dust is gettin' deep on everything but the ceiling
And I've lost all my homeowner's pride

Bottles are made from the bar to the bedroom
I've turned to such things for a crutch
Me and the house and everything in it
Have lost the faminine touch
Girl I sure miss your feminine touch
  4. I Sleep With Her Memory Every Night
  5. I Can See Me Lovin' You Again

    Lyrics: I Can See Me Lovin' You Again

    I can see me lovin' you again
And payin' any price to get back in
And even though you'll hurt me now and then
I can see me lovin' you again

I remember all we had together
And all the love we had before the fall
And even if I live with pain forever
Lovin' you just once was worth it all

For even once is one more time than never
And even if this hurting never ends
There'll always be the chance to make it better
For I can see me lovin' you again
I can see me lovin' you again
  6. Gone at Last

    Lyrics: Gone at Last

    The night was black, the roads were icy
Snow was falling, the drifts were high
And I was weary from my driving
And I stopped to rest for awhile
I sat down at a truck stop
I was thinking about my past
I've had a long streak of bad luck
But I'm praying it's gone at last

Yeah, gone at last, gone at last
Gone at last, gone at last
I've had a long streak of bad luck
But I'm praying it's gone at last

I ain't dumb, I kicked around some
I don't fall too easily
But that boy looked so dejected
He just grabbed my sympathy
Sweet little soul now, what's your problem
Tell me why you're so downcast
I've had a long streak of bad luck
But I'm praying it's gone at last

Gone at last, gone at last
Gone at last, gone at last
I've had a long streak of bad luck
But I'm praying it's gone at last

Well, once in awhile from out of nowhere
You don't expect it and you're unprepared
Somebody will come and lift you higher
And your burdens will be shared
Yes, I do believe if I had met you
I might still be sinking fast
I've had a long streak of bad luck
But I'm praying it's gone at last

Gone at last, gone at last
Gone at last, gone at last
I've had a long streak of bad luck
But I'm praying it's gone at last
Gone at last, gone at last
Gone at last, gone at last
I've had a long streak of bad luck
But I'm praying it's gone at last
  7. Closer Than I've Ever Been Before

    Lyrics: Closer Than I've Ever Been Before

    I can't explain this sensation cause this feelin's all brand new
Burnin' with anticipation at the thought of holding you
Somethin' tells me that I never ever want nobody more
So if this ain't the real thing
Then I'm closer than I've never been before

I can almost feel the sunshine even when it's pourin' rain
I don't try to understand it but it sure is a welcome change
Some say love can be confusing but one thing I know for sure
Oh if this ain't the real thing
Then I'm closer than I've never been before

I feel like I've got wings and I can fly
This feelin's takin' me higher and higher
Believe my thought you angel has just opened heaven's door
So if this ain't the real thing
Then I'm closer than I've never been before

Oh I'm closer than I've never been before
I'm closer than I've never been before
I'm closer than I've never been before
  8. I've Seen Better Days

    Lyrics: I've Seen Better Days

    The sun is shinin' down
Not one cloud around
The morning hits me, where i lay
Everything is green, a perfect day it seems
Yeah, she's got everything her way
But i've seen better days
I've seen better days
When the rain was pouring down
And she had her loving arms wrapped around me
I've seen better days
The neighbors come and go, they smile and wave hello
And all the kids are out to play
Lollipops and goodtimes
Lord they look so much like mine
But she has taken mine away
Lord i've seen better days
I've seen better days
When the rain was pouring down
And she they had their little arms, wrapped around me
I've seen better days
Lord i've seen better days
  9. Live With Me ('Til I Can Learn To Live Again)
  10. That's What the Outlaws In Texas Want To Hear
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